Evening journal., 1900-06-12
Bitter and Persistent Foe Of
Delaware RepubIicaniSm
HELPAEET OF DEMOCRATS
Chronological Record Of His Many I'm
pardOnable OfenSCS Against the
Republican Party

To the public at large, and more
particularly to the members of the
Republican National Committee and
the delegates from the several state,
and territories, the Evening Journal,
representing the Republican party of
the State of Delaware, addresses it.
self with respect to the political rec
ord of one J. Edward Addicks who,
with certain Of his political lieuten-
ants, seeks admittance to the Repub-
hean National Convention as the rep-
rel sentative Of the Republican partv
Of the State of Delaware:
He Is not Republican; he is a
Democrat.
His organization is not Republican;
II is maintained to defeat Republi.
cans and to elect Democrats.
There is sworn evidence that he de-
feated Harry A. Richardson, Republ-
can, for governor, and elected Robert
J. Reynolds, Democrat, to that Office
by placing $4,000 in the hands of
James L. Wolcott to be used to defeat
the Republican county ticket in Kent
county, and the Republican state
ticket with it.
BY holding men out of caucus he de-
feated Hon, Anthony Higgins for re-
election TO the United States Senate.
refused to permit certain members of
the Legislature to vote for any person
other than himself and produced a va
cancy in the United States Senate.
He was party to the scheme where
by Acting Governor William T. Wat
son, Democrat, resumed his func-
tlons as speaker ofthe State Senate. in
the face of the earnest protests of the
Republican party, and made it posi-
bic for a contest of Colonel Henry A.
DuPonts claim to title to a seat in the
United States Senate to be carried to
successful conclusion by the Demo-
cratic party.
He went TO Washington and or
ganized lobby to work against Col
onel Henry A. Du Pont, a Republican.
joining with the Democrats to accom-
pish his defeat.
He sent a telegram to Senator
Washburn, Republican, ofMinnesota.
that he would bury the Republican
party ten thousand fathoms deep.
In 1896 he attempted to coerce the
Republican State Convention. Fail
lag in that, he organized party of
his own and has used it since that
time to defeat Republican candidates.
He named an independent ticket of
Constitutional Convention delegates
in New Castle county in 1895, defeat
ed the Republican candidates, and
threw into the hands ofthe Democrats
control of Constitutional Convention
for which Republicans had been striv
ing for twenty years.
BY defeating Republican candidates
for the Legislature he elected Richard
r. Kenney, Democrat, to the United
States Senate.
He deadlocksd the Legislature in
1899, and again prevented the Repub-
ncan party from electing a United
States senator.
In June, 1885, he nominated an in
dependent ticket in the city of Will
defeated George w. Bush. |
the Republican candidate for mayor,
and nearly every Republican oandi
date for Office in a city with a normal |
Republican majority of 1000 votes,
and elected Dr.. John C. Fahey. a Dem
Dcrat, mayor, and full set of Demo-
cratic candidates for the several oc-
fees.
His personal representative in Sus-
5ex county, Dr. Caleb R. Layton. has
made the threat within three weeks
past that if the National Convention
does not seat the Addicks delegates
he Addicks party will give Bryan a
of from 5000 to 1000 in
Delaware this Fall.
This is the political record of j. Ed
ward Addicks in skeleton form. We