Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15

putahlc citizen of Sussex county, the
following communication:
Editor Eve,y EVening; Why is it, my
dear sir, that you are SO confident that Mr..
Addicks will be elected Senator instead of
Mr.. Higgins2 Is it that the wish is
father to the thought? Would you be
willing to see that result brought about
solely to CRAFTY. your enmity to the Re-
publican party2 OF course, you know
that such thing would forever ruin the
party that was responsible for it, and thus
easily bring the Democratic party back
into power. Can this be your motive for
keeping up the Addicks agitation? No
Republican paper has spoken in favor of
Mr.. Addicks as Senator, and probably
there appears some probability that the
Republican PARTY will indorse his candi-
dature? Mr., Addicks has proven himself
to be an ardent Republican, but to sup
pose that he has assisted the party into
power solely to crafty his own personal
ambition is to put very low, mean and
sordid estimate upon his motive for so
doing Did he contribute as much or
more money than Mr.. Bayard or Mr.. Ban
croft did to the Democratic cause or than |
did Mr. Higgins or many other Republic |
cans to the cause of their own pnrty2 Ii |
so, was it not because of his greater ability |
to do so? Was not the iifty-dolar contri- |
button of many Republicans as much in
proportion to their ability as was Mr..
Addcks' gift to the party? Just as reason-
ably and logically might you assume that
we all want to be Senators. or something
that will repay us for our efforts.
The simple truth is that the Republican
party has no intention to make Mr.. Ad-
dicks Senator. The place logically falls
to Mr.. Higgins, who has so splendidly
filled the place for one term and who is
now so much better qualified to fill the
second term, Any other solution would
be grossly unjust to him and to the people
and ruinous to the party So do not spend
your valuable space in vain, not 70 say
hypocritical, effort to bring MIR. Addicks
forward as a candidate for Senator.
A SUSSEX REPUBLICAN,.
November 10th, 1894.
We desire to assure our correspondent,
from the first, that EVERY EvENtNG is
not actuated by any impulse to crafty
enmity to the Republican party, in
holding up before the people of this
State the disgrace that threatens them
as result of the Republican victory of
Tuesday last. Nor is the attitude of
this paper an instance of "the wish"
that is father to the thought" Far
from it. We want to impress upon the
people, particularly the members of the
Republican party, the serious condition
that confronts them. We want to make
plain the fact, Notwithstanding it was
laid clearly before them during the
campaign, and possibly disregarded and
looked upon as merely piece of cam
paign argument, that the office Of United
States Senator in Delaware has been
put up at auction, and that the man
who bid the highest price for the office
is now about to claim it at the hands of
the Republican party as his just due.
"No Republican paper has spoken in
favor of Mr.. Addicks for Senator"
writes our doubling Republican CORE.
spondent, "and probably none will
We fear that cur friend failed to read
EVERY EVENINGS issue Of Saturday
last before penning his communication
He will find there reprinted two com.
munications from Republican papers
warmly indorsing Mr.. Addicks as a can.
didate for United les Senator, and an
editorial from another Republican paper
to the same effect. These Endorsements
written by Republicans and printed il
Republican papers, are shameless il
their bold advocacy of bestowing thu
Senatorship upon Mr.. Addicks in return
for the contributions of money made BY
him, and by virtue of which the Repub
lican party won its victory in this State
We can also assure our correspon
dent, in answer to his inquiry, that Mr.
Addlcks gave to the Republican cam
paign fund an immensely greater sun
than was contributed to the Democrats
campaign fund by MI. Bayard or b
ruption fund compares with the amour
contributed by Senator Higgins we hav
no means of knowing. j. Frank Allet
who is in position to know, says til;
Mr.. Addicks gave the enormous sum {
$4,000 for use on election day alone
Kent and Sussex counties. He doub
less made fair-sized contribution /
the fund in this county, and in al
dition he furnished the money nece
sary to pay the taxes of hundreds
negroes in Kent and Sussex two yea
ago, who otherwise would have bee
deprived of their votes at the recei
election. Mr.. Addicks himself a.
mitted this fact in an interview with
reporter Of this paper during the car
palgn.
EVERY EVENING is not trying
bring Addicks forward as q candida
for United States Senator for the pu
pose of making political capital out
the situation. He has pushed himst
forward and openly avowcd himself
I aspirant for the place. We are simp
, nIlle endeavoring to impress upon the min
las e., If the people, the Republican people,
&c you please, the fact that Addicks is
candidate for this high office, and tn
he expects to reach it solely as rewa
for the money he has given to t
Republican party. That he has II
4 jority of the Republican members-elt
4 of the next Legislature committed TO
interest and that unless the reputal
members of the Republican party--m
like our correspondent, who doubtl
Il, have some regard for tie reputation
the State as we'll as sincere desire
fol- Republican success-come out bolt
pitts anu openly in opposition, this blisteri
par disgrace will be inflicted upon us.
will be disgrace the like of which
State never suffered in all its histo