Evening journal., 1896-06-08
sIrhing For Recognition.


and put on 3 cheerful front, but that
does not hide the fact that they are
mortally afraid that the Republican
National Convention at st. Louis will
not recognize the delegation which they
set up at Dover with such utter dlsre-
gard forpartY precedents and rules and
the rights Of the minority represented In
the convention That they have a
bitter 6ght before them to secure that
national recognition which they cov0t
no man who has been watching the
rapid drift Of Republican politics in
Delaware during tbs past few months
will attempt to deny.
There will be two delegations from Del
aware. each claiming to be regularly
elected to represent the Republican party
Of the State When the committee on
credentials takes the matter in haud it
will discover that IL has a knotty question
to consider and decide II will be called
upon to cay which is and which is not
the Republican party OF Delaware. Here
II has already been accepted that we
have In the Addicks following, new
party, cast of BY the regular Republi
cAns. Delaware Democrats have decided
to recoRnize the State Central Commit
tee, which has General James II Wilson
for It's chairman, as the supreme head OF
Delaware Rspublloauism. This blow
has seriously impaired the standing
of the A6dlcks Rspirants in our own
state and for the Republican National
Convention to follow tho Democratic
example would be to render Addleks and
his followers without any national stand
ing whatever, and with but little to come
aud go on In their own state.
Addicks has bsen to Ohio. His mission
was political In It's character His business
WAS to impress upon the Mckinley
managers that he and his fellow. delegates
were regularly elected by the Republican
party OF this state To further his ends
he doubtless posed as an original Nc
Klnley man. How much assurance he
received from Canton Is known only to
himself and few Of bis closest political
friends. II could not have been any
thing positive or he and his followers
would have been mora jubilant
Mckinley and his managers know their
friends. They are fully aware Of the
attitude of Addlcks Hia connection with
Platt and Quay is as well-known In Can
ton as 1t is In Delaware. and the pro-
mOters OF the Mckinley campaign know
full we'll that tao only reason why the
Addlcks delegates from Delaware were
left unpledged WAS that Qnay and PlAtt,
who wished to be the prssident-makers
believed that they had formed comS Si-
nation which would enable them to name
the man and dictate terms The six
Addleks delegates from Delaware were
60 bs part and parcel OF that comblns.
tlon.
1t WAS not until after Addicks had
shown his hand at Dover that Quay and
Platt discovered that their combination
would prove powerless against the wave
Of McKlnleyism which was sweeping ever
/ the Uaitsd States Then there WAS o
Neeramble to got into the Mckinley camp
Qpay made his pilgrimage 10 Canton and
Acdicks followed In his footsteps. Both
gpoAe for Platt As we'll as for themselves
Meanwhile there Is q pledged Mckinley
delegation hsre with ex-senator An
thony Higgins and Colonel Henry
A. Dupont ready to 60 10 st. Louis and
cast six votes for the Ohio man from the
6rst to the final ballot. There is no un
certainty about It's sentiment and 4
the Mckinney nsnagers know their bust
ness they will seat the regular Republ
can delegates and leave the AddickI
party delegates to hold little national
con Of their own.