Middletown transcript., 1896-10-31

"The primaries resulted apparentl
in the election of sixty-three Republi
| cans and nine-seven of the Addick
party, for such they were designate'
by Mr.. Adicks himself, on the floor o
the convention. This apparent ma
jority was obtained by such method
and practices that the National Con
vention could not recognize the dele
gates elected by them.
"At.St. Louis, on June 16, the high.
est tribunal Of the party sat. 1t is suf
6cent to say that the State House con
vention was there and then recognized
and from that day to this the party by
its highest officials, has recognized the
outcome of that convention. Follow
ing close upon the Ma iol a CoLv ntioI
came the two state conventions. On
June "a. General Wilson, as chairman
of the Republican State Committee, is.
sued call for convention to consist
of 160 delegates, to be held Thursday,
July 16, at Georgetown.
ION Saturday, June the 9th, three
days after General Wilson had issued
his call, Stansbury J. Wiley, as chair
mad of the State Committee Of the
Union Republican party, issued call
for a state convention to meet at Dover
OIL Tuesday, July the 18th. This con-
vention was composed Of 200 members,
a logical outcome of the attempted
blow at New Castle county on May
12.
"The outcome OF :!insp two c0nven-
tions was two sets of ofPresidenial electors
and two state tickets.
"On the 14Gh day of September
Messrs. William G. Spruance and Man
love Hayes, candidates for President
ial electors on the Republican ticket,
addressed communication to Messrs.
James G. Shaw and Daniel Mif1in Will
sion, Union Republican candidates for
Presidential electors.
''Messrs. Spruance and Hayes made
the following propositions:
"'1. Both Of you and both of us re-
sign, and have. two other persons
named by the National Republican
Committee, who with Mr.. Fooks,
shall stand as the Republican candi-
dates for electors. or.
"'2. One of you and one of us, to
be designated by lot, to resign, and
leave the remaining one of you and the
remaining one of us to stand, with
Mr.. Fooks, as the Republican candi-
dates for electors.
"'3. The persons by either of the
above modes. designated to stand as
Republican candidates for electors, to
be adopted and appointed by the State
Central Committee of your organiza.
tion and of ours, and be pledged, if
elected, to vote for William Mckinley
for President and Garret A. Hobart for
Vice-President.
"On the 18th day of September
Messrs. Shaw and Wilson answered
the above communication by referring
the matter to their State Central Com
mittee.
Son the 21st day of September, as
chairman of your State Committe, l
wrote TO Stansbury J. Wiley, chair
man of the Uhion Republican Com
mittee and renewed the propositions
above referred to.
son the 25th day of September your
chairman received from Mr.. Wiley a
reply in which those propositions were
declined.
Ca Wednesday, September 80, at a
meeting of the State Committee Of the
Republican party of Delaware, held at
Dover, the designations of William e.
Spruance and Manlove Hayes, candi-
dates for Presidential electors on the
Republican ticket, were leceivdd and
accepted.
"By virtue of resolution passed at
the convention held at Georgetown,
July 16, vesting in the State Commit
tee the power to Gil any vacancy
that might occur, your committee
1 fnr ont iu1
elector, James G. Shaw and Daniel
Miffiin Wilson. both of whom has
pledged themselves publicly to cast
their votes for Mckinley and Hobart.
"In taking this action your commit
tee, moved by the deep sence of re-
sponsibility resting upon it in so grave
a crisis, had but one object in view,
and that was to demostrate its loyalty
to Mckinley and Hobart, the NOM
inees of our party.
"Recognized by the National Repub-
lican party in its highest tribunal, and
commended for ",atriotic efforts to Sc
cure a single electoral ticket" your
committee felt that it could we'll afford
to take such action as would com mard
the confidence and consideration, both
present and future, of the Republican
part everywhere, and that it was the
imperative duty of the Republicans of
Delaware, at this hour of the nations
peril, to rise above party differences,
to stand united for Mckinley and Ho-
bart and TO afford an opportunity for
the voters of the stale to unite with
them in opposition to Bryan nd Sewal
and Watson.
"The candidacy of two different sets
Of electors pledged to vote for Nc
Kinley and Hobart, would have re-
suited in their certain defeat. A single
electoral ticket means that Mckinley
| q nd unhart w i'll carry Delaware