Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-08
Democrats Hopeful of Carrying
Delaware This Year.
ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE
The Campaign Will Be a State
and Local One.
From Philadelphia Times

From Philadelphia Times
The election of two Democratic United
States Senators to give Delaware her
full representation at Washington. the
elimination of J. Edward Addicks from
politics of this State and the realign-
ment of united Democracy in Della
ware is the policy adopted bv the DEM
ocrats of the State and formally an
nounced at the meeting of the party
followers of Kent county at Dover last
Friday.
Sussex and New Castle will follow
the example of Kent. so the leaders of
both the old anu new Democracy say,
and the State will be swung back to the
Democratic moorings from which it has
drifted. That is the purpose of the
campaign mapped out by State Chair
man Wizard salisbury. ex United States
Senator r. r Kenney and other DEM
ocratic leaders, and they have opened
their fight with such show of strength
/ that the party workers in all three
counties are enthusiastic 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 entangle-
ments in il. Democratic State Chair
man Salisbury says, and in this posi-
tion he appears to have the active sup
port of all the party leaders in the
State. They feel that the State can be
redeemed from the blight that Addicks-
ism has put upon it and are determined
to again have Delaware represented at
Washington by men like Senators Bay
ard. Salisbury, Gray and others who
brought so much credit to the State.
The meeting at Dover Thursday which
Senator Kenney, John F. Salisbury
and other State leaders addressed was
remarkable for its large attendance and
enthusiasm. The keynote of the speech
es was anti -Addicksism, and the reso-
lutions 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 en-
list in the fight and the honor of the
State is to be the campaign slogan.
The Legislature TO be elected IN No.
vember will have 52 members, II Sen.
ators tof whom ! hold over and 50
members of the House of Representa-,
tives. 1t will take 81 votes to elect a
Senator on joint ballot instead of Is
votes, which was the requisite number
prior to the adoption of the new Con-
stitution of 1897, when the Legislature
had only 30 members The terms of
the Senators to be elected will expire in
1905 and 1907 The State is now with
out representation ut Washington ex-
cept in the person of Congressman Ball,
who is an anti: AddIcks Republican,. and
To whom President Roosevelt has given
the distribution of all the patronage of
the State. much to the disappointment
of MIR. Addicks. Senator Gray's term
expired in 1898. and the vacancy has
not yet been filed. Senator Kenney's
term expired March 18th. 1901, and since
that date Delaware has been unrepre-
sented in the United States Senate. No
other State in the Union has ever been
SO peculiarly and unfortunately situ-
ated.
| EX. Senator kenney and Democratic
State Chairman Willard salisbury, who
We're the caucus nominees for the two
vacancies for last year, and who each
received % votes all during the bitter
contest. which lasted from January 10Th
to March Sth. will again be candidates
for the Senatorship. Thus far no other
names have been mentioned, and the
party leaders seem TO have united upon
them as the strongest men they can put
forth.
There will be plenty of candidates
for the Republican nomination i'll op-
position to J. Edward Addicks. Gen
James Ii. Wilson, Col. Henry A. du
Pont, Harry II. Richardson of Dover;
Dr. Hiram r. Burton of Lewes, Lieut.
Gov. Philip Cannon. Gov John HUM
and Manlove Hayes of Dover. are all
mentioned as candidates. Addicks is
already hard at work. aud his campaign
i being managed by Walter Hayes
of this city. Secretary of State Caleb II.
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
nd one Democrat from Sussex, so the
followers stand five t. two against Adj
dicks
1t is now just II years ago, in March.