The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-29
POLITICAL NOTES
BY OUR REPORTER.
The Union Republicans Never Had an Idea
of Harmony.
TYPE WRITTEN DOCUMENT
Proves That on its Face-Dr. Layton's Un-
gentlemanIy Conduct When Speak,
ing Before the Conference
Committee.

The question has been asked are the
Union Republicans sincere In their efforts
to effect u compromise with the Regulars?
The result of the two conferences held ut
Dover do not speak well for their SINGER
ity. N The proposition they submitted to the
Regulars was never conceived in good faith
and was SO offered, knowing full we'll that
could never think of u compromise on any
such unfair offer to tho voters OF the ma.
jurity.
The wording Of the second article Of Com
promise submitted at the second Confer.
once held at Dover on Monday evening"
was such that the Union Republicans were
taken by surprise, and had to alter the
typo written article and scratch out tho
word mo before the counterssproposition,
which they made up their minds before
heard, would not be submitted to them by
tho Regulars.
Said o we'll known gentleman II never
before was treated in such q cool and in
suling manner by anybody before in my
lfe and never will again If can help it."
The manners of tho Union Republicans
wero anything but gentlemanIy towards
us from the sbeginning Of the Conference
until Its close, and DR.. Layton poured forth
perfect stream Of abuse and called Us
puppies, ingrates and nearly every other
harsh epithet he could lay his tongue to
towards tho Regulars.
From the tenor Of his speech he for one
didn't wish any compromise and had no
intention Of being u party to effect one.
His actions were those OF u mad bull let
loose in u china shop and his language
ungentlemanly and oyerbearing in his
treatment Of tho Regulars
There was not word said by the Con-
ference Committee against any momber
OF it on either side and tho time was taken
up raiing up old sores, which Is not calcu.
lated in healing them over.
Tho Regulars presented their proposition,
which was a fair ono, allowing the Union
Republicans to add othe county commit
tee, or tho Regulars would take so many
down ard allow their places to be filled by
Union Republicans but every proposition
looking towards settlement Of their
differences was met with scowls and Omi.
nous shaking OF the heads in tho negative.
Mr.. Hugh q, Browne submitted tho FOL
lowing letter to chairman Allee OF the
Union Republicans:
Our committee will, therefore, provide
for the selection of eight Republicans to
such conference and suggest that tho
Union Republican State Central Commit.
tee select II like number and the men thus
selected shall meot TO consider the proper
steps to be be taken and make such recon.
mendations for tho approval OF their re-.
spcctlvo state committees as they may
deem right and expedient."
Tho Union Republicans rejected every
thing offered and then retired for nearly
an hour and submitted lot of whereases,
and Immediately adjourned without Civ.
ing the Regulars. time to have any debate
ovor it 1t Is rehash OF the trials and
tribulutions which have been going on fer
some time past between the two factlons.
1t was kindly furnished in full to one of
tho City Democrat papers, so as to allow
the Democrats to persue it, This Is what
the Union Republicans have been doing
ever since they got their organization In
our city.
Said several Union Republican voters to
the writer Of these political notes: l
would never vote for any such proposition
cans have offered for New Castle County
to have In the State Convention.
Mr. Delaware Clark, is getting letters
from business men protesting against the
appointing Of an U. s. Marshall from Sus.
sex county and has already procured nu.
nerous signatures, which he will forward
In II few days to Mr.. Henry G. Morse.
From the present outlook 1t should not
surprise lis If the successor to Marshal
Lannan would be Sussex kman and last
name commence with an S.
The two lower counties must think the
New Castle County Republicans lot of
fools to think of them acceding to such
an unfair proposition. Equal representa-.
tlon has been tho thing we have been
fighting and voting for for years, and TO
to ask such thing of us now Is an Insult.
Never will l vote the Republican ticket "
such q compromise is agreed to by the Reg.
ulars. My manhood demands equal rep
resentation and that only will ever sub.
nit to.
William Pierson.'Jr,, announces him self
as \ candidate for coroner on the Republi'
can ticket.
The New Castle County candidates aro
out in tho cold in this appointment, and
are correspondingly very unhappy thersat::
All other federal appointments should
,, be made as soon as possible, and We believe
from now Oh they will be, thus satisfying
the Republicans of Delaware that they
arc getting what they voted for,and this Ia
Z change in the federal Office holders