Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-07
HARMONY.
REJECTED BY
THE REGULARS


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the ticket, and periodically placed the
nanres OF your presidential electors on
oar alcket This act OF ours alone wac
tbef rausn zof. Delaware rolling APP a
plpralitysof- 1874 votes for Presidents
sachinley. whereof New Castle county
AZ the Dover convention held Au-
euet. lS9g, the republican party Of Del
aware. believing tito, be 70 the inter-
est OF the state and nation that they
should 10 ,into the coming campaign
with Al united9party, nominated j. n.
Hoffecker, a union republican tor rep
resentative to the United States Com
kress, IL Heisler Ball for state treas
urea, and John A. Lingo, union repub'
lican. for state auditor These nomi-
nations we're made with the view and
hope that they would heal the breach
in the party.
fWe,also agreed to hold common pri-
maries With you in New Castle county
but after making and signing this
agreement your party sought, to vio-
late its pledges and annul it's agree
nent hy making certain preposterous
demands Of the nominees for the Legis-
lature. stating that you would only
place their names on your ticket. upon
compliance Herewith These demands
Nere promptly refused bye the nomi7
ntek ind the written, agreement OF your
marty. Organization In that county, duly
executed. wak made publle. We.eIeete9
all the co,hnty, oftictrs.i and ton repre-
seutattves and four senators OF the
General Assembly, - ft yw
In Kent and Sussex counties, union
republican candidates were voted Tor BY
republicans, with the distinct eunder1
standing add pledge that Il MT Ad5
dicks did not. receive sufficient votes IN
the LEGISLATURE 10 elect him 90 the
J5nlted States Senate, other candidates
would be voted for, and a senator elect
cd. Whenithe Legislature met In jan
uary. 1899. these pledges were not ful-
nlled, and. all efforts At cQmpromisse
proved futile. One hundred ana thlr-
teen ballots we're cast for United'Statea
senator, the union republicans voting
continuously for Mr.. Addicks. While
the republicans voted for fifteen can
dlddtes. as PILLOWS: DR.! Lewis'H Bali
Dr. Hiram \. Burton, Horny z. Can
non. Colonel Henry A. DuRont hon
Anthony Higgins. Charles Il. Richards
Hon, william G. sprlance General
James II. Wilson, Levi &. BIRD, PhiliI
Il. Cannon. DR. Joseph n. Chandler
Franois G. Dupont William $. ,filles
Harry A. richardson, Hon Jonathan >
willis et,, .el,z,
During the session in the month o.
February. 1899, two Of our members Of
the Legislature and.a like number o.
yours went 10 Washington to confcl
with Senator Elkins, Hon. Charles Il
Csrosvepor and Hon. Charles Dick a
their request and with a viewlof solv
ing the senatorial difficulties.
Our Representatives at this confer
enc0 made the following. propositions
iTirst-Our party would furnish tn
names OF ton republicans 40 your part.
from whom you could select one can
didate, Who. therenpon,' should receivl
the votes of all tho republican mem
bers II the Legislature; or '
Second-Our party would accept tn
names of ten republicans supplied b.
your party from whom we would eelec
a candidate. who should receive vote
Of al the republican members pf tn
Legislatures or rtst
cThird--h your party would eliminat
Mr.. Addicks from the contest. all on
gnembers III. the Legislature woul
then so into caucus with your mem
bers and abide by the results Of sue
caucus. r.l.
AN OF these offers, which were mad
IN q fair and honest spirit OF comprc
mlse, were rejected. and the Legisla
tore adjourned without electing
United States senator, due to the SCI
hPhpoliny 'of one man.
trIhese. offers OF compromise on on
part We're followed up In a few month
BY YOUR turning over the city OF Wi
mington--a city with over a thousan
republican Ihajority-into the hands
the democratic party.
AT the election in June, 1892 Georp
W. Bush, who was acceptable TO a
republicans. was nominated as OF
candidate for mayor. and, would ha'
been elected had not your party wal
tonly nominated Mr.. Clerk, whose Gle
ton was absolutely impossible. wi
Tho natural result OF turning ovor q