New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04


didacy in tho strongest terms as an act Of base
treachery and bad faith, and openly declare that
they would rather vote for Democrat t2an for
him. Mr. Massey. himself. processes to be en-
tirely irresponsible for what has happened He
declares with graceful gesture dramatic in'oha
tion and bland smile thct he has no. soIici'ed
any members vote; that ne is not a candidate
and that he has no control over the action OF
his four supporters, and cannot influence theh
NJ Massey is a brilliant lawyer, VINO h'lH"'
have been an eminent actor If he han oeeh ui"""
toward the stage. He is the mystery man ~
Delaware politlcs. and complacen'E chJo!9 HIS
renutatjon of being an inscrutabe sphlhN' yet
he protests with an air of cynicai lrahKhoSS
that he is a very plain man. quietly attending
IN his law business. paying no attention 10 pom
tics and having no personal interest," III Wha' Is
going on.
Senator Higgins has the delegation from his
own county behind him. with the exception Of
two members. and ne has a record of dstn
guished service at Washington which entities
him TO reelection. His right to seek the nominal
lion is incontcstable. His conduct is alike hon
orablc and ineligible. MI Masseys position
is to say the least. cquivOCal. He Is not an
avOwed candidate and. according to Mr.. Addickss
supporters he has given distinct pledges to them
that he would net be; yet four members who are
supposed to be controlled by him. or a least to be
under obligations to him. have been voting for
him for two months Three Of these votes were
apparently adrft. and floating toward the Ad-
dicks side; but Speaker McMullen who had been
the tenth Higgins supporter attached himself
to them as an anchor and mas held them to-
gether for MI Massey. Whether the Speaker.
who has been subjected to a great deal Of un-
deserved criticism. steer the Massey raft
from the temporary anchorage into fhe Higgins
haven or into any other roadstead it is not pos
sible for any one to forecast. Mr.. Massey owl
IDENTIFY is something more than an indifferent and
amused spectator Of what Is going on. That he
seriously expects the nomination to come to him
hardly seems credible: that ne apprehends loss
Of his own prestige in Kent and Sussex If Mr..
Addicks be elected senator. Is probable: that he
would prefer to have Senator Higgins reelected
rather than to have rival leader in the two
southern counties is also r. asonabe; and that ne
hopes in the end to force the nomination OF a
Ken, County man like Mr.. Pennowell. is natu-
raj presumption. II is the fate OF m}steT!
man like NJ. Massey t. be distrusted by every
bo4y and to excite implacablc res'niments WIFE
out doing anything more than TO render con-
fusion worse C0nfunded
Mr. Addicks's position in the canvass is stated
by him with business.ikc dircctness and pre-
cision. He asserts that the Republicans oi SuN-
sox and Kent are behind him. and that ono-haIi
Of the Republicans Of Newcastle are also WIN
him. He has contributed largely to the cam
paign expenses in the southern counties for soy
eral years has recognized the Republican party
in those counties has supplied the money for
paving poll-taxes when nobody else would do 1t,
and by APPLYING business methods 10 politics
carried Delaware last No.cmber Mr.. Addicks's
friends sounded Mr. Massey in advance and re-
ceived po.itive assurances from him that he
would not be candidate for the Senat"fship.
on the strength Of those pledges Mr.. AdiickS
made the fight invested his money and carried
Sussex. losing Kent by small margin II"
wants the Senatorship, and the Republican or
CARNATIONS Of the two counties demand that ne
shall have It. II he gets u he Will complete IN"
work Of redeeming Delaware and reforming ia
Ubiquitous election laws. If he does not get II u"
will have nothing more 70 10 with Delaware
politics and will never contribute another dollar
TO campaign expenses. Six members q the Leg
islature are committed irrevocably 10 him and
will never leave him. Their votes will never be
transferred to anybody else II the deadlock
cannot be broken then there will be no election
Of Senator. and the contest will be carried into
the next general election in 1896 ~ is Addicks
or nobody" Mr. Addicks remarks with al IN"
emphasis which he can command. My defeat
means the defeat Of the Republican party in sus-
sex and Kent am fighting the battle Of the
Republican party in Delaware
Mr. Addicks's supporters are equally explicit
They assert that for twenty years elections IN
Delaware have been a mons,rous farce. and have
been carried by the Democrats through syst"-
matte trirkery and bribery. The suffrage has
been debauched and public opinion demoralZed
unit, there is no possibility Of holding the tw"
"a .fsyst.
nondituras They are grateful TO him for giving
them a chance 81 winning victory IN the only
wav possible. without the financial aid which
Mr. Addicks has furnished during the last three
wears Sussex County would not have been car
ricd With the Republican delegation from that
county the present Legislature has the power OF
oloc,ino a Y .publican Senator; and since Ir. Ad-
d,ke Furnished the money that was required. and
has the Republicans OF two counties with MIN, ne
oueh, IN he the first choice, especially as an I'M
rnedate reform Of the iniquitous election laws IS
rendered improbable by Democratic MAJORITY
Of one in the upper house and as the S'a'e e'ec-
tons in 1886 can only be carried by the c"huhu-
ance Of the tactics employed by the A""VN9
organizers in the last campaign.
! There are several matters which shall re-
! serve for a subsequent .ettcr On inc Gch'i" W.
! moralizaiion Of politics wrought by twenty Ee"iS
| of Democratic rascaity in Delaware am mo-
! concerned at present with anything excerpt ''
! Senatorial deadlock and the probable outcome :"
the unfortunate. and ! had almost sad u'S'9
trous contest which has arisen IN Dover anu
which threatens to parayze the actVi'eS VI '''o
Republican party in Delaware. Inc pro'o''e'''o"
OF the struggle from day to day lhcfe"S'' ''
bitterness of sectional feeling ana fac'loh resin
nlcnt yet there is no prospect OF any lt"eu'"'
break. The six Addicks men controi t"e S''u"
ton. and long they are banden '"eo'"''
under their leaders direction there ca" w nv
election. If Senator Higgins wNhu'""' az.