The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-07


was frustrated by Mr.. Aldicks insisting
upon naming n second ticket in Now Cas-
tie county, which resulted in the election
of six Democrats.
| We wish the Republican party to con-
| troll the convention in order that tho heW
stare constitution should prescribe just
| methods Of election and M equitable and
fair legislative apportionmont
| This was defeated by your refusal to act
with our party, and the Democrats OBJ
tuned majority in that Constitutional
| Convention and gercymandered the state
| he resnlt of this legislation was to de-
| prive our party OF its proper representation
in the Legislature and thus enable MIR.
| Addicks to benefit by tho gerrymander,
! AS an iIlus,ration-The total vote for
Republican State Senators elected In ls9S
| was 5,4S4 The total vote for Union state
| Senators elected in 1893 was 3,23S. Tho
| total vote for Republican Representatives
| elected in 1898, was 1895. The total votes
! for Union Repro entatives, elected in 1898
was 4, 1855. lComment is unnecessary.
In this same campaign your organizat-
| ion refused to compromise with u ON tho
| question OF Presidential Electors, and in
sisted Oh your electors remaining on tho
| ticker. In order that the state might 10
| carried for President Mckinney and to
| prevent tho wrong of giving the electoral
votes of Delaware to William !. Bryan
we caused he Presidential Electors Of our
party to withdraw their names from the
ticket,and particularly placed the names
, OF your Presidential Electors on our TICK
ct. This act of ours alone was the cause
| of Delaware's rolling up plurality or y
| 794 votes for Pre- ,dtnt Mckirloy whereof
| New Castle, county gave 2.t2l.
At tho Dovor conven tion held August
| 1898, the Republican party OF Delaware,
| believing it to be to be the interest OF the
| state and nation that they should go into
| the coming campaign with united party
nominated j. II. Hoffecker, Union Re-
| publican for representative to the United
States Congress; 7. iIesler Ball for state
| treasurer and. John A. Lingo, Union
| Republicans, for state Auditor. These
| nominations were made with tho view
and hope that they would heal the breach
| in the party.
We also nsrood to hold common primar-
| les with you in Now Castle county, but
| after making and signing this agreement
| your party sought TO violate its pledgesand
| annul its agreement by making certain
prapostorous demands of the nominees for
| tho Legislature, stating that you would
| only place their names on your tlckot,
upon compliance Herewith. These de-
| mands wero promptly refused bv the nom
| inces and the written agreement of your
party organization in that county, duly
executed was made public We elected
all the county officers, and the represent
a,ives and four senators OF the General
Assembly
In Kent and Sussex counties, Union
Republican candidates were voted for by
Republicans, with the distinct under.
standing and plelga that il Mr.. AddiclSs
did not receive sufficient votes In the
Legislature to elect him to tho United
States Senate, ether candidates would bo
voted for, and q senator elected. When
tho Legislature met in January, 1899,
these nludges were not fulfilled, and all
efforts at compromise proved futile. One
hundred and thirteen ballots were cast for
United States senator, tho Union Repub-
licans voting continuously for Mr.. ADJ
dicks, while the Republicans voted for
fifteen candidates, as follows:
Or. Lewis II. Ball,
DR.. Hiram II. Burton,
Henry p. Cannon.
Colonel Henry A. DUPONT
Hon Anthony Higgins,
Charles Il. Richards,
Hon William c. Spruance,
Genera James ii. Wilson,
Levi c. Bird,
Philip l.. Cannon
DR.. Joseph H. Chandler,
Francis G. DUPONT
William S. Hilles,
Harry A. Richardson,
ltOlls uO1lutllhIi y. W liliSs
During tho session in the month of Fob
ruary, 1893. two Of our members of the
Legislature and q like Number of yours
went to Washington to confer with Scna.
tor Elkins, the FOn. Charles H. Grosvenor
AID Hon. Charles Dick, at tho request
ana with view Of solving the senatorial
difficulties.
Our representatives Mt this conference
made he following propositions:
F,rst-Our ;arty would furnish the
namos of ten Republicans TO your party
from whom you could select ono candt-
date who, thereupon, should receive tho
votes of all tho Republican members Of
Legislature: or
names Of ten Republicans supplied by
your party from whom we would select
candidate, who should receive tho votes of
all tho Republican members Of the Legis-
latura: or
Third-If your party would eliminate
Mr.. Addcks from the contest, all our
members in tho Legislature would then
90 into caucus with your members and
abide by the 10 .ult OF such caucus.
All OF these offers. which were made In q
fair and honest spirit of comprom C, were
rejected, aud the Legislature adjourned
without elocting United States Senator
due to the selfish policy of ono man,
The offers of compromise on our part,
WGro fUHOWeu up III u lew lluuVHs py youE
turning over the city Of Wilmington u
city with over thousand Republican
mniority-into the hands of tho Damocra-
tic party. W,
Bush, was acceptable to ali Republicans.
was nominated as our candidate for may
or and would Of been elected had not your
party wantonly nominated Mr. Clark,
whose election was absolutely impossible.
with tine natural result of turning over the
on tire city government 20 the Democrats.
III view of the facts above stated we are
forced of necessity to doubt your good
faith and sin certy, and to question your
motives. When you issue manifesto
and call 1t plan for unity and harmony
plan, like all your previous propositions
il nothing but another Woll devised
schoms to benefit Mr.. Addicks.
Referring to our proposition, Wo have
serious objection to elccting delegates to
convention by Representative districts
tor tho Repuclican party has mover otlici.
ally ratified the gcrrymander Of this state
into Representative districts, liked by
Democratic Constitutional Convention,
ana wo cannot now adopt it for party pur.
poses until authorized so to do by our con.
s.ituents.
Gho same objection applies to the nam-
ing of q state committee by senatorial dis
trlcts.
Roferring to that part Of your proposi-
tIon which deals with the election Of o
United States senator, its obvious intent
and meaning Is to practically commit oil
Delaware Republicans to tho choice of Mr..
Adlicks as one Of the senators to he elect
cd by the next Legislature. We decline
to be- 80 committed In favor of anybody, |
and most absolu ely and omphatically de.
cline to be committed IN favor OF the worry |
individual who has twice In the futher-
nnce of his selfish desires deprived the
8 ate Of a Republican Unitud States soma
tor each time, be it remembered. not
hesitating to invoke the aid of Democrats.
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