Smyrna times., 1904-10-12
REPUBLICAN FACTIONS GET
TOGETHER ON PRESTON LEA
STATE COMMITTEES FROM REGULARS AND
UNIONS COME TO A FINAL AGREEMENT.
mel Again This Morning to Fix Up the Balance
OF the Ticket But at 2 O'clock This After.
noon Nothing Had Been Done.

,, One Republican ticket in Delaware
WIN the support of both factions OF
the party pledged to it, is the result of
the conferences in Wilmington Mon
day. Preston Lea, capitalist. bank
president, Regular Republican and
Tor years an ardent anti-Addicks man.
mas been selected to lead the State
tlcket with the understanding that in
the event of his election as GOvernor
Mr.. Lea will appoint Secretary of
state from list of three names to he
submitted to hun by the Union or
Addlcks Republicans. The conferees
adjourned until this mornino wban
they again met to fix up the ticket. but
especial phone message to the TIMES
at O'Clock this afternoon revealed the
TACT that nothing had been done, and
and the committees are still dlckerinp
IL Is probable that full ticket will he
as follows: Governor, Preston Lea
Regular Republ, can, of WiImineton.
Lieutenant Governor, Isaac T. Par
ker, Unionist, of Wilmington; Con.
gresham, DR.. Hiram r. Burtor
Onlonlst, of Lewes; Attorney. General
ho6t. II. Richards, Regular, of Will.
mlngton;' Insurance Commissioner
Dr. George W. Marshall, Unionist. of
Milford; State Treasurer, George H.
Dick, Regular, of Smyrna; State An.
ditor' Thomas N. Rawlins, Regular. of
oeatord. The four-year offices are Gov
vernon; Insurance Commission. Attor-
General and Lieutenant Governor. The
remainder are for two years. While
the friends of Horace G. Knowles Of
wilmington, will fight bitterly against
MS being removed from the RepnIar
Republican ticket for Congressman. If
is generally conceded that the entire
ticket will be adjusted TODAY. DIR. To-
seph d. Chandler, the Regular Re- |
publican nominee for Governor. and
henry y. Conrad, the Union candidate
Tor the same Office, are removed. ar.
cordlng to agreement in the interests
OF harmony, but DR.. Chandler declaras
ne Will be on the ticket Nov. sth.
Ihe bone of contention in the con.
ierences, which began early Monday
morning and lasted until z o'clock at
night was the deal on Secretary of
otate. The position is worth about
$IS'OoO per year, and the Union fac.
tion decided they must have II Tn
one OF the conferences of the sub.
comprising T. Coleman
Anthony Higgins and Corpe.
nus L. Swain on behalf of the Reon.
lars, and J. Edward Addicks, Senator
FRANK Alice and Secretary of State
caleb Il. Layton for the Upionists
senator Alice openly declared that the
Union Republicans wanted DR.. Law. {
ION appointed Secretary of State for
'notner term. Secretary Layton threat c
'neu TO disrupt proceedings bv refns- I
ng to allow a Regular TO be norood |
Vho would not pledge himself to mama v
Inn Tor Secretary of State. This a
eemed to be the rock upon which tho j
actions would split. The Repnlar a
republican committeeman were abont p
adjourn when Senator Alice and c
ecretary Layton had a private talk Il
'lth L. Coleman Dupont. This re tt
nlted In Mr.. Addicks, Doctor Layton 1
nd senator Alice entering the Regu. Il
VI hepuollcan committee meetiDo VI
mere was more talk and blufinp bv m
oth parties, aud then Senator AIles ol
nnounced that the Union Renpbli. p'
ans would accept Preston Lea for W
oVernor, provided he would apno;nt RI
le Secretary of Stale from a list Of va
lree names to be submitted bv tbo th
MON Republicans. The Regular Re- dI
lollcan committee accepted this pro. 10
'sal unanimously, and then there was
general handshaking all round and
rt OF an impromptu lovefeast. D.,