The sun., 1905-08-20
.IDDIcKS SE0LOuGER AFACrOR.
DELAWARE REPURLICANS DROP
rHE PERPETUAL CANDIDATE. !,

senator Alice. Leader Of Unien Faction.
Ate. supporting the "Oas Man" Tor
seventeen Years. Tells Him the Game 10
Played Out-Anlaigamation Expected.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ls.--News from Della.
rare has reached here that ]. Edward
Addcks, the perpetual aspirant for Sena.
,oral honors from that State, has lost
,he support Of the Union Republican or
gsnization and will no longer be . factor
IN Diamond State politics.
The Union leaders have stuck by Addioks
,hrouph thick and thin since his advent in
delaware politics. nearly seventeen Year,
.oo. but after the Senatorial contest Of
lat winter there was a general feeling that
The limit OF loyalty had been reached and
,hat they could no longer stand for tho
Addcks or nobody policy. The Anal break
came a week or 10 ago when Senator Alice,
who has been Addicks's chief lieutenant
IN his many Senatorial campaigns. served
notice on the perpetual aspirant that the
Union organization would not again sup
mort his candidacy and hereafter for the
narty's sake would act without regard to
biz wishes.
Senator Alice is chairman OF the Union
State committee, and II is understood that
the eighteen members Of that organi ization
are a unit in the stand taken by their CHAIR
man,
The result OF such a course upon the
future politics Of the State will be the merg-
Ing Of the two wings OF the party and tho
election of two Republican Senators In
1907 if ma jority Of the Legislature to be
elected next year is Of that faith.
r., tt,,,n Vl -
All the .ffoes last fall, selecting candidates
10 comm or primaries, and but for Addioks's
persis,ency in the contest before the lie gis-
sture wculd have elected Senator to
succeed Ball, whose term expired March I.
Addicks since the rupture with Alice,
has been doing some great campaigning
through the State in an effort to win back
the SUI pport Of the county leaders, but he 10
said to have met with little success. and the
general impression seems to be that he will
not again play any part In Delaware poll
tics.
Addicxss first appearance in the States
politics was during the campaign OF 1888,
and the long series Of contests since then
Is without a parallel in American history;
In the legislative contest which followed
bis initial campaign there. was a bitter
contest which ended in the election OF
Anthon, Higgins bv the Republicans;
In 1892 the Democrats captured the
legE'latnre ana huCuChS uOPos
temporarily sq,:elched by the election OF
Senator Gray to succeed himself. The
campaign of ls94-5 brought about a dead
lock and the "Addicks or nobody policy
produced the first vacancy. The Demo.
Gratis captured the Legislature In 1895 and
Kenney was elected. but two years Later,
when Senator Gray's term expired, Addicks
again carried the Legislature and dead
lock ensued.
There was no choice In the legislative
contest of 1901, and for the first time in it's
history Delaware was without representa-
ton in the Senate. These vacancies ex-
sted until March 5, 1908, when, under q
compromise between the two factions.
Ball, regular Republican, and Alice.
Unionist were elected. Balls term ex-
PRED last March and Addicks again sue
ceeded in bringing about deadlock, which
still exists.
With the elimination Of Addicks there
seems to be no obstacle to the complete
amale eamation OF the two Republican fac,
tions In Delaware, and II with q united
party favorable Legislature is chosen
In 1905. there win be return to the old
condit ions of selecting one Senator from
Newcastle county in which Wilmington
Is situated, and where the Regulars" are
In the majority. and the other from the
two lower counties, which the Unionists