Evening journal., 1896-12-02
CONVENTION AT WORK.
Now Fully Organized and
Biggs is Chairman.
ADDICKs DELEGATES ALL BoLTED

WAVED ANGRY BECAUSE THEY
WANTED ALL OR NONE-THE
FIVE COMPROMISE ADDICKS-
TIES, HOWEVER, ANSWERED TO |
THE ROLL-CALL.
DOVER, Dec. 2.-The Constitutional
Convention of Delaware has at last or
ganized and has settled down to busI~
ness, even though the Addicks con-
tingent bolted and make dire threats. |
II was an exciting scene when the
warning factions and arch enemies in
politics came to organize for thought |
ful legislation.
The five Union Republicans, who
were seated from Kent county, refused
to act unless all of the delegation from
the county of Kent-ten in all-were
seated. The agreement made between
the Democrats and regular Republi
cans last night was carried out to the
letter and five Democrats and five Re
publicans from Kent county were
seated
Notwithstanding the caucus agree
ment to seat FIVE Democrats and five
Republicans from Kent, the Union, or
Addicks Republicans, are indignant,
and claim that they have been i'm
properly treated by the Republicans
and Democrats. They claim that the
decision to effect a compromise goes
further than any one would at nrst
suppose for il is a practical admission
that the charges of fraud which the
Democrats have made are well founded
and that it will also affect the decision
Of the court in the case which is now
before IT,
Ex-Chancellor James l.. Wolcott
was the only politician of note in Kent
county who favored the compromise
idea. The Republicans by accepting
the compromise secure fourteen out Of
the thirty members of the convention
If they had refused the offer Of the
Democrats the ten Democrats from
Kent county would have been seated
and the convention would have stood
twenty-one Democrats and nine Re
publicans.
CONVENTION CALLED TO ORDER.
The Union Republicans fought hard
to prevent the compromise from being
consummated. They wanted all or
none of the Kent county delegation.
The delegates took their seats in the
convention. but when the hour fixed
for the meeting arrived the Republi-
cans were not ready to proceed, and
adjournment was taken until 2 O'Clock.
At the latter hour the convention was
called to order by Captain Robert w
: Dasey. of Sussex county, and j. Will
! kins Cooch, OF New Castle county was
made temporary chairman. WoodburI
Martin. of Sussex county, was made
temporary secretary.
! A committee on credentials was ap
pointed composed of Charles b. Evans
| William c. Spruance, Robert G. Har-
man, Of New Castle county; Charles f.
| Richards and Edward ID. Hearn, OF
| Sussex county.
This committee spent over an hour
in considering the matter, and then de-
/ cided to dispose of the Kent county
contest by seating five Democrats anc
five Union Republicans. The commit
tee stated in its report that it had re-
ceived two sets Of certificates from
Kent county, one Of which was signeC
by the sheriff and six members of the
Board of Canvass. and the other by
the coroner and ten members.
MAKEUP OF THE CONVENTION.
J BY the adoption Of this report, the
convention declared its membership L
be as follows:
New Castle county-John p. Dona
hoe, Robert G.. Harman, John Biggs
Charles b. Evans, J. wilkins Cooch
A. L. Johnson, Democrats; Edward G
Bradford, William c. Spruance, Martil
b. Burris and Elias N. Moore, Republi
cans.
Kent county-Dr. e. w. Cooper, viii
liam Salisbury, Wilson T. CavendeI
Dr.. Nathan Pratt. Louder L. SapT
Democrats; David S. Clark, William 7
Smithers, George II. Murray, DR.. Pari
T. Carlisle John W. Herring, Union Re
publicans
Sussex county Woodburn Martin
Robert W. Dasey. Andrew J. Horsey
Edward ID. Hearn and ]. r. EllegooC
Democrats; William A. Cannon
Charles f. Richards, Joseph b. Gil
christ, Jacob H. Sharp and DR.. vii
liam p. Orr, Republicans.
This gives the Democrats control Z
the convention by vote Of 16 to IA.
4 BOLTED THE CONVENTION.
I Immediately after the motion [
adopt the credential committee r.
= port was put and adopted, the Addick.
"a ! tics began 10 SlluEBle anu KUN. LAW
n S. Clark, Union Republican from Ken
made an address asking the conveI
ton to reconsider its action. Chail
man Cooch said that the conventio
+ had already adopted the report of III
d committee and that Mr.. Clarks me
II ton was, therefore, out Of order.
Fl Beniah Watson. who had been
t. Union Republican candidate from Kel
e. county, was allowed to speak. He pr'
d tested against the compromise and sa
le if one Union Republican had bee
elected all had been. Turning to q
regular Republican delegates Mr.. Wa
L son said the Kent county Republican
d had been stabbed in the back by the
N friends and closed with the phras
Beware that the poisoned chalice do
D. not return to torment the inventors
When Mr. Watson finished he left Il
hall, and was followed by the fl
Union Republicans, who had be-
" seated and answered to the roll-call.
le SLATE FOR OFFICERS HELD GOO
le Under the head of election of of