Evening journal., 1898-02-04
TIME TO CONSIDER.
Delegates Want the Voters to
Be Satisfied.
SOME OFFICERS BY CONVENTION
CONGRESSMAN HANDY DECLINED
TO OFFER A RESOLUTION AF-
FECTING GOLD DEMOCRATS.
DELEGATE EIIASON MOVED
FOR ADJOURNMENT.


By vote of 80 to 20 the Democratic
County Convention yesterday adjourn
ed until February II that the Demo
cratic voters might have an opportun-
ity to consider the report of the COM
mittee.
The Evening Journal gave an ex-
elusive, but necessarily brief, account
Of the changes made by this commit
tee, which reported them yesterday af-
Jernoon.
Rule No. 1 provides for a primary
election to be held on the last Saturday
in May in each year of a genera, cleo
tion for the purpose of choosing a
county committee and at this election
"one person from each ward in Will
mington and one person in each hun
dred outside of Wilmington, shall be
elected The polls will be open from
4 p. m. to Z p. m. This rule also pro-
vides for the oath the inspectors and
judges are to take and how the election
shall be held, the old rule being re-
vised so that it will conform to the new
primary election law.
In rule No. 2 the greatest changes
were made and it was in relation to
this that the compromise was effected.
The rule prepared by the executive
committee provided that all candidates
for the Legislature and all county and
hundred officers should be nominated
at a primary election to be held on the
second Saturday in September in each
year of a general election. This rule
was revised by the committee Of the
convention TO read as follows: "The
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the Legislature, sheriff, coroner. re-
ceiver of taxes and comptroller and
hundred officers, shall be held on the
second Saturday in September in eacl
year Of a general election.
Candidates for the office of pro
| thonotary, clerk Of the peace, registel
of wills, recorder of deeds, register il
| chancery and clerk of the Orphans
Court, shall be chosen at a county con
vention, to be held on the third Satur
/ day of September in the year Of tn
| general convention at which they ar
to be voted for. Said convention shall
be composed of four delegates iron
each legislative district in Whining
ton and five delegates from each of tn
other hundreds. The said delegate
shall be elected at the nomination
election provided for In this rule"
A system of rotation Of candidate
was provided for in rule No. 8. whic,
reads: THE candidates for state sen
atOr shall be taken from the differen
hundreds OF parts OF hundreds com
prising the respective senatorial dis
tricts outside of Wilmington in rots
tiOn, and the order of rotation sha
be that one hundred that last had
senator shall be the last hundred /
that district to again have a senate
The candidates for Levy Court con
missioner shall be taken from the dil
ferent hundreds or parts of hundred
comprising the respective Levy Com
districts outside of Wilmington in rC
tation, and the order Of rotation sha
be that the hundred that last had
Levy Court commissioner shall be tn
last hundred in that district to agai
have Levy Court commissioner"
The rules as amended were read b
Congressman Handy. after whic
Delegate Eliason, of New Castle hur
dred, moved for adjournment for tw
weeks. He was supported by Congress
man Handy, Patrick Neary and sever,
I others, but the vote was close.
There was not the slightest frictio
or ill-feeling during the entire day.
Congressman Handy refused TO off,
a resolution dropping from the coun,
committee any member who would n,
pledge himself to support the nation,
platform.