Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-23
TWO REPUBLICAN TICKETS.
Regulars and Addickites Have Boil
Filed Names with Department Of cleo
ftnnu Il.

Regulars and Addickites Have Both
Filed Names with Department Of cleo
lions. NEt
There win be two Republican tickets
on the official ballot at the municipal
election on June 1st, notwithstanding
the fact TINT there was general inn
PRESTON among the rank and file OF
Doth the Regular and Addicks factions
of the party at the time joint COM
mitteo was appointed for the present
campaign. Oiiloial tickets have been
filed with the Department of Elections
by both the Regular and Union Repub-
lloans, as we'll as by the Democrats and
Prohibitionists, which completes the
list of candidates. The department
will make arrangements at once to
have the ballots printed, and they will
he ready by election day, which is only
one week from next Saturday.
From what could be gathered this
morning from members OF the Regular
and Union Republican city committees,
from which the joint campsign CON-
mittee was selected, there was no
definite understanding, at the time tho
Joint committee was appointed, relative
to the matter of having one or two
tickets, the understanding being with
resect TO the candidates, both parties
agreeing to joint primaries and the
selection of one set of candidates.
Nevertheless. there was an impression
among the voters, and it was pretty
generally belieged. that there was to
be single ticket on the ballot. in
fact. one of the members Of the Regu-
lar Republican City Committee told
reportar of Every Evening this morn
ing that that was his understanding.
But there will be two all the same.
They will be identical, but they will be
under two emblems, the Regular ticket
under the eagle and the Union ticket
under the star. As matter of fact,
neither the Regulars nor the Addicks
people are willing to surrender to the
other faction OR give up their emblem,
although tha Regulars have, as mat
ter of fact, been taken intj camp by
the Addicksites; that is, the campaign
methods of the Addlcksites at the
nomination and preliminary to it re
suited in their obtaining a majority of
the candidates, and. in fact, the better
end of the ticket, so it is said. That
is. some of the nominees were suppo; ed
to be Regular Republicans but were
nominated by the Addicksites and be-
came their candidates.
The turn of affairs, which developed
at the nomination, has given such
a tinge of Addicksism to the ticket
that many of the Regulars have be-
come lukewarm concerning it and
many will, it is believed, vote the
straight Democratic ticket.
1t is not surprising, when recent
events are taken into consideration,
that two tickets should be filed, or that
each faction should insist upon stand
ing upon its dignity.
One Of the members of the Joint com
mittee said this morning that the mat
ter OF ons or two tickets was not men
toned when it was decided to have
joint primaries, and us the sanction of
the State committees would he neces-
sary to have one ticket instead of two,
IT had been decided to have the two
tickets, so that each faction of the
party could maintain Its organization.
Notwithstanding the big fuss made
by Republicans before the end of the
revision of registration about beiug
refused permission to copy the names
from the registration books at the office
OF the Department Of Elections, there
has been only one Republican copying
names at the department office since
the books were thrown open to the
public, and he was gSamuel Chambers,
representing tie Union Republicans.
The Democrats have had two men
there making copies Why the Regu-
ars are not interested is not known.