The record-union., 1896-06-17

Treiber of Arkansas, Secretary; ]. M.
Gilbert of Arkansas, Assistant Secre-
tary, and Edward Smith of Colorado,
Sergeant -at-Arms.
Nearly every member Of the commit
tee responded to the roll-call when they
reassembled at Z: 80 o'clock
Mr.. Sutherland of New York moved
that a representative of the press asso-
Citations be admitted to the sessions of
the committee, and this was carried
unanimously, all other persons not con-
nected with the committee investigation
being required to withdraw
A subcommittee reported in favor of
giving two hours for the Higgins -Ad-
dicks Delaware contest and an hour
and half to the Texas cases.
This report was antagonized by Hep
burn of Iowa, who moved that two
hours be given to each side in these con-
tests, but the proposition was defeated
by an overwhelming majority, and the
report of the committee was adopted
with one negative.
AT 8 o'clock ex-senator Higgins was
presented and proceeded to open the
case in behalf of his delegation
He repeated as emphatically as he
could that J. Edward Addicks was no
more qualified as a Republican to sit
and act in this convention than would
be Arthur P. German or David B. HILL
AS recently as 1880 Addicks had given
$1,000 to defeat a Republican candidate
for Governor and elect a Democrat, and
the proofs were forthcoming in the
fern of sworn statements of three wit
neSSeS who lived in the same house with
him in Philadelphia. and to whom he
bOaSted of the fact. He declared that
as a result of the conspiracy between
Addicks and the Democratic party in
the last election the Republicans of
Delaware had lost a Governor and a
United States Senator. No question of
principle was involved, assuming that
this man had any principle He sim
Fly claimed to own the State. Repub-
Hcanism had no place in his repertoire
Would the committee give this man a
clean bill of hetaltn? Would it con-
done his crime that he could go home
and elect himself to the United States
Senate? 1t would mean the destruction
of the Republican party in Delaware
for this thing to be done. He begged
the convention not to put upon them
this unspeakable shame. AS for Ad-
dicks associates, they had chained
themselves 20 his political and personal
fortunes, and were entitled to 10 credit
Addicky had no moral conception, no
idea that there was Il man above ground
that was above being bought. That was
his ethical position; that was the kind
CT creature that the committee and the
opposite faction in Delaware had to deal
with. Would the committee give him
recognition? He begged and entreated
it not to do so.
Michael J. Murray opened for the Ad-
dicks side. He protested against the
personalities that had been INDUCED
In, and insisted that the question should
be fought out on the strict issues in the
case 1t was not necessary to take up
time in defending Mr.. Addicks-he
needed no defense.
This brought out so much applause
that the Chairman was compelled to
give notice that no demonstration in
behalf of one side or the other would
be tolerated.
Mr.. Murray went on to say that the
charges that Mr.. AdGicks was a Dem
ocrat, or that he had given money to
aid the Democratic cause in Delaware,
was absolutely false.
DR.. Caleb r. Layton, one of the Ad-
dicks delegates, and who was Chair
man of the Delaware State Convention,
spoke briefly. He disclaimed having any
iIl-will toward Senator Higgins, but
declared that he and the young Repub-
licans of Delaware demanded the right