Middletown transcript., 1896-10-17
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| 1.-THE regular Republicans are doing
their best to break the hold Of j. Ed.
ward Addicks upon his party, and some
of the leading Addicks men have
/ Joined forces with them, but if there
is to be a sacrificial offering this fall,
Mr.. Addicks is determined that it shall
be somebody else and not himself.
| From some of the Addicks people it
is learned that on Saturday night there
was meeting of a number Of leading
Addicks Candidates, held at the Clay
ton House, after the Reed meeting at
the Auditorium, at which a proposition
looking to an arrangement Of the pres
ent strained relations of the two fac
tions and making of single ticket
were discussed.
The proposition, it is understood,
was substantially as follows:
That, in view of the well-known i'm
possibility of Addicks electing his leg
gislative ticket this year, he withdraw
| Internationally as candidate for uni
| ted States senator; that the legislative
tickets as nominated by the Union Re-
publicans in Kent and Sussex counties
stand and be endorsed as they are, with
possibly two or three changes; that the
candidates for members of the Legis-
lature assemble at once at Georgetown,
Dover and Wilmington, and be released
from any promise they have made to
vote for Addicks, and enter into an
agreement, at his request, that they
are at no time in the next session of the
Legislature to vote for him for sena-
tor; further, that it would be agreed
and understood that John H. Hnffec-
ker, Addicks' candidate for governor,
be the candidate of the Republican
members of the Legisl ature for Uni
ted State senator, and to receive the
full Republican vote; that John G. Hig-
gins or some other person acceptable
to the Republicans, should be taken up
as candidate FIR governor and Willis
for Congress. and single CONSTITUTE
ional Convention ticket be agreed upon
in each Of the three counties.
1t is reported that the leading candi-
dates and some of the principal follow
ers of Addicks were strongly in favor
of this proposition and that it would |
have been accepted without a doubt |
had not Addicks interfered personally,
and declared emphatically that he |
would under no circumstances cOnsid-
er the matter or permit his men to ac-
cept it.
The Addicks people express them
selves as disappointed than an arrange
ment showing so much consideration |
for the faction could not be agreed up
on and be acceptable to Mr.. Addicks.
1t is the only proposition that has been
spoken of and laid before them that
could meet with the favor of all the
Addicks followers, and a majority of
his opponents.
1t cannot be ascertained just who it
was on the part of the Republicans who
made this proposition, but it is said on
the best of Addicks authority that it
was a man holding high official posi-
tion in the regular Republican organi-
zation.
The conference at the Clayton House
lasted for nearly two hours, and wo uld
have lasted longer had not the men
from Sussex county been obliged to
take the midnight train for home"
The above appeared in the "Evening
Journal" of Tuesday and the same in
substa nee in the 'Every Evening" of
the same date. Its accuracy has not
been denied. 1t is evidence that one
man, as the TRANSCRIPT has held, hav-
ing it within his power to prevent a
between the factions Of
'he party, has done SO and because he can
not be assured his own personal eleva-
Jon he sacrifices the whole party. He
1oes this, and yet good, honest Republi-
cans cling tohim. And other good and I
honest Republicans sympathize with his
Mr.. Addicks by bis course
las invited defeat for the whole Re-
publican ticket. The Republicans with
united party cast for Congressman in
1874, Is, ,789 votes, and the Democrats ,
8, 1872. With two Republican candi- ,
lates for governor and the Democrats '
United it means defeat, and while there
re two Democrats for Congress Mr.. s
Willis closest political friends have no n
lopes of his election though we have
70 doubt 60 per cent. of the voters de- q
ire the defeat of 'sPut-her-there-B Bob :,
ld-boy" Handy. Mr.. Addicks has q
rought the party to this, keeping his t.
hreat by telegraph to Senator Wash
urn to defeat the party. We have
othing to say personally against Mr..
Ioffecker, Mr.. Willis or other good O
republicans on the Addicks ticket. is
lad Mr.. Addicks been ignored from
lay 9th, 1895, the State would be ours d.
n November 3rd. Fifty-eight per CT
ent. of the Republican vote Of the it
tate is in New Castle county and over q
0 per cent of the vote is against Ad- .
lcks. Some say that for the sake of =
inning, for the redemption of the 7.
tate, it would have been better to have q
lelded and to have accepted the Ad-
Icks candidates. But large per cent G,
g. of the voters in this county could Of
OF have been brought to think this sr
ay. Mr.. Addicks has not money W
lougb to buy majority in the county 1n
in the State and to yield was to
ing both defeat and humiliation. WI
1t has been the policy of the whole ar
ddicks party to ignore the Republi- in
ms of New Castle county. In their ye
ate Convention they changed the re- an
esentation so that one man in Kent at
Sussex counts for three in New Cas-
,. The basis of electing delegates sp
as made sa
in Kent for SO yoters =.
Sussex 6 " 9" an
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