Evening journal., 1895-05-10
A VACANT SEAT
The Legislature Adjourns
Without Electing.
ALL THE WORK OF ADDICKs.
Makes Good His Declaration of
"AddiOks or Nobody
WILL TRY AGAIN NEXT ELECTION

His Organization In Kent and Sussex
Counties and Make the Fight OF ats
Life at the Next Election, which is Now
Only Eighteen Months on whether
Right or Wrong He Made a Valiant
Fight-win Governor Watson Appointq
stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, May 10 The Republican wreck
Is complete. The General Assembly has
adjourned zine die and they have failed
to elect 8 senator. There are two causes
for 1t. The AddIcks men, at the critical
moment, refused to vote for nybody but
j. Edward Addieks; and Acting Governor
Watson exercised his constitutional
prerogstive and voted with the Demo-
Gratis, thereby making sixteen votes
necessary to elect But for this action
on his part Colonel Henry A Dupont
would have been elected The Republi-
cans threaten to carry the matter to
Washington, but the Democrats are
satisfied they can never seat him.
1t was the greatest political fight ever
waged In the historic old Delaware State
House and Its issue was watched for by
the entirs country. II had been waesd
for four months with the greatest OF
bitterness
Anthony Higgins loses his place In the
United States SenRte.l
]. Edward Addlcks loses all the money
he put into the campaign last Fall, failed
to realize his senatorial ambition, and
lost every gas bill that he had pending be
fore the General Assembly.
the Republican party has lost prestige
in the public mind; is torn asunder by
factional differences, and, eighteen
months hence win be completely dis
rupted, making Democratic success a
foregone conclusion.
II was not the Democratic plan TO
adjourn yesterday. and but for Governor
Watson's insistence the General Assem-
bly, would still have been In session He
saw the political advantage Of prompt
adjournment and ed upon It,
Your correspondent yesterd day morning
asked Senator Records about sd iourn-
ment He said:
III the Republicans do not elect
senator to day we shall probably adjourn
tomorrow. II they do elect It is likely
that adjournment will not be made until
Saturday"
Governor Watson changed all plans.
both Democratic and Republican, BY
insisting upon a refusal of the Senate to
concur in the House joint resolution
extending the time.
Addicks and Higgins Confer.
Ex-senator Higgins and ]. Edward
1 Addicks met in room 9 Of the Hotel
Richardson at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Mr.. Addicks proposed to Mr. Higgins
that be throw the Higgins votes to him
and elect him United States senator Mr.
| Addicks promised, in such an event, to
reward Mr.. higgins by allowing him
to name the governor two years hence,
and by furnishing the means to success :
| fully prosecute the campaign. Mr..
l Higgins asserted that he could not
deliver his votes to Addicks.
Newell Ball and other Addicks men
were In room 8 about II o'clock General
James H Wilson, chairman OF the BE
publican State Central Committee. ap-
penrsd among them and urged harmony.
The Addicks men would not harmonizs
In the morning Addlcks made ths prop
osition to throw his men to Higgins,
provided that Higgins could bring his
people back to him. Addicks said that
he would make every endesvor to elect
him
By that time Higgins and Massey had
made their iron n-clad agreement to stand
by Colonel Dupont to the bitter end. II
was formulated by Daniel J. Layton and
George b Hollis at the Hotel Richardson
the night before, they counting upor
securing Robbins and Brown, two Ad
dicks men. Senstor Higgins and Mr.
Massey INST yesterday morning and
riveted the bolts in James Psnnewill'i
pt1ice. They sent for Senator Handy
Representative Moore and the other
lAddicks men, and urged them, in th'
fname Of the Republican party, to drol
Addicks and 60 TO DUPONT. They re-
fused point blank.
Kddicks sent two Kent county com
mitteemen to Massey with the proposition
that IL Massey would throw the DuPon
votes TO Harry A Richardson he woulI
do the same and elect him. Massey de
. clined, and Is credited with having saii
that he did not want any Richardson ii
his.
Chairman Bach sent Senator Handy
note imploring him TO save the countr
! for Gods sake"
: Before O'Clock there was "a constAn
. coming and going Of members an,
messengers bstween the State House an
Pennewill's office and Addicks'H head
J quarters.
t Massey and Higgins were sanguine o
weauing Representatives Brown ant
: Robbins away from Addicks, but the
: had no hope of help from Senator Hanb
and Representatives Ball and Moore
J The greatest Of pressure was brought (
Z bear upon the two doubtful zones and Iii
!. was made almost unbearable for then
I but they remained firm.
Massey working for Dupont.
I At TO- 80 o'clock Bon. George v. Masse
g entered the Senate chamber and talke
!. long and earnestly with Senator Moor
: Mr.. Massey was very earnest in b
r endeavors to secure the election
: Colonel Dupont and worked indefat
Il gably all day.
d The BailotlnK Begins.
= Speaker Records dropped his gRvel !
precisely o'clock and the last act of u
u senatorial farce began From that tin
s. until the fasco ended tue gallery VI
packed aud a great deal Of the floor roo
le occupied by politicians and interests
spectators.
The Higgins Massey plan Of eampaiE