The sun., 1900-11-16
DELAWARE POLITICS.
SITUATION REVIEWED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Interview With Mr.. Addicks
About the Next Senatorial
Election in This State.
mo LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Assembly will Select and Elect Its
Own Candidates. Some Fore
casts of What May be
Done in the Way of
Law Making.
mo LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
From the Baltimore American.

Law Making.
From the Baltimore American
Wilmington, Del, November IA
j. Edward Addicks has made his fight and
won. The dream Of a decade is about
to come true, the aspirations of Il full
dozen years is on the verge of realization
for when the Delaware legislature
meets, early in January, one of its first I
acts will be to elect Addicks a member
of the United States Senate. For just /
one dozen years Addicks has been fight I
ing for this honor, and never was a |
ticrcer fight waged in the history OF |
American politics. Throughout it all Ad-
dicks has been unchanging in purpose,
unswerying in his friendships, magniti-
cent in his tenacity, unstinted in his
liberality and resourceful in his methods.
II the annals of politics contain any
proof whatever of that old axiom, Keep
ing everlastingly ut it brings success"
the perennial incident of Addicks in
Delaware furnishes it, for by his CON
stancy TO single purpose he has won
the only success he ever really cared 70
win, and will shortly take rank with
1.-THE statesmen of the nation sitting with
them in their councils and voting with
them in making the laws under which
we live and by which we are governed.
A dozen years ago-yes, not longer than
u short six months ago-there was very
considerable body of Republicans in Del
aware that loudly asserted it would keep
the Democrats in control forever rather
than permit Addicks to go to the Senate.
Today this self-same body of anti-Ad-
, dicks Republicans is as meek and lowly
as young lambs, acquiescing in the gen
eral verdict, nodding its head and com
: placently murmuring: Yes, Addicks is
. going to- go to the Senate"
And the fact that Addicks is going to
!, the Senate is better known to no man
u than to Addicks himself. He knows ht
is going to that highest of all drliberatiy.
bodies, and he does not hesitate TO say
so. Within the last few days he has
l. been quoted as boasting over his victory
n and boldly asserting his triumph. ii
S though his actual election We're already
ii an accomplished fact. 1t may be that h'
: has done so-he has been given i'll th'
q past to some indiscretions i'll utteranct-
: hut he made no such assertions when
talked to him about his prospects durins
this morning When | asked him abou
his senatorial prospects he replied;
!, Addick's Confidence.
,r "I believe ! shall be elected"
il "Do you not know it?" | asked.
I, How can L? he answered in Yankee
r. fashion. THE election of Il senator is ;
Y matter which must be decided by thu
legislature, and until it decides we can
not know anything to n certainty"
but with what assurances you hay,
OF your success you must have Il pro
= gram. What is it 2"
y II have no program whatever" Mr.
y Addicks responded, further than that
2, propose to ask my friends i'll the legis
- lature to vote for me for the short tern
4 senatorship. So fur as the election of ;
senator for the long term is concerned
am absolutely hands off. | am no
bothering myself about anything jus
II now except Addicks, and the question o
o. Il successor to MIR. Nenney will be OH
m which the legislature will settle as il see
,e fit"
Is That is about the sum and substanc
Q. of what Addicks is talking these days
1t may seem strange to those famllla
with the long and vicious fight Addick
has had to get into the Senate that now
when his prize is almost within his graS
y, he should content himself with the Shor
~ term of only four years. Most person
d would say that after Il man has Tough
for Il dozen years for Il senatorial toS
ii is little short of madness III him I
take four-year tenure Of office Whtl
IL there is Il full term of six years 70 b
N had for the asking. True enough. hut
II must be- remembered that it is Addick
Il we are talking about, and that whenrvr
.Addicks is mad there is method in hi
madness. So it is now. The reason
which promoted this embryotic states
man to content himself with four YEA
at term after II years struggle for fn
III term are good, sufficient and several i
re- number.
Reasons for Short Term.
In the first place Addicks has waite
so long 10 get into the Senate that. noN
the opportunity is his, he wants 10 s.
IN there rs quickly as possible, BY takin
o9 the short term he will be entitled TO tax
ng his seat Immediately when Congress
n. meets after the Christmas recess, an
will thus participate in the legislation o
the closing days of the Fifty-siNth Con
!, leress. In the second place, there is som
y little prestige attached TO seniorlt
~ !, among senators, and whatever there
=: :, Of that Addicks will get because III
shorter term will carry the Seniorit
with il. In the third instance, Addick
and he says this himself-wants i'll
nediately to get in position to look attt
W. the party interests at Washington. ]
VI. other words, he wants 10 begin to ct
-. tEc patronage pie as sC9a as possibi
But last, and pro- = most importar