Smyrna times., 1896-05-06
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN-
TION ON THE 18th.
The Higgins and Addlcks Forces-Which
Shall Win?


The primaries for the Republican
State Convention next Tuesday will be
held on Saturday. Kent county is
virtually for Addicks, while in New
Castle especially, and in Sussex there
promises to be a warm contest. The
Higgins organs, Middletown Tran
script and Milford Ne1Os and AdUer-
tiSer are especially vehement against
Mr.. Addicks as a man who comes with
an enslaving proposition. The George
town Republican, morning NeiOs,
and Daily Republican are much more
pacific, and while they are for Higgins,
are above all for harmony.
The Wilmington correspondents of
Philadelphia papers say:
CORRESPONDENT OF LEDGER.
From present indications, it appears
that while Addicks may not control
majority of the delegates from New
Castle and Sussex counties he may
have a majority in the State COnven-
tiOn and name the men who will go to
St. Louis. This will be done by the
unit rule, which wrecked the Demo
cratic party in Kent county in 1888.
The Addicks managers have given out
that if they cannot control the dele
gates from each county, but have
majority in the Convention, the unit
rule will be adopted, which means that
each county will not have the naming
of its representatives to the National
Convention, but that they will be
named in the State Convention.
1t has always been party custom for
the delegates from each county to
meet prior to the the State Convention
and nominate men whose names are to
be presented to the Convention for ma
tional delegates. If the Higgins peo-
pie have a majority from New Castle
and Sussex they will caucus and nOmi-
nate national delegates. These eau
cuses will amount to naught if Addicks
| controls the Convention. The names
| of the nominees of the caucuses will
be presented, but Addicks men will
nominate men in the body of the Con-
ventiOn without paying the slightest
| attention to the wishes of the caucuses.
When the unit rule is adopted each
county will have no say whatever in
the choice of delegates.
Never were the Addicks people SO
confident of victory as at present.
They are boasting that they will have
good working majority in the State
| Convention. Charles H. Kittinger
the Addicks manager in New Castle
county, says that the Gas King will
have 35 delegates from Kent, 80 from
Sussex and 40 from New Castle covnty,
making total of 10j or a majority OF
"a.
CORRESPONDENT OF RECORD.
No other issue of the campaign i,
even considered at present, as mex
Saturdays primaries will determine
finally the control of the party for th'
balance of the year. Mr.. Addicks has
positively and publicly declared tha
he will stand or fall by the decision
then rendered by the Republican vOt
ers, and the decision if adverse to hin
that he will retire from Delaware poll
tics for good and for all time.
This announcement has set some o
the shrewd Republican politicians o
Sussex County to serious thinking
With the fight tina
Addicks is putting up in New Castl
county and Wilmington the Higgin
forces will be compelled to cOncentrat
their resources within the territOr,
wherein lies their greatest strength
and by these tactics the Addicks work
ers aim to keep them from extendin;
their influence generally thrOughOu
the State The bold move of the Ad
dicks faction in the upper end of tn
State has amazed the Higgins follow
ers, and also disconnected them con
, siderably. 1t has forced them to figh
hard where they expected to have
: walkOver.