Evening journal., 1898-06-27
ADDICKSITES SNUBBED
Department of Elections Re-
turns Their List.
THE REGULARS WERE RECOGNIZED

lfth NAMES SUBMITTED BY |
CHAIRMAN DOWNEY AND HIS
FIRST DISTRICT COMMITTEE
LAW STOOD IN THE WAY.
The Department of Elections has ig-
nored the pretensions OF the Union Re
publican party to official recognition.
To-day Chairman Downey received a |
bulky package and the following let
ter from the election commissioners;
Wilmington, Del, June "a, 1898.
Stephen Downey Chairman of the
First District Committee Of the
Union Republican Party OF the
State OF Delaware.
Dear Sir: BY the unanimous vote Of
the Department OF Elections for the
city Of Wilmington, herewith most
respectfully return to your committee
its certificate OF recommendation for
registration officers.
In doing so I respectfully call your
attention to the provisions of sub-sec-
tion 4, Of section 8, Of the act entitled
'An Act Creating a Department OF
Elections for the City OF Wilmington,
passed at Dover May 80, 1898, and ap-
proved June 1, 1898. which is as FOL
lows:
"They shall in the month of June in
each year a general election is held,
appoint for each election district in the
the city of wilmington three capable
persons, who shall be voters and resi-
dents in the election district, for which
they shall be appointed, who shall be
the registration officers Of the election
district for which they are appointed;
one Of whom shall be designated as
registrar and the other two assist
ant registrars, and not more than two
Of them shall be of the same political
faith, provided, that the total number
of registration officers in each repre-
sentative district shall be divided as
equally as possible between the two
leading political parties as the same
shall be determined upon by the De-
partment OF Elections at the time OF
making the appointments. And, fur
ther, for each appointment accredited
to any political party under this sec
tion, the city executive committee OF
such political party shall furnish the
Department Of Elections on or before
thh first day Of June Of the year in
which said appointment is to be made
a list Of three names OF properly
qualified persons, from which lists the
Department Of Elections shall make it.
appointments"
You will observe by the above
and foregoing that the Language
Of the statute is "the two lead
ing political parties" It is manifest
therefore that the Department Of Elec
tons aforesaid can receive the certih
Gates Of but two political parties. II
determining which political party Il
entitled to recognition, this department
is bound by the provisions OF section
8, Of chapter 396, volume 90 Laws o
Delaware, page 4O8, which are as fol
lows, to wit: section 5. That when
ever in the laws Of this state relating
to general or special elections tn
words principal political parties nor
occur, or words equivalent thereto, o
so designating parties shall be used
the same shall be taken to designate
and are hereby declared to designat
the Democratic party and the Republi
can party" BY the provisions Of tn
last mentioned statute, the General AS
sembly have placed a constructio
upon the words principal politics
parties" and have declared them {
refer to the Democratic party and th
Republican party. This constructio
IS further declared to apply to ''wort
equivalent thereto" meaning WORD
equivalent to the words principal p,
litical parties" You will not doul
but that the words leading politic'
parties" are equivalent to the wore
principal political parties" then
must follow from the language Of yoV
certificate, which is as follows, to wi
'eBe it remembered that we. Stephe
Downey, chairman OF the First Distri
Committee OF the Union Republics
party OF the State of Delaware, ar
Howard E. staats, secretary Of sa
committee, etc." that the polite
party Of which you are the official re
resentative does not come within Il
legal recognition Of the said Depar
menf OF Elections.
The certificate recognized by this d
partment must, by force Of law, be {
certificate received from Horace
Knowles, chairman OF the Republics
First District Committee OF the city
Wilmington, which said committee
pears by his certificate to have excl
sive control and management OF the
fairs and concerns Of the Republic