The sun., 1898-10-06
REGULARS REPUMATE
A CIRCULAR LETTER
Will Not be a Party to the
Scheme Proposed by the
Unionists.
POSSIBILITY OF TWO TICKETS
The Regulars Claim That Legisla-
tive Candidates Should Not
Pledge Themselves to Abide by
Majority Vote in Caucus.
Views Of Both Factions.


Views Of Both Factions.
"All candidates of the Union Republi-
can party for any office which is to be
filled by the General Assembly shall be
selected by caucus of all the members
of the General Assembly who have been
elected by the Union Republican party
and each of such members shall attend
such caucus and shall support the caucus
nominee by his vote in the General AS
sembly"
Such is rule % of the state rules and
Kent county rules of the Union Republic
can party of the State of Delaware, and
through failing to agree on this rule it ID
more than possible that two Republican
legislative tickets will be placed before
the voters of New Castle county at the
coming November election.
On Wednesday, September %, meet
ing OF the Union Republican County
Committee was held at their headquar.
ters at Fifth and shipley streets. AT
this meeting and in conformity with the
above rule It was decided to send circu-
lar letter to all of the Republican nomi-
nees for the General Assembly in this
county.
This letter requests them to give their
promise that they, if elected, will sup
port all political questions that may
come up in the next Legislature as shall
be agreed upon by caucus, and irrespec.
tive of past party affiliations or factional
differences.
! This letter was referred to the three
Union executive county committeeman,
S. Frank Ewart, G. B. Money, and Dan
iel F. Stewart, who were to refer it to the
three Regular executive county commit
teemen, DR.. T.. H. Ball, Richard G..
Buckingham and Horace G. Knowles.
The Unionists did so and for the next
few minutes there was fears of an open
eruption. This, however, was quelled,
but the Regulars fatty repudiated the
issuance O. any such letter.
Yesterday afternoon another meeting
Of the Executive Committee was held
at the Union Republican room and the
the question Of securing this promise
from the candidates broached. Again
did the Regulars reject the proposition,
and after partial agreement that they
would stand firm (?) on the remainder
OF county nominees the committee ad-
journed.
The Union executive committee then
reported the result Of their labor to the
Union Republican county committee,
and that committee Immediately de-
cided to send the circular letter to the
respective candidates for General As
sembly and sign it as coming from the
Union Republican committee.
This letter will, therefore, be for
warded to the candidates, and should
they refuse to sign to agree in all mat
ters political by caucus, the Union Re-
publicans of this county will probably
place their own nominees in the field on
the Legislative ticket.
In support of their action prominent
Union Republicans state that man has
a right to pledge himself before election,
especially when it is considered that the
general corporation act" and new
city charter" both Of a political nature,
will come up before the next Legisla-
ture.
One of the Regular Republican Execu-
tive Committee asserted yesterday after
noon that the circular letter and rule
under which it was written was to pledge
all candidates to j. Edward Addicks,
but he contended that the scheme could
not work.
"Wby,' he said wouldn't any man
who expects to represent us in the next
General Assembly be damned fool to
give such pledge"
There are 1900 unregistered Republi-
can voters in this county today and |
can safely vouch that not one.third of
them would register on October %,
should our nominees pledge themselves
to such an internal proposition which is
all for the benefit of one man."
lit is a proposal that would not be
tolerated for an instant and one that
would forever blast the hopes Of the Re-
publican party in this state. The Union
lists are reasonably sure Of electing ma
jority for Mr.. Addicks in Kent and Sus-
sex counties, and expected to nominate
all Union men at the New Castle pri-
maries. They were defeated and only
nominated one Union candidate and
that was in the Democratic district of
New Castle hundred.
"You can say in conclusion that the
Regulars of this county will never enter
into such proposition which is blind
to secure votes for Mr.. Addicks and that
the latter gentleman should remember
the stand taken by himself in 1895
when by giving us the four men who
stood by him we would have had Re-
publican United States Senator, in
stead CT Richard R. Kenney."
In reaching this decisive action the
members of the Union Republican
executive committee seem to have
evaporated.
Walter Fl. Hayes and Daniel F.Stewart
were not to be found anywhere, so that
no adequate statement of their side OF
the controversy could be obtained.
A Union Republican, whose position
in the party scarcely entities him to
recognition as leader, summed up their
claims as follows:
First-There was no Republican party
in Delaware until j. Edward Addicks
interested himself and perfected the first