Evening journal., 1901-12-13
The Other Point of View

! To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: / have seen the letter addressed
TO your paper by DR.. George w. Mar
shall, Insurance Commissioner of Del
aware regarding the political situa-
ton of the Republican party OF this
State. 1t seems to me that your cor+
respondent used his title of Insurance
Comm issioner inadvertently, and
should have signed himself as chair
man of the Kent County Union Repub
( lican (Addicks) Committee, which Of
fee he has filled for many years.
As chairman of the Regular RepubA
can organization in Kent county, IL
should like to correct some of the
statements made i'm DR.. Marshalls let
ter.
1t will be observed that while his
conclusions deal with the whole State,
| his figures cover Kent county only,
where the Addicks people are relatively
much stronger than in either of the
ether counties, to which / will refer
later.
The reference to the Regular Repub
licans as constituting a "sideshow" to-
The Democracy is only a part Of the
irritating ano irresponsible Addicks
talk used to catch the unwary, and,
/ like the bureau of information" which
we are told did such effective work for
the Regular Republican cause is a
mere figment of imagination. Mr.. Ad
dicks and his peculiar political con-
duct being too notorious to need the
exploitation of any special agency.
The candor of The statement that the
Union Republicans are discredited at
Washington and are met with the re-
mark, you are corrupt is commend
able; and it is gratifying to know that
the people of the whole country have
a clear conception of the situation
The statement that the Regular Re
lpublicans demand the privilege of nam
ing both senators can be best answer
ed by saying that 1t is not true, but
reading of the journals of the respec-
Il tive houses of the Delaware Legisla-
ture for THE last two sessions is con-
elusive as to this question. An Of
fer, which still stands good, to vote
for any candidate or candidates named
by a joint Republican caucus, provided
that Mr.. Addicks' name be eliminated,
has been made repeatedly by the Regu-
lar Republicans. They have steadily
proclaimed that they had no candidate
who must be elected as a condition of
lpeace but thar they could not vote for
a man whom they regarded as a politi-
cal outlaw and as wholly unfit for the
office To show their good faith they
voted, in the legislative session of
1889, when there was but one senator
ial vacancy for fifteen different candi-
dates, many of whom were decided
Union Republicans, while the Union
Republicans never voted for anyone
but Mr.. Addicks.
: In this years legislative session there
were two senatorial vacancies and the
3 Regulars repeated their action of the
I previous session, while the Union Re
= publican members voted for Mr.. Ad-
, dicks for both senatorships,; not one
. OF them ever cast a ballot for anyone
= else. This would be rare loyalty, in
o deed, were not men Obliged TO question
its motive.
III We read further that at the close OF
y the last legislative session the Regular
Republicans attempted to make a dea
= with the Democrats whereby a Demo
= crat and a Regular Republican senator
/ should be chosen. ! would state thai
h this. again, is not true. There was
e more or less talk by individuals iook
!. ling to that end, but no proposition wa.
ever sought or made by either party
Democratic leaders, however, youcl
Y for the fact that the Addicks part,
y made a standing offer to elect AM
Democrat to the Senate in exchange
" for votes enough to elect Mr.. Addicks
There are no accurate figures show
ing ngtherelative strength of the two par
u ties in the State as q whole, as the las
'e few elections have witnessed a serie
of compromise tickets. which makes
y only approximation possible. A con
n Iservative estimate. however. would b
~ that their numbers are about equal. Tn
l. trend is decidedly toward the Regu
lars. and If ii continues Mr.. Addlck
re will lose much OF his following.
A few things should be said in re