Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-15
POLITICS IN DELAWARE
How George Register Saved the Union
Republicans in Sussex County.
AN ANTl-DEMOCRATlC SCHEME
Effort to Defeat Levycourtman
White.

promised q fearful downpour Of regret
and wrath has been lifted from the de.
voted heads OF the Addicks followers
In Sussex. For. days and days they
occupied an uncushioned seat on the
ragged edge Of despair, all because
their county ticket had not been duly
certified to the clerk Of The peace
George Register was the secretary Of
the Addicks Sussex county convention.
Whether he desired TO escape the frost
that may fall upon the Addicksites on
election day is not necessary for con-
sideration in this story, but suffice it
to say he did remove to Dakota shortly
after the Sussex convention. The loss
Of Mr.. Registers vote by his removal
from the State may not have caused
the Addicksites great grief, but the
absence OF his signature to the nomi-
nation papers Of the convention did fill
: them with the gloomy foreboding sug-
Bested in the opening sentence Of this
article. %
Without Mr. Registers signature the
Sussex county Addicks ticket could
not have gone on the official ballot.
In vain then was all the Addioks
county campaign work In Sussex.
Nine nominees would have been left
stances quick action was needed. Mr..
Register had been in Dakota less than
week when he was surprised to
receive letter from the Addicks com
mittee beseechipg him TO come back at
once; all expenses would be paid. Z
Mr.. Register realized the situation
and back he came. He reached Will
mipgton last Saturday night and was
met by crowd of people who were
filled with apprehension that he might
not arrive in time. The certificate had
to be filed by Tuesday afternoon.
Well. Mr.. Register did arrive in time.
He was taken 10 Georgetown, where he
signed the necessary papers, and they
have been duly filed.
Having Strengthened out that matter,
Mr. Register has started for Dakota
aud the sun shines once more In
Sussex.
SCHEME THAT FAILED.
An elaborate scheme for a com
promise between Regular Republicans
and Union Republicans has come to
light. Perhaps it was not intended
that the facts should como out, but
somebody or somebodies have been
talking and the cat is out, sure
enough. After the Reed meeting last
Saturday night conference was held
in the Clayton House by politicians,
in which both factions of the Repub-
lican party were represented. Most Of
the men present were followers of J.
Edward Addicks. The object of the
conference was to unite the two fac
tions upon single ticket and thus to
solve the trouble which has existed so
long.
TO achieve that result propositions
were made substantially as follow /:
That Mr.. Addicks should retire
and Withdraw completely and I'M
conditionally as candidate for
United States Senator at this
time; that the legislative ticket as
nominated by the Addicks people in
Kent and Sussex should stand as it Is.
with possibly two or three changes,
and that the Regular ticket In this
county should remain and be endorsed !;
that the legislative candidates agreed
upon by both sides should assemble
and enter into an agreement at the re-
quest Of Mr.. Addicks to not vote for
him for the Senatorship, but that their
votes should be cast for John III. Hoffeck-
or for Senator; that John G. Higgins or
some other person the Regular Repub-
az the candidate for Governor. and
Mr.. Willis for Congressman and that
single Constitntional Convention
deleoafe ticket should he made in
each If the three counties.
Abont the time the noliticians were
in conf erence a renort COT out concern
inc the matter' II ia nnderstood that
thess nronositi,ns mat with the favor
Of leading Union candidates and prin.
oipal supnorters of Mr.. Addicks. and
mivbt haye been accented and agreed
mnen had NOT Mr.. Addioks himself
;ntarfarsd refusino to give the matter
any consideration and saving that
nndar M circnmstances would he per-
mit his neonle Il, enter into such an
aoreemert.
Tha confersnce did not proye sue
casafnl State Chairman Wiley when
ssTad about Conference denied
knowIedee or any. INF remarked that
lie had beard that Houston might be
uitbdrawn The fact that the above
nronos;t;ons do not mention Houston
nav have GIVEN foundation to such a
rsnort M Addicks could not be seen
ana his Iieutennnts were reticent.
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ANoii,An s 'e n.l.l a. Ia,
some OF tne Hepnoi,cans ~ pot ~.
factions recently nag an iuea 'Sas ~
'uniting tney couiu aeieat hevy Eou .ns
man White, VINO had neen honinu , !,