Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-16
WrLMINer0S, tn tuesday. FEE. 10.
Why mr.. Addicks should Not be Elected
United States Senator.

United States Senator.
Naturally, the Democratic party of
Delaware having been defeated in the
popular vote and deprived of control of
the Legislature, at the last election,
Democratic opposition to the elevation
Of Mr.. j. Edward Addicsk to the
United States Senate, to succeed Hon.
George Gray, will not be expected to
carry much weight.
But Republican sentiment in this
matter ought to count for a great deal,
and large amount of Republican SEN
tinent, as represented by the Republic
can press Of the State, is radically OPP
posed to the elevation Of MIR. Addicks
TO the Senate. For instance, the Mil
ford News and Advertiser, staunch
Republican paper, is plain and out
spoken in its opposition and the reasons
therefor. Abiding to the campaign Of
1883, which resulted in the election OF
Anthony Higgins to the Senate, it
asserts that sit was at that election
that all the political deviltry Of the
present time originated" and adds:
"The Democrats put up every penny
they could get together, and would
have spent more had they had 1t. The
Republicans spent more and it is re-
ported that Mr.. Addicks supplied a
large sum, and on this he based his
claim to be Senator. The leaders Of
the Republican party, desperate with
constant defeat, and with the infamous
assessment and collection laws, entered
into the scheme, and when success
crowned their efforts, it became ques-
tion whether the men who had headed
the fight for years, or the new man who
had furnished the money should re-
ceiye the spoils. The fight went on
through subsequent elections till it
resulted in two Republican parties.
The only serious claim Mr.. Addicks
has had on the party is in the fact that
he has supplied the funds that made
Republican victory possible. The rank
and file of the Regulars. however, are
not tied to any one man, but stand
firm in protest against bargain and sale
in politics. They say man is not
necessarily entitled to what he has paid
for. A purchaser of stolen goods with
knowledge, has no claim on them. A
man is not entitled to reward, pur-
chased at the price Of honor. In fact,
it has ceased to be a question of Mr..
Addicl4s as Senatorial candidate; il
is State honor and decent politics, and
among the adherents of this doctrine
are many Regulars, Democrats, and
Union Republicans.
These arc strong words, and note the
significant confession that they convey
1.-THE only serious claim Mr.. Addicks
has on the party is in the fact that he
has supplied the funds that madt
Republican victory possible" Ant
this, too, from the editorial columns
of q Republican paper.
Should man with such contempt
BILE claims be elevated to the honorable
position Of United States Senator from
the State Of Delaware?
And here is another good Republi
can paper, the Sussex Republican 0
Georgetown, which, in the course O
an editorial urging the Republica
Legislature to ELECT SENATOR say
this of Mr.. Addicks: ''In 1886, Ad
dicks prevented the election Of Re
publican Senator, because he coul
not be elected. Now in 1899 he pre-
POSES to do the very same thing. Wi
the Republicans of the State submit I
it, Is the Union Republican organ
cation an independent one or is it al
solutely controlled by the dictates
Mr.. Addicks? Will it carry out h
declaration made in 1895, that /
would bury the Republican party
this State ten thousand fathoms deel
if they did not elect him Senator? +
may bury it, but he will never |
United States Senator from this Stat
His millions may buy him gas and il
fiuence, but it can never buy hi
Delaware's seat in the United Stat
Senate
Still the same story Of Addic
money being the only Addicks clai
to the Senatorship. And from Repu
lican sources, too. But is such
claim to be considered conclusi
when high political honors are at t
disposal of the representatives of t
people of Delaware?
And then there is the Middleto,
Transcript, another staunch advoca
Of Republican principles in Delawal
Referring to the fact that Represent
tive FriEzell's temporary support ga
Mr.. Addicks his sixteenth vote fir,
the thirty-one Republicans elected
the Legislature, it says: "This il
majority of the Republicans but S
nifies nothing since the votes are 70
candidate who six years ago held t,
votes out Of total of nineteen to
feat the election Of Col. du Point
action then defeats his election nj
Let that fact be understood Let
members Of the General Assembly v
cannot vote for Mr.. Addicks so ass
and call upon their fellow Republic
for compromise Whether that &C
promise is DIR. Chandler or some OF
{. good Republican, the more promin
and the greater ability the better
Of less. consequence than yacar
Before the election the Union Repu
cans said while they were for
Addicks first choice they were
"Addicks or nobody Try them
open resolutions. II they will
agree and it is one man domino
whn rfnon the first sucnass of tho