Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-09-04

and placed on the ticket the name Of Hon.
Edward G. Bradford, who is now a United
States judge. This was secured as a result
OF a spirit of concession on the part OF Dir.
Addicks, without any kno"edge on the
part of Mr.. Bradford. At the same time
Mr.. Hayes Buggested the name OF Hon. +
William O. Spruanea, and MIR. Addieks also
consented to that, and the names OF both Of
these eminent gentlemen went on me ticket.
My next business with MIR. Ahdicks was
in regard 10 retiring the Honorable Mt:
Handy from Congress-. We put him out OF
the business and are going to keep him
OUT
Mr.. Byrne referred briefly to the negotis-
lions between the.stwo factions on various
occasions. EIe said in the campaign IN
which Mr.. Hotfeoker was the Congressional
nominee, IL was ngteed that the Union ne
publicans should have The candidate. but,
| the right to select him was left with inc
| Regular Republicans and they did not tnke
Brother Willis, hut took Brother Hoiiecker.
1 The next time II was agreed that the
| ooyernor should como from below and
should be Uniohist, but the Regulars
| should retain the right to designate that
| Unionist, and the Congressman should come
| from the Regulars above, ann its ne was OF
| the Regulars above he Unlisted that they
/ should keep tho power. That, he snid. -
! the consecutive record OF the party npbujld-
| ing in which he had been engaged. He
! congratulated the Union Republicans uil
their ability to conceive Of that and said
they were broad minded and liberal.
Referring again to Addicks, be said :
1.-THE political opposition to Addicks is not
warranted when 1900 Republicans ate
anxious for his election. There are conn
/ mercial grounds for opposing him. The
! gus franchise of Wilmington is valuable.
| have nibbied at 1t myself. Sore capi-
talists back of me wanted to purchase 1t,
but we did rot offer enough money and 1t
i a,.Il a. I,bn 1lnh9nTl.5
carpet manufacturers of Philadelphia. Ad-
dicks knows what gas plant is and the
Dobsons are afraid the people will receive
gas at a lower rate If Addicks lays his pipes
in the city, but the people won't lay awake
| nights worrying about their gas bills being
reduced. The Dobsons also have railway
in Wilmington. So the opposition to MIR.
Addicks Is headed BY Edmund Mitchell, ,r,,
sice-president of the Dobson gas company,
and DIR. l.. Heisler Ball, yica-president OF
the Dobson railway company. He alluded
TO the Messrs. Dobson as carpet bag gers.
4 There are also those, = he said, l'who
are actuated by the most insidious purp esss,
who give 1t out to the people TINT an Ad.
dicks or byrne shall not rule them. Hf
concluded hi. remarks by asking for the
support of the ticket.
MR. ADDrcKs HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
After Mr.. Byrne had finished speaking
and the cheers that greeted his remarks hae
subsidized, there We're loud calls Tor Messre
Addicks and Hayes Mr.. Addicss responder
and made very brief speech. 81 believe.
he said, ''that we will carry Delaware BY
5000 majority. The National and Con
! gressional Committees are with US. w
have a candidate who will give US a stirring
campaign and the greatest victory in Della
ware, and when We get to the end we vii
forgive our enemies.' He complimentet
the party and expressed confidence IN TIN
belief that 1t was growing. He said tn
Union Republicans will be supported il
every way. He was loudly applauded.
, AFTERMATH OF rnE coSrESTioS,
t After the convention had adjourned som
} Of the delegates gathered in groups and dis
cussed matters generally, and 1t was Iearne
: from some of the conversations that all Q
! the delegates were not satisfied with tn
! nomination of Byrne. 4s.
The authorship contest was also q myster
Q to some of them, and 1t was limited that MI
. Norman, who had been nominated. was nc
Q the choice of Addicks and had been selecte
in opposition to his wishes. y was prett
: generally believed that he would have pre-
o ferred ,Newall Ball and that the Suisse
Il caucus went counter to his wishes. Whd
: truth there was in these reports could nc
q be learned, as those who were in a positio
o 10 know the facts either expressed ignoranc
or dismissed inc subject by saying that Mi
l Addicks was satisfied with the result. \
o was also intimated that MIR. Norman wi
II placed on the ticket for the time being, lbt
: might be Withdrawn if some shifting shou
g be found necessary. None could be tour
I who would affirm this rumor, but the
were SOME who denied its truth. ,
# However, it will not be surprising II the
| arc some changes in the; ticket befo
o election day, but what will happen In tn
d regard cannot be foretold at this time. +
10 Joseph L. Cahall, in a brief address befo
n the convention, predicted that the tick
n would receive 5000 votes in Sussex county
g. The Philharmonic Band, which accon
10 panied tlie New Castle county delegate
lie and furnished music in the convention ha
n made a favorable impression. Concerts we
d given at the Hotel Richardson, which we
s. much enjoyed. ~ .ty s H