Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-06
4 REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN
Democrats Hopefulof Carrying
Delaware This Year,
WILL BE ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE
The Campaign Will be State
and Local One.
A Review OF the Situation-Ten State Sena-
tors and Thirty-ive Representatives to
be Elected The Republican Opposition
to Addicls VIII be Continued vigorously.


Wilmington. Feb. %. The election
OF two Democratic United States Sena-
tors to give Delaware her full represen-
tation at Washington, the elimination
of j. Edward Addicks from the politics
Of this State and the realignment Of u
united Democracy in Delaware is the
Z policy adopted by the Democrats of
the State and formally announced at
the meeting of TIE party followers of
Kent county at Dover yesterday.
Sussex and New Castle will follow
the example Of Kent, 50 the leaders of
4 both the old and new Democracy say,
and the State will be swung lack to
the Democratic moorings from which
it has drifred. That is the purpose of
the campaign mapped out by State
Chairman Willard Salisbury, ex-
United States Senator r. II. Kenney
and other Democratic leaders, and they
have opened their fight with such a
show of strength that the party workers
\ in all three counties are enthusiastic
I and eager TO begin the contest for the
control Of the Legislature.
A purely local and State fight it will
be, with no national politics or en-
tanglements in it, Democratic State
Chairman SALISBURY says, and in this
position he appears to have the active
support of all the party leaders in the
State They feel that the State can be
redeemed from the blight that Ad-
dicksism has put upon it and are de-
termined to again have Delaware rep
resented at Washington by men like
Senators Bayard, Salisbury, Gray and
others who brought SO much credit to
the State.
The meeting at Dover yesterday
which Senator kenney, John H. Sauls-
bury and other State leaders ad-
dressed was remarkable for its large
attendance and enthusiasm. The key.
note of the speeches was anti Addicks-
ism, and the resolutions adopted call
for the organization of Democratic
clubs in every town, village and voting
district in the State. Even the women
are to be asked to enlist in the fight
and the honor of the State is to be the
campaign slogan
The Legislature to he elected in
November will have 80 members, II
Senators lof whom hold over and 80
members of the House of Representa-
tives. 1t will take 81 votes to elect u
Senator on, joint ballot instead of l(i
votes, which was the requisite number
prior to the adoption of the new Con-
had only 80 members. The terms of the
Senators TO be elected will expire in
1865 and 1907. The State is now with
out representation at Washington eX-
cept in the person of Congressman
Ball, who is an anti Addicks Republi-
can, and to whom President Roosevelt
has given the distribution of all the
patronage of the State, much to the
disappointment of Mr.. Addicks. Sena-
tor Gray's term expired Sin 1898, and
the vacancy has not yet been filled.
Senator kenney's term expired March
4th, 1901, and since that date Delaware
has been unrepresented in the United
States Senate. No other State in the
Union has ever been so peculiarly
and unfortunately situated.
Ex-senator kenney and Democratic
State Chairman Willard Salisbury,
who we're the caucus nominees for the
two vancancies for last year, and who
each received % votes all during the
bitter contest, which lasted from Janu.
ary 18th to March Sth, will again be
candidates for the Senatorship. Thus
far no other names have been men
TONED. and the party leaders seem to
Rave united upon them as the strongest
men they can put forth.
There will be plenty of candidates
for the Republican nomination in op-
position to j. Edward Addicks. Cen
James ii. Wilson, Col Henry A. dl
Pont, Harry Ii. Richardson of Dover
DIR. Hiram R. Burton of Lewes,
Lieut. Gov. Philip Cannon, Gov John
Hum and Manlove Hayes of Dover,
are all mentioned as candidates. Ad.
dicks is already hard at work, and his
ttal m nDi c r1,1f Spl lN, al tap
Hayes of this city, Secretary of State
Caleb r. Layton and j. Frank Alice
of Dover.
OF the seven hold-over Senators two
are out and out Addicks or Union Re
publican men, one from New Castle
and one from Sussex. The other hold
over Senators are one Democrat and
one Regular (anti- Addicks) Republican
from New Castle, two Democrats from
Kent and one Democrat from Sussex,
DO the hold overs stand five to two
ssainst Addicks.
1t is now Just Ia years ago, in
March, 1888, that j. Edward Ad icks
came to Delaware and opened his fight
q for the United States Senate from this
State. The Republicans had then
gained control of the State for the
irst time in a generation.
Mr. AddlckS showed great strength
In the two lower counties of the State;
but Anthony Higgins was elected
Senator, In 1892 the Democrats won
control again and George Gray was
elected for the full term from March
4th, 1888 In 1895 there was a battle
again fora successor to Senator Higgins
n and deadlock ensued, forced by Mr..
y Addicks. The vacancy was not filed
until 1897, when Richard r. Kenney,
Democrat, was elected, and he served
until March ath, 1901. The other seat
has not been filed since Senator Gray &
term expired in 1858.
Mr.. Addieks has twice had his fight
for control Of the Republican organi-
Zation of the State before the Republi-
can national conventions at St Louis
in 1896 and Philadelphia in 1900 In
1896 he was not recognized by the
national convention and the delegates
headed by the Higgins-du Pont com
bination were seated. In 1900 he won
his tight, aided by Mark Ranna, who
was chairman Of the Republican
national committee, and the Addicks
men We're declared the regular Repub-
lican delegates to the national con.
vention. During President Mckinley Is
second administration, while it lasted
the Addicks mon wera recognized as
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