Evening journal., 1900-11-30
PuBLlc sfNIIMENT vs.. ADDICKs

PUBLIC SENTIMENT VS.. ADDlCKS
Several days ago one Of the personal
organs of Addicks made the declara-
tion that there Is no public sentiment
In Delaware against him. and that OPP
position to his election TO the United
States Senate is confined TO about half
dozen men. The utter falsity OF this
statement is known to everyone, and
to no one better than the gas man him
self
In the common primaries which
preceded the recent general election
the Republicans OF New Castle county
once more demonstrated TO the world
that they are true to themselves and
to their party and its high political
principles. Addicks made the declara-
ton that two years had wrought an
extraordinary change in public scnh-
ment. After the Republican National
Convention his private secretary stood
in Market street and proclaimed
"We can't open the doors wide
enough to let the Regulars In fast
enough. They are all bending the knee
to the old man"
That is, to Mr.. Addicks, who made
the proposition that common primaries
be entered into. This proposition was
accepted by the Republican County
Committee with an eagerness that dis
concerted the gas man and his lieuten-
ants. They manifested a disposition
to back out, but We're prevented from
doing so by that same public sentiment
that they now invoke.
Both sides nominated tickets with
the distinct understanding that the
Republican legislative candidates
would not under any circumstance vote
for Addicks FOR United States senator
And then came the common primary
election which swept Addieks of his
feet and left him little to look at but
a handful OF survivors and big eX-
pense account He invited the calam-
ity that overlook him because he over
estimated his strength and the sinister
influence OF his peculiar argument
upon the Republican voters When ne
studied the figures OF that election he
found that instead OF gaining ground
he had lost it. BY a miserable ma
jority OF forty-fve his man Ewing car
ried Brandywine hundred, the home
district Of the gasman. Over in the
New Castle hundred representative dis
trict mis- man Hushebeck won by the
pitiful margin OF ffty-three. In both
hundreds money flowed like water
10 effect what Ewing and Hushebecl
blushingly alluded to as their vlndlca
tion. In addition to these, he claimed
one senator nominated in a rural dis
trict. and one representative. nominal
ed in a city district, and also one Lev!
Court commissioner. Conceding thes'
claims. for the sake of argument, tina
is all he got out of the nomination
election which was a crucial test o
the State Of public sentiment in re
gard to him and those whom he wa
supporting.
After two years Of careful and ex
pensive preparation for this yer
event, by his own admission he oh
tained but four Of the eighteen me
placed in nomination for the Legisla
ture. one candidate for the Levy Cour
and not n single candidate for an
county office.
Francis S. Bradley chairman OF n
First District Committee, ran for IL
shrievalty nomination. He was snoy
ed under with three Republican cand
dates in the field to divide the vo
Of that party and received but 2.1
votes out of a poll Of $685. How do
that showing coincide with the A
dicks declaration that there is no pu
lie sentiment against him in the Stat
The Republicans in the Christiai
hundred district buried Addicks m
Frizzel. who also was running for
vindication as an "AddiclIs or nobod
man. Former Sheriff William
Finn, the Republican candidate,
more majority than Frizzel
votes. Foster. the Addicks leader
the Fourth Levy Court district, a
met defeat.
And so the day went, the Repul
cans winning, in the common prim
les. fourteen candidates for the Les
lature, four Of the FIVE candidates
Levy Court commissioner, the car
dates for sheriff. coroner. comptrol
receiver OF taxes and county treasu
clerk Of the peace, prothonotary,
several minor offices
These we're the fruits OF vict
growing out Of a contest entered
by the two parties TO test public Sc
ment, each agreeing to abide by