The sun., 1900-06-13
THE DELAWARE ISSUE.

The division of the Republican vote
in this State is between majority oil
loyal Republican voters on one eide,
aud small minority of boiling Repub-
Ii an voters on the other side; between a
victory winning party on one side, and
a party defeating faction on the other
side of a capable and successful leader
ship on one side, and an incapable and
defeated leadership on the other side.
This division was made by the party de-
feating faction, under lead OF the incap-
able and defeated leaders who preferred
party defeat to party success under
leadership that had succeeded where
they had failed; leaders who planned for
party division and defeat to crafty their
personal dislike toward successful
leader in their own party, and to pre-
vent his election to the United Staies
Senate, for which he was, and is, q popu-
lar candidate. This is the whole case.
The pretense OF opposing Mr.. J. Edward
Addick: upon any other grounds than
that OF personal pique, Jealousy and de-
sire fol revenge upon tine part Of other
aspiranta for Republican leadership in
this State, is the thinnest kind OF politi-
cal hypocrisy.
The Anti-Addicks party in this S ate
is party wrecking machine created and
used without regard to political conse
quence to defeat and if possible destroy
the power OF the only capable and sue
cessful leader the Republican party o
Delaware ever knew. The party here
had never won real victory over thu
Democrats until under the direction o
Mr.. Addicks and his colleagues in part!
management the State was carried for tn,
Republican ticket in 1894. The credit o
that victory belongs to the voters ant
leaders of what is now the Union Re
publican party. No Delawarean carefn
of the truth in political statement vii
dare to deny that At the outbreak c
the war for the Union, Democrat wh
was too loyal citizen to follow his oil
party into'treason, was elected governo
in opposition to the Democratic cand
date. The State was carried for Genera
Grant in 1872 and Republican Cor
gresham elected. Every State office
elected then was Democrat. In lSs
two counties elected Republican dele
cations to the State Legislature-a maio
ity-and Mr.. Higgins was elected to th
United States Senate. Control of til
State Assembly on joint ballot had bee
secured by an accident-was total
unexpected success.
The campaign OF 1890 was failui
despite the leadership OF Senator Hi
gins. In 1892 Mr.. Addicks entered tt
senatorial list against Senator Gray. i
asked Senator Higgins to assist him
the campaign, in order to win again
the Democrats. Mr.. Higgins decline
He preferred Senator Gray to Mr.. A.
dicks, Democrat to Republican. I'll
biggest Republican vote that had up
that time been polled in this State W
polled in 1892. Still the Republican
failed. 1t is now an open secret that IL
failure of 1892 was because of a seer
compact between Mr.. Higgins and b
-u friends, with the Democrats, to defe
g Mr.. Addicks in the interests of Senat
Gray. In 1894 Mr.. Addicks was again
candidate. Mr.. Higgins was a candida
to succeed himself. The whole campail
turned upon the senatorial successio
and for the first time the Republic;
party carried the State for its State al
~ legislative ticket. The Governor al