Evening journal., 1902-10-18
Will He WITHDRAW

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Here is history, plain and impmtia
COUPLED with advice that is temporal
md practical. The Philadelphia Pe.ci
which is admittedly one of the foa.
most Republican journals of the c.ur
ny, thus discusses the prop siuon {
Governor HUM to call an extra s.ssir
II the Legislature:
There is no evidence th-t the op-
position to Mr. Addicks in the
Delaware Legislature has weaken
cd by a single vote. II this Is true
the extra session or the Ieoisla-
ture which il is alleged Covc-nor
hunn contemplates will be os fnuit-
less as its predecessor, un.ess the
conditions are changed by the
withdrawal OF Mr.. Addicks as a
candidate for United States en-
ator. The New York Tribune gives
currency to a report that hddicks
Will not be a candidate at This spe-
cial session.
The propriety of MIR. Addicks'
withdrawal is much greater Than
us probability. He has been a
candidate for United States senator
from Delaware for eight years. He
hrst entered the field I'm 1894. when
the Legislature was to- be elected
which would choose the successor
to Anthony Higgins. whose term as
senator expired in March. 1895. Mr..
Addichs' appearance as a candidate
was a surprise and was not taken
seriously until it became evident
that he intended TO have himself
elected 70 The United States Senate
or TO prevent the election OF any
one else. The watchword he pro-
claimed was "Addicks or no
body" and the result was nobodv
Mr. AddiclB is now posing for
the fourth time before the people
or Delaware as a candidate FOR
senator. His first effort TO secure
am election by the Legislature oc-
Cured In 1895. When the Legisla-
ture met in january Of that year
and lballoting for senator began.
Mr.. Addicks received six votes out
OF a total of nineteen Republican
votes In both houses, or less than
one-third. He persisted in remains
Ing In the race. however. until the
legislature adjourned by limita-
tlon on May o. Meanwhile there
had been 217 ballots taken. Mr.
Higgins had withdrawn and Henry
A. DUPONT had been substituted in
his place, and Mr.. Addlcks vote
had shrunk to four. or little more
than one-fifth of the Republican
strength in the Legislature. It was
enough TO defeat an election. how
ever, as the United States Senate
refused TO recognize the title OF
MrtDuPont, although he received
fifteen votes.
The next Legislature OF Dala-
ware, chosen in 1896. was Demo-
cratic, and it elected r. r. KEN
ney TO the vacant seat. and his
election was declared valid. al
though a trump" Legislature
elected Mr.. Addicks, and the Regu-
lar Republicans refused TO vote. as
serting that Mr. DuPont's election
was legal. The second attempt of
Mr. Addicks TO obtain an election
to the Senate was made in 1899,
when the Legislature chosen in
1898 met and proceeded to the
election of a senator to iii the seat
OF Senator George Gray. The Re
publicans had a majority OF ten on
Joint ballot, but after taking 113
ballots the Legislature adjourned
without electing any one. Mr.. Ad-
dicks had iifteen votes ON the first
ballot and twenty-cne on the last
ballot twenty-seven votes being
necessary to an election. In 1901
when two senators were to be
elected. Mr. Addicks made his third
effort TO obtain a scat in the Sem
ate, the Delaware Legislature of
that year having a Republican ma
jority of six He began with IF
teen votes and increased his
strength by few additions but
not enough to make up a majority.
and the Legislature adjourned,
leaving Delaware's two seats in the
Senate vacant
Mr.. Addicks has now made three
attempts TO secure an election to
the Senate from Delaware and has
failed each time He has ehown
persistency in his search for the
honor. but he ought now to feel
satisfied to withdraw from the
field. II he has any desire to fur
tha,. fh., ftfo,.rctu 80 f1,o u ,v,,N1f
can party he cannot show Il better
than by accepting defeat gracefully
and permitting the party to choose
a Legislature that will elect two
Republican senators. Any other
course will result in renewed hui
millaiinn TO himsnlf and nnrhn1..