The sun., 1900-10-18
CLAIM BY REGULAR
REPUBLICANS THAT
IS NOT GOOD
Vote ofSussex County as Shown
by the Official
Returns.
CHAIRMAN LAYT0N'S LETTER
Union Republican Vote in the Hum
dreds Was Greater Than the
Combined Vote of the
Democrats and Reg
ular Republicans.

The Union Republican County Com
mttee of Sussex county met at George
town on Monday and decided to decline
the proposition of the Regular" Repub-
licaiis for Il joint legislative and county
ticket in that county. The answer of
the Union Republicans, to the letter Of
Chairman Houston Of the Irregular"
Republican County Committee is as fol-
| lows:
.Ruhert &. IouSton-Sir: In answer
TO goir communication tnat the Rcpubli-
cans be conceded one-third Of the county
ticket as nearly us can be arrived at,
| that is one nominee Of the Legislature
| from each OF the five Senatorial districts,
| two Of the nominees for county offices
and three members of the Levy Court
| am directed by the Union Republican
| County Committee of this county to
convey to You their definite declination
of the foregoing proposition. The COM
mittee of which / have the honor to be
chairman, regard the proposition afore-
said as not only subversive of the plain
right of the people Of this county to
nominate candidates for Office by the
normal and constitutional methods of
open primaries, and by majority rule,
but il acceded to and brought about
by the arbitrary action of this commit
tee in view of the large concessions
already made by the Union Republican
party OF this State, full of peril and
grave menace to. Republican success.
They are unaware of any sound or
equitable reason why majority rule
should not prevail in the county of Sus-
sex as well as i'll that of New Castle.
In order, however, to allay any sus-
picion of undue desire to grasp fac
tional advantage in the matter | am
instructed to make to your committee
the following proposals:
THAT your committee remove your
entire ticket, that the majority ticket be
endorsed and placed upon your official
ballot, and if acceded TO, to pledge to
your organization the following obliga-
tons:
"First-That the factional lines shall
be cast aside, and the patronage of the
county shall be cquitably distributed
between the two organizations in each
district in proportion To the vote ut the
ensuing election,
"Second-'rhat the Union Republicans
Of the LEGISLATURE from this county
those to be erected as those already elect
cd-shall cast their votes for two candi-
dates for the Senate Of the United
States, each candidate to be the un-
trammeled choice Of the members of
each faction.
".rhc committee has requested me to
submit to you the above as the only
feasible line of action at this hour and
TO ask your acceptance of the same for
the sake of all the great interests at
stake both nationally and i'll the State.
Yours respectfully,
Caleb Il. Layton.
Chairman"
The "Reguar'' Republican claim to
one-third of the Republican vote of
Sussex county is not good. The only
figures available upon which the propor-
tionate vote of the Union Republicans,
and the Regulars could be established
are those of the returns of 1896. There
was no such division of the vote in 1888.
In 1886 the Regular" vote determined
the issue of the election in but one hum
dred. Lewes and ltchoboth, and in that
hundred the Democratic vote was 369;
Union Republican vote 351, and the
Irregular" vote So. lii all the other hum
dreds except Dagsboro, in which there
were but two votes cast, one Union and
one Democrat, the Union Republican
vote was greater than the combined
democratic and Regular Republican
vote
In the total Republican vote of 1896
the ''Rcgulars' polled less than one-tifth
The vote was as follows: Union Republic
can, S.69S; Regular" Republican, $685.;
total Republican vote, 4,557, the .'legu-
lar vote being SO less than onc-fifth of
the total. The Republican vote by hum
drcds was rs follows:
Cedar Greek hundred, north, Union
Republican vote, S9S; Regular" vote, CO.
Cedar Greek, south, Union Republican,
$50: Regular" Is.
Broadliln hundred, Union Republican
vote, 244: Regular" vote, 81
Georgetown hundred, Union Republi-
can vote, 266; Regular" vote, SO.
Lewes and Rehoboth hundred, Union
Republican. S51; Regular" So.
Indian River hundred, Union Republi-
can, 265; Regular" 40.
Gumboro hundred, Union Republican,,
142; Regular" 10.
Dagsboro hundred. Union Republican,
II; Regular" o.
=, Baltimore hundred, Union Republican,
1863: Regular" 1856.
Little Greek hundred, east, Union Re-
publican, SO; Regular" AZ.
Little Greek hundred, west, Union Re-
publican, 142; Regular" 81.
Broad Greek hundred, Union Republi-
can, 255; Regular" 46.
Seaford hundred, Union Republican.
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