Middletown transcript., 1896-05-09
MIDDLETOWN, DEL, MAY. 9, 1895
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
ADDUyKS


That is the political situation to-day
In Delaware. 1t is J. Edward Addicks
against the Republican Party. 1t is
the question that must be met and set
tied at the primaries to-day. Our
faith is strong to believe that the Re.
publican Party will triumph but the
victory should be so decided as to set
tie the question forever. Shall the Re-
publican Party of the State surrender
to the man who puts his own selfish
ambition above everything else? Will
it surrender to any man who does thatP
Mr.. Addicks said in the senatorial con-
test at Dover which closed one year
ago to-day that it should be "Addicks
or Nobody" and on the 9th of May,
1895, ninety-fve, if not ninety-nine Re-
publicans out Of every hundred, in tue
State condemned Addicks and the
four men who voted for him. Mr.. Ad-
dicks has done everything within his
power the past year to prevent the
seating of Col. dupont, and the Susse1
Republican which stands for the ad.
vancPment of no mans interests but
for party harmony and success, says
that since that time Mr.. Addicks has
not contributed one penLy to the Re-
publican Party, and yet his only plea
is that he will furnish the "boodle."
He makes no secret Of this offer and
boast, if his interviews in the Demo-
cratic papers are to be believed, and he
has an organ which makes no denial
of these statements. His methods are
different from any other man; he pro-
poses to purchase the senatorship; his
proposition is to Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike; to-day it is Addicks
against the Republican Party, and on
the Sd of November if he wins to-day |
he proposes to purchase the Demo-
cratic Party or enough Of it to give
him seat in the United States Senate,
the object Of his ambition. His argu-
ments have made converts of many
during the past year but they cannot
succeed. The Euery Euening which
has been very friendly to him states
that S.. 900. 90 has been put in North /
West Fork hundred (Bridgeville) to
carry the primaries there. Mr.. G. P.
Swain a strong anti-Addicks man is a
candidate there for the st. Louis Con-
vention and every effort has been made
to defeat him. In st. Georges hun
dred an extra effort has been made to
work up an Addicks sentiment. At
near Port Penn on Tuesday
night among the colored people every
one of them except three stood up as
being against Addicks and one of the
three acknowledged that he had UNDER
stood there is lots Of Addicks Doodle
around and he wants some of it. Paid
speakers for Addicks have been brought
here and one of them at a meeting On
Tuesday night, colored man, went SO
lar as to denounce all Republicans, ex- {
,ept Addicks of course, aud declared
hat s'the picture of Abraham Lincoln {
,hould not disgrace his house by hang
NO in his cellar" This shows the
means employed to accomplish their t
,nds. Will Republicans submit to q
HEMP We say "no:" the patriotic
entiment Of the people Of Delaware, c
and Democrats, is ''no;'
md we believe the Republican prima- 7
les to-day will say mo-" How extern =
ne is the peculiar Addicks sentiment
g man knows, hence it is the duty of 4
very man who is opposed to his meth
ds to vote at the primaries to-day.
at the vote be full and decisive. J
Shall It be Addicks or shall it be the d
,apublican PartyP If 1t Is Addicks a
8 believe it means the defeat Of the Il
arty. for his methods cannot succeed. v