Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-21
UNlONlSTS' APPEAL IGNORED.
Republican National Committee Refuses
Have the Delaware "scrap" Ventilated

Republican National Committee Refuses to
Have hspeiaware '.scrap" Ventilated at
1ts Meeting.
The Republican National Committee,
in session at Washington, Friday re-
fused to allow the factional differences
in the party in Delaware to be aired
on the floor of the meeting and de-
clined to give an audience to delega-
tion Of Union Republicans which had
gone to the CAPITAL for the purpose OF
laying the matter before the commit
tee. The Addicks delegation COM
prised j. Frank Alice of Dover, State
bury j. Wiley and George w. Roberts
of this city, DR.. George W. Marshall of
Milford, DIR. Caleb Il. Layton of George
town and Representative Thorp of Har-
rington. They sent TO the national COM
mttee request for a hearing on the
situation in Delaware, but the commit
tee refused TO grant the request and
they returned home, most OF them
leaving Washington Immediately after
they learned of the decision The
national committees action is con-
sti ued to mean that it does not pro-
pose to recognize the Addicks element
in this State.
Henry b. Thompson of this city, who
is the Delaware delegate, holding the
proxy of Gen. James II. Wilson, OPP
posed the application for a hearing
from the Addicks delegation, on the
ground that the meeting was no place
to take up factional fights of this sort,
which should be settled at homo.
Senators Thurston Of Nebraska and
Scott of West Virginia, said they
thought it but far 10 grant the hear
ing. Senator Kean of New Jersey,
Samuel Fessenden, Connecticut, and
Henry g. Payne, Wisconsin, sustained
Thompson against uncovering the
soiled linen hamper.
The committee rejected the Addicks'
appeal by a two-third vote, Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania did not vote
Committeeman Gibbs of New York and
most OF the New Englandeis, including
| Fessenden, az we'll as Kean and Payne.
| were among the anti-Addicks voters.
The Regular Republicans of Della
ware were represented in the matter
10y District Attorney William Michael
Byrne, Postmaster Hugh g. browne,
state chairman, and William II. Head,
State secretary, all OF this city. who re-
manned in Washington, although
there does not seem to be any proba.
biity that the matter will be brought
up again,
II cannot tell what the future course
of the Union Republican party of Della
ware will be- said William b. Clerk
Saturday when reporter of the
Gazette called upon him for informa-
tion concerning the visit OF the Union
Republicans to Washington. 1.-THE
Union Republicans went to Washington
and sent to the national committee q
request for hearing on the Delaware
situation, and as understand 1t ths
committee did not care to have thu
matter ventilated on the floor ane
refused the hearing"
Asked what the next step would be
he said he could not tell, as nothing
definite had been decided upon for thu
future. He did not know whether tht
Union Republicans would send a dele
cation to the national convention il
Philadelphia on the 10th of next June
He did not believe the application
made Friday to the national com
mittee would be renewed before thu
convention. He said il the delegation
of which he was a member had beef
accorded a hearing they would simrl.
have placed the situation in this Stat
before the members and left them tt
consider it, lie denied that there wa
any intention of applying for recogni
ton, but said the committee nigh
have been asked to use its influence
10 settling the fractional fight in thi
State,