Smyrna times., 1902-01-29
HARMONY PROPOSAL MADE
? To REGULAR REPUBLICANS
UNION REPUBLICANS 81" JEST ISSUING
JOINT CALL FOR COMMON PRIMARIES.
Meetigg of the State Central Committee 10
Wilmington Last Friday Was an Augury
of Republican Success.

Wilmington Last Friday Was an Augury
of Republican Success.
Overtures for harmony, looking to-
ward the reorganization of the Re
publicans of Delaware into one party,
to be known as "The Republican Par
ty of Delaware" were mailed on Sat
urday night by j. Frank Alice, chair
man of the Union Republican State
Central Committee, to Philip Q. |
Churchman, chairman of the Republi- |
can State Committee. The PROPOSE
tiOn was framed after the meeting of |
the Union Republican committee in
Wilmington on Friday afternoon, and
was mailed by Senator Alice from
Dover on Saturday night. 1t is expec-
ted that Mr.. Churchman will call
meeting of the Republican state com
mittee to consider the matter.
State Chairman Allee's letter to Mr..
Churchman proposes that a joint call
by the chairman of the respective Re-
publican organizations be issued for
common primary upon the basis of five
delegates and five alternates for each
of the thlrty-five representative dis
tricts, except representative districts
Nos. and 3, in New Castle county,
each of which last mentioned districts
shall have ten delegates. They are
north of Eighth street, in Wilmington.
1t further proposes that the delegates
so elected shall constitute state con-
ventiOn of the Republican party of
Delaware and that the Republican pri-
mary election be held on Saturday,
May 10, to be conducted by primary
election officers equally chosen by the
respective organizations in each pri-
mary district. That delegates so cleo
ted shah assemble in Dover, May -,
for the sole purpose of re-organizing
the Republican party in this state and
choosing and electing from each sena-
torlal district in the state the members
for new state central committee, eX.
cepting the First senatorial district in
: New Castle county. which shall choose
1 two members of the commivvov. The
u members of the new state central com
o mittee are to be chosen solely by votes
q of the delegates from each senatorial
: district represented respectively, an(
> the convention is to adopt and prin
> necessary and proper rules for the gov
/ ernment of the Republican party o.
Delaware so organized. Thereupol
ID the two Republican organizations here
3 tofore existing are to be disbanded
y and give way to the new committee.
y The method of apportionment pro
posed for delegates to the state con
D vention will give New Castle county
Is delegates, and Kent and Sussex coun
ties so delegates each. This is the Un
70 ion Republican apportionment, as th
ie Regular Republican rules provide e
% a convention of 100 delegates, of whic
e. New Castle county has 78 delegates
'n Kent county, 40 delegates, and Suisse
as county, AZ delegates.
- = Satisfactory Meeting OF Union Republicans
-. All VI bnO ~
= ion Republican State Central Con
." mittee convened at No. 1905 Kin
street, Wilmington, shortly after
e. o'clock Friday, all of the seventee
members being present in addition
ny number of prominent Union Reppl
licans.
X Reports regarding political cond
,d tions were made from the several Sc
in atorial districts. Among those pre-
no ent were: j. Edward Addicks, Wa
tel ter H. Haynes, Thomas E. Postle
av- William B. Clerk, S. Frank Ewal
in James Fester, Thomas E. Hurn, W.
of Money, Senator J. Frank Alice, L
lid ther M. Shaw, Senator S. John A
The bott, David S. Clark, d. Miflin W
rid son, Newell Ball, E. Reed, D.
he Moore, J. H. Wright, ex-State tire;
en- urer Atkins, Insurance Commission
he George w. Marshall, Secretary
ear State DIR. Caleb r. Layton, Joseph
ms Cahall, Senator Wesley Blakely, RI
ans resentative Frank Ewing, George
tho Roberts, Daniel P. Barnard and Ms
arv istrate Francis S. Bradley.
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