The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-20
LETTER FROM
Mr.. FRED BACH.
He Takes Exception to the Editorials In
Saturdays Issue.
GIVES A STATEMENT OF FACTS
A Very Interesting and Readable Letter.
We Commend5Fils Course In the
Conference Committee.

Mr.. EDIToR-In Saturdays REPUBL1-
the work Of the Republican eonferrees, one
| of which took the liberty of mentioning
me by name and of imputing thoughts
and purposes to me In respect to the work
| Of those conferrees, which l would deem
unworthy Of myself in respect to any seri-
GUS duty in life. I have devoted tho last
seventeen years of my life to the cause of
the Republican party in Delaware and
during every day Of that long service you
and every other Intelligent person in this
state has known where l stood.
Ihave never hedged nor trifled nor played
hide and seek either with men or with
principles. To be accused, therefore. of be-
ing opposed to this or to that for no better
reason than that Mr.. Jones, or Mr.. Smith,
or Mr.. Addcks may have proposed 1t is to
do me injustice. You made tho samo
charge against Mr.. Addioks and with like
injustice, believe. 1t strikes me that as
q Republican organ Of large circulation.
the attitude Of tho REPUBLICAN towards
our work and towards the duty which 1t
owes to Its readers Is far from being useful
and helpful.
II A second editorial makes reiterated
clamor for the two sets of conferrees "to
get together." This bit of gratuitous ai.
tvlce was repeated until 1t filled quarter
of column. Don't you think 1t would
be more to the point If you told how go.
together9 Both sides at the conference
on Thursday evening last were In dead
earnest about getting together, but thsy
differed as too the conditions
1t Is within tbe province Of every Repub.
lican and 1t Is tho duty of every Republ.
can newspaper to make suggestion how
we ought to got together. The offer
for harmony came from the other side.
Therefore the Republican conferrees prop
erly confined themselves to hearing and
considering what was proposed.
The proposition mads by Mr. Addicks
when stripped of all superauous verbagc!s
that the two factions 60 into a primary
election to elect delegates to a harmony
convention, in which the city Of Winning.
ton shall have s5 delegates; New Castle
county 80; Kent 50 and Sussex 30.
The Republican conferrees wc1e unit
in declining that basis, for the reason that
it was not fair.
They reasoned that if tho 800 Republ.
can voters of Kent, one-half of whom at
least were paid for voting were entitled to
90 delegates, the O0O Republican voters of
Wilmington, none of whom asked price
for his vote; were surely entitled to more
than rs delegates. In this opinion I
heartily concurred Mr.. Addicks would
listen to no other basis, and DR.. Marshall
moved to adjourn in order that our side
might take time and think better Of the
Addicks proposition.
Now, what do You advise? Do you ad.
wise Us to accept 25 delegates for Whining
tonf Do you believe that it takes four, or
five or six, or perhaps ten Wilmington Ro.
publioans who vote rs freemen. to be of as
much account rs one Kent county Republi-
can who was probably paid $50 or $40 for
his vote last fall Tho Addicks proposition
involves that ratio, both In morals and in
arithmetic. Does tho Daily REPUBLICAN |
advise us to accept it +? FRED f. BACH.