The sun., 1898-12-13

the State.-M0Tntng Neus.
As the DAYS for the session of the next
General Assembly come nearer, the dis.
cussion over the question of who will be
the next United States Senator from Del
aware grows more interesting. But
while the matter is being generally dis
cussed among the people of the State,
and especially by the politicians, it is
only privately that the politicians are
saying anything about the subject.
The reason for this is that affairs are
Just now in condition where little
talk and a few stories published in some
of the local newspapers in reference to
that talk might upset the calculations OF
the leaders and do a great deal of dam
age That is the Regular Republican
view of it. The Union Republican view
is that the matter has been practically
settled now, and that it does not make
any difference how much talk there may
be-
OF course just before political caucus
is held is the time to make prophecies,
but it does not take very astute poll
tician to tell at this point exactly what
! will happen in the next General Assem-.
bly,. 1t may therefore be as well for the
Republicans of the State to look into the
subject and see where they stand on this
Senatorial question. That the contest
which was waged when Colonel Henry
A. du Pont claimed to have been elected
Senator stands chance OF being repeated
cannot be denied, and anyone who does
deny that such situation faces the Re-
publican party at this time, is either de-
liberately telling what is untrue, or is
unaware of the situation.
While there is likely to be repetition
of the famous Addcks or nobody contest
of few years ago, the question will not
be the same, and the conditions will be
reversed. From question of Addcks
or nobody, it will be a question of any,
body but Addicks. In the previous con-
test four men who were in favor of Ad-
dicks for Senator stood out as opposed to
anyone else and prevented the election
of Colonel Henry A. du Pont. In this
contest it appears likely that few men
will stand out in opposition to Addicks
and will defeat his election.
The Regular Republicans will be in a
very peculiar position in this contest for
Senator, and the question is how they
are going to reconcile themselves with
their record OF the previous contest, and
an equally interesting question is how
the Union Republicans are going to
reconcile themselves to their record. In
the previous contest the Regular Repub-
licans were in favor of caucus and a
majority Of the Republican members of
the two Houses did 60 into caucus and
nominated Anthony Higgins to succeed
himself. The Union Republicans at this
time-it was really before they became
known as Union Republicons-would
not go into the caucus and would not at
any time do anything beyond holding a
conference of the Republican members
to talk over the situation and offer sug.
gestions. The Regular Republican papers
at the time were full of arguments on the
beauties and glories of ruling parties by
oaucuses. The Union Republican papers
were full of the praise of conferences and
opposed to caucuses. The result was
that four men, as said before, insisted
upon having Addicks for Senator, and
prevented the election of anyone else.
OF course it has been claimed that they
made an agreement to vote for certain
!, men If the Regulars would do the same
thing, but that the Regulars insisted
upon voting for du Pont and would moi
agree to it. The fact remains, however
that four Addicks men prevented the
election of United States Senator
1 After the United States Senate had de
! cided that du Pont was not elected, som,
. OF the Union Republicans were read ou
OF the party for the part which they hat
: taken, and because they would not taxi
: part in the caucus of the party. Nov
: there has great change come over boil
G OF the Republican parties. The Regula
J. Republicans have been converted to tn
a former Union Republican idea of tn
!: beauty of caucus and OF the right of tn
y = minority to prevent the election of
man who is not satisfactory to them an
9 to their constituents, while the Unio
o Republicans have become converted t
the former regular idea OF the beautie
n and glories of the caucus to name nom
e nees for the party. Therefore the Unio
; Republicans are crying aloud for cat
n Gus while the Regulars want confer
Y ence, and so the matter stands. Th
o two sides have reversed positions, an
1t how either can reconcile its forme
r. record with what it wants now, is NOR
l. than the average man can tell
s. There is one thing sure, and that
'e that in the vote for United States Sen,
d tor in the next General Assembly j. Ec
II ward Addicks will at the start hay
% more votes than any other candidat,
Is and, unless all the calculations al
d wrong, he will have majority OF all {
J. the Republican votes in the Assembl,
t. Another thing is equally sure, and til;
r. is that some OF the regulars will not vol
e for him for Senator and will continue I
is vote for some one else until the end
y time. The question, therefore, comt
3. down to whether the adherents of Al
h dicks will desert him or whether some
h the regulars will 60 over to the Unio
If Republican forces and assist in electin
W him.
ls According to the latest count of tt
n votes in the General Assembly the Unio
e Republicans will have eighteen and tt
n Regulars thirteen. This count was give
several Sundays ago, and, though di
l. puted at the time, has now come to
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