The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-20
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
Delaware For Free Sill
yer. John Biggs
0uSted.

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torial bee buzzing in their bonnets.
There was some differences among
the committee on platform, to whic h
some concessions were made by the
silver men to the gold men.
The delegates ans alternates fol-
low:
New Castle county-John g.
Gray, l.. Irving Handy. Alternates,
e. b. Frazer and Daniel McCor-
mick.
Kent county Richard r. Keuney,
Hezekiah Harrington. Altern ates,
John Cosgritf and A. N. Brown.
Sussex county,. II. Draper, E.
d. Hearne. Alternates. John Lay
ton and Paynter Frame.
Mr.. Patrick Neary was whipped
to stand still and mis- followers
completely routed. Handy had it
in for John H. Rodney and worked
among the delegates to knock him
and William 4. Lyman out. Mr..
Rodney was considered strong
throughout the county and it IVES
hoped that Handy could be defeated
by him. But the Bryan New Cas-
tie men were firm and it turned out
that Handy was the strongest OF
all. The vote in the New Castle
caucus was Handy, 10: Gray, As;
Rodney, "a; Lyman, }. Mr.. Lyman
was not put in nomination in the
caucus.
The Rodney followers are sore
indeed and consider that Handy
was ungrateful and showed vindic-
tlvcness toward Mr.. Rodney, which
was urcallcd tor. The leading
lights on the resolutions committee
were Mr.. Handy, John q. Gray.
Jefferson b. Foard, Patrick Neary
and George W. Splcer from New
Castle county. The silver men had
the New Castle delegation on the
resolutions by vote OF three to
two. Some OF the committee want
ed Il phrase favorlng the free coin
age OF gold and silver without men
tlonlng the ratio, but the words
"'free coinage were eliminated and
"usc substituted.
! The draft OF the platform also
contained Il paragraph condemnng
J. Edward Addicks. This also was
stricken out. When mem bers OF the
committee we're asked why there
was no condemnation of Addlcks
they replied that they had grown
tired OF denouncing Addicks.
= John L. Dickey was on hand and
showed he had not forgotten some
things in politics that count when
influence is needed.
At 0 clock in the afternoon OK
Attorncy-GeneralJoh Biggs. chair
man OF the State Central Committee,
called the convention to order and
made br'el, but fiery speech,
which caused some Of his hearers
to declare that Mr., Blggs "was all
right - Mr.. Biggs was congratu-
lated after he had finished.
The Republican party had under
taken to govern Il lot OF savages in
far off islands. We did not have
to take them. Spain wanted to
keen thenl.' " fsstf as twenty mil
lions to try NJ. experiment. not IN
Guiding the tlsGNss loss of lite and
additional dollars. II is but inst
and rightthat the Republican party
should answer at the bar OF public
opinion and can there be any doubt
about the verdict.
- Mr.. BIggs declared with great
ylgor that Il Republican political
adycnturer and corruplionist. car
ing nothing for the good name OF
the state, has ASA uited the integ-
.Jity and manhood of Delaware TO
serve hi, own selfish purposes.
The state had wth>tood his as.
sauits tor ten years. and he hoped
the good blood and true mani God
woull continue This manhad UNI
dcrtahcn to place price upon the
dearest heritage We have received
from our forctathers.
'Ncs, TN. lower end of the State
is rotten, shouted a man IN the
far end OF the hall, This dcbauchery
continued MIR, Biygs, may have
reached new OIL our people, Dat
thcY nave been paced IN the cate
CORY OIL judas I"t'r'ols,
A'S"fhG!.''eherHl NhIte was the
temporary chairman. and T.. X.
Sochrah INC temporary secretary.
MI W me, on taxing the char,
referred nF'ely 10 Ir"als' Imper1al-
Ism ana me money -mohopoly.
: a. H. Cahall wAa the permanent
CHAIRMAN and Mr. cochran captain
Hi're' H. SmIth sahd everett Ilck-
man were permanent secretaries
N"'.c Wa'llh% lof tue committee on
resolutions 10 report 'hcre we're
many calls for he Nhner1 bile far