Evening journal., 1897-09-17
HARMONY IS IN THE AIR.
But Entirely Too Far Up to
Reach.
ADDICKs BAIT WAS NOT TAKEN
STAYED OFF ACTION
AFTER FORCING THE HAND OF
THE ADDICKSITES AND MAKING
THEM SHOW WHAT WAS IN n.

The ADDlCkSIIES AND MAklNGl |
THEM SHOW WHAT WAS IN n.
Dover Sept. 1.-THE committees OF |
the regular and Union Republicans met
last night for the purpose OF arranging |
for harmony in the party. The meeting |
was held in the rooms of the Kent
County Union Republican club and
was largely attended by prominent poll |
ticians from all parts OF the state. j.
Edward Addicks headed the delegation
Of his own Republicans, while f. E.
Bach and State Chairman Hugh G.
Browne led the regulars. The commit
tees arrived early in the evening, but
the meeting did not convene until 81
o'clock Inc committeeman present
were: Regular Republicans. Chairman
Hugh c. Browne; Clerk William II.
Head, +. Il. Bach, Samuel Alrich and
e. A. Dawson, Of New Castle county;
William r. Cahoon and DR.. w. f.
Davis, of Kent county; Robert g. Hous-
ton and Thomas N. Rawlins, of Sussex
county.
Union Republicans. Edward Ad-
dicks, Walter ii. Hayes and Joshua
Clayton, of New Castle county; Chair
man ]. Frank Alice d. S. Clark and
Dr. George w. Marshall, of Kent
county; Dr. c. r. Layton, ID. o. Moore,
and Newall Ball, OF Sussex county,
Clerk William T. Smithers.
1he meeting was limited to the con-
ferrees only, newspaper representatives.
and politicians being denied admission.
Mr.. Addicks was in Dover early in the
afternoon, held a meeting with his com
mittee, when the full details of the
plans and propositions they were going
to make were agreed upon. Mr.. Ad-
dicks early in the day attempted to lay
plans for a coup. When Chairman
Browne, of the regulars, arrived in DO
ver Addicks hunted him out and in
formed him what the Addicks men
desired. 1t was to reOrganize the rep
resentation in the state convention ac-
cording to legislative districts, thus
making the convention consist of the
| following number of members: Will
mington, 25; rural New Castle so;
total for county 75 Kent, so; Sussex
so. AS the Uunion Republicans
at present control the two lower coun-
ties they could secure a possible 100 or
more votes against 75 or less the regu-
| lars would get from the north of the
state.
The regulars declared they would
never agree to such a proposition, and
they prepared themselves to meet It,
ForeVarned of the intentions of the Ad-
dicksites, the regulars went into the
meeting forearmed. Prior to the meet
ing one of the regular conferreesf fsaiC
their proposition OF representation anC
that the representation in the next stat,
convention should lie the same or OF
e. asrfa lan rIa afaf
b would be- Wilmington, 40 delegates
rural New Castle county, 3S; total fol
county, Is; Kent, AZ; Sussex, 40.
This representation would give ths
regulars a better fighting chance, for
, with seventy-eight from the north
{ they could possibly gather enough
{ from the rest of the state to defeat th'
/ combined votes of the Addcks mel
from Kent and Sussex. Both sides
II having thus announced their PROPOSE
tions, went into the meeting whicl
lasted through the night. A regula
conferree said that no attempt would b.
. made to demand the elimination of Ad
p dicks from Delaware politics, saying
I 1T is impossible to read a man out o
the party"
In the present struggle the regular
/ y
gain. They control the Federal pa
tronage, and in the event of a cOmpro
mise this would have to be shared wit
the Union men. The Addicks men, real
iZing the superiority of the position
+ of the regulars, are bidding for a com
promise. as desertiOns are taking plac
in the Union ranks because the prom
Uses Of offices he'd out before electiO
1.afrn hn min
a ion here is that the Addicks men vii
!, have to concede much to the regular
u before there is harmony.
At midnight the two committee wer
still in session, and the prospects wer
that If any agreement was reached
:, would not be until late in the morning
l. There was constant wrangle betwee
o The cOnferrees on both sides. F.
e Bach acted as leader for the regulars.
They are holding out for the old rel
lresentation in the state convention an
. fighting a call fer an immediate col
vention to elect a new State Committe
The Addicks men are clamOring fc
o their propositions Og representation an
le an immediate call for a convention, q
D." the Union Republicans believe that by
" delegate election within the next fe
weeks they can control convention.
= AT the end of the conference the onl
information furnished to the corr'
spondents was that the proposition ,
the Union Republicans for a state col
venltion had been submitted and az
cepted by the regulars for consider;
tion, and another meeting of the con
mittees will be held on September 27
THE ADDICKSITE PROPOSITION
Walter H. Hayes, of the Union r.
o publican committee, returned TO tow
3, this morning. Speaking of the confe
ence he said:
''The Union Republicans made
e proposition which was in substance ;
follows: That the parties be unite
i and to accomplish that a convention
: called in very short time by a call i
sued and signed by the chairman of u
. respective state committees, that th
Y convention consist of 175 delegate
~ five from each representative distriC
or as provided for in the new Constit'
II tion. That primaries be held throug
- out the state, and that each party ha'
aoua1 fopracpnfafiOn in fhp WindO1