Evening journal., 1900-05-21
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Put Their Feet in Il

Put Their Feet in II
From Georgetown Sussex Republican.
The Addicks people seem TO be very
much in the same predicament as the
man OF whom twas said that every
time he opened his mouth, he put his
foot in it. That report circulated by
their press bureau at Dover proved to
be a fake, and all the glory of that
recognition by the Congressional Com
mittee nipped in the bud by the placing
of the Republican delegates on the list
Of regular accredited delegates Of the
National Convention. AS nearly every
body knows the National Committee.
prior to the National Convention. or a
State Committee prior to the meeting
of State Convention, meet and make
up the roll Of delegates for the use of
the convention for organization pur-
poses. A list of the regular accredited
delegates is forwarded by each state.
and the list or roll is thus prepared bv
the secretary Of the committee. OF
course, in this instance, two lists of
delegates were placed in the hands of
the secretary of the National Com
mittee. One was a list for certificates
Of the delegates elected by the Republi-
can Convention, and the other the
certificates of delegates elected by the
Union Republican Convention. So that
acting under the authority of the Ma
tional Committee in preparing a roll
of the delegates of the National Con-
vention he placed on that roll the
names Of the delegates elected by the
National Convention from the State OF
Delaware.
II, in his opinion, the delegates elect
ed by the Union Republican Conven-
tion had been the delegates entitled to
recognition as the delegates from the
Republican party Of this state to the
National Convention, undoubtedly
their names would have been placed
on the roll Of delegates TO the conven-
ton.
The Addicks leaders who were so
quick to claim that the action of the
Congressional Committee settled the
whole contest in their favor are now
claiming that the action Of the sec
retary Of the National Committee in
recognizing the Republican delegates
as the accredited delegates from the
State of Delaware, has no significance
They know better. They claim that
which, like many other claims they
make, probably has no foundation, in
fact. But be that as it may, the sec
retary probably followed the direction
of the National Committee or the
members Of that organization who
/ dominate its actions, and this is sig
nificant because all contests before the
| National Convention must be hearC
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! tee. This committee, to all intents ant
purpose, by this action have recog
nized the delegates elected by the Re
/ publican Convention as the delegates
from Delaware. and thereby fore
shadow their probable decision in thu
Delaware case.
1t places the Republican delegate;
in stronger position than four year
ago. because the Addicks delegates ar
in the position of contestants, and the.
are compelled to show why the Repub
lican delegates should be unseate,
and their delegates seated. This will
compel them to fight decision alread.
made by the last convention. F'cu
years ago our readers will remembe
the two delegations from this stat
claimed to be the delegates elected b.
the one Republican convention of tn
state, under and by authority OF tn
call of General James H. Wilson, a
that time chairman Of the State Com
mittee Of the Republican party. ]
was decided that, what was called tn
Higgins delegation, was the legal dele
cation from that convention. This aC
tion of the St Louis Convention ha
been accepted and followed by tn
National Committee and by the na
: tional administration since that tim'
/ The action of Secretary Dick las
week in placing the names Of the dele
gates elected by the Republican Con
vention Of this state, upon the roll {
e delegates of the convention is in con
= firmation of the precedents Of the las
, four years.