Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-24
Tho AddIcks Bluff Of peflanoe.

issue, can be accepted as an
authorized statement of the views Of
MIR. Addiuks with reference to the re- :.
fusal OF President Roosevelt to.recognize
his faction of the Republican party 10
making Federal appointments 10 Della
ware The State Sentinel is owned by
MIR. Addicks, and this utterance, there.
fore, may safely be accepted as the
deliberate utteranue of the man who
owns the paper in which it appeared.
Tho Significance OF the editorial is
contained in the following extract:
The condition of affairs In this State
has reached climax. It is plainly an
parent that 10 the future only two
COURSES are open for the Union Repuh
licnns OF Delaware to follow surrender
the fight for Independence and the
right OF majority rule, or throw down
the gauntlet of no compromise mere.
after and fight to the death. There 10
no longer reason to continue the lollcy
OF the past. We have reached the stage
when new policy is imperative 10
order that injustice rnay cease aud the
malevolent bitterness of ungrateful
officials ma, not be armed with further
power to do them injury.
We propose TOR the future this
propositions Fairness, friendship and
even handed Justice to all loyal, law.
abiding Republicans who will agree to
the sett sment of oil party differences
at common primary; but no recog-
milton, no concession, no nomination
and no vote for any man who dcuies
this method of political adjudication.
The meaning OF this ultimatum is
this: Come and Join with me in COM
mon primaries. or will defeat the Re-
publican party of Delaware at the next
election.
Ordinarily, a request for common
primaries would be regarded as fair
and honorable mode of determining
psrt7 differences, but there are other
considerations involved in the matter
OF common primaries as affecting the
fnotionai differences of the Republican
party in this State.
In the first ace, by reason of the
peculiar political conditions that pre-
vail in Delaware, common primaries
would give Mr.. Addicks all the legis-
lative nominees in Kent and Sussex
counties, notwithstanding that the total
poll of votes would show his faction to
be considerably in the minority in the
State. And with this preponderancs
of legislative nominations. he would
control the Republican caucus, in the
event of a Republican Legislature
being elected, and thus nominate him.
self for the United States Senate. So
lar as the Senatorship for himself is
concerned, therefore, Mr.. AddioKs'
position in the game of chanoe would
be: Heads. | win; tails. you lose. {"
But even this jug handled proposition
of common primaries might be accepted
by the Regular Republicans, 10 the
interest of party harmony, were it not
for the fact that no party harmony can
be secured except by the absolute elini-
nation of Addicks. II there was no
other consideration than mere show
OF hands, this chances of the issue
could be accepted, even il the show |
resulted liz favor Of Addicks. But he |
himself has placed himself beyond the
pale Of consideration. and made it alb
solutely impossible FOR any good Re. |
publican, even on the basis of howine
to the will of tho majority, ever tn
consent TO his election to the Senate.
1T was ut the legislative session of
1885 that Mr.. Addioks placed himself
in this position. That Legislature was
Republican on joint ballot, and il had
a United States Senator to elect. Re.
CARELESS of the opinions of the Repub
licsn members, Mr.. Addicks insisted
that he, and he alone, should be
elected to the Senate In tt is insolenr
demand he was endorsed by only four
OF the 10 Republican members of the
Legislature, but with these four he
held out to the end of The session, pre.
vented the election of the choice Of n
large majority of the Republican mem.
bers, and created vacancy which a
Democratic Legislature. two years later.
filled by the election of Democrat.
No self-respecting Republican can
ever condOne such base POLITICAL
treaohery as this, much less consent TO
reward the arch traitor with hieb
political prelerment. If Addicks carrIes
out his threat, he acne will be 10
blame, and upon him alone will rest
the responsibility for Republican defeat
in Delaware.
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