| Show DEMOCRATS OF DELAWARE Stnto Convention in Session at Dover Nominates Ticket Dover Del Sept lGThe Democratic Demo-cratic State convention today nominated nomi-nated the following ticket Representative In Congress Henry A Houston State Treasurer Joseph H Ho3 tilnger I Auditor J T Lowe The contest hinged on the nomination for Congress Houston defeating cx Congressman Handy by a majority of two votes Because of the split in the Republican ranks the Democratic lead era claim to be able to elect their Congressional Con-gressional candidate In November and consequently there wIng a scramble for the nomination After touching upon local Issues tim platform refers to the Senatorial situation situa-tion and haH thin to eay of the efforts ofT of-T Edward Adillclco to rule Delaware politics poli-tics I Vp > the delegates of the Dcmocnllc voters of tho State of Dtlawiro In Sato < I convpntlpn aHHcmblcd do declare thnt tho question of overwhelming ImporCunco to too people 01 tins siutc is wntiMor the State shall be wholly Influitrjd by Its criminal nml Ignorant classes undor ito leadership I of q commercial irlvontUtcr and his creatures who llugrncr and corrupting cor-rupting our politics na far Sltt they IUI only know enough of tho tritllllnir of our State to revile them and l to a ithick ih I memories Qf those honorable anti IJprlfiht men under whose Ktildonc anti ndio our State maintained her high 1 k > 9ltlon In thp Union I UnionVc Vc nro In favor of a wellCJjLulillrtliri form of republican government > nd will > oppose any movement or scltomo rtMrl mental thereto und In upholding this hOC < trlno we look with anxiety und npiirnliiMi nlon imori the prcntint nianaffinrsnt of affairs af-fairs IIlIO the Philippine Inlands Wo believe be-lieve that these Islands now In our umMi pul > d pOHiwnslon nhould be HO man y1 < das d-as to s lv the Inhabitants speedy control of their own lociil afTnlrs and an stab llahtd form of republican govornnniit |
