The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-10
A REPLY BY
DR.. LAYTON.
Methods OF Mr.. AddiCks
Now Condemned By
Mr.. Willis

H. Layton has taken up the gauntle
thrown down by Rev. j. $. Willis in hi
open letter renouncng Addicks, and lit
has published in his paper, The l'uiol
Republican. the following signeu letter il
reply, under the caption IAN Open Let
ter TO Mr.. Willis
In reply to a mild criticism of Mr.. Wiz.
by reason of his sudden abandonmentSD.
the Union Republican party, and th'
arrid bitterness of his attack upon lii
former friends, he has seen fit to address
me. personally. i'll an open letter to Th,
Union Republican. If this is satisfactory
to Mr.. Willis it shall be to me. If il
has to be done. | prefer open fighting t.
lighting in the bush.' The dangerou,
foe in war or politics is the one who pro.
fesses loyalty only to betray upon some
favorable occasion.
Mr.. Willis is an accomplished rhetori-
clan, and the uneIunlcd opportunities OF
long life have enabled him to develop
this natural gift But melIifluous sen.
tcncrs, adorned with nice words and
choice metaphor, are not logic; neither
the cXuberancc of his fancy, and the in
spirntion Of Il prodigiouS self-satisfac-
tion, Mr.. Willis eyinces Il fine disregard
of the real issue.
made Il mild and reluctant criticism of
Mr.. Willis for disloyalty to his friends,
for Il sudden dcscrtion of an organization
he helped to form, declaring that this ac-
ton on his part was solely due to the
fact that the majority of Republicans in
the recent legislature would not abandon
the cnucus nominee and the principle of
majority rule, the central contention of
Union Republicans and the rison d etre
Of their orEallization and elect him to the
Senate of the United States. After all
the langlag" of Il long letter. cmbcllishcd
from the stores Of history and of Grccinn
mythology, what remains but the cold,
bare fact that Mr. Willis has professcd
t" he Il Union Republican for the sake of
majority rule and because his friends
would Not abandon their position in his
favor. that he has left them!
Has the past no rcmorscful reminders,
Mr.. Willis. in these present moments of
your disappointment, that YOU forget your
Old comrades, and the ar,lor Of your one
time admiration and gratitude to the man
VIII" had HE courage and willingness to
fight the 'Drmncratic party under de-
chiErmtnts. its bribery, its brutality, its
political thcfts and widespread civic pros
tituiion? Or were your emotions born
solely through the pleasing consciousness
that YOU were a perennial candidate for
Representative in Congress. and there
fore welcomed his assistance in your cleo
ti"ns: What logic can even your fine
rhetoric sustain, that Mr.. AddickS. in
helping you or any other Republican to
I'M office, is Il patriotic citizen, while in
seeking the same for himself. becomes
TO Use your trrm--;l modern Midas!
Aud yet You force this conclusion. How
often is ii sai'l--''if Adlicks had allowed
II Senator to be elected in '95 he would
have been sure of the next onc'-arl in
80. 'lct him get out of the way this time,
and wc'll give him the Scnatorship in
1900"
There il nothing here as TO "mcthods."
In the midst Of II campaign, methods are
rot mentioned. So far. have heard of
10 candidate, "Rrgular' or "Union," re-
1using the aid of these methods" After
the victory is won, however, Mr.. Addicks
must not be Il candidate because of "hs
methods What mind SO obt,lsr, Mr..
Willis. as to be confused by such utter
Inconsistency!
Mr.. Ad'lickS' participation IL Della
ware politics has been either justified or
unjustiticd by existing conditions. His
so-calrd methods have been either good
or bad. If good, how do YOU Justify your
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