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Star Correspondence Of tlazettn nnd .Io,rn,,
DOVER, Jan. THE etate capital IA
AGAIN niied 70 overlooking tonight. All
the senatorial candidates are here
Massey, snithera, Treat, Higgins Wiliig,
Iceland ana Adaicks, the Last of whom
came Gown by the evening train. But
up 10 THIS houv there has been no time
fixed for holding senatorial oa,,cns
There Is feeling In the air, but n see,ns
be merely disem bodied shade OF feelino
that Buch CAUCUS might, could wonld
or should be held on next Wednsaaav
night and that in the present condition ~
things II would be perilouH for the Re-,
publlcan6 TO follow tho old precedept NJ
6eferrinR this cauoua until the night (next
Monday preceding the day of bRllotine
aor senator.
On tho other hand II 10 urged. tbat 10
o caucus should be held md shonid ngree
upon candidate Us carly as "Wednesday
night. something might occur TO break
tho slate before Tuesday morning Of next
week. Thus far, however, a. atated
above, the time for holding caucus re-.
mains undetermined. II Mr.. Treat opn
have his way II will be postponed until
Monday night and the intervening time
viii be utilized In keeping Dover we'll
nlled with men devoted to his interest.
who will talk NJ his candidacy In season
and out OF senson, by night and by day,
In the hurrah boys, shout for all you're
&worth style.
The disputed question 40 to whether
Mr. Smithers Ia really In tho field, aud II
90 how faf, has been definitely settled by
I That gentleman himself. In the course Of
an interview this afternoon Mr.. Smithers
explained that ne was not o candidate In
tho sense OF one who will make any OK.
ertion to secure the nomination, but ssid
he, in effect, ''if the members OF tho
Generpi Assembly shal see at, in the az.
croise Of their wisdom or their unwisdom,
and without any solicitation whatever
from me,to honor me with their suifrages.
shall accept" He added that in That
contingency he should go into the Senate
untrammeied, except by his own political
Judgment rs q Republican.
As to MIR. Massey, the indications are
chat up to this hour he has the inside
track and will go into the caucus backed
by the votes of at least Ave, and probably
six OF the members from his own county.
The best OF feeling prevails between him.
Eself and Mr.. Smithers, and such aense.
tional mattor Us was given to Whining
Son readers by "Veritas" In m afternoon
kpapef last saturday, US to MIR Massey's
Election disrnpting the party, the holding
OF indignation meetings." and more In
that strain, Is attributed here solely to
the animosity Of Beninh Watson, who
foels soro because he failed to act the
House o,erkship, To fact the historian
OF the Fishbury deal appeara TO DO tho
only man In Dover who Ia credited with
any dissatisfaction over the outlook, end
should his indignation Meeting como of
It looks % though Beniah would have to
serve individually in the double pole OF
orator and audience. His references to
hr. Riobard6on AS o "daIk horse" are en-.
tirely unauthorized by and are In fact ex.
eessiyely dihtasteful to that gentleman,
who Is not In The contest and who has NOT
tho slightest desire TO enter.
The affabie Addicks, as frank as candor
personitied on he surface, but with On
underourIent OF real purpose as hard o
read as the Eleusinian mysteries, has
reen entertaining knots Of curious mem.
y nd politicians in the rotunda Of the
e! Richardson since his arrival. Hc
..esates that he has no desii to antago.
nize any of the other gentlemen In the
held, for whom individually and colIso.
and the kindliest friendship, but he CANNOT
shut his eyes TO tho possibility of the com.
petition growing 80 keen that the Repubii
can members may find il impossiblet to unite
on any one of them, or Of least unadyis
able to do 40 because of the faosionnl
feeling which may ensue. in thai
contingency, out OF pure and
unselfsh philanthropy rarely tc
be found in these days, Mr.. Addicks
pffesa himself as a sacrifice on the altai
of party harmony. He will accept the
senatorship In tho interests Of peace ant
the preservation Of Republican Rsocn
Edancy and rejoioes In the ability to con.
tribute literally towards the maintenance
OF that ascendancy. He would earnestly
warn the Republicans of Delaware not Il
60 80 far In their pending contest as K
repeat In bind the mistake they madt
once before when they lost through fac
tionalism tho opportunity of retaining
fudge ON the State bench by bringing
about his transfer to 0 Federal court
But what Addick1 is really driving at 70
mains an open question. He auavel,
protests, however, that reports of his en-
gaging suite Of rooms In which cham
pagne corks are to be kept constantly
Popping are utterly at variance With h
oonSiBtent record as teetotaler.
Conferences were held tonight behind
plosed doors, by the Republican member
In the Hall of Representatives and by tht
democratic members In the State Hous,
parlor, on the subject of calling consti
tutional convention. The Republican
conference remained In session unit
~ 80 a. M, and was addressed by Msssrs
Smithers, Massey, Higgins, Bird, Brad
ford and Lofand. Mr.. Smithsrs spoke
at great length, the gist of bis argument
being that the province of the two house
In joint session next Wednesday mornint
will be limited strictly to che plsely min
isterial duty of ascertRining the humble
of votea cast 10 the convention election
of 1887, and that even the declaration 0
the sufficisncy or insutficiency Of that vot
by that joint session would be an uneon
sQtutional procedure. Whatever Of log
islative action may follow the mere pro
cess of computation of the vote cast, b
held, must be transacted by the house
In regular, separate session. The othe
speakers. Massey, Higgins, Bird, Brad
ford and Lpdand, TOOK more hbera
view as to the scope Of the joint sessions
authority holding that 1t was mot con
Btitutionaliy pFecluded from passing OF
the suficiency of the vote of November
1887. The conference adopted this vieV
and passed the resolutions, which ha
been submitted to tho legal gsntlemel
named for discussion, and which resolu
Itions contemplate declaration bY IN
Joint session that the vote was sufficient
In that II comprised ON indisputable ma
jonty Of the then qualified voters. Sub
sequent legislative action, based on thi
declasatlon of sutfisienoy, must b
taken by the houeeg In reRula