The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-17

Washington Hastings last evening ia
discussing the letter Of Mr. Bradford thai
appeared in The Morning News" said:
| Il have read Mr.. Bradford's letter to
The Morning News" res!gning as q
| member OF the Advisory Committee AND
am compelled to say that think that
| act Of Mr.. Bradford is extremely inteIIt-
| pera'e and ill-advised. Its effect will be
| to strengthen and encourage Mr.. Addicks
| and his adherents IN their raid on this
| state II 1t has any effect at all. Mr..
| Bradford was a member OF the district
| convention for the nomination Of candf-
dates OF the Republican party fer the Con-
stitutional State Convention, to be voted
| for in November, and think that If he was
| So terribly opposed 10 Mr. Clayton bene
| seated in that convention it would have
been more seemly and consistent for him to
have withdrawn from that convention and
declined to be nominated by it as candL,
date for the constitutional state conven-
ton instead Of accepting its nomination
as he did, and then publicly attacking and
indicting the Advisory Committee a
body Of men which was absolutely with.
out power or control in the dstr!c. con-
vention and which had no voice whatever
or in any other matter apperta.ning to
the business of that convention Mr. Brad.
ford, it seems to me, is trying 10 vind-
cate himself at the expense of his friends.
the Advisory Committee Mr.. Clayton
helped to nominate Mr. Bradford as
Republican candidate to the constitutional
state convention, Why does he accept that
nomination If he is entirely sincere in all
of the
ter?
The Advisory Committee is simply
confidential kGdy OF Republicans in thS
city wIthou; any party authority
or control, or claiming 10 have
any-who have banded themselves
together for the express purpose
of helping to defeat Addicks and Addicks..
ism, and to foster and further the inter.
ests of the Republican party here ami
elsewhere. They give their own time ana
spend their own money for the accom-.
pllshment Of these purposes and are ae.
countablo to nobody but themselves. Ther
are the peers Of Mr.. Bradford in every
respect and they are just as sincere ana
intense in their hostility to 'Addicks ana
Addicksism' as Mr.. Bradford; .the onlS
difference is that they did not think ID
H'-hei HcSSSShlS OF uselul 10 take 2TK
of artillery to XII mosquito.
There is no proposition, t.sre
any intention on the part Of Il .--Iubii-
can party Of this state to com2.r>.'ss with
Addirks or to deal with him IN .ny way,
shape or form He is not a Re publ n,
and his course has shown thai he has
been inmica to the interests Of the Re-
publican party ever slnce he first set foot
in this state, and We will have nothing
to do with him.
"In respect to the electoral ticket Of
this state, | will s2y that am very surs
there will be but one. So far as the Re-
publ!cans are concerned that matter 10
submitted entirely to the National Com.
mittee and We will abide faithfully by tho
decision Of that body be it what it may;
but that will not be the result OF any
compromise, decker, countenanco or ar"
rangement with Addicks or his followers,
it will simply be submission to the decis"
ion Of constituted and rlghtful authority,
which is our plain duty"
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Fire in the trimming store Of Miss Ridg-
we'll, at No. HOO Orange street, did about