The sun., 1900-08-31
COLORED VOTERS PLEAD
FOR VAR|NG FACTIONS
TO HAVE ONE TICKET
State Convention Of Negroes
Wants Common Primaries
Throughout the State.
REGULARS DROP DU POINT
The du Pont Machine Refused Har-
mony and CoIored Regulars
Make Public Plea That
the Republican Party
Save Them From the
Evils OF the DEM
ocrats.
ocrats.

From The Suns Staff CORRESPONDENT.
Dover, Del, August The colored
Republicans Of Delaware represented
by Il dozen delegates who met in Stnte
convention here today declared cor haE
mony in the Republican ranks and mud
4 plea for common primaries through
out the entire State.
II was not large gathering, thb
State convention, but II was an ealndl
one. These representatives Of thr ~
0red voters profess to see Sariols
abIidgement Of the rights Of the solofeII
citizen III the results Of Il Dent tcrati,
victory next fall. They declared theii'
belief that il is the purpose Of the Bcmo-
cratic party to disfranchiSe thd negro
vote by the Wholesale in event III Dcln-
ware being won over to the Democracy
next November. They declared their
unalterable fcalty to the Republican
party and pleaded with the warrilg fac
tions to present only one ticket 0 the
enemy Oh November in order tld The
threatened evils of Democracy mtht be
certain of defeat.
TO bring about one Repuhlicantic
these colored voters regard conlnpn pri
maries as the one sure means all III Il
set OF resolutions earnestly ANocate
the holding Of such primaries ID every
county in the State. A majorityof the
delegates were So-called Regulais Their
pleas for harmony made to thGd ront
machine have proved unav;lilhg as
have the entreaties of all AnG-4ddickS
Republicans. Like the Anti1dt Pont
Republicans who routed the nlanine mt
the recent Anti-Addicks conention.
these colorcd voters have taken he bull
hy the horns and publicly plead III COM
mon primaries and Il wiping pu of all
factional feeling.
Today'S convention was callf by the
Colored Republican Citizens Luguc of
Wilmington. 1t organized in th morn
ing by elcctng .D p. SharpeEf Will
mington chairman and j. III Weeks
secretary. a committee on leslntnns
was appointed and the convection adj
iourned to meet ut . o'clock.
At the afternoon meeting th9 rmn0r-
arr officers We're made nelmhnet and
thc report Of the committee oa esnlu-
tions read by Chairman Weeks $ fol
lows:
"'rhc cnlored Republican voters # the
State of Delaware in conventiong' 'ssem-
blcd. alive to the interest Of thdil race
in the State and Nation endorse w. ad-
ministration of affnirs under the ladrr-
shin of the Hon William McKinle, and
| nled.e their support for his re-elecion,
and recognizing the demorallzatiel OF
the Republican party IN TINS, our plov-
ed State: its i'll effect upon the security
of our rights, and the Interchangeable
- F..ttI Il,
tude of our political enemies IN fnTher
limiting the fralchize or the cotred
voters. call upon the colored vSerS
throughout the State to answer tolthe
issues of the houi and let the Rephli'
cans know that they should, and II 4
right ought. to get together and save ns
from the unjust legislation that will ht
thrust upon us blythe Democratic patv
"Whereos. we, hhe colored voters lo
tbc state of Delaware deeply deplPr'
the present situation of the Republic
party in this State :.
" Resolved that ve use ollr best eilolI
to secure one Stab ticket and comma
primaries Throughout the state.
"Resolved that I've appoint Stat
committed To confr with the Stat
committees of thekactions in the lhtcl
est Of harmony"
The resolutions were adonted unan
mouslv. omen disc ssion followed. a
times it was akin Z the extreme neat
the 6X9 hall in whifl the convention ~
semhled.
George TT, Ionesi delegate from AlR
dletown said he ha, heard it intimate
that the mon who Killed the conYentlo
were merely instruments in the hand
, of Democrats. "Thl is not So he COZ
, tinued. "we wantf distinctly und"l
stood that we are rcre as co'ored X
nublicans. We are here for HARMONY
The safety Of thet State demands thf
Delaware 90 Rcpuhl AN nNXt Nov"mh"
That can only he bhught ahnut nv ~
, united efforts of all Reprtlca"s. Wba
2 we are going to do t,lay il solely in tn
9 interests of harmony"
l At this point the socially state con
I. mittee. provided for in thf resolutions
woe elected. It's compleyiH follows
Wilmin"ton-J. ~ A"htrong, Al
hurv Sterling. and u II. NFks.
Rural New Castlf f-GcorE II. lone
: William nawns ana Anthev Eoodin'
: Kert-W. G. Potts. Reee Hill an
? Jacob Bryan.
Sussav-Georeo RI. Water Enos Brat
lev and Henry Carey.
From Ennt county SnenT Matthew
was electnd. Hn ar"sn II d"c'in"'
Tr;s rnssors for doc'i"ing We. that tn
I cc,o,.nd votnrs Of E"nt eontv we,
' satisfied with the Union Renuhlica
d oonnty committees work khd felt Il
+ doe;ro FOR onv further comIp'tee.
e WILTON, ro,vrs., q NewE NStle dol
e cate w.s docidodlv emnk"* in 70
remarks. He said "when Ete Republ
vss,si