Middletown transcript., 1895-12-21
CONSPIRACY CONFIRMED.


New Castle county, will cooperate
with the Democrats i'll their endeavors
TO prevent the seating of Colonel Henry
A. du Pont, and retain counsel. Mr..
Addicks says that he will not employ
any lawyers In his personal capacity"
-Ex.
The above is sample of the infor--
nation given out by Mr.. Addicks
through the Democratic papers. 1t is
an evidence of their eagerness to join
hands with Mr.. Addicks to defeat not
only the seating of Col. du Pont but
the just and fair consideration of his
claim. Mr.. Addicks entered Delaware
politics with The idea that every man
has his price," the price of his first
Delaware victim is said to have been
twenty five dollars for servicesrendered.
We do not suppose his ideas of the
United States Senate are that they are
much above the average of other men.
hence the lobby that he is maintaining
to defeat the seating of Col. du Pont.
Why is be d ling this? Solely in the in
terest Of j. Edward Addicks that he
may have another opportunity to force
himself upon the Republican Party and
into the United States Senate. He
cares nothing for the party, nor for its
success as his conduct has evidenced
and as this last act conclusively proves.
Will The Republicans Of Delaware, the
self-respecting Republicans, yield the
party into his hands? Not in New
Castle county most assuredly, and we
are assured just as confidently not Ia
Sussex county. Word comes from all
poin that Republicans are resenting
this last act of confirmation Of the
conspiracy entered into by the DEM
ocrats and the Addicks men to prevent
ths election of a United States Sena-
tor. Is Col. du Pont entitled to his
sta.? Let the United States Senate de-
eide, as it is the sole judge Of thequali-
fication of its members. Col. du Pont
would not be doing justice TO the rep
resentatives of his party who cast their
votes for him did be not make appli-
cation for the seat, and put the facts
before the Senate. Let Gov. Watson,
through his attorneys, present the side
o. non-election, for all the facts should
be before the Senators. but when the
"Union Republican Club" which is
but another name for Addicks, "co-
operates with the Democrats in their
endeavors to prevent the seating OF
Col. du Pont and retain counsel" and
Mr.. Addicks maintains lobby to the
same end, it is time for every honest
Republican in the State to look to the
future of of the party. In no event
can such man as Mr.. Addicks be
accepted by the Republicans and to de-
feat Col. du Pont means warfare
that shall forever bury Addicks. Thous-
ands of men who do not believe in
''reading out If the party" will rally
at the primaries to utterly route him.
But there is most hopeful sign in
all this. 1t points to the seating of
Col. du Pont. Addicks would not
show his hand so prominently were he
not desperate. And the tone of the
Inden, edited by Wolcott, Cooper & Co.,
foreshadows the seating of Col. du..Pont.
It says:
'sCol. du Pont has no right to rep
resent Delaware in the national Senate
This is the law, no matter what may
be the decision Of the Senate. !"
This is the partisan opinion of the
man who as Chancellor of the State
advised the Governor to conspire
against an election and then sought to
have the question brought before him
for judicial decision! Is it any wonder
that the people lose respect for the
courts? This is the man who aspires
to seat in the Senate and presumes to
sit in judgment upon the members of
the Senate in advance of their action
ard to question their honesty and in
tegrity. This is the man who is the
close friend of Mr.. Addicks and the
leading attorney against the seating of
Col. du Pont, and he evidently believes
that Col. du Pont will be seated. If
he is seated it will be from the 4th Of
March. 1895. when Senator Higgins
term expired, and because in the opin-
ion Of The Senator he is entitled under
the law 10 take his seat.
But what of Mr.. Addicks' efforts to
prevent his being seated Can the Re-
publicans in any section of this State
forgive such treacheryp We do not
believe they can or will.