Evening journal., 1903-02-09
NOW UP TO THE
DEMOCRATS
They Have the Power to DE
feat Him or Bolster His
Cause
special to the Evening Journal.

Special to the EVemnB JouIhdA'
Dover. Feb. 9-The Regular Re-
publican Assemblymen will no longer
be held responsible for the election OF
two United States Senators with j..
Edward Addicks in or out of the race.
Neither do the Regulars have to face
all the perplexing questions, take rough
talk from their constituents and open
countless letters of threats, prayers and
arguments.
In fact. the whole situation, now, IS
up to the Democrats. The Regulars
cannot without stultifying themselves
enter an Addicks caucus to do the bid
ding OF Addicks on both senatorships,
and they have given it out that they
cannot elect a Democrat AS seven, or
at least six of the ten are supposed to
be pledged against Addicl1s, the only
thing the Regulars can possibly do
when they assemble here today and
again take up the senatorial struggle, is
to fight for two vacancies.
In Democratic Hands.
The Democrats, therefore, now hold
the balance Of power They have Of
lfered the Regulars to support their long
term nominee, leaving the short term
open. and in this way defeat the mill
lionaire gasman. This offer is held up
! by the Regulars because it would give
them only one senatOrship and forever
drive away the luke-warm Addicks Re-
publicans and the want-to-wins who
might lend valuable aid in the Presi-
Dental campaign that is to come.
The Democrats, therefore, have al
most the whole responsibility. And
they are being pulled and hauled about
as though they were the majority party
lwhere they only have twenty-one Of
fifty-two members.
IF it is right to vote for one Regular
for four years, why is it not right to
elect another one for two years rather
than leave a vacancy that would expire
before the next Legislature had ad-
jcurned?" is the question thrust at the
Assemblymen from all sides.
Beat this crafty man with two
Regulars, or the Democratic party will
never be able to elect a constable in
this State" is the instruction from
democrats all over lower Delaware.
"Such perfidy will not be permitted
in Delaware as Democrats voting fol
Republican United States Senators Il
so to Washington and crush the life ou
of Democratic principles" is a threat
that comes from the Democratic League
of Wilmington.
Elect two Regulars and we won
even go near the polls to register,
comes from Bryan Democrats from
Kent county.
And, in the face of all these infu
ences, these twenty-one men must solv'
the question for themselves. The.
slept well over the situation on Thurs
day night and fourteen of them CAM
back to the capital determined to vOt
for two Regulars -Four Of them wit
told James l.. Wolcott, Charles w. Mc
Fee and former Secretary of Stat
Hughes that they would resign befor
they would vote for two Republicans
came back yesterday and one of then
meeting Mr.. Wolcott, extended his han
and said:
well, old man, I've slept over it
your contention is right and I'm dow
out of the tree. I'm prepared to do thi
thing, let the consequences be whs
they may"
Way to Defeat Addicks.
The Democrats also know that AZ
dicks cannot be defeated except by th
election Of two Regulars; that vaca1
cies are what he wants next to one {
the senatorships.
Prominent Democrats from all ov'
the State. together with leading Reg
lar Republicans will watch the joiI
sessions closely, prepared the momel
the Democrats go in for two Regulai
and elect them. thus dropping Addict
down and out. to turn things inside OF
in these legislative halls.
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