Evening journal., 1900-02-07


CALLING AND REVIEWING THE
DIFFERENCES OF THE PAST
TEN YEARS, AND IT IS
ADOPTED.
The Regular Republican State Com
mittee met at Dover yesterday and re-
iected the union republican harmony
proposition.
The union proposition was read and
reply was offered by Chairman Hugh
c. Browne The matter Of preparing
an answer to the proposition was re-
ferred to a committee which reported
infavor of Mr. Brownies answer. Horace
Grcely. Knowles asked to substitute a
clause leaving the matter to the next
state convention, George, L. Townsend
offered a resolution to name a joint
ticket in. convention. Both of these
were rejected by vote Of fourteen to
two, and Mr. Brownies answer adopted.
The committeeman present we're:
Henry 3. Thompson, Winfield S. Quig-
ley and William T. Naudain, of VIII
mington; DR.. Columbus Henry, E. B.
Shurter and George L. Townsend, Of
rural New Castle county; Isaac n.
Mills. George NJ. Jones and David Refs,
of Kent county; George f. Smith, c.
p. Swain and Charles II. Maull, Of Sus-
sex county; Horace G. Knowles, chair
man of the Republican First District
Committee; State Senator Samuel NJ
Knox, as proxy for DR.. l.. Heisler Ball,
chairman OF the Republican County
Committee Of New Castle county; Clark
NJ. Mensch, chairman of the Kent
County Republican Committee; Robert
G. Houston. chairman OF the Sussex
county committee; Hugh G. Browne
chairman. and William Il. Head. SEC
retary. "a
Nj. Brownies reply was
Headquarters Republican State Com
mittee, Wilmington, Del, Feb. s.
1900
J.FTank ALE, Chairman Union Repub-
lican State Central Committee OF
Delaware:
Sir. ] am directed by the Republican
State Committee of Delaware to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your undated
communication and to transmit to you
the following reply:
The electorate which this COMMITTEES
represents yields to none in advocacy
OF the vital issues and high principles
of the national republican party anC
from the time of Lincoln have evei
been foremost in promoting republican
success and stand for the party first
candidates for Office next
For the past four years there hai
been constant and unremitting effor
on the part Of the republican party O
Delaware to- promote harmony, bl
where compromises have been made
they have not been lived up TO by you
and the fruits of the victory have no
been secured.
In substantiation of this claim w
point with pardonable pride to the fol
lowing history OF our party organiza
tion, and the acts of its leaders anl
members
In 1888 our party elected a majorit
on Joint ballot in the General Assem-
bly,. Caucus rule, the custom of tn
party, prevailed, and Hon. Anthem
Higgins was nominated in caucus an
thereafter duly elected United State
senator Some favored others, bu
when Mr.. Higgins was chosen ever
republican assented to the choice Of tn
party representatives in the Legisla
ture.
With this announcement we wer
then in better condition to make ou
contest against the democratic part,
and we began the campaign of lSs
with every indication of success.
By the rotation rule of the part.
Kent county was entitled TO name III
candidate for governor; Sussex count
the candidate for representative
Congress.
The Kent county caucus name
Harry A. Richardson for governor; II
Sussex caucus named Henry p. Canno
for Congress. under the unwritten la
of the party, that the delegates to II
state convention from 2 county shou
he allowed to choose the candidate
which the county was entitled; a
cordingly. these caucus nominees we
ratified unanimously by the state Co
vention.
This state ticket was defeated al
the democratic candidate for governc
Robert J. Reynolds. was elected by
small plurality, Of less than FIVE hundr
votes. by and with the financial assis
ance rendered to him by Mr. Addicks
We deem II proper to state that th
was admitted by Mr.. Addicks in Apr
1892, to three persons OF integrity al
character, who have since made oa
thereto.
In conversation with them he assei
ed that he elected Robert ]. Reynol
nv placing FIVE thousand dollars Is
O0Ol In the hands OF James L. Wolco
saying to them: 81 gave him (meani
the said Wolcottl FIVE thousand dolla
lust in the nick OF time. to save Ke
county. for they fmeauing the dem
orats) had spent every dollar they ha'
md .addinp "Vou know had no
toe. n the Eicha-dsons. (meani