Evening journal., 1896-06-17
HIGGINS Is A WINNER.
Committee on Credentials De
clares for His Delegation.
ADDIoKs MEN ARB DEaPoNDBNT

Il ~fN"~A N"AAN tHc AAhAN 10 Nuo EtooE OF
the Uonventiou-If He Does He wm
Be FiaJed AIive-How tho Rival Dele
cations Spout the Day.
ST. LOUIS. June II. Tho Committee
on Credentials Of the Republican Ma
ticnal Convention last evening decided
to seat the anti-Addlcks deleg alton and
there Is much discomfort In the Addicks
camp.
/ At the conclusion of the presentation
OF thu cases OF tho contesting sides
motion which provided for seating the
Addleke delegation WAS put to vote
and defeated by 20 ayes to 80 nays
1 Then motion provided for the sea-
Ing OF the delegation headed bg Mr.
Higgins was put before the COMMITTEES
and carried by vote Of 81 ayes and II
nays
At s o'clock ex seDutor Higgins was
presented TO the committee and proceeded
to open the case In behalf OF his dele
CATION
Higgins Jumps on Addicks.
He repeated. as emphatioally SO he
could, that J.. Edward Addicks was no
more qualified as Republican to sit and
act IN this convention than would bs
Arthur 7 German or David b. Hill. As
recently a. 1890 Addcks had given
80 600 to defeat Republican candidate
for governor and elect Democrat, and
the proofs were Forthcoming In the form
Of the sworn statements OF three witt
nessos who lived In the same house with
him In Philadelphia, and TO whom be
boasted OF tho facts he declared that
aa result Of this conspiracy between
Addleks sna the nsmnsrst!e party IA the
laso ehciion the Republicans Of Delaware
had lost governor and a United stateu
senator No question Of pcincipla was
Involved, assuming that this man had
any principle. He simply claimed TO own
the state. Republicanism had no place
r Ia his repertoire Would tha committee
give this man a clesn bill OF health
81 would 1t condone bis crime 30 that he
could 60 home and elect himself TO the
United States Senate 10 would moan
the destruction OF the Republican party
in Delaware for this thing to be done
I he begged the COMMITTEES not to put
! upon them this unspeaksble shame.
. Chained to His Fortunes.
AS for Addlcks's associates, they had
chained themselves to his political and
7 personal fortunes and we're entitled to
= no consideration Addicks had no moral
conception; no idea that there was a man
. above ground that WAS above being
! bought. That was his ethical position
= I'll az was the kind Of creature that the
: committes and the opposite faction In
7 Delaware had to deal With. Would the
y committee give him rsceEnitionl He
: begged and entrcated II not to do so.
/ Michael j. Murray opened for the
Addicks side. He protested AZ ainst the
: pereonslities that had been INDUCED 10,
= and insisted that the question should be
!, fought out on the strict issues 10 the
!, case. 1t was not necessary to take up
! time ia defending Mr.. Addlcks-he
needed no defence. This brought out 80
much applause that Chairman Fort was
/, compelled 70 give notice that no demon
stration In behalf OF one side or the
: other would be tolerated. Mr.. Murray
: went on 70 say that the charges that Mr.
Addioks was Democrat or that he had
given money to aid the Democratic cause
q In Delaware were absolutely false
y Not Mob Of Rourhs.
70 DR.. Caleb r. Layton, one OF the Ad-
u dicks delegates, aud who was chairman
OF the Delaware state convention, spoke
i briefly. He disclaimed having any m
will toward Mr. Higgins but declared
. that he and the young Republicans OF
d Delaware demanded the right 30 meet
y Ia convention aud 10 elect thuic OWE
representatives. DR.. Layton denied EN-
4 phaticAlly that ths convention which
named delegates. Of which he was one
?, was a mob Of roughs He declared thai
a 20 gag rule was rescrted TO, bat that
. when the minority resorted to dilstory
tactics, he played Tom Resd.
% Dr. Hiram r Burton, one OF the Ad
y dicks delegates from Sussex county,
d msde a protest against the stain tha
70 had been put upon his reputation In Chi
's contest BY Mr. Higgins, who. slucs hi
a hoynotd, had been his closest friend
d Bribery at New Castle.
ID General Wilson, the retiring nstlonA
II committee member, referred 10 tn
u matter Of corruption &C the prlmaris
prior to the State Convention. He toll
o. the commit e. that in bis own township
Ia where 598 votes we're cast there wer
rs not more than twenty OF the sjorit
or who were not purchased by friends O
at Addicks. either by money outright or b
re promises Of positions
or Ia reply to questions from members o
OF the committees, Mr. Addicks said that b
be had lived In Delaware for nineteen years
be snd bad voted for Lincoln and ever
Ill Republican candidate for presidsnc
Ia | since.
AR Higgins closed for the contestants
ad Replying to DR.. Burton, Mr. Higgln
d. declared, with his hand upon his hear
Do that no matter how long soue OF thos
on the other side had been his friends
rs no matter how close they had been tc
gsthsr. when they allied themselves wit
OF Addicks. when they endorsed his Grim,
is he and they parted company
lk At 10 40 o'clock the contestees an
nd contestants retired and the commItte
d vent into executive session, when th
,g fatal vote was taken.
cAas Of squstterS Rights.
on Sr LOUIS. June 17.--In the greI
at bnboling mass Of men from the fou
'er corners OF the nstion the little contil
b gent from Delaware was swallowed q
~ lfka " atom - oand L. Il