Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
Dover, July 2.-within the past few
weeks decided change has come over
number of the Union Republican
leaders OF Delaware and the withdrawal
of John Edward Addioks as an aspirant
for United States Senator may be the
outcome &
The prime mover in the moyemen
seems to be Gov. HUM, who hopes to
be elected to the Senate II Addioks
withdrawn or enough of the Republican
members of the Legislature can be in
duced to drop him. With this end in
view quiet canvas OF the members is
being made, but SO far those who are
engineering the deal have not met with
the SUCCESS that they expected. 1t ia
understood that Senators Knox, Mo
Farlin. Groves. Ellison, Abbott and
Brasure and Representatives Kitchen,
Robertson, Baynard, Finn, Hodgson,
daniel, Prettyman, Long. Hope, Aaron
and Speaker McCommona have agreed,
If the Legislature is called together
again, that two United States Senators
will be elected and that Addicks will
not be one of them. The gentlemen
represent only q votes-six short OF an
election. 1t is needless to say that
Senator Alice will never agfee to any
such proposition, and all his energies
will be thrown to break up any such
combination. Hand in hand with the
governor is Secretary of State @. X.
Layton.
1t may seem strange to some that the
governor, who has been such strong
supporter of Addicks, should now turn
against him, but there is quiet inti-
nation that he has received his orders
from Washington that two Republican
United States Senators must be elected
from Delaware, and if he succeeds in
bringing this about Gov. Hum will
dispense the patronage.
There were not in the State two more
disappointed men than Gov. Hum and
Secretary of State Layton at the Legis-
| lature adiourning misunderstanding
Addioks Senator. These two, in COM
pany with other Union Republicans,
made several trips to Washington after
the Legislature adjourned, and urged
the President to give the pBtronags OF
Delaware to Addicks The last trip
was made just before the President and
his wife star ted On their tour of the
| country. On this occasion. Gov. HUM
had private interview with Mr.. Me-
Kinley. After tho Delaware executive
had persistently pressed the claim Of
| Addicks, the President asked him what
Mr.. Addicks had ever done for him
that he should turn down the people of
Delaware who had 50 largely stood ~.
the national administrator. The
governor was non plusssd and Informed
the President that he could not answer.
! 1t was then that Mr.. Mckinley brought
up the solution OF the Nebraska situs-
| tion and the election of Gov. Dietrich
and Millard as United States Senators.
The failure of the Legislature to
elect, the determined opposition of the
| Regulars, representing the better ele-
ment of the party in New Castle county,
against Addicks, and President Mo-
kinley positively refusing to give Gov.
Hum the patronage made quite a
marked impi ession on the governor,
and he and his secretary of State had
several conferences. with the result that
both agreed that Addicks' candidacy
| for United States Senator had reached
the high-water mark, and that il he
| persisted in the me or nobody" policy
the end of Republican ascendancv in
i Delaware was fast approaching
About this time the oommotion In
the party brought about by the deal Of
| Lynn and Megginson with the two
Democratic members of the New Castle
county Levy Court was at its height.
So Gov. Hum took hand and
threatened that il any Democratic col
leotors we're named in carrying out the
deal he would immediately call txs
Legislature together and have 1t paa8 q
bill providing for the appointm61t of
five additional comuissioper4 and
that he would see to If that these
men acted in harmony with Willis,
Chandler and Elliott. The threat of
the governor had the desired effect.
Feeling encouraged at this. the governor
now undertakes to have two Senators
elected, but he will not call the Legisla-
ture together until he has pledges from
81 Republican members.