Evening journal., 1902-08-16

propositions and refusals. The latter
appear in such polite forms that one
is naturally reminded of an editors
curt refusal of the manuscript Of a
would-be author At last they agreed
to disagree, as the following PROPOSE
tion shows;
To the Committee Representing the
Republican County Committee of
Sussex County.
Your committee has Offered to the
committee representing the Union Re
publican County Committee, the fol-
lowing proposition, that is to say: "The
committee representing the Republican
County Committee propose that the
Union Republican County Convention
leave two nominations on the county
ticket, one of which is the shrievalty
nomination. vacant, which shall be
filled by the nominees made for said
offices by the Republican County Con-
vention. if said Republican County
Convention shall nominate the noml-
nees Of the Union Republican County
Convention for the ether four county
offices.
District nominees 10 be adjusted by
the respective districts and such nomi-
nees to be accepted by the respective
conventions when agreed upon in said
districts by both Republican organiza-
tions."
Proposition Rejected
The following counter proposition
was returned:
This committee rejects the above
proposition because the proposition
does not include harmony upon the
whole ticket. and in reply we hereby
tender the following proposition, that
is to say:
We. the Union Republican conferees
are empowered with view Of harmon
izing the differences existing between
the factions of the Republican party
to tender the following places on the
county ticket of Sussex county, the
choice of the nominees to be made by
the Republican convention, that is tC
say, the register of wills and coroner.
The residue OF the county ticket tC
be filled by the Union Republican
County Convention.
This tender is predicated upon the
assurance from the Republican or
ganizaton that the county and district
tickets of each organization shall b,
identical in personnel.
The nomination for district offices
shall be arrived at in this wise: Wher,
the two factions may agree upon dis
trict nominations such nominees shal
be accepted by each organization anC
named in the, conventions of each or
ganization.
Where the two factions are unable
to agree upon district nominations, th'
majority faction shall determine thi
nominees and such nominee shall b.
placed upon the ticket of each organi
zation. the said majority faction to b.
determined by the vote at the last elec
ton.
Counter Proposition Rejected
To this the following reply was sent
To the Committee of the Union Repub
lican Committee:
! We are constrained to reject you
counter proposition on the count
ticket because it does not concede t
us the right to select two such nomina
lions. as will be entirely agreeable AM
J acceptable to our organization.
Your offer on district nomination
reserves to your organization the Sc
| lection of every nominee in every dis
trict in case of a failure to agree. n
agreement could be expected in an
district. if such a provision was accept
ed. the early date Of your county pri
maries precluding the possibility G
| the Republican organization havin
any voice whatever in the selection q
the district nominees.
We cannot recede from cur origina
| proposition.