The daily Republican., 1902-11-24
PARTY WANTED
MIR. ADDICKS.
Real Story of His Advent in
Delaware Politics
Is Told.
TRIED TO EXPLOIT HIM.
Having Used His Wealth to
Garry State For Republi-
cans the Leaders Tried
to Overthrow Him.

NV OS WIN WHGu otoI ies VI UllS al
vent OF J. Edward -Addlclts into
this State are written. 1t is strange
that some men who are now posing
as Regular Republicans do not tell
how he really got his hold upon
Delaware politics. They might al
SO tell who assisted him iD getting
that hold.
AS 10 the manner of Mr.. Addicks
first coming to the State capital
and offering himself as candi-
date for United Stat Les Sen alor.
most of th e stories printed are cor
rect and most of them agree. There
is no doubt that he was at the time
known to but few men IN the
State and that he did arrive in
Dover at midnight and offer himself
as candidate for the Senate.
But here the stories printed IN out.
side Democratic newspapers stop.
They do not tell how he came to he
here or who brought him here. 1t
has been intimated that lie came OF
his own accord, that he merely heard
that the Republicans had carried
Delaware and CAME to offer himself
as candidate for Senator. As a
matter CT fact, be did nothing OF the
kind. He had been informed Of tho
situation long before by the Repub-
llcans OF Kent county. who had 10
some manner become acquainted
with him aud knew that he was
coming. The trip was planned as
carefully as was the rip Of auy other
man who had a clever scheme to un-
load and The proper persons knew
that he was coming. They sent for
him because funds we're needed for
the legitimate expenses of tho cam.
paign. lie had been appealed to by
some Of the Kent county Repub BIZ
cans, lie had responded, and it had
been suggested TO him by some of
the citizens OF that county that he
should become candidate fer United
States Senator.
RURLED AFTER ADDICKs.
Now for an explanation as to how
j. Edward Addicks came to be the
dominant factor in Republican poll
tics in Delaware. For years the Re.
publicans in Delaware had been
compelled to raise considerable
sums of money for the purpose of
paying the taxes of their men 50
that they might vote. This was be-
fore the new Constitution went into
effect, and when the Democrats
h n ,tl,,l Of l,p al, II.
ry of the State. Not only did the
Republicans have to pay taxes but
there We're other expenses to be
paid previous to the election. IL
was not always easy to get this
money. Mr.. Addicks had plenty of
1t and after the Kent county man
had been successful in getting need
ed assistance from him, all delega-
tions which asked for money in Or
der to get their districts into shape
were referred to Mr. Addicks.
The so-called leaders chuckled TO
themselves and i'll private alluded to
the future National Committeeman
as crazy millionaire who had a
dream that some day he would be
Senator. 1t was given cut that he
was an easy mark, and there was
an understood plan to allow him to
contribute the needed funds of til
campaign and then give him moth
ing afterwarI. This probably will
be vigorously denied, but it is tho
truth.
MlSTOOK THEIR MAN.
The mistake which these leaders
made was in supposing that Addicks
was "a crazy millionaire Those
who went to him for assistance
found that he was a shrewd, clever
man of business with IDEAS of party
organization in advance of those
of the so-called leaders of the party
and the consequence was that he
built up Il following which has
stuck to him until this day. He soon
ascertained that the mon who had
been claiming leadership were mere
ly trying to use him to carry the
State and then to throw him down
and he proceeded to build up an
organization of his own which they
could not throw down. In attempt
ing ito pull the leg of Addicks," the
leaders put themselves out of
power and have been out ever
since.
BEGGED HIM TO STAY.
As late as the present campaign,
when Mr.. Addicks gave it out hat
he intended to get out of politics
and allow the so-called Regulars
to carry the campaign, he was be-
sieged by number of people in the
so-called Regular Republican party
and asked to remain in the contest
because it was known that the Re.
publican party could not win with
put him. OF course there are1people
In the State who are opposed to the
leadership of Mr.. Addicks and who
are honest in their belief that it |
would be better to overthrow him.
They do not believe in one man
leadership; but it will also be re-
membered that there was opposition
In this State to the leadership of
Anthony Higgins when he was in
control of the affairs of the Re-
publican party and that he was
overth rown just as George " Mas
icy, another Republican leader, had
been overthrown in turn by Mr..
Higgins.
Della ware is small State and there
y always political jealously about.
1t crops out in every party and 10
every part OF the State. Political
jealousy defeated the Denocr tic
L isiaIive ticket in Kent AMI Sus.
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