Evening journal., 1902-11-06
NOW
WRITES LETTER
Gives Alleged Reasons Why
He Should Be Elected to
u. S. Sen ate
ADMITS DEFEATING DR.. BALL

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ulars Could Not Get Federal Pa
tronage. --As Reward Asks to b,
Sent to Senate
The Public Ledger this morning
printed the following;
70 the Editor OF Public Ledger:
For twenty years past. prior to
my entrance into Delaware politics.
Practically the sole air of the quan-
dam Republican, leaders has been
reached compete victory under the
Republican national administration.
No attempt was made to organize
victory In the State until Charles
III. Treat. under the most adverse
circumstances. wrested victory
from the democrats in the year
1889. Al that time | had lived and
voted twelve YEARS In Delaware.
having moved into the State In
1871 Treats victory called my at
tention TO politics. and l have de-
voted the last fourteen years to per-
iecting the organization Of the
Union Republicans. which has
reached complete victory under the
Hon. J. Frank Alice against the
combined Democrats. boiling Re-
publicans and Federal officcholiers
OF this State, backed by the money
OF John and James Dobson and the
Bancroft Cotton Mills of this
State
Large numbers Of the boiling Re-
publicans voted Tuesday the
straight Democratic ticket In close
districts. In strong Republican dis
tricts the Democrats withdrew their
candidates, with the intention OF
electng a Democratic Legislature,
which it WAS agreed should elect to
the United States Senate the inn
maculate Willard Salisbury,
Democrat of the worst type. and
Gensral James II. Wilson, a laugh
ably impotent Republican born in
Illinois.
This policy has resulted in the
loss to the Republican party of
enough close districts to prevent
the Republicans from having a two
thirds vote In the Legislature, pre-
venting the passage of a new char
ter for the city of Wilmington.
The great increase in thesmength
OF the Union Republicans in Kent
and Sussex has prevented the loss
of a Republican majority in the
Legislature. After the canvass OF
the votes today i'm the three cOun-
ties of New Castle. Kent and Sus-
sex the Republicans will have on
joint ballot at least thirty mem
bers against twenty-five Demo-
cratic. II is practically certain
ty that at least tWenty-seven Re
publicans, being n majority of the
Legislature, will go into caucus
and elect two Republican United
States senators.
Public opinion has become so
Overwhelmingly favorable to this
action thai all must submit,
Notwithstanding the clamor Of a
few boilers and their newspaper or
gans IL is possible that the Gov
ernor may think it wise to call
special session to dispose of the
matter before the convening Of
Congress.
Humanity peaking, there is no
power which can induce me TO
withdraw as a candidate whila the
two vacancies are untitled. In pass
ing we have taken away the temp
tation of Federal patronage by eX-
cising from the situation Congress
man Bail. who betrayed our conf-
dence.
Permit me to observe that the
time has come for the great Re-
publican journals TO cease misrep-
resenting Delaware Republicans.
and, If necessary. confine them
selves to the affairs of their re-
spective localities unless they as
certain the simple truth In Della
ware affairs and publish the same.
fearlessly and without perver-
sion. j. Edward Addicks.
Member Republican National Com
mittee from Delaware.
Claymont, Del. Nov. 8, 1902.
Ledger's Comment
The following editorial from q
Ledger shows what that paper thoug
of the letter:
Whether the Delaware Legisla-
ture shall be dsadlocked again or
not. there is one thing about which
there is no doubt The Democrats
elected Houston as the sole repre-
sentative OF the State. This de-
cisive result was reached owing to
the fact that the Addicks faction
placed in the field William NJ.
Byrne. former Regular. against
Congressman L. II. Ball. who had
been renominated by the Regulars.
The Republican vote was split,
and the Democrats won as a mat
ter Of course. Byrne has explain
ed his action in remaining on the
tick.h In a way which nobody haH
been able to understand. assuming
that he processes to be a Republi-
can; but in the light of election day
results explanation viii be more
difficult The Addicks faction has
always ruined where it could not
rule. and ut this election it did as