The sun., 1900-04-03
REPUBLICANS At DOVER
State Central Committee Holds
an Open Session at the
Sta'e Capital.
CONVENTION WORK FORECAST
Fall Delegations From All the Dis
triats Reported and no Contests.
Indications for q Large At
tendance and an Enthusi-
sstic Convention To-day.
Tfs~ The SUMS stan Correspondent.

TreM Tie suns stan Correspondent.
Dover, Del. April 2-Gsthered in !
State Convention here tomorrow the
Union Republicans Of Delaware will
select Elk delegates to the Republi-
can National Convention which meets
in Philadelphia on June 10. The actiors
OF temorrow's convention will be en-
tirely in the hands OF the delegates.
At the Hotel Richardson tonight the
Union Republicans State Central Com
mittee held session which was open to
all Union Republicans. The only work
done by the committee tonight was to
consider the credentials of the delegates
No contests were reported and full dele
cations are assured from every district in
the State.
The committee room was crowded
with Union Republicans. Among
those who came to Dover on the last
. train south was J. Edward Addicks, who
attended the committee meeting. MIR.
Addicks represents the Third Senatorial
district of New Castle county.
The convention tomorrow will demon
strate that the Union Republicans of
Delaware are loyal members OF the Ma
ti)nal Republican party; that they ap
prove of the conduct of the United States
Government by President McKinley's
ADMINISTRATION; and further, that the
Union Republican party of Delaware is
the one element in the politics of the
State today, which is waging war against
the Democratic party.
The indicatl n tonight is that the plat
form to be adopted by the convention
will deal primarily with national poll
cies. 1t will endorse McKinley's admin
istration, his Philippine policy and the
gold MONETARY standard. Such action
Union Republicans hold to be manly in
spite of McKinley's action toward the
majority Republican party of Delaware
Tue convention, however, will probably
adopt protest against President Nc
X nley's treatment OF the Union Repub
lcan party.
The result OF the election OF delegates
to the National Convention, for which
purpose tomorrow's gathering is called
is not definitely known. Several name
have been suggested this evening ant
the matter WAS thoroughly discussed b.
the meeting here tonight. The New
Castle county caucus tomorrow will
probably select ]. Edward Addicks from
lie rural district, and Walter III. daye
from Wilmington. For Kent county th
friends of DR.. George w. Marshall hav
been active tonight and it is said that b
will be the choice of the Kent count
caucus. Hi associate from this count
will be Senator J. Frank Alice. Suisse
county Union Republicans are solid fo
State Senator S. :. P-nnewell and Di
G r. Layton. Several of these name
may be dropped in the cAucuses tomo
row but at this time it looks as thong
the six delegates will be as name
herein.
David s. Clark, of KentoD, membt
of the Constitutional Convention, b:
been selected as temporary chairman I
the convention. He will be made pc
manent chairman. William ID Denne
has been selected for temporary seer
tary, and William I. Smithers for pc
manent secretary.
Once more the Union Republican par
will consider the union of all Repub
cans in this State. The convention
expected to empower the State Centr
Committee to use every honorable mea
for securing united Republican vol
also to declare itself opposed to the eliI
ination OF any man high or low from b
ranks of the Republican party, al
against the prohibition of any memb
of the Republican party from the parti
patton in the results OF any election W
by this party.
The meeting tonight has been an e
thusiastic one. Several speeches we
made and in every instance the speakt
were greeted with applause. The ol
look is for an old time, enthusiastic +
publican convention.
G. S. JONES