Evening journal., 1900-06-11
(EACHERY OF THE ADDICKS LEADERS
GAVE DELAWARE TO THE DE
Republican State Committee Arragns the Hepmeet of
the DsCredited Democracy of Delaware for It's
PerfidOus Work Against RepubIiCanism

Jonathan S. Willis for Congress.
and they We're thereupon nominated by
acclamation
The party under the management of
the State committee and its chairman,
General James II. Wilson, gained a
notable victory at the election. Mr..
Marvil was elected by a plurality of
1,07S votes and Mr.. Willis was sent Il
Congress by a plurality Of ,1O9 votes
the first Republican Representative
since 1872.
The party carried New Castle county
by an average plurality on the legis-
lative ticket of 1.120 votes. and Sussex
county by an average plurality Of 2l5
votes.
The Legislature which met in jan
uary, 1895 to choose a successor to Sen
ator Higgins was composed Of nineteen
Republicans and eleven Democrats. An
attempt was made to hold a caucus ac-
cording to the party custom but this
was frustrated by Mr. Addicks.
The members Of our party voted
throughout the. session for various Re
publicans and exhausted every effort
to elect a senator. The candidates tried
by every means at their command to
secure an election. and all. excepting
Mr. Addicks. finally withdrew in favor
Of Colonel Henry a. DUPONT, for whom,
on the last day of the session fifteen
votes were cast-four so-called Repub-
licans. at the behest of Mr.. Addicks,
j refused to vote with the fifteen. In adj
dition Mr.. Addieks eonspired with the
/ Democrats to prevent an election, by
entering into an agreement with Will
liam II. Watson. a Democrat, to take
part in the joint assembly of the two
houses and vote for a senator, notwith-
standing that the said Watson, thereto
fore a state senator and speaker Of the
! Senate, who by virtue OF such office be-
/ came governor upon the death of Gov
ernor Marvil, on April 9, 1895. had pre-
viously relinquished his right to par
ticipate in the proceedings of the Cen
eral Assembly and Joint Assembly.
/ Mr.. Watson. though governor of the
state and not entitled to vote, on that
day appeared in joint assembly in pur-
suance of the aforesaid compact with
Mr.. Addicks. and voted; making total
vote Of 80 Of which Colonel DUPONT re-
ceived fifteen.
When Colonel DuPont's contest for
/ his seat in the United States Senate
was pending. Mr. Addicks by his lobby
lists made alliance and was in league
with the Democrats and Popullsts at
Washington, with the result that Colo
mel Dupont received thirty-one votes
in the Senate and thirty-two votes were
cast against him. Every Republican
United States Senator either voted or
was paired in his favor. and every
Democratic and Populist either voted
or was paired against him.
In August. 1895. after the adjourn
ment Of the Legislature and before
Congress had convened. Mr. Addicks
/ added to his record for dislOyalty to the
Republican party by telegraphing to
Senator Washburn of Minnesota that,
'The Republicans will carry Delaware
next year pledged to Addicks for Sena-
tor. I made Delaware Republican. II
the Republican party IS the party Of
treaehery, l will help bury it ten thous-
and fathoms deep"
In 1896. Mr.. Addicks secured by his
peculiar methods, an apparent and sub
seryient majority in the State Conven-
ton. called TO choose delegates to the
National Convention.
The Republicans in that convention
fought with vigor and desperation the
attempt OF Mr. Addicks and his fol-
lowers to throw the customs Of the
party to the winds. and to wantonly
violate its rules and time-honored ira
ditions.
Mr.. Addicks overruled all precedents,
rules. customs and traditions: refused
to allow the delegates elected in a
county to select its members of COM
mittees. and caused his chairman Of
the convention TO arbitrarily appoint a
committee on credentials. which
promptly seated all the Addicks dele
gates. who had been elected by fraud.
intimidation and bribery, and unseated
our duly accredited delegates.
3 Mr.. Addicks also applied the odious
unit rule and afterwards elected his
delegates to the National Convention.
Notwithstanding the formal contest
made by your organization in the Re-
publican National Convention held at
st. Louis. our delegates were seated on
the evidence submitted.
] In the campaign of 1896 we desired
to secure a common ticket for dele
gates to the Constitutional Convention,
which was frustrated by Mr. Addicks
insisting upon naming a second ticket
in New Castle county, which resulted
in the election Of six Democrats.
We wished the Republican party tc
control the convention in order that the
new state constitution should prescribe
just methods of election and an equit-
able and fair legislative apportionment
Continued on Sixth Pagel.