Evening journal., 1897-12-15
.ADDICKS STRONGHOLDS
Union Republicans of Kent and
Sussex Are Defiant.
INDEPENDENT OF THE REGULARS


ATTENTION CALLED TO THE FACT
THAT WHILE THE ADDICKS-
TIES CAN DEFEAT REGULAR
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES, REG
ULARS CANNOT RETURN THE
FAVOR IN KENT AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES
'There is no regular iRepublican
party down in Kent and Sussex coun-
ties" said a prominent Union Repubh-
can leader OF Cedar Creek hundred to |
an Evening Journal reporter at Har
rington yesterday. 'And in a little |
while the Union Republican strength |
in New Castle county will be greatly |
increased. In the lower counties we are |
Independent of the regulars. The leg |
isiative geTrymander renders certain |
senatorial and representative districts |
in Kent and Sussex surely Republican,
and there is not one of them in which
the regulars can defeat our men. On
the other hand, there is not a Republi-
can legislative district in New Castle
county in which the regular Republi-
can candidate cannot be defeated by
the Union Republicans if they see fit
to do it. We are sure of good minor
ity representation in future General As
semblies, but without our consent the
regulars cannot obtain a single mem
Der. SO you see at what a disadvan
tage the Republican leaders up your
way are laboring. While the leaders Of
our party recognize that they can never
elect Mr. Addieks United States sena-
tor, there are many voters in both Kent
and Sussex who would prefer him to
any other man. But while we cannot
elect Mr.. Addicks, we are political
organization, greatly outnumbering the
| so-called regulars, and we propose to
remain in the field for an indefinite
period, regardless Of what Henry G..
Morse, Washington Hastings, Anthony
Higgins and the other holsters see fit
to do"
"That means sure victory for the
Democratic party for years to come"
suggested the reporter.
Undoubtedly" he said. do you
| suppose that we are going to give an
inch to men who profit by a rump con-
| vention and keep themselves alive by
means of patronage to which they are
in nowise entitled, but which they owe
to personal pull with President McKin-
ley, who seems to have no conception
of political conditions in this state, and
who is the victim of friends vino use
their friendship to work upon him a
shameless deception"
what will be your representation in
the General Assembly Of 1892" he was
asked
I'VE shall be in the minority" was
the response. Your gerrymander fixed
all that; but careful canvass of the
ifieid,- based on the figures of several
preceding elections, justiies me, think
( in stating that we shall get two out of
five senators in each county, and that
eshall carry four Of the ten repres enta-
tive districts in each county. There are
certain districts which are Democratic
on the face which we think that it is
possible to carry, and at least one of
those which we claim for certain is
also claimed for the Democrats, but we
are of the opinion that they made a
mistake in the gerrymander and gave
it to us. / allude to the one contain
ing the lower end of Mispillion hun
dred. If the regulars are not care.
full in their treatment of our men VI
| IN New CdSlle county lnelT minority
representation will be Democratic
They cannot expect our people TO hell
them to beat Democrats when they ar,
doing everything in their power tC
accomplish the ruin of the very agency
whose aid they invoke against tn,
common enemy of Republicanism
There is no such thing as compromise
| down here in the lower counties, fol
4 there is no one here with whom w
[ could possibly compromise. The few
| regulars left are wholly without lead
7 ers, and under the provisions OF tn
\ new Constitution they cannot possibl.
j. hurt us under the district system a
they did under the county-at-larg
system. If you notice the returns o
: the last election they will demOnstrat
to you that the regular Republican
strength was in particular localities
4 and that they are deprived of al
weight under the new conditions. w
4 are to-day in better shape than W
II have ever been and we propose to figh
this thing ont 10 a finish -