The daily Republican., 1902-10-27
Will He Leave Election in the
Hands of Friends of
the President?
WOULD MAKE Big CHANGE.
Statements Of the Situation in
Delaware From Var
ious Sources.
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL,
Regular Republicans Look
Tor Knockout to Union Re-
publicans in Sussex.

The last week of the campai gn
has opened and Delaware is face tc
face with very muddled political
situation. Regular and Union Re
publicans are united on two State
offices, on the New Castle County
Offices, on most Of the Legislative
nominees in New Castle, but are at
loggerheads on the Con gressman
and on Kent and Sussex County
and Legislative tickets. The Demo
Gratis profess hopefulness.
A sensation Of the day is the ru-
'mored withdrawal Of j. Edward
Addicks. According to the story,
Mr.. Addicks made this statement to
prominent Republicans:
so far as / am concerned, the
election of the Republican ticket in
Delaware is now in the hands of
the friends of the President"
The statement is open to various
constructions, one of which is Mir.
Addicks means to leave the fight in
the hands of the Regulars The
Latter are, however, inclined not to
believe that Mr.. Addicks has decid-
ed to abandon the field.
When Walter H. Hayes was ask
ed concerning the alleged statement
he said:
" know nothing about it more
than was published in the morning
papers.
Magistrate Francis S. Bradley
said: $50 far as l know it is 80. If
che Regulars want to turn the
State over to the Democrats let
them 60 ahead. Every effort has
been made to keep Delaware Re
publican, now then why oppose the
Regulars from turning it over to
the Democrats"
MIR. ADDICKs OUT OF TOWN.
Mr.. Addicks himself was was not
In Town, and it is understood that
his paper, The Sun. will make no
state ement on the subject to day.
The DAILY REPUBLICAN is inform
ei, however, by the gentleman with
whom Mr.. AddiCks cOnversed, tina
he made the statement attributed
to him.
just exactly what he meant by
the statement is not determined.
For instance he may have meant
that it was up to the Presidents
friends to take Ball off the ticket.
Or he may have meant that he
would keep hands off for the rest Of
the campaign.
q. MIR. FORD'S VIEWS.
A reporter OF This paper asked
Peter j. Ford for an impression
concerning the probable effect on
the Democratic party in Delaware
If }. Edward Addicks should with
draw from active participation in
politics as suggested III tho morning
papers.
IN the first place. said Mr.. Ford,
81 very much ioubt whether Mr. .
Addicks has any intention to With !
draw, par,ic llarly at tins stage. 1t |
doesn't seem like thing he would /
do. You remember the statement /
that he intended to splir from the /
county ticket, named at the COM
mon primaries. We Were after
ward told that The statement was
put out to set Republicans to think
ing, ana meant nothing serious.
'"TAen we had the extra session
of the Legislature nonsense. Prob
ably this talk of Mr.. Addicks' with
drawal is a third of Il series of
thought provoking announcements.
But if he should Withdraw from
politics in Delaware the effect is
easy to fOrerell. The politicians
would be disappointed III their ex-
pectations OF hanlling his money
in this campaign, and Democrats
would have that much less to con-
tend with. 1t would be an ilnlnedi-
alto advantage to the Democrats,
but the secondary effect Of his with
drawal would be the healing of the
breach which AIR. Adlic!ls has made
III the Republican ranks. With
him out OF it, the Democrats in
future. campaigns would have to
fghta united Republican party i'll
stead of one torn and rent by lac.
tipns."
THINK IT Ei.uisN
Mr.. Adlicks' statement, maie to
Appointment Sussex County Demo
crat about two weeks ago, that he ,
was sixty -one years of age Oh Il Ger
tain date, aud that he would stay in
fight until he was one hundred and
one, does not accord very well with ;
the rumor chat h has Withdrawn
from the fight. The general opin-
ion seems to he that this Is another :
bluff, number 67342b, rs il promi~ p;
nent Democrat expressed it this ,,
morning. !,
James W. Robertson, when asked j..
concerning the story, disclaimed all :
knowledge Of it, and refused to =
make any statement whatever. j.,
Election Commissioner Edwards
remarked that if it were true, he 4
believed that the people would show :
that they could elect their men by =
their own efforts, unassisted by !,
Mr., Addick's. {
!; BYRNE CANCELS A DATE. C
William Michael Byrne has con. t
celed his engagement to address a il
mass meeting beyond Third Street +
Bridge this evening and has gone to Il
Phi adelphfa to attend the meeting G
q the United Irish League, which is Il
being hsld 10 the Academy Of Music d
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