Evening journal., 1900-06-11
TREACHERY OF THE
ADDICkS LEADERS
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e
Republican State Senators elected in
1898 was 5.4S4. The total vote for
Union State Senators elected in 1898
was 3.23S. The total vote for Repub-
lican Representatives elected in 1898
was 1895. The total vote for Union
Representatives elecled in 1898 was
l4735. Comment IS unnecessary.
In this same campaign your organiza-
/ ton refused TO compromise with us on
the question Of Presidential Electors
land insisted on your electors remaining
on the ticket In order that the state
might be carried for President McKin-
ley, and to prevent the wrong Of Civ
\ ing the electoral votes Of Delaware
to William J. Bryan we caused the
| Presidential Electors Of our party to
withdraw their names from the ticket,
and patriotically placed the names Of
your Presidential Electors on our
ticket This act Of ours alone was in
the cause Of Delaware's rolling mp a
plurality of 3.794 votes for President
/ Mckinley whereof New Castle county
gave 2.621.
At the Dover convention held in
Delaware. believing it to be the inter.
est CT the state and nation that they
should go into the coming campaign
with united party nominated J. II
Honecker. a Union Republican for rep
resentatiye to the United States Con-
gress /. Helsler Ball for state treas
urer. and John a. Lingo, Union Repub.
/ lican. for state auditor. These nOmi.
nations were made with the view and
hope that they would heal the breach
In the party.
We also agreed to hold common pri'
maries with you in New Castle county
but after making and signing this
agreement your party sought to violate
its pledges and annul its agreement by
making certain preposterous demands
OF the nominees for the Legislature
stating that you would only place their
names on your ticket, upon compliance
/ Herewith. These demands were
promptly refused by the nominees and
the written agreement OF your party
organization in that county, dulty exc.
outed was made public. We elected all
/ the county officers. and the represen-
tatives and four senators of the Sem
eral Assembly.
In Kent and Sussex counties, lniun
| Republican candidates were voted foi
by Republicans, with the distinct IN.
Outstanding and pledge that II Mr.. Al
al,ks did not receive sufficient votes in
the Legislature to elect him to tho
Uni.e1 States Senate, othe, candidates
wcrld be voted for, and a senator elect
ed When the Legislature met ia lau-
uary 1892 these pledges were not full
filled. and all efforts at compromise
proved futile One hundred and thir.
teen ballots We're cast for United States
senator. the Union Republicans voting
continuously for Mr. Addicks, while thi
Republicans voted for fifteen candidates
as follows;
DR.. Lewis II. Ball.
Henry p. Cannon,
Hon. Anthony Higgins,
Hon. William c. Spruance,
Levi c. Bird.
Or. Jospeh II. Chandler,
William s. Hillies.
Hon. Jonathan S. Willis.
DR. Hiram r. Burton.
Colonel Henry A. Dupont,
Charles f. Richards.
General James II. Wilson,
Philip J.. Cannon,
Francis c. DUPONT.
Harry A. Richardson,
During the session In the month ol
February. 1899. two Of our members OF
the Legislature and a like number OF
yours went to Washington to confer
with Senator Elkins, the Hon. Charlie:
II. GrosvenOr and Hon. Charles Dick
! at their request and with a view oil
solving the senatorial difficulties.
Our representatives at this confer
ference made the following PROPOSE
tions:
First-Our party would furnish tn,
names of ten Republicans to your part,
from whom YOU could select one can
didate. who. thereupon. should re
{ ceive the votes of al the Republican
D members of the Legislature: or
r Second-Our party would accept thu
names of ten Republicans supplied by
d your panty from whom we would selec
J. a candidate. who should receive tn,
3 votes Of all the Republican members o
the Legislature: or
, rhird-lf your party would eliminate
I Mr., Addicks from the contest. all gu
! members in the legislature would thei
i so into caucus with your members an,
abide by the result of such caucus.
I'd All of these offers. which We're mad
,. in a fair an honest spirit of compro
mise, were rejected, and the Leislatur
e adjourned without electing a Unite
States Senator due to the selfish polio
Of one man.
The offers of compromise on our par
were followed up in a few months b
' your turning over the city of Whining
,r ton-a city with over a thousand Re
\ publican maiority-into the hands q
n the Democratic party.
At the election in June. 1899. Georg
l. w. Bush. who was acceptable to all r,
publicans. was nominated as our car
10 didate for mayor and would have bee
m elected had not your party wantonl
nominated Mr.. Clerk. whose electio
al was absolutely impossible, with n
natural result Of turning over the eI
tire city government to the Democrat
In view Of the facts above stated v