Middletown transcript., 1897-11-13
MIpDLETowN, DEL. NOV. Is 18g7
ruAr STATE CONVENTION,

ssresolyedD to their hearts, content and
have gone home. We trust they have
zone to their homes to think over what
they have done, to consider in a quiet
and dispassionate manner the effect OF
their work. TO us it has the appear
ance Of driving further apart the Re-
publicans of the State, to make more
difficult union OF the two organiza-
tions. We believe that was the pHr-
pose of the Convention as held by its
chief promoters, not by their followers
who desire and seek harmony. While
the convention was fairly we'll attended
there was lack of enthusiasm, and in
the election of delegates, or rather the
naming of delegates in most cases by a
few persons incaucus, there was wanting
that interest of the people showing-the
convention was not necessary, not de-
manded by the people. As evidence of
this we quote from the Georgetown
.Democrat,n and unbiased authority,
proving the indifference in Sussex
county:
"If we may Judge from the number of
votes polled at the Union Republican prim-
aries last Saturday their strength mustbe
much less than has been thought The
total Republican vote in SussexS in 1894
was nearly 1900, while the number cast
last Saturday by the Unions was 447, about
one-tenth. This small per cent. of the to-
tai vote, however, proposes to say what the
whole party shall do and to manage things
in their own way. 1t is another instance
of "the tail wagging the dog"
1T WAS A FAILURE.
FIRST, the convention was failure
10 the popular election Of delegates;sec-
ondly in it's impression upon the people
and the work it accomplished-unless
it is admitted that the intention was to
make union more difficult among Della
ware Republicans. This, we fear, it
has accomplished, still union and vic
tory should not be impossible even next
year. Let the aYowed purpose hereto
fore and the secret purpose now of
Union Republican leaders to put up as
chief of the Republicans of Delaware
the one man who has brought about
division and who is personally respon-
sible for defeat, be given up wholly and
completely and victory will be ours.
The convention was failure in its eff
fort to show that Mr.. Addicks and Mr..
KIttenger are ''out of it." True they
were not in the convention but the first
man who came to Delaware as an Ad-
dicks lieutenant, the man, who was,
has been, and is the closest TO Mr. Ad-
dicks, was in attendance, Mr.. Donahoe
of Boston, and the whole effort and
purpose is to-day the same as it was
when by their chief the declaration
was made
SIT is ADDICKs OR NOBODY
We regret that such is the fact; we
regret that so many men Of the highest
standing as Republicans are blind to
these facts and lend themselves and
their good names not only towards the
elevation of party traitor but to the
disunion OF Republicans in Delaware,
since thousands Of Republican voters
will never walk under the Addicks
banners. 1t has been asserted by the
Addicks followers that they will do
two things: First, they will buy votes
In the future as they have done in the
past; secondly, they can carry enough
districts under the new system to con-
troll the General Assembly. Whether
they will try the first remains to be
seen, but they cannot control the Leg
islature. 1t may take another election
to prove this to the masses Of the Re-
publican Party. 1t may be nobody
again or a man who ''throws spittons
at his political opponents but it can
never be Addicks.
THE WHY AND WHEREFORE.
The avowed object of the conven-
tion was to conform the party rules
to the new order of things under the
new Constitution. An outward showing
was made in that direction by the adop-
tion of resolutions and rules but the
failure to elect new State Committee
by districts under the new order which
'ssaecessitated the coauentionn shows the
falsity Of the claim. The old commit
tee who failed to make an impression
upon President Mckinley and his ad-
ministration in the distribution of Off
ces hoped for great demonstration at
their convention to prove that tive are
the partyn but they had no intention of
surrenderiDg their power as members
of their State Committee. If the "new
order Of things" demanded the change
of rules it certainly demanded the NAM
ing of a new committee-this is the
Wherefore" The .swhy" was shown
when the temporary chairman tore up
nuu buLOW upOu tu0 uoOI ICpOlutlUub
endorsing President Mckinley, and
later when the Conyen tion itself failed
to pass resolutions commencing the
present admirable administration. The
"why and werefore" Of all this is the
failure to control few Federal ap-
pointments. How small q matter for
Republican State Convention to ig-
more the great head Of the party in the
Nationl No other citizens throughout
this great country assembled as Repub-
licans have this year failed in this act of
acknowledgement of the success of our
party. Their failure to do 50 is moth
ing TO, President Mckinley; it is re-
proach to the men who are responsible
for it. Will the masses of Delaware
Republicans endorse such aetions9 We
think not. But let us pass TO another
injustice.
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