Evening journal., 1900-06-13
Ihe AddIcks.Infested stnie

From the New York Sun.
A plain statement Of the conditions
affecting the Republican party in Della
: ware will show that the only question
there IS between honest politics and
a compromise with apparent but not real
/ expediency. The circumstance that
this Is a presidential year does not OBJ
, literate facts.
Two contestlng sets OF delegates from
Delaware will appear before the sub
Committee on Credentials OF the Re-
publican National Committee at Phlla-
delphia to-day. One set represents the
Regular Republican organization OF
. Delaware. The other set represents the
the so-called Union Republican party
8 which, translated. means j. Edward
+ Addicks and his notorious. reckless and
= absolutely selfish purpose to force him
+ self into the United States Senate.
n The straight Republicans OF Della
y ware have fought now for years against
e this ally OF the Democrats The read
r. ers OF the Sun are perfectly familiar
e with the long story Of corruption and
ne. They have seen Addicks throw
IL WIions over and over again into the
AIS of the Democrats. for spite or
Mation save his personal ambition.
~, oe have seen him contributing 10 tho
~ Oo1lt of a Republican candidate for
rnor. and to the selection OF
,rkanfiocrat. They have seen him twice
! preventing the election OF Republican
r senator. They have seen him con-
: spring with Democrats and Populsis
4 in the United States Senate to exclude
From, hof h.
z the Legislature had chosen. They have
! seen him assisting in a Democratic
D gerrymander OF the state for his own
o benefit They have seen him pile dis
s grace and evil repute 50 high on Della
I ware that the entire geographical area
S Of that little commonwealth seems
= scarcely sufficient TO afford base for
the odious pyramid.
G Now, Addicks. and Addlcks alone, is
the issue between the Republican or
\ ganization in Delaware and the fac
= = tion which proposes TO claim recogni-
! ton al Philadelphia. II he should die.
: or be locked up. or transfer his per-
A sonal operations in politics to some
h other state. there would not remain a
!. single obstacle to the Republican
II party's assured and permanent control
= Of Delaware. And yet he has the impu-
s, dence to send his men to the National
y Convention OF the Republican party
l. and to ask It to put the seal Of regular
p ity upon him and his record.
"A The Republican organization of Della
y ware is right in resisting at any cost
e the persistent, pestilent, destructive
II self-promOtion Of Addlcks. There can
be no compromise In such a battle. IT
y is right in refusing to buy peace with
= him at the price he names. that is. his
election to one OF the two vacancies In
I, the United States Senate which the
- next Legislature will have to hll It's
= fight is the fight of honest Republi-
n canism everywhere. Neither the Re
n publican National Committee nor the
.e Republican National Convention OF
d 1900 can afford to pay blackmail to Ad-
Is dicks because this is a presidential
D. year.
l. The admission of the Addicks dele
q gates would be not only a damaging
% surrender of principle. II would be also
u an act Of political stupidity He has
n forced this issue. At the election two
e years ago the candidates of the Regu-
q lar Republican organization cast 5,4S4
,, votes for state senators. The candidates
" of the s0-called Unions or Addicks fac
!. tion cast 3.2SS votes.
y The Republican National Convention
Il of 1900 should follow the example Of
n the National Convention OF 1896. It
should refuse squarely to lend itself to
e Addicks.