Evening journal., 1900-06-11
AifidaVitS Made That AddickS
Elected Reynolds Demo-
cratic Governor
liz ELECTED KENNEY SENATOR
Threatened to Sink The Republican
Party in This State Ten Thou
sand FathOmS Deep

This is the defiant reply to the Ad-
dicksites and the true arraignment Of
their course of conduct made by the
Republican State COMMITTEES:
Headquarters of Republican State
Committee, Wilmington. Del
j. Frank Alice Esq, Chairman
Union Republican State Central Com.
mittee Of Delaware:
Sir: l am directed by the Republi.
can State Committee OF Delaware to
acknowledge the receipt Of your IN
dated communication and to transmits
you the following reply:
The electorate which this committee
represents yields to none in advocacy
Of the vital issues and high principles
Of the National Republican Party, and
from the time Of Lincoln have ever
been foremost in promoting Republican
success and stand for the party first
candidates for office next.
For the past four years there has
been constant and unremitting effort
on the part of the Republican party
OF Delaware to promote harmony, but
where compromises have been made
they have not been lived up to by you
and the fruits of victory have not been
secured.
In substantiation OF this claim we
point with pardonable pride to the fol-
lowing history of our party organiza-
ton and the acts of its leaders and
members:
In 1886 our party elected a majority
on joint ballot in the General Assem-
bly,. Caucus rule. the custom of the
party, prevailed, and the Hon. Anthony
Higgins was nominated in caucus and
thereafter duly elected United States
Senator. Some favored other. but when
Mr.. Higgins was chosen every Republi.
can assented TO the choice of the party
representatives In the Legislature.
With this encouragement we were
thea in better condition to make our
contest against the Democratic party
and we began the campaign Of 1890
with every indication Of success.
BY the rotation rule Of the party,
Kent county was entitled to name the
candidate for governor; Sussex county
the candidate for representative in
Congress.
The Kent county caucus named
Harry A. Richardson for governor the
Sussex caucus named Henry 2. Cannon
for Congress. under the unwritten law
Of the party, that the delegates to the
state convention from a county should
be allowed to choose the candidate
which the county is entitled to; accord
ingly, these caucus nominees We're rati-
/ fed unanimously by the state conyen'
tinn.
This state ticket was defeated and
& the Democratic candidate for governor
Robert j. Reynolds was elected by a
small plurality of less than five hun
4 dred votes by and with the financial as
& sistance rendered to him by Mr.. Ad-
dicks.
81 We deem it proper to state that this
was admitted by Mr.. Addicks in April
1892, to three persons of integrity anc
character. who have since made oath
hereto.
In conversation with them he as
L serted that he elected Robert J. Rey.
L lolds by placing five thousand dollar:
SIS .OO0) in the hands of James L. VOL
oft saving to them: Il gave hin
meaning the said WolcotD five thous-
md dollars, just in the nick of time
D save Kent county, for they (meaninl
s he Democrats) had spent every dollar
Shey had" and adding, you know
ad no interest in the Richardson's
meaning the Republican candidate foi
overnor and his estimable father).
III In substantiation we refer to the
7 Argument and evidence submitted tc
Republican National Convention oi
&c." page 66. New Castle county gave
Republican plurality in this election
531 votes.
f In the State Convention of 1894, act
s under the time-honored rotation
lie, the Sussex county delegates Sc
tted Josiah H. Marvil for governor
E Kent county delegates selected