The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-28
HARMONY is FARTHER OFF.
State Republicans Again Split and Will
Now Fight Out Their Grievances
at the Polls,

faction OF tho Republican party met nc
Dover last evening, tire latter to answer
tho propositions of the former, made ten
days ago. The Regular Republicans met
in the parlor Of the Hotel Richardson and
prepared their answer, which stated that
they reject the propositions Of tho Union
Republicans to have convention in the
near future, the number of delegates COM
posing snid convention to be five from each
Legislative district in tho State, and this
convention to elect new State Central
Committee.
The Republican voters Of the State do
rot desire convention at this time. as
there Is no election pending, continued
the address, and it would only open old
wounds. Tho said convention would not
be subject to provisions Of the new con.
stitutiOn and the statutes to be enacted to
protect the purity of the ballot. The Re.
publicans believe th0t adherence to the
present apporli0nment and ti,ne-honorcd
rules and customs Of the party is the best.
Absolute peace prevailed from tho adop.
ton Of the rules in 1884 until the present
slime. and it would boa blunder to change
rules which divided tho State into four
districts. No differences arose until violent
efforts We're made to ignore these resolu-
tions.
If any change Is to be made 1t must bo
made in representation according to the
Republican vote. Ono new state Com.
mittco is recommended for the united
party.
" was late when the two factions met In
tho Union Republican Club room. All
tho conterrees present at the previous
meeting were IL attendance except j, Ed
ward Addicks Newall Ball, ofthe Union
republicans, occupied the chair, and Will
liam Ii. Hcald, of Tho Regular, and Will
liam L. Smithcrs of the Union Republi-
cans, were secretaries.
There was considerable i'll feeling shown
by tho Union Republicans toward Fred
y Bach, he having written several articles to
tho newspapers the past week, in which
Lo banded his fuctional opponents with.
out gloves There seemed to be dispo.
sition to exclude him from tho meeting.
but wiser counsel prevailed and the matter
was dropped. After the answer by the
Regulars was read the Union Republicans
retired for conference
The U nion Republicans, after boing out
over nm hour, returned and stated that for
the third time they Ind made ovcrtures to
tho opposing factions Of tho party to com.
promise and settle their differences
They saw no reason to remain longer
with an irresponsible body that had no
power to ACT rs the chairman of the Rcgu-
lar Committee had acknowledged that ho
had not submitted the propositions OF the
Union Republicans to their committee,
and hence the Regular Committee had no
power 10 act. The confurrecs then ad.
journed.
The absence of Mfr. Addicks at the meet
Ing gave tho impression that the action OF
the Union Republicans was cut and dried,
and that their blustery manner of treating
the regulars proposition was another at
tempt to create sympathy for their move
ment 20 harmonic the party Oh the basis
OF tho county districts getting everything
and the city OF Wilmington nothing in
tho state Convention.
This ends all prospects of harmony for
the present, at least. Tho two factions
are wider apart than ever and the feeling
is that the two opposing factions viii
fight each other a. the polls ngain next
year This will insure tho Democrats II
clean sweep of all The officers to Be elected
at tho first election under tho new Coniti-
tuition
1t is doubtful il so much interest was
ever shown in the proceedings of any 20.
liticnl committee. The conference WAS
the general topic Of conversation and tho
politicians who were both on and off tho
committee stood about in groups and
ta kod Of tho probable outcome.
What he 'utcome would bclwas moro
that anyone could tell before tho ;nee ing
was called. 1t was generally accepted,
however, that littc would come OF tho con.
ference, and thnre were several reasons for
this opinion. One reason given was that
tire Republicans would not bc willing to
accept The Union Republican apportion.
mrnt. and it was lelt to be equally ceriun
that the Union Republicans woulAbo slow
TO recede from the propositions which Lhey
had made Mt tho previous meeting. The
fight in the last campaign had ia . measure
been brought about by this auDurtiOumpnt
and tho Union Republicans held that 1t
would be stultifying the action Of the State
convention held by them to 70 back on tho
appor.iOnment made at that time. This
apportionmcnt had been proposed by J.
Edward Addicks himself and it wa, felt
tr-bo certain that ho and he remainder of
the Union Republicans would stand for it.