Evening journal., 1897-09-16
NOW FOR THE HARMONY
Both Committees Named BY
the Chairmen.
CONFER AT DOVER TONIGHT

FOR FEDERAL OFFICES FOR HIS
FRIENDS.
Hugh c. Browne chairman of the
Republican State Committee this af-
ternoon announced the committee on
conference. with similar committee |
Of the Union Republican party. for the |
purpose of harmonizing the differences
between the two organizations. The
committee named by Mr. Browne is
guarantee that he and his friends are
in dead earnest about this business. |
The committeeman were selected from
the convention districts, Of which there
are four. Two men were named from
each of these districts, and they are as
follows:
Hugh c. Browne.
Wilmington-Henry G. Morse and +.
E. Bach
Rural New Samuel Alrichs
and E. W. Dawson.
Kent County. n. Mills and Dr. w
f. Davis.
Sussex County-Robert G. Houston
and Thomas N. Rawlins
The conference will be held att
Dover at the Hotel Richardson this
evening. 1t will probably be an
all-night session and the conferrees will
be fortunate il a single sitting will wind
up the prodigious if not impossible
task that cOnfronts them The Repub
lican State Committee deliberated a
month before acting upon the proposi-
ton OF their factional opponent for
conference, and Chairman Browne has
consumed almost another month In eX-
ercisng the authority. to name COM
mittee, WHICH was conferred upon him
by the State Committee. His delay has
b been the occasion Of much criticism on
} the part of political opponents and es-
pecially of the Democratic press. II
20 has been generally commented upon as
Y an indication of indifference on the
part OF the Republican organization
and the imputation has been frequently
G made that they were quite content to
r put of harmony so long as there were
g Federal offices to distribute. The
e friends Of Chairman Browne urge with
It good reasons that quite the contrary is
5. implied by his caution in taking up this
q work. In the first place the delay OF
b, the State Committee in taking up the
{. matter Of a conference was due to theii
- purpose not to move any faster thar
RI they we're justified by the wishes o.
IL their party adherents. The members o
the committee were not idle during thi'
A. month of waiting. but sedulously con
H. suited with their friends and supporter
tt through the entire state. When the.
ne met on August Is last they did SO witt
~ a full knowledge of what the part.
ri wanted. The party wanted unity on
p basis which the most self-respectlnl
member thereof could accept and sup
n port They also had the assurances o
al scores Of Union Republicans that the.
,e were in earnest about this matter AM
I'd would no longer put up with factiona
II nonsense on the part Of their organiza
IL tion.
I'd Chairman Browne went to work Sc
X lecting his associates on the cOnferenc
ed committee with the same caution tina
n, characterized the action of the Stat
he Committee. He wanted the stronges
he and most representative men that coul
m. bo found He shared the belief commO
rs among his friends that It was too earl
st in the campaign Of 1898 to have con
he ference, but since the conference was
fact he resolved that his side to
ed should be composed Of men whose con
'n clusions would be acceptable to In
rff WINlN UtlANs I " inAhN AilANln vi AAl
ID, the State Committee provided for
ne committee sufficiently numerous
rs, cover all phases of party opinion. The
lie, also took the precaution TO stipulai
that the ccnferrees should have powe
rs merely to consider the proper steps
IN be taken and make such recommend
IT tions for the approval OF their respec
re i've State Committees as they may deer
py right and expedient."
n The purpose OF the Republican Stai
Committee and the restrictions whic
they deemed 70 right and proper
place upon the authority of their col
ferrees are both clearly set forth in
p, q, letter which they sent to Chairman
Frank Alice, of the Union Republica
State Committee. under date Of Augu
mt IS. This letter, which has never bee
lla printed before, appears in full in the.
use columns with such other correspond
re, ence as bears upon the matter in han
The State Committee moreover advise
et- Chairman Browne, If practical. to sele
rs, the cOnferrees from outside of the
he committee. They deemed II wise to
wo left free absolutely in the making
ng their final decision upon the result
er, the conference They directed tn
ult Chairman Browne should be a memb
or, Of the conference in order that the r
MI port might he made TO them throul
one of their number.
THE ADDICKS PROPOSALS.
ain This is Chairman Allees letter pr
IN posing the peace conference:
Me To Hugh c. Browne, Chairman:
nm Sir: The reason for the existence
yed the political organization of which "
-ho are the chairman, having by previo
the confession been removed by the ado
va ton of the present organic law, and q
vet consequent necessity having arisen I
the formation and adoption of ne
rules of party government to meet 4
conditions that thereby confront 1
-, leads us, the representatives of the r
eI- publican party Of the State CT Delawal
re to address to you the following prop
~ sitions:
First. That the committee of viii
W you are chairman appoint a confe
'N' ence committee of three to meet
ar similar number from the Union Repu
)Ckl Tioof, aov,n ~, fof. the plIrpOCQ Cf :