Delaware gazette and state journal., 1900-01-18
WELLINGTON. THURSDAr. JAN. rs.
How the Adaioks scheme Would Work.

WILMINGTON. THURSDAf. JAN. rs.
How the Addicks scheme Would Work.
The Harmony proposition" of the
Addioks Republicans to the Regular Re-
publicans, proposing common primaries
for the election of delegates to a Re-
publican State Convention, on the
basis Of even representation for each of
the thirty-five Representative districts
of the State, ia nothing less than a
''skin game,' II is the old story OF
the white mans proposition to the
Indian for a division OF the spoils " hen
turkey and buzznrd had been shot
by them, and it was impossible to tell
which had shot which. "You take the
buzzard and I'll take the turkey said
the white man to his less shrewd CON-
panion, "or I'll take the turkey and
you take the buzzard. " The white
man got the turkey by either PROPOSE
tion. And so it is with the proposition
of the Union Republicans with respect
to common primaries for the election
of delegates to the Republican State
Conventions of this year. 1t is turkey
for the Unions and buzzard for tho
Regulars.
Let us see, taking the Republican
votes Of recent campaigns. in connection
with the revelations of the last session
of the Legislature, how this scheme
would leave the Republican State Con-
vention. On the basis of equal repre-
sentation by Representative districts,
each district would have five delegates.
This would give New Castle county,
with 15 districts, rs delegates Kent
and Sussex, each with 10 districts, so
delegates each. Nov, how would the
convention be dividedg
II can be set down as an absolute
certainty that the Addicks Republicans
would carry every district in both
Kent and Sussex counties, which would
give them so delegates in each county,
or 100 in 10th, which of itself would
give them the control of the conven-
tion, even il they did not elect single
delegate in New Castle county. 1t is
fact that the Regular Republican
GLOWING in Kent and Sussex counties
g not sufficient to contol single dis
trict. Nor would the AddicKs Repub-
licans, although in minority in New
Castle county, be unable to carry some
Of the districts in that county. On the
contrary, a reasonable estimate is that
the result 10 New Castle county would
be about as follows:
First district. Addicks; Second, Ad-
dicks; Third, Regular; Fourth, Ad-
dicks; Fifth, Addicks; Sixth, doubt
full; Seventh, doubtful; Eighth. Regu-
lar; Ninth, doubtful; Tenth, Addicks
Eleventh, Regular; Twelfth, Regular
Thirteenth, Regular Fourteenth, Resu-
lar; Fifteenth, doubtful. Summary
Regulars, cix districts, 80 delegates
Addicks Republicans, five districts, %
delegates; doubtful, four districts, &c
delegates.
wv With this result, which is based on
careful calculations and previous votes,
the next Republican State Convention
would be divided as follows.
N.w s,,.,,o con,, AeS.eks Regular, Doubtts
Kent cotnty......- 90 =
Sussex county...... so =
Total. al.............t25 80 ri
So that, giving the Regulars tht
benefit of all the doubtful delegates
the Addlcks Republicans would be ablt
to control the convention and dictat,
the nominations, without the slightes
trouble. They would take the nomina
tions for governor and attorney. general
and give the Regulars the rest. Whel
it came to nominations for the LepIs
lature, the Addicks Republicans couIs
secure at least five of the Is Repre-
sentative candidates IN New Castle, al
Of the 10 in Kent and all Of the 10 ii
Sussex. This would give them a tota
of % Representative nominations ou
of q possible 30, with chance for on
z or two more in New Castle county, t
say nothing of all the State Senate
nominations in Kent and Sussex. witt
n chance for one or more in New Castle
and the four holding-o over Addiois
State Senators now in the Legislature
At any ratio, the election of Ropuh
Iican majority to the next Legisiatur
would leave the AddicIxs Republican
in a clear majority of the Republica
Legislative caucus.
This is the Addiclss Republica
"harmony proposition, brought dow
to plain facts aud cold figures. Whi
do the honest Republican voters Of tt
State think about 1t?
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