The sun., 1900-09-01
BALL SENDS OUT Word
THAT UNION REPUBLICANS
ARE TOBE SLAUGHTERED
Calls all Anti-Addicks County
Candidates TO Meet Next
Wednesday.
BILLANY WRITES A LETTER
Directs an Epistle to Chairman S.
Frank Ewart ON Matter of Com
mon Primaries---Work For
Harmony to be Forced
Next Week.
BILLANY WRITES A LETTER

Harmony to be Forced 4
Next Week.
Word was sent down the line yester-
day by Chairman DIR. l.. III. Ball of the
Anti-Addicks county committee that the
Unlon Republican candidates for county
offices were to be slaughtered i'll the
prospective deal for common primaries
in New Castle county. A sub-commit-
tee Of which H. ii. Billany is chairman.
yesterday sent notices to every Anti-Ad-
dicks candidate for Office from sheriff |
down 10 he ut the Anti-Addicks county |
headquarters on Wednesday, September |
| 5, between 10 o'clock and II o'clock IN |
| The morning. Notices We're not sent to |
any of the Union Republican Candidates
/ One Union Republican candidate for
office said last night that the move on
the part of the Anti-Addicks COMMITTEES
was Il trcaci"rous IN lvoneit
Several .Anti-Addicks leaders were
questioned yesterday as to tile purpose
Of calling tile Ant-Addicks candidates
together.
They were unable to give any reason.
One said it looked to him as if tho Anti
Aadicks county committee did not intend
to deal on the square III the matter of
common primaries.
Later in the day, yesterday. Chair
man Bilany of the subcommittee di-
rected il long letter to Union Republican
county chairman s. Frank Ewart III
which he dealt with the matter Of com
mon primaries. Bilany said last night
that meeting of his committee on
Wednesday had authorized him to send
the letter. He sets 10 O'Clock Wednes-
: day, September as the final hour for
receiving an answer.
The letter sent to Mr.. Ewart reads:
WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 81, 1900.
s. Frank Ewart. ESQ, Chairman Of the
Union Republican County Committee,
, IIockessin. Del,
] Dear Sir:-.At the meeting of the Re
! publican county committee Of New LAS
tie county, held in Wilmington III the
; early part of July. resolution was
adopted appointing q subcommittee q
9 II. ii. Rilany, Richard G. Buckingham.
I Henry c. Mpggison, II. i. pilworth.
!. Jas. IL. Clark. pr. Columbus Henry.
! Thomas S. Lewis, Horace q. Rcttew,
4 James Kitchen and Samuel Allen, to
e secure il possible common primaries N
I New Castle county, mt which all Rcpnb-
g lcans should br entitled to vote.
Y ..\ew Castle county is NOW and has
I been for ii number Of years strongly
Republican,, and the Republican county
y committee being actuated by the deSlFe
J TO elect Republicans to office throughout
the county, its subcommittee above
named has used every honorable means
and exhausted every effort to arrange
with your committee for common county
primaries, but thus far without success
Y "Shortly after the appointment of the
subcommittee, i'll the month of July, MI
Richard G. Buckingham. Il member Of
the subcommittee appointed for the pur
pose above mentioned and acting undei
the instructions of said subcommittee
re called on you and requested YOU to enter
into iegotiationS to secure common pll
maiieS. You replied to him, that youl
committee declined to enter into common
primaries in New Castle county, unless
there were to lie common primaries als'
70 in the counties of Kent and Sussex.
va "Sometme after the foregoing convet
.w sation. Mr.. Richard q. buckingham
al acting by authority of the sub-eomnllt
m tee above named, wrote you u lette
IL again requesting YOU as chairman of th
n Union Republican county committee
he New Castle county, to agree to common
to lmunicatiom you replied as follows
az Hockessin, Del, Aug. 8, 1906
is "Richarl q. Buckingham,
IRE My Dear Sir:-Your favor at hand
ar. In reply beg to say that l will lay til
is matter before our county committee Il
for its next meeting.
is. Very truly.
hit S. FRANK EWART.
ial aSince the recent of the above repl.
we have received no word or conmiln
led cation whatever from YOU. or from you
i'll committee in relation to common pr
tiii marieS.
nw Il am instructed to say to you that
elf is imnosSible for the subcommittee,
oor the Republican county committee
lay New Castle county. to consider the SUI
VIII iect of common primaries in hent M
ON Sussex counties, as that is nor Win
hop the province of the members OF the IL
s publican county committee of this cou
ny ty, or of this subcommittee, but is
IN matter which your people i'll Kent al
seu Sussex should consider with the coun
ION committees of the Republican party
:.L | those counties.
i'h Il am further instructed to infor
"a. you. that we again ask you to aran
49,, 70 rthe holding of common primaii
- with MS, and we reqHest reply FRO
on you by Wednesday morning next, t
5th day of September, ut 10 o'clock
M. which reply from You we will co
rm- slider final.
Of In ortlsr that the common primari
The may be held absolutely fairly and II
i, e partially, we agree that your commit
Was shall name one-half of the election OF
GERS for such common primaries.