Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-11-27
New York Evening Post.

winning eOhs Dcisg NOhs ~ -Oho
winter midnight, now almost IA years
ago, there alighted from the Boston ex-
press at Dover three men. They hurried
at once to the Hotel Richardson, and
mingled, without greeting anybody,
with the throng of excited Republicans
who we're still up and occupied with
the events of remarkable day. For
the first time in history the Republi-
cans had gained from the Democrats
the Legislature of the somewhat South
erD State of Delaware. There was
vacant seat in the United States Senate
to be filled. and, eager to take the
novel opportunity, two rivals for it,
each with devoted following, had
campaigned ardently among the legisla-
tors. After balloting all that day, the
session had adjourned until morning. in
a deadlock. News of it had gone over
the country to the afternoon press and
at midnight neither side had made any
inroad upon the strength of the other.
1t was plainly to be strenuous contest.
Strangers to every one there, the three
men from the Boston express we're un-
noticed. They stood about and listened,
gathered that the next day would see
the deadlock unweakened, and then in
quired which were the newspaper cor
respondents. To them two of the
strangers presented the other--a bluffy,
clustering person, with two curls on
his forehead, a businesslike assurance,
and coat without fieck or a wrinkle.
This, the correspondents were apprised,
was Mr.. Addicks, Mr.. j. Edward -Ad-
dicks, "a Delawarean and Republi-
can, +" who, in view of the impasse to
which the party had come, was willing
to lead it out by becoming the compro-
mise candidate for the Senatorship. He
had but just arrived from a trip to
England, and reading that afternoon of
the breach, had hastened to throw him
self into it.
Morning newspapers duly recorded
the incident; and the legislators and
politicians inquired, why, who is
this Addioks?" At first all they could
learn was that he was "a Delawarean
and Republican. Presently they
learned that he was a man of money
his two assistants had that fact effect.
lively circulated in Delaware, even now,
there are scarcely dozen millionaires.
Life had gone on there in simple
manner, and only with the growth oi
manufacturing in the county Of New
Castle had there come q class which
could be relied on for large campaign
contributions. In the other two coun.
ties, Kent and Sussex. the protective
tariff had worked little change; the
people were still small or large land
holders and their laborers, or profess
sional men, without great incomes and,
according to Democratic testimony, the
manufacturers of Pennsylvania hac
begun, sometime previous to the win.
ming of the Legislature, to send money
across the border to "redeem'' the
State of Delaware. Hence Addicks bao
calculated that to be Republican witt
money would avail him greatly.
THE HONOR OF DELAWARE.
Delaware, however, as Mr.. E. p
Clark remarked in his Ainslie's article
on Buying State, = twas a state O
lofty political traditions, = {
commonwealth of powerful families
and had long been ruled by the Bayard.
from one county and the Saulshuryl
from another. 1t questioned the pedi
gree of strangers, and it resented tn,
Interference of outsiders. - 1t had
maintained pride in itself from the tim,
when, in the Revolution, the Blu,
Hens Chickens, aa it's soldiers wer,
named, did valiant service for inde
pendence. 1t kept faith in fair ant
noble citizenship-and. one may add
it keeps it yet, though quivering from
recent strong efforts to violate it
There was doubt of Addicks. Furthe
information was that he owned sum
mer farm at Claymont, in Brandywin,
hundred hundred being the old Eng
lish name for township, which Della
ware still preservesl, hard by the Penn
| sylvania line. He had resided mostl,
in Philadelphia, where be had hous
or two. Indeed, it turned out tina
when he purchased the Claymont Earn
he thought he was buying place il
Delaware county, Pennsylvania, I" S
dubious was his geography.
lie was born in Philadelphia in 1S41
and named John Edward Charlie
| O'Sullivan,Add His grandfathe
had been German Consul. From sellin
dress goods over counter he had gon
into flour store as clerk, and at 2
was recognized as a smart busincs
| man. In that store and in real estat
afterwards he had progressed becaus
OF his quickness in perceiving oppor
tunities. Sharp outlook for oppor
tunities led him presently to gas an
| speculation. He went to Boston an
took up water gas; organized the no,
| celebrated Bay State Gas Co. 7; aske
the city Council for the right to la
pipes throughout the city, and after
notorious struggle, quite in the line q
many another franchise struggle, 90
it. That, it was seen Immediately, wa
most valuable privilege. He wa
potentially rich already. But b
organized q construction company {
lay the pipes-the company was practi
cally himself, as there we're only 81
shares held by others, and he gave owe
the franchise of the Bay State Gas {
the Beacon Construction Go. Whatevs
stockholders there were in Bay Stat
Gas were thus relieved of q possessio
valued then at "a, 500, 600. His own e,
PLANTATION is that he simply used
81, 500, 600 collateral bond "to e,
around a law forbidding such co
poration from having more than $500, OK
capital" +" Much litigation FOLLOWED
and Nathan, Matthews. ex-mayor
Boston, remarked afterward that "Yo
could not find a sharper, brighte
more acute corporation wrecker tina
]. Edward Addicks. -
A CAREER IN SPECULATION.
His business became corporatis
wrecking; organization, exploitation
then, like the shipowners who used
send out water-logged craft on in
possible voyages to get the insuran
/ when they never came back, he went
the last extremity. He operated
stocks. " Having learned how to g
franchises, he used his experience
various cities. There is Bay Sta
Gas Co. now in New Jersey, Pennsy
yania aud Delaware, as well as
, Massachusetts. Chicago, Providenc
, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Jersey Git
became familiar with his speculation
: He went to London and negotiated,
I was said, Sl2, 600. 600 loan: ana
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