Evening journal., 1896-05-11

/ judges refused to allow the clerks to be
sworn for the first hour aud half. not.
withstaudlng that William s Hilles.
james AnderDon and Jsmes Tucker all
Higgins men. urged them TO follow the
law In the matter
I'VE sball have from 100 TO 1i6 dele
gates by the time the contests are
decided
"Ths delegates aud alternates will
leave here at s 10 o'clock to morrow
morning, special train being run as a
second section Of the regular down-stste
train."
Position OF Addioks.
Mr.. Kittinger sent out the folio wins
telegram to .all delegates and alternates
yesterday morning:
"rhe posltion OF Mr. Addloks st Dover
on May O 1895. received the endorsement
OF the people of Delaware at the polls on
May g. 1895 Nsw Castle county will
bring thirty delegates TO the state con-
tlon. Mr.. Addloks desires tol thank his
friends for the grand eifo' they made In
his behalf ,rrIRoER
VIII Go Unpieagod.
A telegram purportlng to coma from
Philadelphia and stating that Addlcks
had declared for Quay Was published In
the Morning News Addlcks leaders
declare that It was wholly unwarranted.
Mr.. Kittinger says that it Is lie out Of
the whole cloth and woven bv the
Higgins men 10 stampede the Mckinley
delegates who are AddlckE msn. Addloks
position has not ohanged since he ex-
pressed himself as follows on March 90,
when In Wilmington.
my hope and desire Is that the dele
gates to st Louis Will be sent unin
strncted. Delaware's delegation 60 the
National Convention ia too small TO un
dertake TO influence the nomi0Rtion OF a
President Think we should co -opssste
with such Of the large states as can help
as In the future TO obtain what we need
from tho National Government IN the
way OF improvements and patronage as
well as protection TO our industries. We
want plenty OF government work for
Wilmington. war ships to build, cur
river channels and creeks deepened, our
two canals TO the Chesapeake. ths one
enlarged and tho other c,nplsted. Tae
way 20 obtain these improvements Is to
help the state that oau help"
Blows Struck At Newark.
In Newark DR.. Henry. Higgins man.
and Arthur Wilson, Addicks man, both
got hold OF one negro Words ensued and
Wilson took hold OF Henry and shook
him. Henry retaliated by striking VIII
son In the face Samuel Sweet also struck
Wilson, bat at this juncture friends
separated the combstants
Talk OF Bolt.
Some Higgins men say TO day that II
AdH h ha Ia -. -
the Higgins delegates will bolt the con
vention and that Dover will have two
conventions instead Of ons
Levy Showed Under.
FAnk Lsvy. of White Clay Creek
hundred, an Addicks politician OF some
prominence, who formerly resided In
New Castle. was showed under by David
Appleby, Higgins man, who claims 124
ms iority
NotArY Public Thomas r. LNly has
bsen busily engaged most Of the morn
ing putting hts seal on sfi iiavits to be
used by the Addicks men at Dover to-
morrow
Stephen DowDev has called special
meeting OF the U0ion RepublleAn Club
for this evening.
Bsst joke OF the Day.
besb JOKE or the day yelled Hlg-
gins man rushing into the EVENING
JOURNAL Office shortly before press time
on Saturday afternoon.
what is II :" atked the managing
editor while two or three reporters
rushed wildly forward for this riff Of
humor Ia the grim factional cloud that
had lowered over this city
You know Addlcks imported lot OF
Niger detectives for service here to-
day Hs2 hsl hsi'
80 they say
And somebody got one OF them as
full as hddler's bitch -hA hal hal"
Yes"
"And Fred Bach found him stsgger
ing about ia the vest end Of the Fifth
ward-hs ha hs
Aud had him mobbed?'
''No. better'n thRt-ba hal hal He
-htl hs he Oh. my He took hold
OF hlm. put a Higgins ticket in his hand,
marched him mp to the window and voted
HIM He hal ha Best joke OF the
day. Hal bal hal"
And then he rushed out OF the Office