The sun., 1900-02-07
HARMONY PROPOSAL
WAS TURNED DOWN
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It Was Read Yesterday at
/ Dover and Then Laid
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Aside.
ANSWER WAS CUT AND DRIED
g.Trt g4h
Horace Greeley Knowles and George
L. Townsend Dissented and ~
offered Resolutions OF
Amendment but We're
Voted Down.
ANSWER WAS CUT AND DRIED

Voted Down.
| The proposition for harmony recent
made to the Regular Republicans G
Delaware by the Union Republican Stat
Central Committee was rejected at tn
meeting of the Republican State Ceptra
Committee held at Dover yesterday
There was little opposition to the reiec
tion of the proposal.
The meeting vas opened at II o'cocl
yesterday morning. Chairman Hugh @
Browne. presided.
After the meeting was opened the pro
posal from the Union Republican Com
mittee was read and laid aside. No actor
was taken. A counter proposition which
had been prepared by some person ol
persons unknown to the majority of the
committee was read Ii was presented
to the consideration Of the committee
unsigned and was read by Secretary viii.
liam II. Head fn the form OF an address
1t was as follows:
The address adopted at Yesterdays
meeting after leading off with the al.
legged history Of the Republican party
from Regular Republican point OF view
was as follows:
Headquarters Republican State Com.
mittee, Wilmington, Del, Feb. &. 1900
}, Frank AL llee, Esq, Chairman Union
Republican State Central Committee Of
Delaware
Sir: am directed by the Republican
State Committee OF Delaware to acknowl-
edge the receil t of your undated COM
munication and to transmit to you the
following reply:
The electorate which this Committee
represents yields to none in advocacy of
abe vital issues and high principles OF
the National Republican party, and from
the time OF Lincoln have ever been fore
most in promoting Republican success
and stand for the party first, candidates
for office next.
For the past four years there has been
constant and unremitting effort on the
part of the Republican party Of Delaware
to promote harmony, but where compro-
misses have been made. they have not
been lived up TO by You, and the fruits
of victory have not been secured.
First-Our party would furnish the
rames OF ten Republicans to your party
from whom you could select one candi-
date, who, thereu oon, should receive the
No.Sc VI al pHc IepuUllCdu members OF
the Legislature; or
Second-Onr partv would accept the
names OF ten Republicans supplied by
your party from whom we could select
candidate, who should receive the votes !
u all the Republican members Of the
Legislature; or
lhird-lf your party would eliminate
Mr.. Addicks from the contest, all our
members in the Legislature wonld then
90 into caucus with your members and
abide by the result OF such caucus.
All of these offers, which were made
n fair and honest spi it of compromise,
were rejected, and the legislature ad- |
ourned without electing United States
senator, due to the selfish policy Of one
nan.
These offers of compromise on our
part, we're followed up in a few months
~ your turning over the city Of Will
nlngton-a ty with over thousand
Republican majority-into tile hands Of
he Democratic party.
At the election in June, 1899, George
". Bush, who was acceptable co all Re-
'ublicans, was nominated as our candl-
late for Mayor, and would have been
lected had not your party wantonly ,
ominated Mr.. Clerk, whose election was
bsolutely impossible, with the natural
esult of turning over the entire CITY gov
rnment to the Democrats.
In view Il the facts above stated, we
re forced Of necessity to doubt your
ood faith and sincerity, and tn question
our motives When Won issue 4 mani
,sto and call it plan for unity and har-
lony, we are forced to conclude that :,
mis- alleged plan, like all your previous !,
ropositions is nothing but another .
ell devised scheme to bent fit MIR. Ad.
icks.
Referring to your proposition, we have :,
'rlous objection to electng delegates to !.
convention by Representative di tricts,
y the Republican party has never of :,
cially ratified the gerrymander of this y
ate into Representative districts, fixed :
Democratic Constitutional Coven- =
on, and We cannot now adopt it for !
lrtv purposes until authorized so to do !"
our constituents.
The same objection applies to the !,
inning OF State committee by sena- y
rial districts. s"
H. ierring to that part OF your PROPOSE T.
IN which deals with the election Of a ;"
nlted States Senator, its obvious intent =
a meaning is to practically y commit all :,
,laware Republicans to the chuice OF =
r. Addicks as one of the Senators to be W
,cted by the next Legislature. W. d,
ne to be so committed in favor af anv.
dy, and most absolutely and empha.
ally decline to be committed in favor in
the very individual who has twice in NJ
e furtherance Of his selfish desires de- +
wed the State of a REPUBLICAN United d,
ites Senator, each time, be it r4mem
red, not hesitating to invoke the aid
Democrats.
such course would not only be op-
led to all OF our previous declarations, ab
would be wrong in principle and az IF
s important jnuciute especially un- I'll
e and lnpolitic, as very Large mum ~