Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-13
LETTERS MOI WITHDRAWN.
Union Republicans Have Not Relieved tn,
Legislative Candidates From Answering
Certain Questions.

Union Republicans Have Not Relieved the
Legislative Candidates From Answering
Certain Questions.
According to leaders in the Union
Republican party, who are also men,
bers of the county committee, the
committee has not withdrawn the
letters of inquiry sent to the Legislative
candidates, and, so far as the com
mitteemen seen about the matter are
aware, the candidates have not been
relieved by the committee of the mat
ter of making replies to the letters.
A report was in circulation to the
effect that some of the candidates had
seen members of the committee on the
quiet and after stating their positions
understood that it would not be neces-
sary for them to make written replies
to the questions which had been
asked. The truth of this report was
denied by the members of the Union
committee, who said that they knew
of nothing of the kind having been
done and if there was any truth in the
report, such action had certainly not
been authorized by the committee.
From what could be learned, the can
didates are still expected to send
written replies to the committee, and,
although these letters were supposed
to be in today, at noon, so far as could
be learned, they we're not coming in
very fast, one committeeman stating
that he did not know of any letters
being received. The committee will
meet tomorrow afternoon to consider
the matter, and at that time the
Union ticket will probably be decided
upon.
AT the Lincoln Republican Club,
No. 908 King street, Tuesday morning,
assembled IA of the Republican legis-
lative nominees of New Castle county
to consider the letter from the Union
Republican County Committee asking
them to pledge themselves to stand by
CAUCUS nominees and legislation should
they be elected to the General Assem-
bly,. Those present were: f
Senatorial nominees Samuel M.
Knox, First district; Webster j.
Blakely, Third; James M. Shake
speare, Fourth Robert Mcfarland,
Fifth; Merritt N. Willets, Sixth.
Representative nominees w James
Kitchen, First district; Robert NJ
Burns, Second; James w. Robertson,
Third; James ID. Carter, Fourth
Frank P. Ewing, Sixth, George
Frizzell, Seventh; John w. Dennison,
Eighth; John Pilling, Ninth; Theo-
dore +. Clark, Twelfth,
Six were absent, and some Of them
sent letters explaining their absence.
IL is said that the meeting was in
formal, but it is understood that a
unanimous decision was reached. What
this decision was, certain of those
present declined to specify, but from
what was let fall, the meeting re-
iected the Union Republican letter,
declining to enter into any pledges.
The answer to the proposition of the
Union Republicans will be made in a
letter setting forth the reasons for the
refusal.
Tho absurdity Of the pledge propo-
sition from the Regular Republican
point of view is seenJhg analogy with
the situation in Sussex county, where
the two factions have agreed on one
ticket. The Regulars are in the
minority there and have made no de-
mand for pledges. And so the Regu-
lars, here, claiming that the Union
Republicans are in minority here, feel
that they should follow the same
course as the Sussex Regulars, and ask
for no pledges.