Evening journal., 1900-01-11
ALLEE MAKES
An ADVANCE
Uniou Republican Party Wants
the Issues Joined at the
Next Election.
SENATORIAL QUESTION ASIDE

COMMON PRIMARIES TO BE HELD
AND NO FACTIoNAL DIFFER
ENcEs-EQUAL DIVISION OF
COUNTY AND STATE OFFICERS.
Hugh G. Browne. chairman Of the
Regular Republican state Central
Committee, has received the following
letter from State Chairman ]. Frank
Alice. Of the Union Republican Com
mittee:
To Hugh c. Browne, Chairman Of the
Republican State Central Commit
tee of Delaware.
Sir; In the interest OF republican
unity in this state, and by reason of
the obligation resting upon all loyal
republicans to promote the welfare of
the national republican party by the
election in the ensuing campaign of al
republican president and of a republi-
can Congress, | am authorized and di-
rected by the State Committee Of the
union republican party of Delaware to
address to you the following PROPOSE
tions and to ask an early considera-
tion thereof:
That joint call by the chairman of
the respective republican organizations
of this state be issued for a common
primary upon the basis of equality of
representation in the thirty-fiye legis-
latiye districts
That the delegates elected under said
call shall, when assembled, proceed to
the election Of six delegates and six al
ternates to the National Republican
Convention, to be held in the city OF
Philadelphia on June 10, 1900.
That the said convention shall at the
this state shall have apportioned to
them two delegates and two alternates
respectively and that the said dele
gates and alternates thus apportioned
shall be chosen by the will of the ma
jority OF the delegates from each
county.
That the sair convention shall at the
time and place elect a state central
icommittee OF seventeen members, one
from each senatorial district, the mem
bers thereof to be chosen solely by the
ldelegates-elect from the respective SEN
atorial districts, and that the commit
tee thus chosen shall be the sole Off
cial state committee Of the republicans
of Delaware
That the chairman Of the state cen
ltral committee thus created shall al
the proper time call a convention fol
1.-THE purpose Of nominating three presi.
Dental electors. a representative in
u Congress, and candidates for the re-
lmainder of the state ticket.
That nominations for presidential
al chaH taa fauIn rnn from p1rF
county and by the will Of the major
lity OF the delegates thereof.
That the nominations for the sew
leral states offices, including the nomi-
nation for representative in Congress
J, shall be as follows: The majority oi
the convention shall have the frs
choice of all the nominations to bG
made; the minority the first choice o.
all the remainder; and thus in an al
/. ternate manner until all the nCmina
, tions are completed.
That the question of the election O.
two senators to the Senate of th'
United States shall be disposed of b,
the adoption of one or the other of thi
!, two following propositions:
First, That each faction shall havl
I undisputed choice to the election Of ;
senator.
! Or. second. That the voters OF eacl
senatorial and representative distric
n lshall by a majority rule nominate thei
respective legislative candidates; tina
loyal support shall be given the sam
1l by all republicans without regard Z
past factional division; and that tn
Z whole question Of the election Of sena
: tors to the Senate Of the United State
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= when assembled, without prior reciprC
Z cal obligations or pledges of any kin
= upon the members thereof as to thei
disposition Of the matter.
That, if the foregoing proposition
should seem to be unfair, in that it
ldenied that the majority Of the Repul
q licans of this state are affiliated wit
2 the union republican party, and ths
n the foregoing propositions are there
II fore q covert attempt to gain polit
sr cal advantage that could not be had
p an appeal to the people, / am author
n lied and directed 10 make a furthC
proposition.
That all the foregoing proposition
be laid aside; that a common primaI
a, for delegates to a state convention wit
r equality of representation in the SCI
% eral representative districts under Il
L Constitution, be held by the republics
ed voters of this state. and that tick
O. be nominated by said convention, sol
le ly by the will of the majority, and
adverse to the union republican part
to pledge loyal support of all union r
nublicans to the election Of an enti
at ticket thus nominated
IN ]. FRANK ALLEE,
B. Chairman Union Republican Sta
ty Central Committee OF Delaware.
IT.
or BIT TWO CASES HEARD.