Smyrna times., 1900-08-15
REPUBLICANS WANT HARMONY.
Political Pot is Boiling and the Democrats
and Republicans are Getting Ready
for an Active Campaign.

there is no prospect of the Regular Re
publicans agreeing on the State ticket,
unless j. Edward Addicks and the
Union Republicans drop their Guber-
material candidate, DR.. George W.
Marshall, says the Philadelphia Ledger
At present delegates are being elected
to the Regulars State Convention, to
be held on August 21st in Wilmington,
Del. In several of the Wards in Will
mington, the delegates have been in
structed to use every effort to secure
the nomination of candidate for Con-
gresham from Wilmington and Gu
bernatorial candidate from New Cas-
tie county. If the Regulars insist on
this the Addickites will have to drop
both DR.. Marshall and DR.. Layton.
Du POnt Men Acquiescing.
On the other hand, says the Will
mington Daily Republican, Col. H.
A. DUPONT says he has no personal
choice who the candidates for Gov
ernor shall be. He is perfectly willing
to allow the Republican Convention,
which meets at the Opera House on
the 21st inst, to name that candidate
and all other candidates for the differ
ent offices to be voted for next Novem-
ber. He also said that Delaware
would be carried for Mckinley, no
matter what other conclusion was
reached in regard to the balance of the
ticket If there should be two Repub-
lican tickets in the field, there will
only be one set of Presidential electors.
SO all the hue and cry of the Demo
Gratis carrying the State for Bryan is
an idle boast. By the way the Repub-
licans are getting registered: they in
tending to vote, and not the Demo-
cratic ticket. There is a disposition
among the Regulars to have but one
ticket, and they will meet the Unions
half way to compromise. 1t takes two
to make bargain, and if this bargain
is all right the lion and the lamb will
lie down together. No Republican
should throw away his vote and all
will be needed at the coming cleo
tion.
State Chairman J. Frank Alice, of
the Union Republicans, when asked
why, (if the Addicks men considered
their Convention of last Monday the
9th legal they had issued call for a
State Convention on August 23rd, the
date they originally selected and which
will come after the required registra-
tion days, SAID:
eyes; we have called another State
Convention and we do this because we
have not any doubt in our own minds
as to the legality of our recent meeting
but to avoid any smart trick by some
Democratic clerk of the peace, when
election rolls around. We stand on
our original harmony proposition sub
mitted last winter, offering to give and
to take an equal division of all the Of
fees, giving the Union Republicans
first choice, they being the majority of
the Republican party" Asked con-
corning the three Presidential electors,
he said, "We will certainly accept any
man whom the other Republicans may
select
Democratic Fight for Governor.
The fight for the Democratic numi-
nation for Governor is growing warm
and bitter, and the three men in the
the race are Peter J. Ford, J. Wilkins
Cooch and DIR. John j. Black, while
Governor Ebe w. Tunnel looms ur
as a possibility for a second term.
Judging from the delegates so far nom.
mated, Mr.. Ford will go to the Con-
vention with the greatest number Of
pledged supporters, and to him J.
Wilkins Cooch will be a close second
The delegates from New Castle hun.
dred have been instructed to vote DR.
John j. Black, while number of othel
hundreds have endorsed Mr.. Cooch
The deciding votes will come from the
two lower counties, and unless Mr.
Ford can capture the New Castle
county caucus it is regarded as proba.
} BILE that Kent and Sussex will vote foI
either Mr.. Cooch or DIR. Black, unless
| Governor Tunnel is a candidate again
! In view of the fierce war being made
by the New Castle county candidates,
number of Democrats are in favor OF
ending it by remaining Governor Tun
nell. They also think that such
move would clear the Senatorial at
mosphere, for L. Irving Handy would
be named for Congressman and thus
remove him from the fight for United
States Senator.
Rev. Poulson VIII Preach Sunday.