Evening journal., 1898-09-14
ADDICKSISM SCORED
Democrats Deprecate His Foul
and Malign Influence.
THE PLATFORM AS ADOPTED

NOC4NO1AuJ ElONOt fIlUlNNElllI
AND CONGRESSMAN HANDY
COMMENDED - THE LATTER
NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATIoN.
Dover, Sept. 1.-THE Democratic
State Convention, which was held here
yesterday, passed of quietly, Hon. l..
Irving Handy being nominated
for Congress, State Treasurer w. M.
Ross, Of Sussex county, for state treas
urer, and DR.. L. "A. H. Bishop, OF Kent
county, for state auditor.
The only caucus was over the noml-
nation Of a state auditor. Opposition
to DR.. y. j.. Lewis, the present incum-
bent, developed so strongly that his
name was not presented to the con-
vention. 1t was argued that DIR. Lewis
had filed the place for two terms and
that someone else should be named.
The platform denounces Addicl1s-
ism, makes a non-committal statement
about the money question, and, contrary
to expectations. ignores the question OF
territorial expansion.
AT the Kent county caucus before
the convention met DIR. E. ". Cooper
presided, and the names of DR. Lewis,
David Reese, DIR. l.. A. II. Bishop and
w. S. Heverin were presented for state
auditor, but Mr.. Reese and Dir. Lewis
withdrew, and the vote stood. DR.
Bishop, 40; Mr.. Heverin, 16.
The Sussex caucus agreed on Mr.
Ross for state treasurer. The New
Castle county caucus agreed upon Mr.
Handy for Congress, and decided to
stand by the nominees of the Kent eau
Gus for state auditor and, the SUSSEX
caucus for state treasurer.
In his opening speech State Chair
Z man John Biggs said: "You are al
/, aware OF the object Of the calling o.
this convention. There never was Z
} time in the history Of the Dclnocrati,
! party OF this state that a graver re-
! sponsibility rested upon it, and ther'
l never was time when it more clearl!
} stood as the only security for the pres
r ervation OF a good and honest govern
. ment for our people. For more than
century our little state was the bright
e est star in the galaxy OF the Union
r This is no Idle boast. History prove
= 1t. From the time Of the signing O
S the Declaration of Independence dow
to the call for volunteers for the las
d war Delaware has always done he
= part, and more than her part when tn
e nation called upon her for help in he
time of need. There was not a bio
: upon her fair name until ten year
t ago, when a political adventurer cam
= within our borders to trade upon tn
virtue Of our people, and to barter 70
their most sacred birthrights. w
have gone from bad to worse, until W
have reached period where it is
2 duty every true Dslawarean owes
his state, to himself, to his home, an
:, to his fireside. and to his children, an
II his children's children, to do all that
: within his power to forever stamp tn
life out OF Addicksism in the state {
Delaware.
70 There is but one way to do this, an
that is for every Democrat to get regii
i, tered; to see that his neighbors an
- friends are registered; to see that n
election laws are enforced, and on eleI
ton day present solid front, with r
divisions in our ranks, and vote u
nv straight Democratic ticket from top
M bottom. There IS not a nan In ii
,r state but what can exert some inf'
m ence for the good, and surely we ougl
n all to be willing to make some sacr
m fees for the preservation Of that go
70 ernment which guarantees to us, al
O. is the only guarantee we have, for II
security OF our lives, our liberty al
our property.
mo state has better credit than Z
of little State of delaware; 70 state h
at better free school system; no state
nv more honestly and economically go
sh lerned. Surely we are indebted for no
en- of this to the Republican party,
NJ the Republican party has never h
Of control Of this state. These biessin
have come to us as fruits of more tn
thirty years Of Democratic rule. Sol
of you have grown gray m the serv
G of the Democratic party, marched .
of- tween lines of Federal bayonets
,tb cast your ballots for principles you
lis lieved to be right. You stand fer thS
mo same principles here to-day. We
re- stand for those principles We
Democrats from principle. Those pr
ciples have prevailed in this state
more than a generation. They v
inc prevail again. We can whip them.
for we have to do is to pull together, a
Al let every man pull every pound he
vfl able to elect the ticket that will
er- nominatd here to-day, and to elect
whole Democratic ticket"
OFFICERS OF THE CoNvENTIC
William T. Records, former st