The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-06-13

tniS state ana no district delegates. the
entire state being embraced In one con-
gressional district One Of the delega-
tions. claiming to be the regular one.
is headed BY ex-senator Anthony Hig-
gins and the other by ]. Edward Adj
dicks. The contest has aroused much
interest on account OF the prominence
OF the leaders and the sharp contest
which has been wsged between them
for years, as well as because Of the
events OF the campaign which has re-
suited In the present contest.
The time for the presentation OF this
case was increased to 20 minutes for
each side. Higgins presented the main
argument on behalf Of his delegation.
maintaining the regularity Of the pro-
ceedings In the case Of that delegation
and the irregularity Of the other con-
vention. He asserted that OF the 100
delegates In the Addicks convention. %
were chosen by irregular and dlshon-
orable means. These were from the
city Of Wilmington and were elected
through bribery.
"As between republicans" continued
Higgins, this might not be q proper
matter for discussion, but J. Edward
Addicks 10 no republican,; he Is
a political bandit and he has
no place here nor In any other decent
political society,"" As proof OF this as
sertion. he charged Addicks with de-
feating the election OF United States
senator by conspiring with democrats
and populists In that body. Addicks
had no more rights here than would
have either Senator Hill. Senator Cor
man or Senator Vest or any other dem
ocratic leader.
Higgins was followed by Washington
Hastings, who declared Addlcks was
consumed by an ambition to be United
States senator an Office for which Has
tlngs declared Addicks had not one
qualification. He also charged Addicks
with having defeated the election of a
republican senator from Delaware.
DR.. Layton spoke for Addicks, depre-
eating the washing Of dirty linen be-
fore the committee. He asserted that
the state had been hopelessly democrat
ic until 1889. when Addicks came to the
rescue by furnishing the financial aid
for defeating the democrats. II was
through his assistance that Higgins
had been elected to the senate. II was
therefore an impertinence on the part
of Higgins to speak as he had spoken.
Mr.. Layton contended for the regulari-
ty of the convention that chose the Ad-
dicks delegation. asserting that the
Higgins delegation was chosen by
boiling convention.
Mr. Addicks, speaking for himself.
said he had been a republican since the
days Of Lincoln, for whom he had vot-
ed. and he had been a republican voter
In Delaware for 19 years. Il made An
thony Higgins senator and / whipped
him; hence these tears" exclaimed Mr..
Addicks.
Replying Mr.. Higgins denied that
Addieks had had anything to do with.
his election and declared he had never
heard Of him unsil the day after the
election, when Addicks had announced
himself as a candidate for the senate.
Before that time" he said. 3" had
never seen or heard of him, and he
comes here, the moral idiot that he Is,
to make an appeal to you. the elect Of
the great republican party, to sustain
him." He asserted that Addicks had
elected his delegates to the convention
by open fraud and bribery. Mr.. Hig-
I gins admitted. In response to inquiries
! from the committee. that the Addicks
convention was regularly called and
convened, but said II was irregular in
| its proceedings. He said also that his
convention was q boiling convention.
The committee then went into execu-
brief remarks. Senator Thurston re-
! hearsed the part Mr.. Addicks had
taken in defeating Mr.. Dupont In Sc
curing a seat In the senate, saying he
would not vote for Adicks IL convinced
that the presidency depended upon
Addicks' success. He closed with a
motion to seat the other five delegates
of the Addicks delegation.
Mr. Wilson, member of the delega-
tlon, appealed to the convention to rig
orously rebuke the bribery and corrup-
tion which had been prac.iced In the
state.
Mr. Thurston replied that he would
vote against seating the delegation In
the convention, but his opposition here
was directed against Addicks, who had
branded himself as a traitor to the re-
publican party. Mr.. Yorkes of Ken
lucky supported Mr.. Thurston. calling
attention to the fact that no denial
should he made by Adidcks of the
charge of bribery. Mr.. Sutherland NOV
ed that a special committee be ap-
pointed to investigate the entire case.
Mr.. Evans OF Missouri made the point
that the committee was In no sense part
OF the convention and that, while he
agreed with what Mr.. Thurston had said.
he moved that the committee express its
sense that Addicks was not entitled 10 a
seat and that the contest be refe'iel to
the convention. Senator Carey moved to
seat the Higgins deleg a.lon.
The proceedings In tie committee were
of a very earnest nature. Half the mem
bers Of the committee made spec ,hcs and
all of them spoke earnestly. senator
Carey's motion was voted upon and lost.
l0-39. Mr.. Evans motion was amended 20
as to read: THE committee declines to
seat the Addicks delegation and refers
the entire matter of the representation
from the state Of Delaware to the conven-
tion." Sutherland moved to amend by
making the resolution read: The CON-
mittee declines to seat either delegation"
The amendment was agreed to and the
resolution adopted by vote of IL 20 ?.
The Arizona contest was next con-
sidered. The contestants In this case
were McCord. Cleveland. Ford. Wright,
Alters and Dorrington. and the contest
ees. Christy, Stoddard. Dunlap. Gamer
on. Mahoney and Zabriskie. The con-
testees are for Mckinley. while the con-
testants are for various other delegates.
including Allison. Reed and Morton.
After hearing evidence the committee
voted to award half vote to each Of
the two delegations.
The contest OF Walker. a Reed man,
against Smith. for Mckinley. for one OF
the seats Of the Fifth Alabama district,
was taken up and decided I'm favor Of