The sun., 1903-09-09
rHE DELAWARE POsrNiSTRESS.
An Authoritative statement From within
the Regular RepubllcaN Committee.

Of nal ard thu annni nj nent of
an IddicL. wo,L ar as her successor have been
vidsIy r;sors.sd NV tho metropolitnn pn pers.
and .ssrs hsws hsen comments unfair to
Senator Rail and IN the Regular Republicans
o.n.roi,,.
Tho R.,,,or porub,ica, ma ~ Dslaya have
Ind IN ,,bt an. of tho most Jesnerate battles
in American noiit;cs and in recen, wears they
hnya had nns, NJ ,ha octivo and notenlial
forccs ~ the national marty against them.
prsssurc ~ tho stron ,,est Kind hns been used
IN comne, an .diustmept os tho differences.
even thonyb nm agrecment sbould result in a
render IN Adaicks
The Regular RenubIicans sent their dele
pates to the last National Convention pledged
TO the support Of Mckinley and McKinleys
policies They had been recognized at the
previous National Convention. and hence
were in eyerv sensa regular There are several
incidents Of their rocenton that have never
had publioitv which should he set down,
The writer who was A member of the Della
wars dalauo,;on in comnanv with the other
members had n conferences with Mr.. Hanna
and vice-Chairman Payne. The latter acted
as spokesman He told our delegation that
he was not interested in the stories of Mr..
Addicks nor in his conduct OF Della ware poll
tics; he was only interested in carving Della
ware. "You talk about Mr. Addicks." said
he, but could probably tell YOU things about
him YOU never knew" He then insisted that
he would listen To nothing hut an agreement
promising success To this Mr.. Hanna lis
tened and smilinplv nodded his approval.
When our claim was presented to the Com
n,ittee on Credentials 10 became plain thatwe
had no IMPARTIAL ury. but that our fate was
sealed in advance of the presentation of our
case. The members asked many questions.
but every one OF them was directed toward
the object OF ascertaining our numerical
strength. and statements regarding the de-
bauchery of the electorate and of open de-
f,ance Of the fiat of caucus were ignored
The next day Theodore Roosevelt, then
Governor OF New York. received a body Of
our delegates. He told them that the propo-
sttion to deny them seats in the convention
was an iptolerable outrage. and walking the
floor in an aRitated manner he declared that
were IL not for the fact that he was being
forced to the front for the Vice. Presidential
nomination he would advocate the cause of
the Regular Republicans on the floor OF the
convention.
So the Regular Republican delegates came
home denied a seat in the convention, while
those personally selected by Mr.. Addicks be-
came participants in the selection OF a ticket,
and "a me home TO rejoice over their rivals.
NJ McKnlay was eected President and
yhila ba Aid ali IN his mower to secure har-
r,onr An soma roosonah,a hasis he never ot-
..n,n,oJ IN yoroo a dishonorable agreement
and IN Tho time NJ his death had never recor-
nizad Addicksism When Mr.. Roosevelt be-
=. NJ. prs.,dent tho Regn,ar Renublicans Of
naIa ,vars saIt sso,,r. but Il was not LONG
hsfor, thew were surprised to learn that he
Nd .,rr. n "a ri The factional differences
40. Us ,..s snno,rnr snu.hhis and he detsr-
..;a.S ~ .rd i, IN .hart ordar II hecame
nnawn that radaraI orsoebolders were or
r.o+od ~ ,o,a M n.rt IN nolitics that might
S.ssoI ~ ~ tn AddJcks. In other
,ro-ds thasa n,,hl;c servants came to under.
..ond .hat thsv had haan muvzled
Ms..nhu. yohn Tduord Addicka had 1ona
., ,ha whit. House and had demanded oS the
pr.sid.nt tho r,oht to maize all of the Federal
sa,a.-snt. tor noIaworo
"p ~ a.n.. Nv :. ldd;nhs " s.;d Tho pros;d.n,
an. 20. Wv ~, 49, a,sinta taras,ad ,,arsan
aha,, ,naka am tho Observation-Disclosures
,sa.n,,, s. NJ lddinL. anagastad Aha
.nnnintroant y, Iohn Hum the (lovernor
~ s.aI a,s.-,h,,.;na aan, snd Tho presi'
- T.. L,,L go
Noa a. Z. ,rsIl tnown that c.ovornor p,rr
a., W. ,',ost .,,hsory;an+ tooI that Addioka h,.
arar had and Tint ha bss not ma,le a single
srraintn tn,an. IN nslawara .ccantahla tn The
pse~Isr a.nmh,ioan. Tha pres,dsnt had
smnI. r.sna of knnwino bia record. and
<haroSora uhan this pAwa came tn Dalawara
tbs peo,,ar Renuhl,cans felt that thew had
haen deserted nv the Administration
Then CANA the anpointment OF ". M. Byrne
a. T1nitad States District Attorney The
presidant intimatsd In the Regular Repuh.
Toan Ie.dsrs AZ that time that he had de-
o;ded to recooni,e Addicks in his annoint-
80 p,.-n ~ hn.n ,ar,aa ns or
menus Ml. nyFhe t,au oeeh natneu as ah
ardent Regular. but he had been named for
Congress in order to defeat the Regular
norotnse Dr. RalI now United states Sena-
T 90. n,,".,i,atoI,- haoay,o ~
toi; Mr. nyrne lihneolaaly oecame an
Addicks advocate and resigned his place
aa,ua.s Sor Conorass Hs succeedad with
the help OF ereat corruption luno' III ul-
was elected and represents Delaware to-day.
"nS ..eu :. a au tha. vp .ha p-.sidan, nnoint,d
Ahen ~ was 'hno sno fios1". Ts n]ppOu ]
him to his OLD place as Dlstrlct Attorney.
Notwithstanding that charges had been pre-
ferred apainst him such as subsequently
s - Ia;;,,, Corn,,t...a 20 ~ O.
causeo tne 'uoic'aiy Cotii'i'''eo Va 'ho oeh-
ate to reject the nomination.
Tho Administration can take much Of the
oradit for the election NJ our two Senators
go, 49, ~. ...nt 1,,o,,,uo ~ ,.r,ha
lhere was eohsIti' pressure oh Wehoers ol
the Legislature from members or the Ma
tional Committee Cabinet officers, Senator'S
,na trnr, ths praa;d,pt bjr,soIf As +, ,,,s
ana .I.,. IT. -. a,.l'. n,,tham. ra,n;, .a