The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-09
UNION REPUBLICANS
CALL FOR CONVENTION
Union Republican Committee Makes e
Statement.
DELEGATES WILL BE CHOSEN
All Republicans are Invited to Take Part in
the Election OF Delegates to the
Gathering to fleet at Dover
on November 4.

ITO all the electors of the State of Della
| ware Who supported at tho pills in said
! state. in the year A. D., 1896, the success
full candidates for tho offices of electors a
| PRESIDENT and Vice President of tho Unitet
| States.
| Having demo all that we could do tc
| bring about the union of all tho Republ
| cans OF Delaware, to provide party rules
| for such party that would bring its gov
ernmcnt in accord with the require monts
ol the new constitution, and TO provide for
| elect and support one official Organization
to represent the party thus united, anL
having been hindered and prevented from
accomplishing these most desirable result:
by tho speclous plea that 'thc longer The
party is divided the moro harmonious 1t
will be- and by the statement that there
was ana Is no necessity to appeal to the
people to elect delegates to a convention
which should consider and adjust all diff
ferences now existing among tho Republi
cans OF this State,' and all propositions
made by the Union Republican gparty to
secure the above ends having been rejected,
1t becomes the duty Of the Union Republi.
can party Of Delaware, embodying, as it
does Il large majority OF the Republican
voters or the state, to at once take such
steps to prepare to overcome 4 contuu.
ance of the rule of the Democratic party
tho approaching campaign of A. d. 1898
Impose and demand.
That organic law radicalyschanged po-
litlcal conditions in Delaware, it changed
the basis of representation in the General
Assembly, the methods of nominations
and elections, and The old divisions, both
political and geographical, from that by
counties to the district system.
Tho present status in Delaware re.
n I,-I 81
and renders that by counties obsolete
THE rules of future party government
must conform to and harmonizn with that
system II the party is to be successful in
It's battles with the common ensily,
"Fhn uuion Republicans, recognizing
this changed condition, soon after the new
constitution became operative. made over.
tures, officially, to tho other Republican
ganization existing in this state, re.
guessing the latter to join them in calling
Convention of delegates, to be chosen by
all the Repubicurs of this state who wcrr
to meet and deliberate at Time when
they would be most free from tho riyalries
ana JralDusies always ongendered by and
lnseparably cDnnectede with the selection
OF party nominees for tho several Offices
'lhes. overtures, after being held under
consideration by thom for moro than two
muAths, were discussed by u joint com.
mlttee Of the two Republican oryaniza.
tons, who failed OF accomplishing their
object not only because the committee Of
the opposing Republican party confessed,
and declared, at said conference that
their powers We're limited to the reception
OF propositions Tor union and TO he report
ing such PROPOSE ions to their state COM.
mlttcc, but also because their ccnfnrrets 4
failed and refused, as stated by them, to
report tothc said state conimittao the
PROPOSITIONS submitted by tho Union Re
rUD!lcan~ thus preventing any official Nc
ton ON tho part Of their state cu,ninittoo,
IT, therafora, appears ,to,thc Union Ro-
publican State Com nitteo that the pro-
posed union Of the Republicans Of Dola- |
ware Was opposed by the cQnferrees Of the
other Republican Organization without
their state committees authority; that
they did not desire such union and that
they did not intend that anything should
be accomplished by said conference which
Woul! in any way promote and produce u |
united party in this State
'Th"reforn the State Central Commit |
teo of she Union Republican party, be. |
lleVlEg that now Is the time to organize !
the party in accordance with the now can.
dillon OF affairs. and realizing the .eoes |
slty 0i oariy, incessaht and efficient part,
work IN order to achieve parry success
in aid thereof, hereby calls state convcn.
ton, to consist Of 300 delegates to be chosen
by the Union Republicans and all other
electors of this state who supported the ,
principles and conditions of the National |
Republican party at the election held in
Delaware On November 81, 4, D., 1896
'Sail convention will meet In the town
of Dovor on Thursday, the ith day of No,
Vember, A. D., 1897, at II o'clock a m.
"The delegates to said convention aro
apportioned as follows: Forty delegates
shall be chosen from the First district; IS
delegates shall be chosen from the Second
district; 60 delegates shall be chosen from
I hc Third district, and 62 delegates shall
be chosen from the Fourth district.
said delegates from the First and Sec.
ond districts shall he apportioned accord.
ing to the app0rtonment in SAID districts
heretofore existing. -.
"All of the electors aforesaid Of the SOW
eral subdivisions of tho said four several
districts we hereby requested to assem-.
bic at the usual voting places therein on
Saturday, the Both day of October, A. d.,
1897, and in the Second, Third and Fourth
districts to organize by cleCtlng three
Judges, who shall open tho polls and re.
ceive tho ballots; in tho First district the
election officers will and shall bo appoint
ed by tho First District Committee Of Ihe
Union Republican party. In case it shall .
be found impracticable to hold said elcc.
ion ut the usual voting places, the voters
there assembled may select some other {
place in The nelgLborhood for
tho purpose of electing said delegates
"Ihc polls shall be opened continuously ,
in tho First and Second districts from. !
o'clock p. M, to 6 o'clock p. n., and in tho ,
Third and Fourth districts from , o'clock !
p M, to o'clock p. m. Upon the closing
II the polls the judges shall publicly count
The ballots Or votes and make certificates ,
If the result of snid election in Duplicate
,nc of which shall be delivered to the del
gates elected and the other shall De forth |
With mailed to William Y. Smithers, sec
'ctary OF the Union Republican State Cen.
ral Committee, at Dover. Del /,
"Said convention IS called for tho pur. !
,0se OF taking action relative to uniting I,
III Republicans in the state into one party
md providing one official organization for
hr party thus united, to make and ndont @
lew party rules, and to transact any and
VI other business that may be brought be- \
ore it. ,
"All electors who favor the union of the q
republicans of Della ware into one party,
md who desire tho success Of Rruub!icau-
SIN and the defeat nl Democratic fraud
nd misrulc in this state arc eligible To-
No delegates to said convention and to vote
II said primary election.
"By order Of the committee, made At
Dover, this 9TH day of OctoIrr, A. u. 1897.
y. FRANK ALLEE, Chairman. ,,
Attest: w. T, SMlrnEEs, Secretary" |