The sun., 1900-09-03
N-ADD|CkS MEN
LOSE THEIR HOLD ON
REPUBLICAN VOTERS
Sentiment in This State Chang
ing in Favor Of the Union
Republicans.
Is A MISSION TO PERFORM
After Concessions Are Made There
Will be One Ticket and the State
Will be Carried For Mckinley
and the Whole Repub-
lican Ticket.

| Philadelphia Inquirer writes to his pa
per under Saturdays date, concerning
the Republican situation in this State.
The conclusion reached by the CORES
pondent is that the insurgent Anti-Ad-
dicks men are losing ground and that
sentiment is changing III favor Of the
Union Republicans as the recognized
Republican organization in this State.
The Inquirer correspondent says:
This has been week Of mighty
agitation among the Republicans. ana
gradually ii is dawning upon the w.
caller Regular Republicans that Il
change has taken place since the last
campaign was fought, and that they do
not now occupy the same position which
they did ut that time. 1t is also dawn
ing upon both branches Of the Republic
cans that iii this campaign they have
Il mission to perform.
This week the air has been full Of
rumors to the effect that National Chair
man NJ. a. Hanna had been asked to
come to Delaware and settle the fight
which is now dividing the Republicans,
and on top of this comes the announce
ment that Chairman Hanna would not
come here.
The announcement that Chairman
Hanna would not come may have been
i'll the nature of Il surprise to the Regu-
lar Republicans. but it not to the Demo-
crafts. and. in fact. to the majority Of
people in the State. One thing has APP
peared never to have dawned upon the
Regular Republicans, and it is that the
action of the Republican National Con
yention at Philadelphia in seating the
Union Republican delegates made that
party the Republican party in this State,
and placed the so-called Regular Repub-
licans i'll the position of dissenters.
But something else was done by the
Republican National Convention ].
Edward Addicks, by the vote Of the
delegates from this State. was made
National Committeeman. The delegates
who We're seated with him made pro.
misses that if they We're seated the State
could be carried by the Republicans.
They We're seated and by that action
the Republican National Convention
placed the stamp of its approval upon
the Union Republicans. but did 50 only
on their promise to carry the State.
The Positions Today.
'"rhe position now is this: J. Edward
Addicks is the National Committeeman
from Delaware. and it is to be presumed
that Chairman Hanna and the other
members of the National Committee will
take his statement of the condition of
affairs i'll Delaware in preference to
anyone else. 1t is, therefore. likely that
when the Regular Republicans, either
now or in the future, go to Chairman
Hanna for advice he will refer them to
Mr.. Addicks.
1T is also a mater of open history
here that Chairman Hanna has never
been wholly in sympathy with the So
called Regular Republicans. At the st.
Louis convention the Regulars were not
recognized on account of any sympathy
which Mr.. Hanna or the other leaders
had for them, but because the delegation
was pledged to Mckinley, while the
other delegation was not. 1t was given
ont shortly after that Mr.. Hanna had
told some of the Regulars they We're
responsible for the whole trouble. 1t
will i'll time dawn upon the Regulars,
therefore. that in order to secure re-
cognition from the national party they |
must act with the Union Republicans. !
While the national party has and will
recognize the Union Republicans as the
real Republican party of Delaware. it
ny no means folloWS That the Union te-
publicans will be able to do as they
please on the formation of ticket and
the running of the campaign. The
Union Republican party must either win
or stand discrcdited before the national
Republican party, for it has promised
TO carry the State, and it is looked to for
that promise to be fulfilled 1t cannot
be done without the help of the Regu- /
lars. 1t is. therefore, question of
which party will he the one to cause
the defeat Of the general party in case I
there is failure to get together.
Both Sides Bluffing.
There appears at the present time to
be a determination on each side to hold
out until the end, but this is probably
an attempt on each side to gain all of
the advantage possible. When this is
done each will make concessions, and
one ticket will be the result. I hat
ticket, as has been already predicted. /
will be composed of members of both |
Republican parties and the ticket will |
be elected. 1t is. therefore. but little
use to mind the talking which is being
done now.
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