Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-10

Dr. +. Heisler Ball. chairman Of the
Regular Republican State Committee
and also the subcommittee Of the faction
appointed to consider harmony matters,
has written the following letter TO United
States Senator j Frank Alice. chairman
of the Union State and harmony COM
mittees, in reply to the Senator recent
letter:
Wilmington Del, March S.-Hon. J.
Frank Alice, Chairman Harmony Com
mittee Of the Union Republican Party
Washington, ID. C.-Sir: ! am in receipt
OF your communication, dated February
10th. addressed to me as chairman of the
harmony committee OF the Republican
party, and | am directed by that com
miltee to make the following reply:
The subcommittee, appointed by the
Republican State Committee. stands ready
TO lend its best efforts and is willing to
use every honorable means TO insure party
success at the next election but we do
not believe the best results would be OBJ
tanned by the subcommittee meeting
together. You will remember in 1898
there was Joint meeting of sub-com-
mttecs, similar in the personnel to those
Of which you and are chairman. Tho
result Of that meeting was most unsatis-
factory. The representative of the Union
Republican party then wero practically
the same as your committee now your
self Mr.. Addicks and Dr. Layton being
members Of each committee. Therefore.
under these conditions, we deem it. nm
wise 10 have n Joint meeting of the two
committees at this time; but in the interest
of party success, we would request that
your committee make, in writing. any
propositions which your state Committee
would be willing 10 agree TO, and we can
assure you that they will receive very
careful and fair treatment by both our
subcommittee and our State committee
We think IL safer for the party IS interests
10 arrive at some basis of harmony before
risking a joint meeting OF the sub-com-
mittecs in their present make up.
Yours respectfully,
J.. H. Ball. Chairman
Locally, the Morning News analyzes
| DR.. Balls letter as follows:
" Evidently the Republican committee
desires to get nc the meat of the situa-
tion by learning, II possible, what basis
for recognizing the party the Union
Republican organization will propose.
The wording of DR. Balls reply in be-
half of the subcommittee requests that
| propositions which the Union State Conn
mittoe will agree TO be submitted The
Union Subcommittee does not have final
power TO net. but whatever plan for
uniting the party it might agree to in
conference with the Republican sub-com-
mittee would have 10 be ratified bv the
Union State Committee DR. Balls letter
really is a request 10 know what the Union
state Committee will abide by, and it may
require a meeting of the State committee
to act along that line
Among somo of the "wise ones" there
is a feeling that the personnel Of the Union
committee is a very important factor in
the negotiations. Few consistent Regli-
lars are willing TO admit that Mr.. Addicks
would be expected to recede from his
oft-repeated assertion that he is a candi-
date for United States Senator, and few
consistent Regulars are willing that he
shall become Senator by any help Of
theirs. As to the feeling of consistent
Regulars toward the apparent aspirations
Of Senator Alice and DIR. Layton the
public is pretty well informed
From a disinterested standpoint, this
appears to explain the situation pretty
well. alN f.N blsO.l ~
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