Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho kaha tonu a Waddell i roto i te Rōpū Manapori i muri i tana hinganga, ka noho hei kaikorero nui mo te kaupapa torangapu me te kaupapa. He karere ia ki ngā Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Manapori i
I te tau 1880, i tautoko ia i te Union General Winfield Scott Hancock mo te perehitini, a, he mema ano hoki ia o te komiti papa. I te tau 1888, he kaitono-i-te-nui ia, a, i tirotirohia mo te kaupapa perehitini a Grover Cleveland. I te tau 1896, ko ia ano, he karere i te 1896 Democratic National Convention. A, i te tīmatanga o tētahi pakanga mō te Runga Rawa o te Pākehā puta noa i te āhua, i te tau 1898, ko Waddell i mua, i Wilmington.