Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
HANDY LOST NOMINATION
BY FOUR MEAGRE VOTES
HENRY A. HOUSTON. OF SUSSEX, THE DEM.
OCRATIc CONGRESSIONAL NOMINEE.
L. Irving Handy Makes Stubborn Fight and
Lost by Few VOtes-Duck Creek Hun
dred Gives Him Loyal Support.

dred Gives Him Loyal Support.
After a stubborn fight that was not
decided until the last handful of bal
lots was counted in the Democratic
state convention yesterday afternoon,
L. Irving Handy was bowled out in
his canvass for the Congressional nom
ination, the honor being conferred on
Henry A. Houston, a merchant of
Millsboro, Sussex county. Although
ten anti-Handy delegates bolted the
New Castle county caucus, forty-six of
those remaining voted for Mr.. Handy
as their choice, and Kent county dele
gates gave him twenty-eight of
the sixty votes in their caucus. The
delegates voted with the understand
ing that they were not bound to sup
port the choice expressed by the eau
Gus. But when Sussex county, solidly
arrayed behind M1S Houston as their
choice for Congress, presented his
name in the convention after Mr..
Handy had been nominated, the cru
cial test came, and Mr.. Handy was de-
feated by four meagre votes, after
which he gracefully moved to have Mr.
Houston's nomination made unani-
nous. The ticket nominated in the
convention was:
State Ticket as Nominated Yesterday.
For Representative in Congress
Henry A. Houston of Millsboro, Sus-
sex county.
For State Treasurer-Captain Joseph
Il. HOssinger of Newark, New Castle.
For State Auditor of Accounts-J.
Thomas Lowe of Little Creek, Kent
county.
Truly it can be said that L. Irving
Handy was defeated through opposi
tion that bitterly cropped up from dele
gates in his own county, and election
district where he was supposed to bC
the strongest. and to have nearly {
solid delegation at his back. Led by
Thomas Davis, of Wilmington, som,
of the New Castle county delegates no
only opposed the selection of Mr.. Han
dy as the nominee of their caucus, bu
they carried the fight against him il
the open convention, where Mr.. Davi
seconded the nomination of Mr.. HOus
ton for congress. 1t was sweet reveng
obtained by Mr.. Davis, for politica
treachery he and some of his friend
attribute TO Mr.. Handy two years ag
in the Democratic state convention
when the gubernatorial nomination
was made.
Kansas City Plank Was Tabled.
Significant feature of the convention
was the attempt of the radical free sil
yer delegates to secure an unqualifie
reafilrmation and endorsement of th
Kansas City platform, but their amend
ment was overwhelmingly defeated b
being tabled, there being few votes
support of the Kansas City plank.
Peter J. Ford was the presiding of
Ger for the convention, and while th
nominations were being made, Willar
Salisbury and Richard r. Kenne,
who have deep-rooted senatorial aspil
ations, sat near Chairman Ford. TIL
convention was largely attended, Il
hall being thronged, but there was
dearth of enthusiasm.
Henry A. Houston, the nominee fC
Congress, IS a member of a stalwa
Democratic family of old Sussex. H
brother, Charles B. Houston, is f.
mer speaker Of the State Senate, an
another brother, Edward w. Housto
formerly was chairman of the Dem
cratic county committee. Mr.. Hou
ton is comparatively unknown in pu
lie life.
Delegates from Smyrna and Northern Ken
The following from this part of Kei
County were delegates yesterday
the Democratic State Convention
Dover: First Representative DistriC
First District, Robert H. Hill, L.
Campbell, Thomas Kirby. Secor
district, H. p. Hall, Harry B. Grieve
t. B. FIuharty. Second Represen
alive district. First district, d
Charles Vaughan, J. W. Fennimor
Jr., DIR. E. F. O'Day. Second distri'
VIM. Penn Shockley, Robert Il. W
son, H. @. Taylor. Third Represer
alive district. First district, W.
Fleming, J. r. Clements, H. E. N
brey. Second district, J. w. Hutc
inson, Jonathan Jacobs, Geo.
Cook.
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