Evening journal., 1900-08-20
Likely That Night Session
Will be Held
NO SLATE HAS BEEN PREPARED
Nominees Will Not be Named by Ar
rangement, But According to
the Will Of the Convention

In the Opera House tomorrow the
Republican State Convention will be
held. Nominees are to be selected fo
governor. congressman, short and Ions
erm; attorney-general, state treas
irer. lieutenant-governor, insurance
commissioner, state auditor and three
PRESIDENTIAL electors.
More interest is being shown in this
meeting than in any previous similar
altering It is the first convention to
be held in Wilmington. It was thought
hat by bringing it to this city more
oom could be obtained. but so much
interest has been manifested in the
Convention and there has been such q
reat demand for tickets that from the
resent outlook, there hardly viii Dt
landing room during the convention
Proceedings.
The big fight will be on the candi-
late for governor. The electors will
e chosen without much difficulty and
he only other nominee over which
her will be much discussion will be
ne candidate for Congress. All of the
,ominees likely will be nominated and
hdorsed in Dover on Thursday at the
4 onion Republican State Convention
. This will be the solution to the har-
lony proposition, and there is little
s likelihood that the nominees selected
J-morrow will be objected TO by the
& nion Republican Convention.
+ The nominee for governor IS expect
4 q to be chosen from among these
n lree New Castle countlans: George s
4 apalle, of Wilmington; Martin b
,urris, Of Middletown, and DR.. L. Heis-
a IN Ball, of Falkland the present
ate treasurer. The names OF Dame
\ Corbit, Theodore +. Clark, Of Della.
are City, speaker Of the House of the
lst Legislature, and DR.. Joseph H
handler, of Centreville, also have
cen mentioned. This county viii in
St on heading the ticket, since it has
OF had a gubernatorial candidate in
y iany years, and not a successful can
& ddate for more than thirty years.
n Relative to the candidate for con.
q ressman the Republicans tomorrow
& / all probability will endorse Walter
Hoffecker for the short term and
N i've the long term to either Kent OF
a ussex county. DR.. George w. Mar
lall the Union Republican candidate
4 lr governor, is talked Of for the Ions
81 srm congressman, as there are rea
s. ms to believe the Unionists would
ndorse him, as it would be a mer,
q latter OF shifting him from one par
I the ticket TO the other The only
a bjection to shifting DR.. Marshall il
lat it would give Kent county botl
le congressman and lieutenant-gOv
rnor. as to-morrow's meeting is ex
ected to endorse John Hum for th'
itter position.
II DR.. Marshall is not shifted to Con
ressman the nomination will go t.
ussex county, and DR.. Hiram r. Bur
On is mentioned. although there 4
considerable doubt about him beinl
cceptable to the Unionlsts on accoun
f the old-time rivalry between hin
nd Dr. Caleb R. Layton Some fea
nat II Dr. Burton Is named Dr. Laytoi
fould not resign his place on tn
MON ticket.
There seems to be little doubt abou
he choice Of Or. Even G. ShOrtlidgC
ianlOve Hayes and Daniel ]. Laytoi
Or presidential electors. These me
ill be endorsed by the Union Repuh
cans on Thursday If named to-mor
ow by the Republican convention.
H. H. Ward is likely to get the en-
orsement for encouragement, as tn
Republican leaders. have nothing pc
Itical against him, and consider hlI
apable in every way Of filling the Of
Ice with honesty and interity. Th
ame Of Robert G.. Houston, of SUISSE
ounty. is also mentioned for attorney
General.
For state auditor Daniel ]. Laytoi
Republican Of Sussex county, VIII
vas named by the Unionists, has d.
lined the nomination and he probabl
will be shifted to presidential electC
nd a Union Republican named for a.
itor. State treasurer is a probleT
,ut IL the auditor is selected from Su
Tex county the treasurer will con
rom Kent. and the name Of G. ]
Mensch. Of Dover, Is suggested. Not
ng is definite about insurance cor
missioner, although the Republics
eaders are not favorable to endnrsii
Former Mayor Stansbury J. Willie
he Union Republican candidate, al
ne probably Will be dropped altogeth
and some other Union Republican
his county or Sussex county selecte
Contrary to the surmises that a
being made, no complete slate
been made nor will there be. The
publicans propose TO have the conve
tion make up the list Of nominees as
sees fit, and nothing definite may
looked for until after the caucuses II
RI will take place early in the convent
y proceedings.
Delegates and alternates from K'
|2 and Sussex counties have been nam
- - as follows
z& Milford-Delegates !. S. VIII
George B. Hynson. d. Refs, Charles
Sampson, r. J Mears. Byard p Bul
i alternates, John R Maloney, jay Fou