Evening journal., 1896-08-17
FORD IS a WINNER.
He Controls the New Castle
County Delegation.
Is STRONG IN KENT AND sUssfx

Taylor showed Under in the Ninth.
Complete Harmony In the Second.
sinkIe Takers Play Solitaire In the
Seventh and Eighth.
To-morrow every Delaware Democrat
of prominence who can possibly get away
from home will be In Dover attending the
Democratic State Convention, and unless
all signs fall. they will return home oar
ryiDR with them the pleasing intelligence
that Peter J. Ford, of Wilmington, has
been nominated for governor.
Mr.. Ford has swept New Castle county
like whirlwind, and he stands to-day
with large msj ,rity of the New Castle
county delegates at his back, with fully
thirty from Kent county and ten from
Sussex as an auxiliary force, In case he
should need 1t, In fight for his rights
on the fl ,or OF the convention
his success has been a surprise TO old
ward and hundred leaders In this county.
and many or them have gone down in
their endeavors to stem the irresistible
Ford tide which has swept over New
Castle Even Mil Greek hundred has
slipped from the hands Of Secretary Of
State Whit1man and his lieutenAnts, and
oohbiAoueou ieS 4uotA VI ooAeBebco " 1ho
Ford column
Ia Wilmington he has every delegate,
and about thlrty-six in the rural hun
drede, giving him about forty eight OF
the sixty two delegates composing the
New Castle county caucus.
HIS Nomination Assured.
Speaking Of tbs situation sitter the re-
turns had come In, Willard Salisbury,
Jr, chairman of the County Executive
Committee. said
ia my Judgment the nomination of
Peter j. Ford sesms almost assured. he
has mads q strong, open and manly effort
to get the support OF the Democrats Of
New Castle county, and has succeeded.
Oat Of the sixty two delegates he will
not fail below forty, and is likely to have
fifty
"He frankly vowed his candidacy and
WAS not ashamed Of his ambition, aud tho
result elbows that the people Ia this
county, at least, appreciate that kind Of
a man expect his nomination on the
Hrst ballot, for 1t Is not likely that any
one will be able TO combine the Kent aud
Sussex votes " there are enough opposed
to him, which does not seem probable to
name any one else, for Ford is Ia An al
most impregnable position.
"You know la the last campaign l
WAS outspoken for Mr.. Tunnel and
when he was defeated through no FAULT
OF his own l felt that the interests Of
the Democratic party would DO best
served By his denomination Mr Ford
knew this to be my position, fer tcld
him 20. I knew Mr. Tuoneli did not
want to be candidate Again. Enl
satiif d myeelf couclusively that b,
would not be Ia the absence OF Mr.
Tunnel from the list Of candidate
Sussex county seems 80 divided that
New CRstl insisting on her right L
name the candidate must producs
Ford's nomination probably on the FRS
ballot"
Only One Contest In WiImInRton.
The Ninth ward WAS the only ono
In which 4 show OF strength was made
by the Ford aud anti Ford men There
George q. Taylor, OF the Every Evening
thought he would like to 20 to Dover and
upset the plans Of the Ford men. Hi
| opponent wss Daniel +. M0oley,
staunch friend and supporter OF Peter
l Ford. After lively canvass and heavy
vote, Taylor Was showed under by
ma ajorlty of 339 votes.
Two Ford men we're 10 the field In thl
Second ward, but John Hanley Withdrew
leaving John KsRting without opposition
He received All votes.
In the Seventh aud Eighth ward
elections were hsld by Single Takers, bu
none by the Democrats, they having al
ready named their delegr tes Rt war
meetings. William b. Koran, sinRl
Taxer. received 1S2 votes In the Seventh
but the Democrats will send James Nc
Weigh to Dover as their delegate and IN
sist that he he seated In the Eight
ward, John Kitchen, Single Ttxsr, II
oeived 126 votes, out he will also be turne
down At Dover and his seat given TO th
regular Democratic de'egate-elsct.
The Ford men realized their fulles
expt Citations In the rural hundreds wbei
there were contests. He swept Mi
Greek by 104 nsjcrity; captured tbrea {
four delegates in REQ Lion, aud two
st. Georges and four ln Blackbird
News From Down the state.
Reports from dowu the state are I
the effect that John Hawkins, Of Dove
carries the Kent delegation for Congress
Q Governor Watson carries the seven del
{ gates from Milford hundred, Ker
I county. and also the six from Cs6i
= Greek, 10 Sussex w L Sirman csrris
v Little Cfeeksnd ". Il Stevens has IL
Seaiord delegation. The other del
cations sre generally unplsdged
ln Kent county there we're no contes
except In North Murderkill and Due
Creek hundreds. 10 all other hundre,
the delegates were instructed aud It
: thought that about half thu Kent couni
delegates are IN favor OF Peter J Fol
K for governor and John d Hawkins 7
Congressman Hawkins carried his hu
e dred and the delegates are for Peter
! Ford for governor. Duck Greek. Mi
" ford and half OF East Dover, althoul
not pledged, will likely vote for cavern
- William T. Watson.
u The Sussex Primaries.
" The elestions for Little Creek delegst
to the Democratic State Convection We
J. hotly contested Senator William
- Records was the natural nominee OF Z
r. Democrats of this section, but toe edit
l- OF the local paper was opposed 10 giviI
him the delegation and made persii
e emit fight to have delegates elected fave
at able to Peter Ford, OF Wilmingto