Evening journal., 1900-09-12
Hot Fight for Long Term
Congress Nomination
LONG And TIRESOME SESSION
llOnOrS Evenly Divided Between the
Counties and Harmony Seemed
TO Prevail
STAN Correspondence Evening Journal.

stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover. Sept. ~.
After one of the longest hottest and
most tircsOmc Democratic conventions
ever held imDelaware, the state ticket OF
the Democratic party was named yester-
day IN Dover. II took five hours in con-
veniiun to ratify the caucus nominees for
state Offices The ticket as named is as
follows.
Goyernor-Peter j. Ford, New Castle
county.
Lieutenant-G -Governor-Dr w. T.. Hoey,
of Kent county.
Congressman 0ong term) Alexander
M. DAILY. Of Sussex county.
Congressman lshort term)-Dr Ed
ward Fowler. of Sussex county.
Attorney y-Gencral-peter J.. Cooper
Jr, Of New Castle county.
State Recommendation l.. Sirman.
of Sussex county.
State Walter Donahoc, Of
Sussex county.
Insurance Commissioner-Fr i.
Baldwin, Of New Castle county.
Presidential Elcctors-J0hn II. Rod
ney, New Castle county: William q.
Postles, Kent county aud William Il.
Cannon, Sussex county.
The biggest fight on the hoor OF the
convention hall was In naming congress-
men for the long and short terms. II re-
qulred five ballots 10 name the winner OF
the long term and. had not Edward ID.
Hearne, OF Sussex county. Withdrawn
from the contest Il would have remained
a deadlock.
lt was agreed in the caucus OF Kents
delegates TO support Alexander NJ. DAILY.
but when Il came before the convention
Dr. 10. w. Coopers name was put i'm OBJ
position amid the protests OF the DAILY
men. For four consecutive ballots Ed
ward ID. Hcarne, the Sussex caucus nom-
NEE and DIR. II. w. Cooper each received
iorty-seven votes and Mr. DAILY received
sevenly-two. Mr.. Hearne withdrew and
his following elected Mr. DAILY.
by q combining of the Sussex and Kent
delegates DR.. William H. Hoey won the
nomination for ,lieutenant-gover
AGAINST 9. III. Salmons, of New Castle.
and w. III. Pierce, of Kent county.
Mr' fierces nomination was a mistake
ana due 10 misunderstanding This
was realized by the Kent people who
were almost solid for Hocy. The vote
was lioey' lV6; Salmons, n and Pierce. 3.
Dr. Hoey is one of kent's most prom
inent Democrats, though but little known
outside OF ms own county. lie Is 3S years
Ola was born IN Pennington and grad
uated from the Hahnemann HOSPITAL
College in Chicago.
During the morning caucuscs were
held by the different counties and eacb
county named its candidates for office
This consumed the time until after ~
Q clock, and the convention was not
called TO order until nearly 2 O'Clock
II was o'clock before it adjourned
The convention was opened with
prayer by the Rev. John Brown Turner
pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN church here
otAte Chairman Salisbury in calling
the convention % order. said.
Gentlemen OF the Democratic Stafo
convention; You are assembled here to-
lay 20 perform possibly as important dnt-
les as those which have devolved unon
any Democratic convention ever held in
inns state. ] predict that the result of
your deliberations VIII be the upholdine
lt that old democratic principle fonndcd
ln true democracy. and that the MINORITY
shall always rule In a Democratic com
'ention. Let me adiure you fellow
democrats, no matter what the result or
ms convention may be So FAR as NOM
nations are concerned. that when we "a
rom TINS nall we go shoulder To shoulder
isn'ing Tor success az the coming elec-
ION. we nave much at stake. An thinrs
'hlch we hold dearest all things which
'e haNe been taught TO honor in this
tlle state OF ours are threatened and
cll You that from one end of il Ia thn
Iher the people of this state are aronsed
S they never were before. determined
iAt good government, the honest econom-
.ai ana frugal government which The
'eihocrats' have given in the past shall
e continued" 9'''''
He then nominated DIR. Robert ruo
lou' OF Sussex county, for chairman
e was unanimously elected. The fol-
wing secretaries, one from each conn
: was elected: Sussex. Andrew
ynch; Kent DR.. J. Nj. ODav. Nou,
isue, Joseph Hossinger.
John r. salisbury moved thar tbo
lmmlttees on Permanent Oreaniza-
lh, RESOLUTIONS and Credentials Ia
'pointed. The motion was CARVED
~ tne committees were appointed. as
intea IN Yesterdays Evening Jour-
y Alexander B. Cooper. of New
sue county, reported in behalf ~
committee on Resolutions the fol-
wing PLATFORM
THE PLATFORM
we the Democrats OF Delaware i,
5'e convention assembled. ratifv and
norse the declaration Of ns;af;,.iaz ,,..,-
(Continued on Third pago,