The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-13

st. Louis, June 12.-"I would not vote
for j. Edward Addicks IL his vote were
needed to make the next president of
the United States" This declaration,
uttered by Senator Thurston, of Ne
braska, at half-past ten o'clock tonight.
as he stood in the centre Of his fellow
national committeeman, with uplifted
arm and closed fist, was the climax of
one of the most sensational scenes ever
witnessed in meeting of a similar body
on the eve of national convention.
For two hours previously the commit
tee had been listening to the presenta-
tion of the cases of the rival delegations
from the state of Delaware. Person.
alities were freely exchanged in the
presentation of the respective cases be-
tween ex-senator Higgins. State Chair
man Caleb II. Layton and Mr.. Addicks
himself, but 1t was not until the parties
In interest had retired that the storm
broke forth. Then Senator Thurston,
first gaining the floor, commenced an
impassioned speech. He reviewed the
evidence ELECTED in the Dupont contro-
versy before the United States senate
and declared that 1t exposed state of
affairs unprecedented in the history Of
any state Republican party in the coun-
try. Addicks, he said, had been proven
traitor to the cause of Republicanism.
When that party had forty-four sena-
tors in the capitol at Washington and
but one more was needed to give 1t the
majority of votes over the Populist-
Democratic element, 1t was Addicks,
who, by the aid of a Democratic gov
ernor. had brought about a deadlock
and prevented Delaware from receiving
it's proper representation in the senate
of the United States.
"Talk to me of honor and decency In
politics." said the senator. II tell you
here and now that would not vote for
j. Edward Addicks If his vote were
needed to make the next president OF the
United States, and If the necessity de-
mands I will repeat that statement
upon the floor of the national conven-
tion."
APPLAUSE RECEIVED.
Two rounds of applause, the first
| demonstration of the kind that had
marked the proceeds of the committee
| followed the Nebraska senator's decla-
ration.
When the rival delegations, headed
respectively by Higgins and Addicks,
We're ushered into the committee room,
the excitement on the part of the COM
mi.teemen was intense, and they
moved their chairs forward until they
| formed a semi-circle about the contest
ants and the presiding officer. With
out preliminary, ex-senator Higgins
plunged into the case in behalf of him.
| self and his associates. Mr.. Addicks
sat close beside him and at times II
looked as though the two men might
come into personal collision, especially
as Mr.. Higgins denounced Addicks as
the principal of a conspiracy against
law and honor and as man who re-
garded neither.
Mr.. Higgins was followed by Wash
ington Hastings, who was equally en-
phatic. Turning to Addicks, who sal
with a sarcastic smile on his face, ht
shook his finger under his nose and ejac
ulated: "This man Is governed by
base and selfish ambition. ! say 1t t.
his face as I have said it before. His
name is Addicks. Little as he under
stands the language of gentlemen, M
doubtless understands what l say
Addicks made no response.
Numerous speeches and motions
were made, all taking the grounds thai
Addicks was not a Republican anc
| would not be recognized as such.