The sun., 1901-02-07
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1901
THE HUMOR OF It'll!

IJONeF. uere WAS one SuCu III 1ue
Morning News of yesterday. Dame
Rumor has it, quoth the News:
that there will be a change
in the candidates of the Republicans who
have been supporting Colonel du Pont
and Charles +. Richards before the week
ends. 1t is said ON good authority that
in day or two the regular Republican
members will frame proposal to be pre-
sented to the Union Republicans.
The proposition may set forth an agree
ment of the regular Republicans to
drop the candidacy of Colonel du Pont
and Mr.. Richards if the Union Republi- |
cans will cast aside the candidacy of Mr.. |
Addicks.
Further the regulars will propose that |
the entire Republican representation Sc |
lect two candidates for senators who al |
ready have not been voted for, and after |
agreeing on such nominees to elect them |
in joint session. The regulars contem-
plate such proposition to demonstrate
that they will vote for any competent
Republican if Mr.. Addicks is bowled out
of the contest.
The only fault about the humor of this
is that it is little stale. The same
rumors were rife in 1895 and again in
1899; but somehow they did not appear
to strike the Union Republicans as being
at all sincere, or seriously intended, but
that the making of it was ruse to
defeat MIR. Addicks who was the Union
Republican candidate.
l he sequel has proved that the Union
Republicans were right In 1895 this
same proposition was urged: IF Mr..
Addleks will withdraw the Republicans
will at once elect a Senator. If he will
do that, there will be no opposition to
him two years hence" Then it was
argued that Mr.. Addcks was not the
majority candidate, but that the ma
jority would willingly admit his claims
for election at the next session" The
majority, however, were not able to con-
vince the Union Republicans that the
interval would not be utilized to de-
feat the Republicans at the ensuing
election, in order to relieve them of the
redemption of their bonds i'll the case.
Under those circumstances the Union
Republicans would not consent to Mr..
Addicks' retirement and the people who
were apparently SO anxious to elect
United states Senator, who were afraid
that the State and nation would go to the
demnition bow-wows if their candidate
was not elected, refused to help elect the
only Republican who could have been
elected at that time.
In due time the next session Of the
Legislature arrived, that of 1899. This
time, despite all the deplorable Anti-Ad-
dicks prophecies to the contrary, the
State was carried by the Republicans at
the election; the Republicans were in the
majority in the legislature, and Mr.. Ad-
dicks was the Republican majority can
didate. Then the Republican minority
bobbed UP with the same old proposition
which rumor says has been revived: III
Mr. Addicks will only withdraw, the Re
publicans will at once elect u Senator" /"
i his rumor was not backed then, nor is il
now, by votes enough to elect a. Senator.
The proposition again said: IF Mr.. Ad-
dicks will withdraw this time and let us
elect Senator he will have no opposi-
tion at the next session." The makers OF
the proposition could not muster votes
enough to make it good-could not fur
nish evidence of their sincerity, but al
ways by their attitude and decisions,
indicated the making of ruse to de-
feat the election OF Senator.
Another session of the legislature has
come. 1t is part of still greater Re
pub.lcan victory. The legislature is
again Republican despite Anti-Addicksite
attempts to prevent it. The Union Re.
publicans are still the Republican ma
jority in the Legislature. There are tive
Senator's to elect. The Union Republi
cans have again nominated Mr.. Addicks
as the Republican majority Senatorial
candidate according to the rules Of theil
party. Having done this they have gen
erously accorded to the Regulars the pr
vilege of selecting the other Senatorial
candidate to be voted for with Mr.Ad
dicks, and offered votes enough to eect
them if the Regulars will accept til,
proposition and play fair. Now it i.
that Dame Rumor hobbies around again
with the old proposition that Mr.. Al
dicks withdraw. The sight Of the den
old dame, and the rattle of her crutche
makes humorous combination whicl
reverence itself could not honor and a
which common, hard horse SENSE laugh
in division.
With this brief review Of the poltica
history of the State, the facts of whicl
the opponents Of Mr.. Addicks are vel
informed with, the persistent efforts o
those opponents to defeat his election a
the hazard of Democratic control of tn
State, and with the repeated proofs tha
these opponents of Mr.. Aldicks canno
control the vote of the State, fact tha
assures Democratic success if mfr. Ad
dicks is bowled out of the contest al
in view, this last proposition, despit
its humor, becomes a proposition of foil.
that is insulting to men of politica
sense 1t is proposition to party tina
has only emerged from forty year sub