Evening journal., 1896-07-10
SCOOPED THE MEETING
Addicks, Ewart aud Guthrie
Made a Bolt.
MILL OaEEK FIRM FOR REaULARs

Special Committee Underworld to do
Some Dirty Work and was Promptly
Suppressed By tho PartY-Addiok
Not Given an Opportunity TO Deliver
HIS spooon-Held a Little Indignation
Meeting Outside the Hall.
]. Edward Addicks had tho tables
turned on him out IN Mil Creek hundred
last evening and the incident le sfording
considerable merriment for local poll
| ticians. Some days ago large posters
we're printed announcing a Reoublcsn
meeting In Odd Fellows Hall at Hockss-
ain. The only speRker named was J..
Edward Addicks, and bis name figured
in big display typo.
When the meeting was called TO order
last evening there we're over 200 men
In the room Il soon bscame evidont
that the regular Republicans had packed
tue Addioks meeting for they showed
under tbs Addicks candidate for chair.
man OF the meeting. prevented the gas
king from making his speech and forced
him and his hfteos or twenty followers
out OF the meeting
After their departure the meeting
endorsed the Regular Republican State
Convention to bs held at Georgetown,
aud speeches donunclatory OF Addicka
were made BY Philip Garrett, DR., l..
Helsler Ball, Dr. John Ball. Richard G.
Buckingham. Archibald Armstrong aud
Francis Stanley. Sr
why Addioks BoIted.
About six weeks ago q mesting was
called aud held In the shop Of Alexander
Guthrie to consider a plan Of compro
mise 10 bring together the two factions.
At that meeting . COMMITTEES OF three
was appointed-Alexsuder Guthrie, s.
Frank Ewart and Cornelius Hhrrigan--
to walt on the other two voting districts
OF the hundred and get togsther q com
Mite, Of nine to walt on ex-senator Big
gins and Mr.. Addicks. and 60 call to-
gsther a meeting OF the Republicans OF
the whole hundred TO discuss ways and
means 20 bridge over the d!fhculties be.
tween the two factions. Instead Of
doing that this committee Of three took
It upon itself the authority to Gall q
meeting Ia Hookessin aud asking J. Ed
, ward Addicks 20 be present. to the ex-
cluslon OF any prominent regular Repub
/ llcAu from outside the hund red.
: The meeting was called Tor 8 o'clock
: last evening. at 8 03 DR.. John Ball
,. arose and nominated b. Frank Groves,
: ant. .Addlcks man. for chairman The
question WAS pat aud Groves was
q elected.
In tho meantime Ewart had coms intC
4 tho hall with Mr.. Addicks There wat
no demonstration OF any kind whom Ad
dicks entered or when no took bis sea-
a on the platform.
Ewart objected to The election OF
j. chairman by the meeting He said tina
q he had hesn elected chairman Whel
asked by whose authority be said b.
"a authority OF tho committee Ihon th
~ regular Republicans objected, saying tha
n It was customary for tue meeting 10 cleo
~ It's own chsirman. This positive decia
d ration was followed by cries Of "Groves.
- "Groveel'
q Ewsrt then played the baby act L
! perfection. he said hs rented the hal
a. aud paid for It and that tho meeting wa
belug held on his private property.
~ Ia response to that the regular Repub
A. llcans said that they would only be rules
N over by chairman o. their own selec
tiou and declared that Groves mad bee
elected
is Dr.. John Ball called for rising vote
Ewart did not wait for the count to b
Df made, but, Ia company with Addicka AM
II | Guthrie, bolted the meeting.
)1 The meeting then organized wit
or Groves as chairman, and after th
g several speeches above enumerated, tl
ls, following resolutions we're adopted:
sn Resolved, That the Republicans (
,e. Mil Creek hundred fully endor8e th
nd sctlon OF tho Republican State Contri
nt Committee as Published la It's address
us July A. and
I'd Resolved further that II is the dui
OF Of all loyal Republicans to use their be-
al exertions to send their best representa-
z tivss to .he Republican State Conventio
or at Georgetown on July 49,
lrs Then the meeting adjourned.
an After Addicks EWart and Guthrie hl
n bolted the mestlng they went across q
al road and held An open-air indignatic
he meeting They had fifteen auditors, Il
of whom were Democrats.
The rsguler Republicans subsequent
met and named the following Sta
10 Convention ticket Delegates. Jol
lay Dennison and John Burgess; alternate
Ds John Walker and Philip L Garrett.