Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-14

LOWER, jan, l4.-Ino lexlblAbuio whi
meet at 8 O'Clock this evening for the
transaction Of business, and Tomorrow AZ
noon, In accordance with the law In sucn
cases made and provided, joint ballot
must be taken to settle the vsxed ques-
tion as 10 who shall represent the state
In the United States Senate. By reason
OF the majority possessed by the Repubn-
cans, It will be their high privilege TO say
who that man shall be. The eyes OF the
country are upon the sixteen Republican
members of the Legislsture. Upon them
rests the responsibility of making q Ut
ting choice, and they shoold use their
power wisely. .
1t is not enough that the man selected
shall be one who Will fttiDgly represent
t State In the Senate. He must be
man whose election will restore har.
mony; = man who, BY his presence aud
active efiort', will bsweld the now wide
ly separated factions into q unit d and
hArmoHious whole, against which the as
sauits of the Democracy Will prove un-
availing for nany years to come.
1t is eminently proper that the friend 8
Of the several gentlemen whose nRmes
have been mentioned in connection with
the office should vote for their respective
fsvorites until such time a. 1t shall be-
come reasonably sure tsat neither OF them
can tie elected without detriment to the
well being Of the party. Wnen that time
comes 1t becomes their solemn duty 70
waive every personal consideration, and
do that which shall be for the greatest
good of the greatest numbtr. The con-
test should not be prolonged one, for
the simple reason that such q one would
inaame partisan feeling already saf
c!ently aroused.
When the break does come for whom
are these several fsc'iops going to throw
their yotesl By some 1t Ia urged that the
election of Hon. N. B. Smithers would
be an act of poetic Justice; but has Il
ever occurred to the individuals wnc
reason In this wise that tho Democrats
almost 10 q man favor Smithersi How
ever kindly every Republican does ant
must necessarily feel toward this venerable
hero of many a hard battle, would It b'
acting the part of wisdom to select him
Who then would be a proper mani
After careful survey of the field tht
Republican with an eye single to the fu
ture success of the party, 10 whom :
owes allegiance and believes in fully, Il
firmly convinced that in the contingency
above referred to no wiser course could
be pursued than In electing Mr.. j. Ed
ward Addicks Of Claymont, to the posi-
tioa Mr.. Addicks possesses all the ne
cessary qualifications to acceptably dis
charge the duties Of the position. II re
quested with a reasonable degree O
unanlmity he wou'd undoubtedly accep
the place. He Is a man, who, If elected
would naturally take q deeper interes
tsaD ever before in tie developement c
the State; he would invest of his larg
means In various industrial enterprises
He is a charitable man and has freel
poured out the wealth-hOnes ly &C
quired-to alleviate the suff rings Of hi
less fortunate fellow beings.
The desolaIe and opprs sed have Deve
yet had their appeals fall upon deaf ear
when made to j. Edward Addlcks. ii
has always been found marching In tn
front rank when battles were TO be tough
and won by that grand old party {
which he Is proud to be q member
Where, then, can bettIr man be foun
or one more acceptable to the rank an
die of the partyi Let the Republica
-smbers Of the Legislature ponder we
these reasons and then act In accordant
with their best judgment. We do M
hesitate TO say, however, that In oil
opinion the best and easiest way out I
difficulty lies In the direction of the ele
tlon OF Mr.. Addicks. What do you pr
pose to do about 1t, gentlemeni