The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-26

train one Of the Boston men made this
statement, at the request of AddickS,
who had been approached by some cor
respondents:
MIR. Addicks is now resident of
Claymont and has been for eleven
years. This last fall he voted there for
Harrison. He has always been an
earnest Republican, contributing freely
to the party's success.
HE has never been actually fdentf-
fed with the politics of Delaware. He
feels that there are many existing
laws that are burdensome and should
be modified. To that end, and having
arrived at a time of life when he has a
little leisure on his hands, he wants to
apply a portion Of his efforts to a
reformation of the laws by insuring
the success of the Republican party"
Building Up His Party.
There was no senator to be elected
in 1891, but the session of the general
assembly found Addicks on hand. He
and his friends kept adding to their
following.
Then came the election of 1892, when
the Democrats secured control of the
general assembly, and at the session of
1898 George Gray was returned to the
senate. But Addicks kept on building
up his personal party, or his new and
SCnlSludlIC y, DIS former senator
Higgins puts it.
He went all over the state, and by
the time the election of 1894 arrived
he had considerable following in Kent
and Sussex. He had methods of his
own in making friends.
When the returns for the election
were 1n-tWo days after the contest at
the polls-Addicks discovered that he
had six supporters out of a total of
ninGfQ0O Ppn11h1i0onc 10 h.
general assembly.
When he went to Dover at the OPEN
ing of the session of the assembly of
1895 he had six votes. He refused to let
his six men go into the caucus and be-
gan to fight against the election of
anybody but himself to the Senate, al
though Anthony Higgins, whose term
was about to expire, stepped aside as
a candidate and his friends offered a
choice Of eight or ten other Republi-
cans to the six men who were defying
majority rule in their own party.
Finally Addicks lost one of his six
on the last day Of the session, and he
knew that he would lose another The
assembly was adjourned in the middle
of the morning session, and then it was
that the four remaining Addicks men
signed a compact to stick by Addicks.
Over 200 Ballots Taken.
But Acting Governor Watson, the
Democratic speaker of the senate, who
had never taken his seat as senator
after the death of Gov. MarviI, went
into the joint session and made it nee
essary to have sixteen votes for a SEN
ator. More than 200 ballots were TAX
en- before the hour of adjournment
came and Delaware had its first sena-
torial vacancy because four Republi-
cans stood against fifteen Republicans.
AS result of this performance the
Republicans began to drift apart, and
Addicks and his men f1ocked by them
selves. When the state convention of
1896 was held the Addicks forces were
in control and attempted to set aside
the party rules that had been in force
for twenty years as to apportionment
of the convention delegates, etc.
Finally the anti-Addicks Republicans
from New Castle county and some
from Kent and Sussex left the conven-
ton and held convention of their
own. These men sent a delegation to
the ST. Louis national convention and
they were seated. They were then
known as the regular Republicans, al
though they had bolted.
The split in the convention brought
about the formation of the Union Re-