The sun., 1900-12-06
Thursday, December 6, 1900.
WHO AND HOW?

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Whenever a Delaware scribe gets into
desperate straits and has urgent need Of
a "pot boiler" he straightway begins to
abuse ]. Edward Addicks and misrepre-
sent the Union Republicans Of Delaware
in the interest of the Regular" Repub-
lieans. Invariably this scribe assumes
tn role of moralist, and with truly
"apgular' cffrontery monopolizes i'll the
morality possible e inject into politics.
In this suise the scribe proceeds 70 do
some gullille news editor with 4 story
about Addicks, he Regular" Repnbli
cans ana Delaware politics The New
York sun has recently been made the
victim or scheme u fiji. aort. Ii has
been toll, ana tells its readerf, under
Dover dat4 line that
Tho Regular Republicans q Delaware
have been endeayoriHg Tor ton years e
save their State and their party from
LAE hlEEIHtt tiiuL lin flFAAA34 - =. 49,
ward Addicks To tile United States Sen
ate would bring.
Anannias would not ~ in the game
withathe fellow who concocted that lie.
Accepting their own chronology a. stated
by this advocate The origin II the Reg
ular Republican party must be sought
among the occurrences Of ten years ago.
-. ai4Ilarai,f IN oven the novice in
Delaware politics that there was no
recognized Regular Republican party
in Delaware before 1896 Who then
Wore the Regular Republicans Of that
antcnatal period ten years ago, and how
did they struggle 10 save thc State from
the disgrace which the enrtion Of =.
Edward Addicks 10 the United States
Srnat" would brinr?' The answer 10
this question must bc found in some oc-
currence III which these Regular Re
pubicans antagonizcd Mr.. Addcks Tlis
is not difficult 70 d. The beginning was
not political. The building u the o.
Hydrogen gas plant. and tfe prospect IT
competition with the Wilmington Coal
Gas Company and tho resultant legal oh
struction to the exercise of chartered
rights by the Oxy-Hydroeen Company,
give all the necessary data.
II is true that in the long fight which
has ensucd many interests have been in
yolyed and many people not directly in
terested in the original controversy
brought into it. 1t is also true, however,
that whatever the variations of its de-
yeloped character the original and major
motive is still at the bottom Of the con.
troverEy and is after all the inspiring
h motive of the Regular Republican or
ganization. The struggle has not been to
save the State from disgrace Of any po.
litical occurrence possible. On the con
= rary aii the disgrace that could b,
aeaped upon Il State, all the political
vrong-doing that interest could inspire
and malice contrive, has been put upor
he Republicans Of this Statc-has beer
put upon and endured by these Republi
ans as the direct outcome of the effort
make the Republican party organiza
ion the defender and promoter Of tho
Wilmington Coal Gas Company's monop
ely in this city. Tie struggle has beer
to save that. The defeat Of Mr.. Ad
q dicks election to the United States Sen
ate would have been Of comparative littl'
Importance except as II related to th'
prevention Of possible legislation advcrs
70 the gas company. 70 prevent thi
every possible Influence has been sough
and every kind aud desren Of prejudice
and malice has been uuliured and used
There has appeared nothing too good 10
its tant. and nothing too evil for il,
cnnobling, If il but answered the maligi
purpose Of abrogating ol,artered right
and depriying an estimublc citizen Of hi
rights in business and politics, The t.
artments Of The loral city government
t!ie courts and legislature Of the State
9 constitutional convention and the Re
publican party of the state and nation
haye an been used " means 10 the on
in view at the beginning o. the contro
versy ten years ago when there was N