The sun., 1900-08-22

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in the gallery on the right side Of the
house and rendered selections Of various
kinds while the crowd continued 10 wait.
The auditorium was decorated with
red, white and blue bunting. Over the
front of the stage was Il large draped
flag. At the right side Of the stage was
a portrait of Mckinley on an easel.
At11.30 o'clock Robert u. Kemp placed
a portrait of Roosevelt on an easel at
the left side of the stage, which occas-
stoned some applause.
Col. Ii. a. du Pont with some of the
Christiana delegates entered shortly
after and was greeted with some APP
plause.
ovation to Higgins.
Anthony Higgins entered at 1245
O'Clock and was given a decided ovation.
He was accompanied by Colonel Ben |
iamin Nields and j. r.. Niclds. Horace |
G.. Knowles soon followed and also re-
ceived an ovation.
| Horace c. Knowles stepped across |
the aisle and shook hands with Rev. |
jonathan s. Willis, which caused the |
crowd to break out in applause. William
S. Hills was greeted with considerable
applause.
The Kent county delegation entered
1T 1915 and occupied seats to the left
and were followed almost immediately
by the Sussex county delegates, who
took seats to the right. George Massey
! Jones headed the Kent county dele
gates.
More Higgins Applause.
Anthony Higgins retired from the
Iauditorium for few minutes and when
lie returned was greeted with round
after round of applause.
Anticipating Frost.
Colonel du Pont as is his custom. had
an ovcrcout with him and several times
placed it on his shoulders as il in an
ticipation of frost. lie was seated in
the second row from the stage and his
action created some comment.
: Convention Opens.
, There was an audience of between
500 and 600 persons in the auditorium at
4 1920 o'clock when State Chairman
, Philip @. Churchman and Rev. Jona-
l than S. Willis stepped upon the stage
I and were greeted with much applause.
+ Quite a number of persons were already
seated Oh the stage.
Chairman Churchman at once pro-
5 ceeded to call the convention to order
t in few brief remarks and named and
introduced the temporary officers, they
being Rev. Jonathan 5. Willis as CHAIR
: man and Frank l.. Speakman as sec
;, retary.
Rev. Willis was greeted with much
applause as he stepped forward to take
, charge of the convention. He said he
e did not know it had entered the minds
i 80 4hn Of tbn convention TO name
:. him as temporary chairman until on his
p way to the Opera House and he could
o only explain it on one ground and that
II was that he had attained that interest
= ing age when it was time to shelve him
and he was only good to preside ovel
q meetings. but he declared they could
y not play that game on their humble sew
want. He said he proposed to continue
to take hold Of the work Of the Republ
, can party in years to come as IN year
l. gone by.
Man With an Axe.
y He said that if any man had come int
al the convention with an axe of his oWl
ar TO grind and was endeavoring to pacl
the Jury i'll his own interests, he wa
lS not good Republican. He declare
e, that the spirit of the convention SHOULD
ri be to nominate such men as are repre-
q sentative of the party in Delaware an
- !, men whom the Republicans could elect
d. He said: "We are not here TO elect an
IN mans candidate or set of candidates
&c There has been no caucus in secret, non
VI that | know Of. There has been II
lie cuds chewed for other men to swallow
us If there have been ] know nothing Q
it," lie said he had seen set Of ca1
didatcs named in Il down the stat
paprr which he could vote for and sal
he had cut them out Of the paper an
pulled the cutting from his pocke
III There were cries of no! no. meanln
OF that he should not read them. lie san
he did not believe the work of the col
yention should be chalked out befol
=. hand and he would not read the clil
ping He hoped they would nominal
good men and closed by saying: 'ar
may God speed the right"
Rev. DIR. w. Writ King, pastor
Grace NJ. e. Church, then offered 9
eloquent prayer in which he oifert
thanks for our country, its history, i
wise and benevolent laws and its /
ligious privileges and closed by sayll
that the men elected should accept ofii
as a public trust.
Secretary Speakman then read q
I'M call OF the convention anu lhe ioii ="
lin Committees are Appointed.
. The following committees were a
pointed:
. Credentials.
ker Wilmington, Edmund Mitchell, J
Thomas j. Talley, John Wiggl'
worth.
At Rural New Castle, Samuel Alric
rise Isaac Staats, Daniel w. Corbit.
by Kent county, A. j. Keneey, U.
rhe Knight.
Jew Sussex county, G. E. Bacon, n.
an Hearn, J. d. Spicer.
al Permanent Organization.
'ii Wilmington-Dr. p. G. Shortlidge,
III. Morris. II. Il. Thompson.
Rural New Castle-Henry Cley
his Ezekiel w. Dawson, Philip L. Garrt
we're Kent county.A. w. Slaymaker, j.
8 a Deakyne, w. X. Knight.
pm Sussex county-W. e. Wilgus, J.
Ad- Warrington, David Hazard.
res Rules.
Wilmington-Harry Hawkins, DIR
+t Sherburn Rice, A. G. L. Anderson.