Evening journal., 1898-08-26
A DAY OF SURPRISES.
Hottecker Defeats Willis In
the Scramble.
BURTON WAS ALSO BowLED OUT

DIR. L. H. BALL FOR STATE TREAS
r UBER AND JOHN A. LINGO FOR
, STATE AUDTTOR-BACH AND
THE BOYS WERE oUrGENER-
ALED.
Dover, August 26.-The state Con
yention Of the Regular Republicans
was full Of surprises yesterday after
noon. While a combination ticket WAS
nominated, it was not the one ex-
pected, and 1t was named after a hard
three-eornered fight waged by the Du-
Pont, Higgins and those known as
Massey and harmony men. The fight
for the congressional nomination re-
suited in a victory for the Massey
men, while the candidate for state
treasurer was the choice OF the Du.
Pont-Higgins combination, and the
state auditor an Addicks or Union Re-
publican, thus making combination
ticket. The following ticket was nomi.
mated:
Congressman, John Henry Hoffecker,
Kent county; state treasurer, DR.. L. II.
Ball New Castle county; STATE auditor
John A. Lingo, Sussex county.
George Massey Jones nominated Mr..
Hofecker for congressman, and Fred
E. Bach, ex-senator Higgins secretary.
named Jonathan s. Willis. He said
the nomination Of Mr.. Hoffecker would
mean two state tickets this Fall. A
number OF the delegates spoke In IA
vor OF Mr. Willis. but their speeches
were Of little effect, for when the vote
was counted It stood: Hoffecker, o2;
willis, 90.
, Mr. Hoffecker until two years ago
was known as a Massey man, but IN
1896 accepted the nomination for gov
ernor from the Addicks Republicans
} hoping the Regulhrs would endorse
/ him. This they failed to do. Mr.. Hof-
/ fecker has since worked to bring peace
into the party. and this, II Is believed,
; his nomination will do as far as the
state ticket is concerned. After he was
D nominated Chairman Alice, OF the
+, Union Republicans, said their conven-
e tion would endorse Mr. Hoffecker next
o week, and that he was so authorized to
speak by j. Edward Addiclzs.
L. B. Morrow, OF Wilmington. was
chairman OF the convention, and w
H. Heald. Of Wilmington, secretary
The Higgins men all morning had
been pulling the wires for the nomina-
tion Of Jonathan S. Willis for Con-
gress, as they had been assured the
p Unionists would endorse him. The
DUPONT men we're in favor OF making
T, a straight Regular ticket TO force
down the throats Of the Union follow
ers. They doomed Dr. Hiram r. Bur-
ton for congressman, but received poor
support In the caucus OF the Sussex
county delegates, where Dr. Burton
, lives, he received only six votes. The
: Kent and Sussex caucusses lost no time
in declaring for Hoffecker. The great
est fight was in the New Castle eau
Gus, where the Higgins and DUPONT
men he'd forth. The latter wanted to
= name Or. Burton and the Higgins men
s ex-Congressman Willis. They failed to
o reach any decision, and decided to al
o low it to be settled by the convention
The platform endorses President Nc
Kinley and favors a firm, vigorous and
r dignifed foreign policy, the present
q gold standard, discriminating duty in
. behalf OF American ships to revive
e American shipping and aitariff adjust.
ed upon protective lines. The last
Democratic Legislature was severely
denounced. The platform concludes;
1--WE favor all just and honorable meas
ures looking to the adjustment OF th'
/, existing differences among the Repuib
licans Of thie state, and as an earnes
OF this we recommend that the nomi
!, nees Of this convention be not con
fined to those who have heretofore
been in harmony with U.S."
John "A. Lingo was nominated tol
state auditor without opposition. HI
is an Addicks man, being a membei
Of the UnionRepubMcan State Commit
r tee. The following were elected as
: new State Committee, after which tn
:. convention adjourned: First district
q w G Ouiglev II p. Thompson and T
n w. Naudain; Second, G. L. Townsend
e DR.. Columbus Henry, E. B. Shurter
e Third, David Reiss, George M. Bones, !
y n. Mills; Fourth, c. II. Maull, G. P
S Swayne, George e. Smith.
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