The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-13

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During tiis carly part pf sthis wssk I
| Rn.,Non teArtnk senie six tundrea Ne
nn2,ican eisnataress was prnsriitsd 10 Iii,
Aepnttttnap nauniy con- -niltaa Of Nav
taatie tunpuuchg hddicxa aud his multi
cal mofhode. aud demanding tia exDul.
| sion pt state senator hobart J. Handy.
Thkrn ~ room for much commant both
from the prasancs 81 certain II shs 4 ~ ~
upon this temarKabie dneuinaat. aud
IRON thu nhaenee OF oartain others, nota.
nly Mossrs HiREiDs aud u, A. DuPous.
In's .ssk. howsysr. We leave TO those
VINO ueslro to 10 uufendare OF AluicKsi
our endsavor shail oniy DO TO discover.
4 WAL etset. II any Tits patitlou viii
bRyn upon tho Fight oil the neDnblipau
| party 20 clniul the cnniidencb aud fran.
enas ,'s o. az honest psppis d Delaware at
Does tits petition clear from the skir,s
OF the ltepublican rarfy all responsibility
Tor Afidicks and Adulcksisrn2 iioes IL give
70 me people ahy sale guaranty Of in,
muhity frVw tilis nan aud his methods 10
the tnturo should suooses attend the
purtyi These aFe qusAtion which the
honest rank and lille Of lha Republican
party Will demand TO have answered.
we do not Wish TO he partisan. We
havo no deslreto fa5ten Audicks anon the
Republican party. We did all In our
| power " pteyant his doing 50 Ia the last
/ Gum paian, lie Index was the very nrst
newsrAper which publicly proclaimed the
nov undi puted fadt that Addieks wgnten
to be Senator. Ihe IAasx was the very
tlrst paper Ia tho StlLe that made public
the Interview which Addicks lad at the
Hotel Richardson IN this town with GER
tain Kent county Hepubilcsn leaders, III
which It was agruad that Addloks should
receive the Republican support from this
county.
lhls journal was the very frat TO pub.
ltsh tho result OF the meeting OF Addicke
with NE leaders Of kepnnlicanism both
from Kent aud Sussex ut Rehobuth. For
weeks ne Index atone and without even
single Deinooratic. independent news
pager ally, warned tue peupie Repub.
iicuns ~ wall as Dem0cratsS OF the intsn.
tions Of Addicks. Our attitude OF the
past shaii be that OF tho future publicity
to AJdicks' schemes. and an unfaitering
opposition TO hs Vaccinations
hevortheiass. we chnnot rafrain from
stating our honast conviction that this
petition OF The six hundred is as worthless
50 lhr ~ Erecting the rlddauoe OF the
Republican party from Addicka. as 10 tho
paper upon which 1t ls written. Wnau
cail tns Wishes OF these six hundred weigh
AGAINST the many times elk nuhdred who
eonatltuts The real Republican party. and
VINO did MT eign tLis petition? Thsse six
hundred were not acting In any official or
representative capacity whien would give
thvir number aug III orc Don Moderation than
ae SIMPLY bsi,g the names of six hun
ofed individuals who In the past have
u
Inc Bueiness Mans Republican Club OF
Wilmington undertook to read Add lcks
out OF the party. aud In few month"; he
was Enthusiastically ieted by one of the
other clubs OF that city. donating his own
portrait ana announcing himsel. az stlll
sspring Tor sonltcriai honor Since then
ciub has boon formed IN New Castle for
the special object OF fostering and pro.
motinR tho personal ambition OF this man
now denounced once more. Are there
bnL SIX hundred Republican vsturs even
IN New Castle alone2 What then arc we
to think o. the absent ones from this Dc.
tiionY Are not Kent and Sussex to count
as declaring the policy Of state Rspubil,
New Castle is conceded to he the seat
OIL the Addiohs opposition. nnd vet ace We
TO believe that, after the most dllIgent
ena pissaing canvass. but six hundred
are 10 be found In that county unfriendly
to1hat inun? And, what are We to infer
from The absence from that petition OF
names OF ex-senator Higgins mud Would.
he.Senator DUPONT? II IL was right and
proper that this petition should DO made.
then undoubtedly every Republican In
New tjastle who was opposed to AddIcks
shnulu have signed 1t, Right here on
this document arc the names of the sun.
poFters and baekers of Higglns and DI.
Pone why then are not thelr nnmes
there aiso2 II The preseuce of uamaa
upon the petition Is proof OF the uniriend.
illness to Addieks, then surely the alb
eence OF Dnmes Is equally ns strong
PROOF OF frlendliness TO the man and
his methods.