The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-21
KENNEY, Dupont,
ADDICKS
The Trio Who Want to Repre-.
seut Delaware in the Uni.
ted States Senate.

DOVER, Jan. 20:-The finishing touch
was given by the Democrats to th9 Ken
ney certificate when in joint session the
journals ofsboth houses were compared.
Later in the day Governor Tunnel and
Secretary of State Boyce signed the GER
tihcato and tomorrow the thorn in the
side of Salisbury will 60 to Washington
and ask to be seated as United States SEN
ator from Delaware.
The Republicans refused to go into joint
session with the Democrats, and at Hotel
Richardson John Edward Addlcks was
the unanimous choice of both houses.
Governor Tunnel and Secretary of State
Boyce refused to sign the certificate. Mr..
Addicks will also be in Washington to-
morrow and claim that as the Senate was
illegally formed the actions Of that body
arc Illegal.
The second Senate and House adjourned
sine die to-day but before doing SO adopted
resolutions of thanks to the hotel and
issued d manifesto to the people.
This is u long but vigorous document.
1t asserts that the common rights Of citi-
zens are denied to many, that qualified
voters are disfranchised, that the State
Treasury is looted in the interest of
political party, that the Legislators, elected
by the people, are eyicted from the State
House; that the legislative and Executive
authorities are oyerthrown, that ballots
are defaced and destroyed and election
returns are falsifled by State officers act
ing as agents of a corrupt political
oligarchy, that leaders of the people curse
the laws and defy the Courts The other
important parts Of the manifesto arc
"When through tho Corrupting inilu-
ence of INSCRIPTIONS partisan leaders
free pure ballot, fir count and an hon
est return of elections cannot be had,
when the canvassing boards, without
either right or cause throw out of thti.
tabulation all the votes of all the election
districts of a county in which the majority
Of votes have been cast against party, u
majority of whose adherents control the
canvassfng board; when the Courts Of
State can be influenced by partisan
predjudices; when political offenders,
boast of their defiance of law in the COM
mission of outrageous political wrong-do-
ing are brought before the Court to com
pei the performance of u public duty, not
only avoid doing Of duty but go unwhipped
of justice when, as now, in all the de-
structive influences of corrupt politics
have conspired to completely overthrow
the will of the people as expressed at the
ballot box, have organized General AS
sembly in both houses of which are MEM
bers whose seats are held by fraudulent
titles, and when these revolutionary bodies
are in possession of the capitol of the State
to the exclusion of citizens who were
rightfully chosen by the people to repre-
sent them in those bodies, 1t becomes the
duty of every citizen whose public spirit is
not in its dccadence, whose energy and
courage have not been paraly2ed by the
poison of political corruption and fraud to
protest against such destructive invasions
of the common and sacred rights of free
citizenship
I'VE, therefore, the representatives of
the people of Delaware in General Assem-
bly, convened, appealing to the supreme
Judge of tho world for the rectitude of our
intentions do, In the name OF the people
of Delaware, appeal to the Congress of the
United States for the fulliliment to the
State of Delaware Of the United states
Constitution, the guarantee of a repuoll'
can form of government TO each OF the
States of the Union.
"In doing this we aver that the last
general election in this State was fraudu-
lently determined by tho State boards
of canvass and that men claiming seats
in both houses of Congress bear Gre.
dentias made invalid by fraud, and in
behalf Of the people of the State we pet.
tion for recount under the direction and
supervision of a commission appointed by
the Senate and House Of Representatives
of the United States of the votes cast at
the last general election in Delaware.
Adopting and committing this deClar-
ation and averment Of fact to the people OF
Delaware we, their representatives in the
general Assembly OF the State, recommit
to them the legislative commissions given
us by their votes on the Sd day of NOyem.
Der In the year of our Lord, 1896 God
save the State"