Evening journal., 1904-11-11
UNIONS AGREE
To DROP ADDICKS
FOR A REGULAR
Colonel DUPONT Said to be
Choice of Both Factions
for Senator
LEGISLATORS REACH AGREEMENT
In Short Time Meeting Will
be Called When Harmony
VIII Be Cemented

be Called When Harmony
Will Be Cemented
Instead of j. Edward Addicks going
to the United States Senate it now APP
pears as il Colonel II. A. DUPONT would
be elected to that position OF honor
land that in the future there will be
harmony and but one Republican party
In Delaware. Ii is a fact well known
TO the Republican leaders that the
Regular Republicans of this county
contributed the money necessary for
the legitimate campaign expenses IN
Kent and Sussex county and that with
lout it the campaign in the lower coun-
ties could not have been carried on
Under a dispatch from New York in
the Philadelphia Lodger this morning
the situation is summed up as follows.
Word was received fn this city to-
might by friends of John Edward Ad-
dicks the unsuccessful aspirant for "A
I United states Senatorship from tho
/ State Of Delaware, that he has been
thrown overheard by United States
Senator j. Frank Alice and Secretary
of state Caleb r. Layton. of that Com
monwealth, his erstwhile heutenants.
land that Colonel Henry A. DUPONT. OF
! Wilmington, the powder magnate and
head of the anu-Addicks Republicans
land pronounced enemy Of Addlcks, win
be elected to the office which the latter
has fought for so long. Il is a sensa-
tional ending to a sensational chapter
of events. and marks the downfall. in
a political sense at least. Of a man who
has spent probably half amillion dolalrs
i'm his futile quest for Office"
Story Caused Surprise.
The story caused some surprise here
lamong those who are on the outside.
Those i'm close touch with Republican
affairs have known for sometime that
! lAddicks had been eliminated from Dell
r aware politics. The Union Republicans
! were eager for party harmony and
3 agreed with the Regulars on any
scheme which would bring Il about ir
{ this State. Frequent conferences wer,
{ held before the election and II is sait
3 that the twenty-five Union Republican
] members Of the Legislature from Kenl
Z and Sussex counties agreed to join with
] the nine Regular Republican legisla-
E tors from New Castle county to elect
] Colonel DUPONT to the United States
Senate for the full term Of six years
: This was considered the best way "a
] bring about harmony permanently
Ii was with the understanding that
! Addicks was not 10 be voted for by the
2 men elected that the Regular Republ-
2 can candidates In Kent and SUSSEX
2 counties were drawn off the ticket.
Could Not Conduct Campaign.
After the Unions We're assured Of one
ticket they found they could not carry
the election as there was not cent o
money to pay the legitimate campaign
! expenses. Seeing then the plight tn,
l Regulars here went to the aid of IN,
J down State Republicans.
In speaking about the terms Of thi
agreement the Ledger story says:
when the Regulars asked for evi
dences of good faith, the Senator an,
lSecretary of State, it is declared
pledged the support OF every Union Re
publican nominee for the Legislature
for any man whom the former shoul,
g select for the Senatorship. This wa
satisfactory 10 the Regulars leaders.
Under this agreement the majoTit.
e of the separate Regular Republican
e candidates for the General Assembly Il
K Kent county were withdrawn at tn
last hour. thus making the election O
q the Unions that much easier join
Republican ticket had previously bee
y agreed upon in Sussex.
"a further understanding was reach
= ed that after the election Of the anti
Addicks Senator that the Republica
y party in Delaware will be thorough
. lreorganized in every town. city an
county" and that the Union Republi
can faction which Addicks has bui
up at such great cost will be no NOR
1T is admitted that the Regular Re
lpublicans will decide upon Colonel Du
Pont for the Senatorship. In fact.
was tentatively agreed at the confer
D. lence last Saturday in Wilmington ths
he would be selected.
n FOLLOWING this deal Messrs. ALE
and Layton went to Philadelphia whei
they met Addicks They remained wit
, him all day and a part of Monday !
the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. It wi
be remembered that neither of the me
prominent I'm the deal ever dclared IN.
Addicks would be elected United stat,
Senator They said the state won
be Republican. The organization
k Kent county is controlled by Senat,
re All; that in Sussex by Secretary Ia,
,si iton. without these men being hear
N lily for him Addlcks could not be elec
,e ed to any position.
N, "The triumph Of the DuPonts ovI
:. Addicks Is complete. When the lattl
:, first held up the Delaware LegisB
- ture in 1895 Colonel Dupont was Will
~ in one vote Of "a majority. but he w;
not GWEN certificate because Actr
Governor Watson, Democrat. who hs
succeeded TO the Governorship fro
y" Speaker pro TEN. of the Senate by re,
son of the death of Governor Mary
ga Republican. presided over the Joint A
On sembly on the final day. It was a
legged that this was illegal. Colon
", Dupont took his credentials to Il
ol United states Senate. and there Az
OF dicks was particularly active in lobb.
Ill ling against him. The Senate by
close vote refused to seat the claimar
" incfe then a bitter feeling has exist
he between the respective leaders"
he When Addicks. Senator Alice ai
he Secretary Of state Layton wore ask
ng about The story today they an refus