Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-12

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Make Him ssnator-Pians Mapped Out
by His State Committee.
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Dover, Nov. 10.-The Addicks Re-
publicans OF Delaware, although beaten
at the election on Tuesday last, do not
propose to give up the fight. Congress-
man Willis will contest the election to
Congress of l.. Irving Handy. free
silver Democrat, and contests will be
made against the Legislative and other
tickets in Kent and Sussex counties.
In addition to the above there is
threat that the Addicks people will
organize rump Legislature, and that
the body will elect Addicks United
States Senator. He will then go to
Washington and demand that he be
seated.
All this was decided upon at a meet
Ing Of the Addicks Republican State
was present, held here to-day. The
TO make contest in Sussex county
will occasion much surprise, although
1t is not likely to create any con-
sternation.
Their contest in Kent was expected
because the Democratic victory there
was secured by the canvassing board
throwing out the returns of several
districts which gave heavy Addicks
majorities.
But in Sussex county they were de-
feated on the vote. Their grounds Of
contest, however, are that they were
defrauded at the polls by the voters
assistants appointed by the Democrats
and the Higgins Republicans. They
claim that negro voters were deceived
into voting the Regular Republican
ticket when they desired to vote the
Addicks ticket; that the ballots of
other voters who supported the Adj
dicks ticket were smeared and other
wise rendered defective and then
thrown out, and that the Addicks Re-
& publicans were cheated in the count.
They propose in their contest to obtain
the aftidavits OF every man who voted
the Addicks ticket to the effect that
be did 30, and to show that the num-
Der of men who will SO swear comprise
majority of the votes cast in Sussex
county on Tuesday last.
1t will take a couple of thousand
dollars or SO to do this work, said Mr..
Addicks after the meeting to-day, but
1t will be money we'll invested.
To-day's committee meeting was
largely attended, and, it is claimed,
was harmonious throughout. The com.
mittee pledged its support to Congress
man Willis in his contest for Handy.
seat. Mr.. Willis' grounds of contest
are gross frauds, and the throwing out
Of Republican districts in Kent county.
The committee decided, in view O
the fact that more than, half of the Re
publican vote at the recent election
was cast in favor of the Addicks ticket
to send protest to the Republican
National Committee against Gen
James H. Wilson, Regular Republican
being longer continued as member o
that committee, and to ask that som,
one else more in harmony with tn,
ascertained majority of Delaware Re
publicans be appointed in his place.
The contest of the election in Ken
and Sussex counties will be made il
the courts, and Herbert Fl. Ward ant
Walter H. Hayes of Wilmington, wer
retained as counsel. Mr.. Ward was il
consultation with the committee to-day
The committee also resolved to con
tinue in active political organization
and committee of three on rules TO
the organization of the party and it
representation in the next State con
vention was authorized to be namei
by Chairman Wiley. ..
1t would not be surprising in yiey
of the present attitude and feeling q
the Addicks Republicans to see dua
Legislatures in Dover next winter
Their claim of the election of tbei
Legislative tickets in the two countie
will be insisted upon. no matter wha
action may be taken by the courts
and as the Republicans have four q
the six holding-over members of tn
State Senate they can control th
organization Of that body and recop
nize trump" House of Representa-
tiyes. One of these four Republicans
anti-Addicks, but one of tho others j
an Addicks henchmaH. and the othe
two are suspected of strong Addick
inclinations.
Should this trump" Legislature d
nothing further than elect Addicl
United States Senator he would b
satisfied.
l should he perfectly willing to G
to Washington and take my chance
with any one else who may be chose
to the seat that Col. du Pont did nc
get, +" he said after the meeting.
And some of his ardent followers bt
lieve that the Senate would seat hi
no matter how tiimsy his credentia
might be.