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Philadelphia North Amerlean.

Philadelphia North American.
To James Creelman correspondent of
The World John Edward Addicks has
given an interview replying to the charge
that he has sunk the state OF Delaware
in an abyss of corruption. and has kept
n for two years without a United States
senator in order to crafty his own greed
and his ambition to be United States
senator.
Addicks expresses great satisfaction
over the appointment of his man, Will
liam Michael Byrne, as United States dis
trict attorney for Delaware, and thinks
President Roosevelt has done just the
right thing in thus giving his faction rec
ognition.
Saws He's "a Theodore Roosevelt"
Mr.. Creelman writes of the interview as
follows:
''In appointing William Michael Byrne
to the United States district attorneys
office" Mr. Addicks said, the president
has simply recognized the men who have
converted Delaware from a Democratic
to a Republican state, by refusing to
permit federal patronage to be used
against them.
"a week or two before the late cleo
ton I wrote a letter to Mr.. Roosevelt
pointing out to him the fact that l and
nv friends had made Delaware Republi-
can. but that the fight against us was
led by federal oficeholders, who had
made a fusion with Democrats. In that
letter / said that the truth of the situa-
ton was that 1 was a Theodore Roose-
Welt, only that 1 was twenty years Older.
This letter was written before the cleo
ton.
"Since the election, which again result
ed in a Republican victory and popular
reputation of my opponents and villifers.
/ have seen the president at Washing
ton. I asked only that the majority of
the Republican party in Delaware should
be protected from a small and disloyal
minority. Senator Hanna has given me
assurances of his support.
Counts on Election, Sure.
Il feel confident that two Republicans
will be sent to the United States senate
in January by Delaware, and that l will
be one of them.
1.-THE charges that am an ignorant.
vicious vulgarian utterly without capac-
ity or ideas, IS the work of a small clique
of men in Wilmington, who for twenty
years have used the Republican organ
ization as a means of getting federal
patronage without really trying to put
the Republican party in control of the
state. While they enjoyed the favors of
the national government, Delaware was
In the hands of an aristocratic oligarchy
of Democrats, the Bayards and Sauls-
burys
Ehe insurgent group of Republicans
say that am master, and that their days
are numbered. Under my leadership Della
ware has become Republican, and 1T will
remain Republican"
1.-THE general impression, Mr.. Addicks. 4"
I suggested, sis that you have bought
your victories with cash; that you have
debauched the voters. and that you have
used your power corruptly to secure leg
islation favoring your gas corporation
interests, and to secure your election to
the United States senate"
Spent Only a Quarter Million.
"In twelve years I have not spent mora
than $3.50 900 in Delaware politics." said
Mr. Addlcks, land every dollar has been
spent legitilnately. Why, this has been
a popular reform movement; it has
brought Delaware from a condition of
confusion and mismanagement, with an