Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15
Mr.. ADDlCKS SPEAKS AGAIN.
He Says He is In for the Senator
ship and Will Win.

His Personal Declaration to Represen-
tative of "rhe Gazette'' Monday Night--
81 Am IN lt To Win, and to Stay There
Until DO VIM" This is Millionaire Adj
dicks Last Emphatic Announcement
Anything ELSE to the Contrary Sotwith-
standing Anthony Higgins is Not in 1t
--He Has Not Got the support.
Monday evening j.. Edward Addicks
spoke clearly and unequivocally to q
representative of THE GAZETTE upon
the vital question Of the Senatorial sue
cession. Mr.. Addcks spoke unre.
servedly to the newspaper man on the
subject of the mission which brought
him to Mr.. Addicks, which was to gain
from him a straight, clear and direct
statement of his position in regard to
the Senatorship.
This Mr.. Addicks gave without hesi-
tation to the representative of The
GAZETTE and it is thai the Claymont
millionaire is in the contest to the end
without a possibility of swerving for
any person or anything. And in addi-
ton he is assuredly going to beat
Anthony Higgins in the race.
Mr.. Addicks was found Monday night
at the residence Of Frank A. Mitchell,
the chairman of Monday nights parade,
where he had gone to witness the big
Republican procession of clubs pass by.
II have come to see you" said the re-
porter to Mr.. Addicks, "for the definite
purpose of ascertaining from you per-
sonally, for publication, what you think
fit to say to me in regard to the Sena-
torial contest.
81 desire TO ask you whether you are
an aspirant for those honors in OPP
position to the present incumbent,
Senator Higgins ?"
"You may most positively say" said
Mr.. Addicks in quick response, that
am. am in the Senatorial race as you
call it. And l am going to succeed.
am in the same position as before.
told you then, as clearly as | could ex-
press myself that | am a candidate fol-
the Senate from the State of Delaware.
do not see how l can speak more EN-
phatlcally.
"These are the facts. And | might
add that nothing is possible of arising
that could swerve me from this course
"But," the newspaper man inter.
iected, sit is stated, from certain direc.
tions, that your fight is only assumed
and that in the end it will turn out that
Senator Higgins will have the seat il
the Senate. | mean to say that the in
ference is that there will be some com
promise proceeding from you or author
lied by you, under which it will eventu
ally develop that Mr.. Higgins will bt
Senator-that is to say some bargain o.
arrangement of some kind or anothe
through which he and not you will b.
the Senator?"
"No! nol'' replied Mr.. Addick
quickly, "there is not, nor can there be
anything of the kind. | am in to viii
and to stay so until do win"
just at this moment William B. Clerk
the morocco manufacturer, came out o
the house. The conversation con
tinued unreservedly in the same line il
Mr.. Clerks presence. In fact grea
deal of it was reiterated before him
The reporter and Mr.. Clerk then left il
company.
you seem to be particular friend 0
Mr.. AddicksY" the reporter remarke,
to his companion as the two walket
south towards the Eighth street cars.
"Oh, yes. | am both friend and a.
admirer of his"
"You seem to give full credence t
what he says in regard to the Senatoria
fight?" the reporter suggested.
"Yes, know that Mr.. Addicks is i
to stay. There is nothing to stop him
Nothing could stop him but his death
What is more, he has the support 70
the position and Mr.. Higgins has NO
got it. | know all that and | knoN
what am speaking about"
81 should like" the reporter rejoinec
"if you have no objection, to publis
what you say"
"There is no objection whatever,
Mr.. Clerk replied. "What say is til
) fact. And that is all there is about it.
swell, good-nightH
"Good- -night.n