Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-08

tor. [ made Delaware Republican. II
the Republican party is the party o.
l viii help bury II lo'uoo
fathoms deep"
In 1896, Mr.. Addicks secured by ms
peculiar methods, and apparent ana |
majority in the State Con-
, ention, called to choose delegates 10
the National Convention.
The Republicans in that convention
fought with vigor and desperation the
nttempt of Mr.. Addicks and his fol-
loyers to throw the customs OF the
marty to the winds, and to wantonly
violate its rules and time-honorea ira
ditions.
Mr.. Addicks overruled all precedents,
rules, customs and Traditions; refused
to allow the delegates elected IN
county to select its members OF com.
mittees, and caused his chairman oil
the convention 10 arbitrarily appoint
a committee or credentials, whlch
promptly seated all the Addicks dele
gates. who had been elected by fraud.
Intimidation and bribery, and unseated
our duly accredited delegates. :,
Mr.. Addicks also applied the odious
unit rule and afterwards elected his
delegates to the National Convention.
Notwithstanding the formal contest
made by your organization in the Re-
publican National Convention held at
st. Louis, cur delegates were seated on
the evidence submitted.
In the campaign of 1896 we desired
to secure a common ticket for delegates
to the Constitutional Convention, which
was frustrated by Mr. Addicks insisting
upon naming second ticket in New
Castle county, which resulted in the
election of six Democrats.
We wished the Republican party to
control the convention in order that
the new State Constitution should pre-
scribe Just methods of election and an
equitable and fair Legislative apEor-
tionment.
This was defeated by your refusal to
act with our party, and the Democrats
obtained majority in that Constitu-
tional Convention and gerrymandered
the State.
The result of this legislation WAS to
deprive our party of its proper repre-
sentation in the Legislature, and thus
enabled Mr.. Addicks to benefit by the
gerrymander.
As an illustration-The total vote for
Republican State Senators elected in
| 1888 was 5,4S4. The total vote for
| Union State Senators elected in 1898,
was 8, 23S. The total vote for Republi-
can Representatives elected in 1888 was
7, 695. The total vote foi Union Repre-
sentatives, elected in 1893 was a, 745.
| Comment is unnecessary.
In this same campaign your organi.
| M n .nff tfFn q IN
on the question of Presidential Electors.
and insisted on your electors remaining
on the ticket. In order that the State
might be carried for President Nc,
Kinley, and to prevent the wrong al
giving the electoral votes of Delaware
to William j. Bryan, We caused the
Presidential Electors of our party II
Withdraw their names from the ticket
and patriotioally placed the names o
your Presidential Electors on oui ticket
This act of ours alone was the cause o
Delaware's rolling up plurality o
1904 votes for President Mckinley
whereof New Castle county gave 1881
At the Dover convention held August
1898, the Republican party of Delaware
believing it TO be to the interest of tn,
State and nation that they should g
into the cunning campaign with
united party, nominated j. II. Hof
focker, Union Republican, for repre-
sentative to the United States Con
gress L. Heisler Ball for State Treas
urer, and John A. Lingo, Union Re
publican, for State auditor. These nomi
nations were made with the view an,
hope that they would heal the breacl
in the party.
We also agreed to hold common ri
maries with you in New Castle county
but after making and signing thi
, agreement your party sought to violat
its pledges and annul its agreement b
! making certain preposrerous demand
of tile nominees for the Legislator,
, stating that you would only place thei
, names on your ticket, upon compl
/ ance Herewith. These demands wer
, promptly refused by the nominees an
l the written agreement of your part
organization in that county, duly ext
cuted, was made public. We elected q
, the county officers, and 10 Represent;
tives and four Senators Of tho Goner;
Assembly.
In Kent and Sussex counties, Unio
/ Republican candidates were voted {,
: by Republicans, with the distint
understanding and pledge that il M
{ Addicks did not receive sufficiel
votes in the Legislature to elect hi
a to the United States Senate, other cal
/ dates would be voted for, and Sen
s tor elected. When the Legislature m
' In january, 1899, these pledges we
! not fulfilled, and oil efforts at cor
promise proved futile. One hundr,
Y and thirteen ballots were cast I
i United States Senator, the Union r
x publieans voting continuously fof M
5 Addicks, while the Republicans yot
for Is candidates, as follows: DR.. Lew
i II. Ball, DR.. Hiram r. Burton, Hen
i. p. Cannon, Col. Henry A. du Por
J. Hon. Anthony Higgins, Charles
II Richards, Hon. William @. Spruanc
@ Gen. James FL. Wilson, Levi g. Biz
Il Philip l.. Cannon, DIR. Joseph
Chandler, Francis 6. du Point, Villa
d s. Hilles, Harry A. Richardson, Ho
a. Jonathan s. Wills
% During the session In the month
ID February, 1899, two of our members
"a the Legislature and a like number
10 yours went to Washington to conf
Dr. with Senator Elkins, the Hon. Char
d, Grosvenor and the Hon. Charles Die
ss at their request and with q view
s, solving the senatorial difficulties.
ID Our repi esentatives at this confer on
r. made the following propositions:
ts First-Our party would furnish {
to names of 10 Republicans to your PAL
D, from whom you could select one oant
Ut date, who, thereupon, should recei
to the votes Of all the Republican me-
10 beers of the Legislature; or
or Second--Our party would accept /
y names of 10 Republicans supplied
or your party from whom We would sell,
N a candidates, who should receive /
g. votes OF all the Republican members
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