The sun., 1901-03-16

t,lked to ii representatiye of The Tribune
with great frankness and considerable in
lirnation today. about the Delaware
Senatorial situation.
~ am tired Of being held in any way
RESPONSIBLE by section of the Republi-
can press for the failure of the Delaware
legislature to elect Senator'S, SAID MI.
Hanna. 1.-The lies and abuse of the. OPP
position newspapers no longer potner me-
hut | have determined to strike back
hereafter whenever Republican paper
attacks me as some of them are now
: doing over this unfortunate muddle III
Delaware. / want it known that did
everything in my power as chairman Oh
the Republican National Committee to
bring about the election Of two Repub-
lican Senators ut Dover this winter, as
am now doing to bring about the election
of two Republican Senators in Nebraska.
My whole interest i'll the contest III both
States begins and ends in the desire to
get two Republican Senators from each
State. The personality of candidates
cuts no figure with me. In the personal
sense ! have no favorites either III Dela-
ware or Nebraska. All that am
charged by the National Committee to do
is to assist in getting into the Senate
from both of these States two stalWart
Republicans, fit and capable, and who
! will work heartily and harmoniously
! with the party organization IN the Sen
4 ate. And in trying to do this l am
harassed and hectored by some Republi-
can papers in the East whose editors
-. impugn my motives, evidently on a mis-
understanding of the facts III the case.
At this point Senator Hanna read an
cXtract from an editorial in Philadel-
phia paper that dealt rather severely
with the part he was alleged to have
taken in the recent Delaware Senatorial
struggle, and became dramatic in his
Earnest protestations against the charges
bf which he was complaining. As
chairman of the Republican National
h,ommittee," he exclaimed, Il have al
ways been guided in every act solely by
ayhat i regard as the highest interest
ID the party. have never used my po-
1&sition to do injustice or to show pafti-
|Slity to any deserving Republican. In
kghting the party's battles / have sacri-
Heed much--even my health. And, as
bald before, / have determined to strike
back with all my strength whenever in
future / am unjustly attacked by Re
publican newspaper.
WHY ADDICKS WAS RECOGNIZED
The Senator then gave detailed MS
tory of his connection with the Addicks'
du Pont fractional war in Delaware
"Thc du ppnt delegation was seated
over the Addicks delegation at the st
Louis Convention in 1885," he said
..mainly because of the vigorous tight
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, made
against the Addicks men. l have fire.
uuently heard Thurston say since tina,
he much regretted that at that time
he had acted upon misnformation. The
Addicks delegates were seated over the
du Pont delegates at the Philadelphia
n Convention last June mainly because OF
du Points stubbornness. Though the
cyidence showed plainly that the Ad
dicks delegates were entitled to the
seats, in the hope of harmonizing the
i party in Delaware the National Commit
leo proposed to admit half of each dele
CATION from that State. Addicks was
VI willing to abide by this decision, but oil
~ pont obstinately refused to accept th'
proposition. He insisted upon having
nil or nome Then the National Com
mittee, by what as | remember was al
almost unanimous vote, declared that TN
Addicks delegates should be admitted
to the convention. This decision was no
n hastily made. 1t was the result of tn
most exhaustive investigation conducted
by Henry G. Payne, of Wisconsin, as
subcommittee of one. Payne is tn
clearest headed politician on the Natlona
4 Committee. When the du Pont peopl
realized that Payne's report was to b
adverse to them, they pleaded that D
appointed a subcommittee of one I
p make a further investigation. This wa
done. and for more than two hours
listened to the talk and complaints 0
the du pont crowd A dozen or more o
them were he me- whereas only on
Of the Addicks people appeared. Ihe q
pont crowd made such poor shown
that | was compelled to report agains
them to Payne, and he submitted nl
own and my report to the full commit
tee. | want it known that during tn
hearings of the contests at Phlladelpm
the one from Delaware, as well as tina
from Louisiana, in the last of whic
| was interested-I vacated the post {
Chairman of the National Committe
| did this because l feared that m
connection with the political side of tl
administration might have too much Il
huence on some minds"
THE SITUATION AT DOVER.
Senator Hanna then dealt with the I
cent failure of the Delaware legislatul
TO elect Senator's $40 give You be
or understanding of the matter" he sal
Il would remind you that year ago la
December, when the national commits
met in this city to select a time al
place for the National Convention, l w
instructed by the committee to straigf
en- out the tangle in Delaware if pc
sible. / never worked harder on an
thing in my life than / did on tn
Finally, when the Addicks people su
gested as compromise that each 81
be permitted to name Senator IL t
Republicans carried the legislature,
| thought the way was clear for harmo
and for effective work in Delaware. b
VA du Pont would not agree to this-at lea
W the result of his stubborn stand at Doy
this winter shows that he did not agI
to it. du Pont had only five votes Ii
could be counted on to stick to h
throughout the bitter struggle in
legislature. Addicks had twenty-t-
~ votes-twenty that were for him throu