The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-26
POLITICAL 80.
GOSSIP.
Col. Henry A. Dupont In
flunCed the Nominal
ton OF i Henry II.
HOFFECKER FOR CONGRESS.
lie Is Anxious for Har-
mony in the Ranks
Of the Republic
can Party.

The Prohibition State Committee has
fssuod acali for n State Convention TO DO
held on Thursday, Sept. g. at Dovar, to
nominate candidates for Congressman.
State Treasurer and State Auditor. They
will also put ticket in the field in this
county, determined to do as much harm
as ever to the success of tho Republican
ticket in Delaware. Samuel DickIc of
the National Cold Water Committee will
address them Saturday afternoon, Sept 3,
at the Young Mems Christian Ass ociation
Hall.
James Frank Alice, State Chairman of
the Union Republicans, told II reporter OF
this paper yesterday in Dover, before the
Convention had made any nominations
that only the selection of either DR.. Mar
shall or j. S. Willis for Congress: would
be acceptable to The Union Republicans.
Said tho reporter to him: We'll, how
about nominating Mr.. HoffeCker?' "He
won't take it," said Mr.. Alice, "for he said
: So" But. since he has signifled his will
ingness to accept to Mr.. Manlove Hayes,
Mr.. Alice said .....l-.
II am much pleased with the nomina-,
lions, Any honor that can Le conferred
upon John H, hofreckcr is very agreeable
to the Union Republicans. You can shy
for me, and | speak with authority, that
the ticket nominated today will DO indors-
cd by the Union Republican Convention.
MIR: Addicks know positively will agree
to It,"
Mr.. Hofrecker was Ia Dover yesterday
and on being told by Il reporter of this pu-
per that he was nomi.,ated for Congress,
his broad, open countenance lighted up
and he said. 'Woll, never asked for any
thing, but was always DESTROYS that the
party should cease fighting and come to.
gether. feel that it i, now an assured
fact.'
Mr.. D. M. Wilson took the news of Mr..
Hoffecker's domination TO him on being
made aware Of it by the REPUBLICAN re-
porter and seemcd highly gratiiied ~ the
news predicting tho ratification of his
A0mina Ion by the Union Republican Con-
yeHtion which meets on Tuesday next ut
Dover.
MIR. Hoffecker re urnod homo on the 8 81
train yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Bach appeared to lose his head yos.
terday in the Republican convention and
for few minutes WAS her angry and
raped his friend Harry Biliany. over tho
knuokles. for sitting Us delegate when b"
cOntended that he had not been elected as
such. But Harry had acted as an alternate
which straigh ened up matters. Harry
was not with Fred this time, being in TO-
vor of J. H. Hotfocker which caused tho
comment on his sitting in the convention.
The primary election Of tho Union Re-
publicans to select delegates to the State
convention will be held to-day at the
usual polling places throughout the city.
The polls will BIZ open from to I o'clock.
There are no contests in any Of the dis
tricts Patrick Neary will have 1000
tickets printed for the Democratic primary
election. Surely there should DO enough
10 go around and some to spare.
Webster Blakely Of Chrsiana hundred
has announced himself us a candidate for
the Republican nomination for State Som
stor from that district.
There is no necessity of fling papers
with tho Clerk of the Peace by tao differ
ent candidates for office
g Tho slate was Willis for Congress, w.
3. Qaiglcy for State Treasure, John A.
Lingo for State Auditor hut ut the last
minute Willis and Quigley's names we're
substituted for those of Hotfccker and
Ball. Mr. Bach says the hand of George
" MASSEY, solicitor for the Pennsy lvania
Railroad Cor pany is to be seen In tho
nomination OF Mr.. Hotfecker. but We can
say that Mr. Hutfecker owes his nomlnL-
tion to Col. Henry A. DUPONT, through
whose Influence it was made possible.