The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-09
AN HONEST STATEMENT.
The State Sentinel Published at Dover
Has Issued tho Following Plan and I'm.
vanished Statement. =

Has Issued tho Following Plan and I'm.
Vanished Statement. =
Tho State Central Committee of tho Re.
! publican party has been appointed, or its
appointment specifically authorized by the
chairman, at the Slate Convention which
| has elected the delegates to the Republi.
can National Convention, for the LASH
| twenty years During that peri ID there
has been but one departure from this rule
| The convention of 1850 ordered the chair.
man, l. N, Mills, to appoint State Com
mittcc whose chairman should serve un-
til the campaign of lSS2.'
| We have already appealed from tho
| News statement, here repeated, to the re-
! cords of the State Convention us preserved
| in the files of the Sentinel. An cxamina.
| ton of the record proves that the alega.
tons OF the News about the appointment
| Of The State Committee called to nominate
candidates for Governor of the State and
member of Congress to DO untrue.
We now appeal from its editorial state
ment to the files and news columns of tho
News. The files to which we appeal were
within few feet Of the desk of the editor
when he pcnncd tho article from which
we quote. They diSprOve his statement.
They further prove that he has either
willfully written what he knew to be I'M
true, or that he was wilfully ignorant of
The truth in the case. Wo appeal to his
own record, and challenge him to pub.
fish it in the interest of truth, and for
the information OF his readers.
Tho record Is, practically. as follows;
The State Committee for the campaign
of 1876, and for the appointment OF del5.
gates to the National Convention Of that
year, met at Dover, May IS, 1876 On
motion " Levi c. Bird, the permanent
chairman Of the convention, Manlovs
Hayes was instructed to appoint u State
Committee and to name its chairman.
He appointed Henry F. Pickles.
Tho State Convention for the campaign
of 1884, and for tho election Of delegates
to the National Convention of that year,
met at Dover, April $, 1884. job H. jack
son was chosen permanent chairman Of
the convention. Delegates to the Nation.
al Convention were elected, q State Com
mittce was appointed and James Penno-
will WINS chosen Chairman of the State
Committee.
The State Convention of 1883 for the
election Of delegates to tho National Con-
vention for the campaign Of that year, and
for the appointment Of a State Committee
met at Dover, on May II, 1888 Delegates
to tho National Convention were elccted,a
Subcommittee wns appointed aud James
Pcnnewel was reelected chairman of the
committee
Tho State Convention for the campaign
of 1850 met at Dover on May g. 1880. In.
Mills was elected permanent chairman.
On motion of Richard Harrington tho
chairman was Instructed to appoint a
State Committee and to name II chairman
of the committee who should serve until
the campaign of 1882. Mr.. Mills appoint
ell Henry W. Cannon chairman of tho
committee Delegates to the National
Convention We're elected.
The State Convention for the campaign
of 1882, for the election of delegates to the
National Convention of that year. and the
appointment Of u State Committee to con-
duct the campaign, met at Dover, on May
7, 1892.
Dr. Hiram r. Burton was chosen per-
mancnt chairman of tho convention. A
State Committee was appointed aud dele
gates to tho National Convention were
elected. General James H. Wilson was
chosen chairman of the State Committee.
The State Convention of 1895 met at
Dover, on May r. In pursuance of acus-
tom sanctioned by twenty years Of prece!
dent, unbroken in all that time, tho con-
yention elected six delegates to the Ma
tional Convention ut ST Louis.
A State Committee was appointed and
elected Stansbury j. Wiley, Its chairman.