The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-09

General Assembly at the election OF 1898.
The figures given purport TO represent the
pluralitics received in each of the legis,a-
tive districts carried by the Republicans,
and also the proportional vote of the
Union Republican and Regular Republic
can candidates in each of those election
districts. audthe proportionate vote of the
two parties throughout the State. The
summing up of this compilation is as fol-
lows
Regular Republican plurality .......S,7a
Union Republican plurality ..........2.7 O9
Regular Republican majority .......1,0 75
Upon this computation, this earnest
aud representative lRcg) Republican,"
concludes as follows: I'm tie case Of
Mr.. Addcks everything demands his de-
feat His election TT the present session
Of the General Assembly would result in
the loss Of the State to the Republican
party in 1900, lis surely as any reliance
can he placed in figures.
l he il-uras nre gnrbied. The result at
tanned in the computation is untrue. and
their authors conclusions is absolutely
untcmahlc. He is either novice in polt-
icnl computations. or deliberately dcceiv-
ing in his statement.
His figures lie.
There is no basis for comparison. or
rather for the determination of the rcln-
tive strength of the Union Republican
and Regular Republican vote in this
n nyt tOn m or iln "a Ian
of 1896. The vote of 1898 gives no reliable
basis of calculation except in Kent and
Sussex counties, when the Regular Re
publican vote WAS almost entirely climin-
atcd from the contest. When that vote
was manifest it was simply as IN I'M
reasonable and pestilcnt minority seek
ing to destroy what it could not control.
1hc Republican vote Of Kent and Sussex
counties is practically Il unanimous l'non
Republican vote. In New Castle county
the Republicans, in 1898. voted rs one
party, and so voted in ratification Of an
agreement TO accept majority decisions
in al party divisions. With this intrnt
the tn0n Republicans tried to elect as
many Republicans to the General AS
scnlb!y as was possible: while, in viola
ton of the spirit and letter Of the agree
mrnt the Regular Republicans tried to
defeat as many Union Republican can
dilates for the General Assembly as was
possible. This is an exact statement of
the conditions under which the election
Of 1898 was held. Except that Union Re-
pubiicans were defeated and Regular Re-
puhicans elected, the returns Of the cleo
ton Of 1898 afford no basis Tor detrrmiEa
ton Of the prOpUrtionatc vote of either
side. Any conclusions drduc,d from those
returns, as to the relative r,ngth Of the
two parties without reference to the re-
turns of tie election of 1886. must be en-
t!rcly imaginary and misleading; and il
made contrary to the returns of that cleo
ton, bear upon their face the stamp Of
falSchood. This truth is so evident that
the persistent avoidance of reference to
the returns of the election of 1896 in the
calculations of the 'Rcgulars' convict
them of an intent TO suppress the truth,
deceive the people and destroy the only
just basis of popular government, This
is what has GCcr dnTc in the figures pub
lishcd in The Morning News.
An analysis Of the Republican vote Of
the First Senatorial district Of this city
ut the election of 1898, upon the basis of
the divided Republican vote of 1896, in
this district, alone proves the unruth OF
The Morning News statement. The vote
OF this district in $40 Was us follows:
Union Republican vote ..............2,6 Cos
Regular Republican vote ............2,7 gS
Total Republican vote .............5.4U AUG
These figures show that In this Regular
Republican district, over which much is
male III The Morning News statement,
the Republican vote was nearly equally
divided. The Union Republican vote was
1913 of the total. There is no reason to
| believe that this proportion WAS less in
| 1895. There is no popular sentiment to
suggest any change in this proportional
| division Of the vote Of the district, and
| there are no figures to prove any chunge
| in the vote Of the Union Republicans
1t Follows, therefore. that r-half (ouly
fraction less Of the plurality credited
| TO Senator Knox must he credited to the
| Union Republicans, and that the Regular
Republican plurality in TINT district was
only SIS Instead Of l,345. The total Reg
ular Republican plurality in the State,
according TO The Morning News state
! m"ut, 1T the election Of 1898, was 3,7Si;
I'll" n.un Republican plurality WAS 2,7o3
| Tile analysis of these figures upon the
basis Of the divided Republican vote Of
| the first Senatorial district in 1896, show
| that the Regular Republican plurality rs
! published by the News is too great, by a
| sum equal to 1913 per cent. of the vote
| Of the district at the election Of 1895, or
GO; and also that tho Union Republican
| plurality, As published 10y the News is too
small by tile same sum.
The tNlulal"d statement Of the Corrcc-
tionS of this error Of The Nothing News
would be us follows:
Regular. Onion.
Morning Nrws iisurrs.....%%,;Si 2,7oe
! Less lnioH Rep, yotr.......G;V
| Reg. Rep, rhriity........@,Il4
| Illus l'Hun Republican yOtr......,. GO
Union Republican plural;ly..........&;.%%7s
3ll4
Union Republican majority gs5
! The analysis OF one item in Tic Morn
ing News column of Regular !.crnhIican
rIurali'rs, show tn, claim of II Regular
Republican nalorty. counting Iluralitirs
only is false, This however, is not All.
! The claim Of 4 Regular Rcpnllicau MA
rnIiiy Of 5,S in the Second Representative
district is also false. The vote for I,rp
| U.,,., ~ II