Delaware gazette and state journal., 1900-01-18

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Division of the United s,ates ssnatorships
Proposed.
State Chairman j. Frank Alice OF
the Union Republican committee yes
terday week submitted the following to
State Chairman Hugh q. Browne OF
the Regular Republican committee !
To Hugh G. Browne, chairman Of
the Republican State Central Com.
mittee of Delaware Sir: In the in
teiest of Republican unity in this
State, and by reason of the obligation
resting upon all loyal Republicans to
promote the welfare Of the National
Republican party by the election in
tho ensuing campaign of Republican
President and Of Republican Con-
gress, | am authorized and directed
by the State Committee of the Union
| Republican partyIof Delaware to address
TO you the following propositions and
to ask an early consideration thereof
That a joint call by the chairman Of
the respective Republican organizations
of this State be issued for common
primary upon the basis of equality of
representation in the 30 Legislative
districts
| hbu bilO bolt9hlto tiobbbN uudeE Shlu
call shall when assembled proceed 10
the election Of six delegates and six
alternates to the National Republican
Convention, to be held in the city of
Philadelphia on June 18th, 1900.
That each of the three counties of
this State shall have aprortionea to
them two delegates and two alternates,
respectively. and that the said dele,
gates and alternates thus apportioned
! shall be chosen by the will Of tho ma
jcrity of the delegates from each
county.
| That the said convention shall at the
time and place elect State central
committee of II members, one from
each senatorial district, the members
thereof to be chosen solely by the dele-
gates.elect from the respective Semi
torial districts and that the committee
| thus chosen shall be the sole cl1icial
State committee of the Republicans Of
Delaware.
That the chairman of, the State Cen
trail Committee thus created shall at
the proper time call convention for
the purpose of nominating three Presi-
dential electors, a representative in
Congress, and candidates for the re-
mainder of the State ticket
That nominations for Presidential
electors shall be made one from each
county and by the will OF the majority
of the delegates thereof.
That the nominations for the several
State Offices, including tho nomination
foi representative In Congress, shall be-
as followr: The majority of tho conyen-
tion shall have the first choice of all
the nominations to be made; the
minority ths first choice of all the
remainder; and thus in an alternate
manner until all the nominations are
completed.
That the question of the election OF
tive Senators to the Senate of the
United States shall be disposed Of by
the adoption of one or the other of the
two following propositions
First, That each faction shall have
undispnted choice to the election of q
Senator.
Or. second, That the voters Of each
Senatorial and Representative district
shall by majority rule nominate their
respective Legislative candidates; that
loyal support shall be given the same
by all Republicans without regard to
past factional division; and that the
whole question Of the election of Sena
tors to the Senate of the United States
shall be left to the Legislature itself
when assembled. without prior recipro-
cal obligations or pledges of any kind
upon the members thereof as to their
disposition Of the matter.
That, il the foregoing propositions
should seem to be unfair, In that il is
denied that tho majority of the Rapub-
iicans of this State arc affiliated with
the Union Republican party, and that
the foregoing propositions are therefore
a covert attempt to gain political
advantage that could not he had by
an appeal 10 tho people, am authorized
and directed to make further pfoposi-
| tion.
That all tho foregoing propositions
be laid aside; that common primary
FOR delegates to ~ State convor tion with
equality of repr, scntution in Tho
several Representative districts urdor
the constitution, be held by the Ro-
publican voters Of this state, and that
ticket be nominated by snid convon-
tion, solely by tho will of the ma ior ity,
and If adverse to tho Union Republican
party, TO pledge loyal support of oil
Union Republicans 20 the election OF
an entire ticket thus nomiaatcd
}. Frank Alice.
Chairman Union Republican State
Contrai Committee OF Delaware,