The sun., 1898-11-14
Hugh G. Browne is in Sussex
Making Promises to Members,
elect Of the Legislature.
FOR GRAY, AGAINST ADDlCKS
Postmaster Browne, for the President,
Agreeing to Give Consular Ap.
pOintments to Republicans
to Vote for Senator Gray
and Not Mr.. Addicks.

Postmaster Hugh G. Browne, char
man Of the Regular Republican State
Central Committee, has another position
to which he is now giving strict atten-
ton,
Mr.. Browne is the special ambassador
Of President William Mckinley to GER
tain members.elect of Delaware's next
Legislature, and he is now i'll Sussex
county fulfilling his mission.
That mission is to secure pledges from
number OF the Republican members.
elect Of the Legislature that they will
vote with the Democrats for the Admin
istration's choice for United States Sena-
tor. George Gray, and not cast their bal
lots for j. Edward Addicks.
Mckinley and Mark Hanna have de-
cided that sooner than have Mr.. Addicks
90 down to Washington they will bring
about the return of George Gray to the
Senate. Before the election OF last Tues
day the President favored George Gray,
first, because Gray is an Administration
man and has favored Mckinley during
his term OF office, and, secondly, because
Mckinley learned from Colonel du Pont
/ that the Union Republican party was
the Republican party of Delaware, and,
as such, would elect majority in the
Legislature. McKinley's antagonism to
Mr.. Addicks, which began at the st.
Louis Convention, has since been cher
ished against Mr.. Addcks, and is to-day
working to prevent his election to the.
United States Senate.
So it is that Mckinley, seeing that Mr..
Addicks' election is very probable, has
delegated to Hugh G. Browne the work
of lining up the Regular Republicans in
the Legislature to the support OF McAln-
Lewis favorite, George Gray.
n The President did not seem to consider
sColohel dtf ,Pont able to do the very
Especial WORK, hence the next man to du
FONT in FEDERAL circles-Mr. Browne
was iselected. On Friday Mr. Browne
started for Sussex to begin his work. He
is still there.
Mckinley does not expect these legis-
lators to support his man without re-
muneration. He has instructed Post
master Browne to promise a Consular
appointment to each man who agrees to
support Senator Gray. According 70 in
formation coming from Washington, Mr.
Browne is to assure the gentlemyn who
agree to help elect Mr.. Gray, such ap-
pointment or an appointment OF like
character to anyone whom they may
name in the event that the member OF
the Legislature does not desire the
Consular appointment.
There are hundreds OF Consular ap-
pointments being made annually, hence
an agreement to provide consulships may
be easily fulfilled.
Should Mr.. Browne succeed III getting
six Republicans to vote for George Gray,
the present Senator from Delaware will
be returned to the Senate. It was said
last night that McKinley's instructions
to Mr.. Browne are that the necessary six
men must be gotten, for should Mr..
i, Browne, as a Regular Republican and
the representative of the Administration
fail, the control of Federal patronage,
by the Regulars will be taken away,
and hereafter applicants for favors at the
hands of the Federal Government must
apply to Congressman-elect Hoffecker,
who represents the united party. So it
can be seen that, in conjunction with
the President and Mr.. Hanna, Mr..
Browne is laboring to defeat Mr. Ad-
dicks and secure the election by Re-
publican Legislature of Hon. George
Gray