Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-12-06
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
TO the Editor Of The Egening POST
STR:-Your issue of yesterday contains
excerpts from two leading Republican
papers of Philadelphia-th Bulletin and
the Prcss-on the candidacy OF j.
Edward Addicks for United States
Senatorship from Delaware. The But
letin says it is one Of "those evil things"
that "poison the political atmosphere"
the Press declares that the election of
such a ridiculous candidate would inflict
Unreasonable injury upon the Republic
can party" and "burden Delaware with
O lasting load of obloquy."
Yet ii is a fact that both these journals
have rejoiced over the victory Of tho
Republican party In Delaware. The
people Of Delaware have for years been
accustomed to read in Republican news
papers and to hear from Republican
orators about the Regeneration" and
redemption" OF the State. The people
of the commonwealth have been ex.
horted TO turn their faces toward the
morning." to "come out of the darkness
of the past" &c. At last they have, by
an apparent majority, taken this advice,
and the result Is the candidacy of Ad-
dicks.
Every man familiar with the condition
of politics in Delaware has known all
along that Republican victory meant
just such state of degradation as that
which Republican journals are now
making the subject OF on animadversion,
While that party in Delaware conf
prises some men of excellence, it is
now, as it always has been, depend
emf for its success on money and
an ignorant negro vote. In 1888, when
factional division existed in Demo-
cratic ranks, certain Republican poll
ticians made pious pilgrimage, Just on
the eve of election, to the great Phila.
delphia statesman Mr.. Wanamaker,
through whom they obtained q fund
which, when added to what Addicks
mad supplied, was sufficient, to secure a
very small majority in Sussex county.
The faction fight secured victory for
them in Kent. The Republicans thus
At this moment Addicks openly and
prominently appeared upon the scene.
He had summer house at Claymont,
near the Pennsylvania line. From this
elevated position, from which on the
spirit of the party of Cameron and
Quay, and on the other hand survey the
field in Delaware, he discerned all op.
portunity to exploit the latter State fol
profits in politics, as he had exploited
other places for profits in gas. A sup
posed difficulty in the election laws in
Delaware had discouraged other foreign
apostles Of redemption" and "regenera
ton" and slight" from making invest.
ments Addicks saw that the first rea
difficulty lay in the fact that the negroes
would not pay their taxes and thu
qualify themselves to vote. In 1888, there
fore, he decided to take a "fyer" il
Delaware politics, by supplying tn,
Republican party with funds to pa,
the negroes taxes. Doubtless his supple
eventually exceeded that limit. Whel
the Legislature met in 1899, he appeared
as candidate for the United State
Senate, and, true to his instincts, paral
leled this candidacy with an application
for gas franchise. He failed to secur,
the Senatorship, but he was not crushed
He has ever since been an open anc
avowed candidate for the position. A
leading Republican politician has re
Gently stated, In an open letter published
in the leading Republican journal il
Wilmington, Addicks before the las
election furnished the means "to organ
ize the (Republican) party, and to in
fuse new life and hope through it
members and to prevent 1900 delin
quent taxables from being returned b,
the Levy Court in Kent aud Sussex.
The people of Delaware are not mucl
given to hypocritical cant, but'it will b
seen, by the references to "life" an
"hope," that the writer of the passag
just quoted is learning TO use the Ian
guage of the protcctionist journals q
the State of Cameron and Quay.
Is il strange that it is now claimed b,
Addicks that he has ID Republican vote
in the Legislature, or large majorit
of the Republican caucus2 Sixtee
votes will elect Senator.
But the point desire to bring out
that the candidacy of Addicks is th
logical result Of the Cuisines idea" {
politics that has made Cameron an
Quay the true and permanent represel
tattves of the strongest projections
State in tho Union, and that no
threatens the commonwealth of Dell
ware, with her long and honorable 70
of eminent statesmen, with the degradi
ton of having an alien Spectator
her representative in the Senate of I'll
United States. Addicks has the sinai
date" of the II 800 delinquent taxables
the makers of the late apparent RI
publican victory--for his pretension
Does 1t lie in the mouth of any Repul
lican to ridicule his candidacy? He
merely demanding the delivery of VIII
he has paid for twice. His competito
seek to drive one-sided bargain,
which the buyer is perpetually 10 pr
for something that he is never to get.
this fair dealing? Should they not +
tire--are they not in honor bound to r
tire-and leave the field to him?
DELAwAREAN.
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