Smyrna times., 1905-09-20
BUSY WEEK WITH THE POLITICIANS.
Republicans Faction Agitating Harmony aud
Talk of Settling Differences.

lively for some time this week is ex-
pected to be the busiest which has
been spent by Delaware politicians in
some time. This is on account of the
arrival of Colonel Henry A. du Pont,
the leader of the Regular Republican
faction, from Europe. It is not gen.
orally believed that the arrival Of the
Colonel will materially hasten the meet
ings of the two Republican State Com
mittees, which are to be called later
for the purpose of appointing sub-com
mittees on harmony, but it will bring
about number of conferences and will
pave the way for those meetings to be
called. There is no doubt that the
colonel will be kept busy during his
first week at home consulting with the
other prominent members of the party,
and in the course of very short time
that the plans for harmony will be
fully approved.
1t would not be at all surprising if
within the present week Addicks him.
self should make some move toward
party harmony. He has declared in
interviews that he is in favor of getting
the two parties together provided the
Union Republicans, who have a ma
jority of the Republican votes in the
state, are given the advantage of any
apportionment which may be made;
and it can be stated now that the Union
Republicans, no matter whether they
are in favor of Addicks or against him,
will not agree to any plan which will
give the Regulars the advantage in the
convention which may be called. There
is, therefore, no reason why Addicks
should not declare in favor Cf harmony.
If he has the strength which he claims
and can hold the men who have been
for him in the past then he will control
the new organization, which will be
the entire Republican party of Della
ware, just as easily as he has controlled
the Union Republican organization in
the past.
1t is admitted that the real fight will
come at the primaries and it will be a
fight which will be remembered in
Delaware for some time to come. AL
lee and the dupont interests will fight
to show that they were correct when
they declared that Addick had been
eliminated from Delaware politics.
Addicks on the other hand will en-
deaYor to prove that they were mis-
taken and that he is just as strong now
as he has ever been and that he can
control the new Republican party just
as easily as he controlled the original
Union Republican branch. There will
therefore, be work on hand for Colonel
dupont and the other harmony pro
moters even after the matter of calling
a convention has been settled and thu
) details of the harmony plan finally an(
completely arranged Philadelphia In
quirer.
To make the first definite move to
ward establishing Republican har
mony, State Chairman L. Heisler Bal
yesterday issued a call for a meetin!
of de Republican State Committee, t.
be neld on Saturday afternoon. Th
committee will meet at the rooms O
the Young Mems Republican Club il
1 Wilmington to discuss the situation
3 and to determine what will be don
toward consolidating the Republica
and Union Republican organizations
Z 1t is understood that the committe
may urge the advisabihty of recon
mending a special session of the Legii
{ lature. to be called as soon as possibl
to fill the United States Senator's
vacancy, before anything else is don
L in the way of bringing about harmon!
II The editors of Republican new
g papers in the state had another NEE
o ing yesterday in the parlors at I'll
, Clayton House, Wilmington and
Ii addition to forming a permanent r
y publican editorial association, the
70 adopted another and more comprehe
ID sive declaration of principles to furth
sr Republicanism in Delaware, and a
~ vocated the immediate election OF
le United States senator to fill &
Q. vacancy.
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