Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17
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LOCAL POLITICS.

The Regular Republicans of Sussex
county will probably hold their county
convention on September 23d. The
Kent convention may be held on the
following day. Some of the Addicks
nominees may be endorsed.
The Democrats of Kent county have
made the. following nominations for
candidates for the CONSTITUTIONAL Con-
yention: Duck Creek hundred, Wilson
I, Cavender; Kenton, Dir. G. G. Har-
monson; Little Creek, DIR. Edward f.
O'Day.; East Dover. William Salisbury
and r. n. Keuney North Murderkill,
DIR. Il. w. Cooper; South MurderlSill,
John Schabinger; Mispillion, Louder
l.. Sapp; Milford, DIR. Nathan Pratt; !;
West Dover. Daniel v. Hutehins.
lion. Ebe W. Tunnel, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor and Hon.
l.. ]. Handy, the nominee for Congress,
will speak at Brenford on Thursday
evening, September 24th.
According to Republican who dis
cussed the action of the Addicks con-
vention in endorsing four Regular Re-
publicans for Constitutional Conyen-
zion delegates, the endorsement makes
an interesting complication. To ex-
plain his point, he started out with the
supposition that the Addicks and
Regulars would each poll l,000 votes.
In that event the four men who were
endorsed would receive the united vote
of 1000, and the six other Republicans
ON each ticket would each receive 1000
votes. He supposed on the other hand
that the 10 Democratic candidates
would poll say 1.500 votes each. The
situation would then be that four Re-
pub!icans had 1000 and 10 Democrats
had l,500 votes, and the question
would be, how can the canvassing
hoard tell which men are electedY
Where the fact may change the
hypothesis is that the Democratic
vote could hardly be expected to be
exactly the same figure for each Of
the 10 Democratic candidates. Under
the law the 10 highest candidates would
be elerted, and the 10 could be easily
selected, including the four Republi-
cans and the six highest Of the Demo
Gratis. The whole problem would be
solved by rolling up a complete
majority for the Democratic candidates.
The following committee will have in
charge the visit of Candidate W. j.
Bryan to this State next Monday
Richard r. Kenney, member of the
NabiODDdl COMMITTEES, cuairndni JOHN
F. Salisbury, Ebe W. Tunnel, William
T. Watson, L. Irving Handy, John d.
Hawkins, A. II. Cahall, John W.
Fennimore, DR.. Beniah Fl. Lewis,
Peter X. Meredith, John Harrington,
John III. Jones, Amos Cole, Robert L.
Holiday, Benjamin A. Hazel, Robert
]. Reynolds, Wilson T. Cavender and
Il. Il. Cooper.
Conductor Hughes OF the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad is making arrangements
for special excursion from Landen-
berg to Wilmington next Monday even
ing, in order to give the people along
the line an opportunity to SEQ Presi-
Dental Candidate Bryan. The train
will leave Landenberg at 6. 45 o'clock
and will stop at all way stations. Re-
turning it will leave soon after the
meeting at the A Auditorium. A mass
meeting under the auspices of the
Bryan and Sewall Democratic Club No.
will be held tomorrow evening. The
speaker of the evening will be Hon. j.
L. Wright of Philadelphia.
The German A merican Mckinley and
Hobart Club was formed at a meeting
in German Hall Monday night. A com
mittee on constitution was appointed
and 1T was decided to elect officers at
the next meeting on Monday night
The report that there was rivalry
between Daniel Dohl and Andrew
Dettling was denounced as falsehood.
The members decided not to endorse
any State ticket, but to leave the
matter entirely with the individuals