Middletown transcript., 1898-08-20
4 CALL ron STATE CONVENTION.

a CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION
THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY REPUBLI
II CAN COMMITTEE APPEAL TO VOTERS
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The Republican County COMMITTEES
for New Castle county met on Wednes
day, and after arranging for the pri
mary election to be held on Tuesday
August 23d, adopted The following res
olutions:
s'The Republican Committee of New
Castle county, in regular meeting CON
vened, respectfully makes the following
appeal, with some of the reasons there
for, to the voters of the county ire
spective of their factional or party
affiliations.
"We ask the Republican and inde.
pendent electors Of this county to ley
aside all manner Of private business on
Saturday next and give the day and
their best efforts to the registration OF
themselves and their friends and neigh
bors, in order that there may be a full
vote and wise choice at the primary
election in September and a sure vic
tory for the honest sentiment of the
county on November 8 next.
''In justification of this appeal we
point out that the efforts, begun by this
committee last January, to bring about
union Of factions and therefore an
assurance of party victory, have been
crowned with success. There will be
but single Republican ticket through
out this county to challenge our sup
port and our suffrages at the next elec-
tion.
"We confidently ask for loyal and
unqualified adherence to the provisions
Of the new Constitution. It is the fund :
amental law Of the State, and as such
commends the respect and literal obedi-
ence of every honest and patriotic citi-
zen. We do not approve, however, but
on the contrary we condemn as unwise
and mischievous the exaction of a reg
istration fee which the majority of the
constitutional convention forced upon
the minority, by The threat that other
wise there should be no change in the
qualification for voting. Sixteen DEM
ocrats foisted this arbitrary tax, a con-
tinuance Of the old vicious system,
upon the voters of the State, against
the protests Of and votes of fourteen
Republicans.
"The right Of suffrage must be free
from every kind Of money exaction, if
the integrity Of the voter is to be MAIN
tained. We pledge ourselves, therefore,
to use our best endeavors, by constitu-
tional methods, to remove this useless
and corrupting provision from the con.
stitution; and we ask the voters of this
county to name no man for the General
Assembly who does not publicly sub.
scribe to this principle and its conse-
quent policy.
s'We deprecate and condemn the
plans now being made by the Demo-
cratic leaders Of New Castle and other
hundreds to defeat the purpose and in
tent Of the new constitution by raising
large sums Of money with which to pay
the registration fees of their followers.
The utmost watchfulness on the part
Of all the friends of good government
alone can defeat this project of the
Democratic leaders and workers.
"We congratulate the people Of New
Castle county upon district as well as
upon increased representation in the
General Assembly under the provisions
Of the new constitution. The Repub-
lican custom Of this county, of making
nominations by hundreds and of exer.
cising the wholesome principle of local
self-government in all primary affairs,
has baen embodied in the fundamental |
law Of the State, the good results of |
which are obvious already in the greater |
care and scrutiny which the voters are
giving to the qualifications ofaspirants |
for loca offices.
"We reiterate our faith in the prin-
ciple of representation according to |
population, and rejoice that Whining
ton has Obtained even the small meas
ure Of justice Of two senator's and five
in the General Assem-
bly,. We believe that Wilmington,
with 40 per centum Of the population
Of the State, is entitled to greater rep
resentation, ,and the constitution should
be amended to that effect. In this con-
nection it is proper to emphasize our
that the Republicans of Will
who in the last ten years nave
increased their vote from 1900 to
900, should be accorded more instead
Of fewer delegates to State conventions,
as it is unwisely proposed to do by
some party members. In the interest
Of peace and party success throughout
the State, it is best that this question
should be retired, and that the appor-
tionment Of 1866, which stood the test
and stress Of factional strife for thirty
years, should be continued as the basis
for the pending conventions.
"We urge upon all Republicans the
duty Of active participation in the
choice of delegates to the State Conven-
tion. called to meet at Dover on Thurs
lay, August 25, to the end that the
good work Of party unifcation, so aus
piciously begun here, may be extended
over the rest Of the State and pushed
along the whOla line of marty eonduat