The sun., 1900-05-17
POLITICAL HISTORY
OF DELAWARE

The baltimore American OF Tuesdays
;ss,e contained very interesting sketch
~ the public men who sat as Senators IN
the United States Senate from Delaware
for the last half OF a century. The article
commences: Alas. poor Delaware. Her
hero worshippers are without an idoi
upon whom to lavish her politlcal
honors. Without hero, delaware
politics is chaotic. Caesar Rooney
signer of the Declaration OF lnoepeno-
ence, soldier, patriot and lurlst, was the
first hero OF the State. contemporary
with him was James Ashton bayaru' tne
first who aided Rodney IN mouiaing my
form the rough commonwealth whlcn
AZ lettar had bewn out in the stirring
and uncertain times which followed the
Revolutionary war. This Bayard was
the Delaware progenitor Of those Bayards
who gave lustre to the state IN the
national halls Of Congress and in the
courts OF Europe
lanes Ashton Bayard succeeded ms
father in the United States S5nate,, Hls
hrother Richard Henry Bayard, during
the same period represented this state IN
the Sanate. James Ashton Bayard, the
second, gave way in the Senate 10 lhoiiias
+ PavaTd. who until his death, only a
faw vears ago. was the hero Of Delaware.
With his death the Bayard family name
hacama extinct in Delaware lhe
Youngest son, lawyer, having moved
10 New York. And there was yet an
other family, the salisbury, winch pro,
duced their heroes-Wlllard, Cove ano
Eli-to receive Delaware's homage
Willard and Eli were we're many times
Senators, while Cove wts Governor o.
the State. They reigned in lower Dela
vac, while the Bayard family hao lui
sway in the upper section FOR genera
tion the two families dlyldeo al q VIZ
nolitical honors OF the State among them
selves aos
With FIi hut not until fight which re
shifted in the overthrow OF the sauls
bnrv's. James L. Wolcott led the Demo
cratic forces in the memorable contees
which 60 thoroughly disrupted th'
Democratic party in the State, that 1t ma
never in the lower counties, recovered
its former prestige.
Hon, George Gray was the egatee o
TIE Bavards az the dominating lnf1nenc
in Democratic politics in the noithe[l
section OF the state. He succeeded MI
Ravard in the Senate. Anthony Hlggin
became the Republican leader IN TN
stare when his party came into poWel
and he. not Mr.. Wolcott succeeded i.
SALISBURY in the Senate. For two yeai
Delaware had only one Senator. The
the Democrats captured the Legislature
Colonel Kenney was elected senate
The Republicans got together ana wv
Years ago again captured the Legislature
Addicks having loomed up as senate
ial aspiraut vas sufficiently strong
preyent ANYBODY from being elected, a
though be could not be elected mn
self. ,.., a.
hero worship that Delaware lavish
upon her favorites, and he seemed
appreciate the fact that the stocko
heroes had played out. This was IN loe
There is one thing in Mr.. Addicks care
that commands attention and that Is !
determination, Notwithstanding the
verses and repulses Shich he has e
countered, and which would have ma
many man quit his apparent will,
wisp chase, he has continued the .hg
and he is just as much in the politl'
fray in Delaware today as he wee ic
and again two ears ago. There is
doubt whatever, but that the state i"
be Republican if the two warning tactic
can get together on one ticket.