Evening journal., 1899-01-25
FOURTEEN FOR DUPONT
Blakely and McFarlin Make
Regulars Solid Once More.
THREE MORE FRUITLEss BALLOTS
SAYS THERE WILL.
BE NO SENATOR ELECTED III
REGULARS WANT THE REsPON-
SIBIl1TY OF A VACANCY-THE
ADDlCElS DINNER.

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ADDlCKs DINNER.
Special Dispatch Evening Journal
Dover Jan. 25.-Three fruitlees bal
lots were taken to-day for United
States senator The first STOOD; Ad-
dicks, 10; DUPONT, "A; Gray 10;
Handy. g.
Messrs. Blakely AID NcFarlin
went to Colonel Henry A. DUPONT.
making the Regulars solid once more.
Messrs. Piling, Conaway and waga-
mon were absent.
The second and third balyts were
the same as the first. After the third
the houses separated.
There will be a United States sen
ator elected unless the Regulars want
the responsibility Of vacancy" said
State Senator Simeon Pennewin IN
they care to acco.t such a responsible
ity there will be no senator elected.
We prcVose to stand by j. Edward
Addicke, the nominee Of majority
Of the Republican members Of the Gen.
eral ASSEMBLY"
This declaration is the more signid.
can't because the speaker is one OF the
most conservative members Of the
General Assembly.
Another Union Republican member
Of the Senate expressed III belief yes
terday that Senator Gray would be
reelected by combination between
the Democrats and Regular Republi-
cans.
God pity Delaware il no United
States senator is elected this time. %
said ex-speaker Of the House II. II.
AlcMullen % your correspondent yes
lterday afternoon. ~ there is not, that
man will come in here again and buy
up the state, and he and Anthony Hle-
gins viii be elected and run the whole
thing.
Regular Republicans members are
now waiting for the word to break
from Colonel Henry A. DUPONT 10
Judge James Pennewill or some other
man whom they know beforehand the
Addicks men will not take up. In fact
I It is apparently as much a case Of
a Addicks OF nobody as it was four year.
I. ago
There is one thing noticeable thi:
time, and that is that, while on prin-
+ ciple the Regular Republicans and Ad-
r dioksites are as far apart as ever, there
D is not that personal bitterness exist
ing between them.
The Addicks men are 50 fearful thai
the Regular Republicans and Demo-
Gratis VII combine on Hon. GeogrS
Gray that they are using extraordinary
efforts on certain Democratic leaders
! 10 keep the Democrats from giving
Mr.. cray a solid vote.
At present j. Edward Addicls and
{ his w fe are in Boston. Their home
] luriug the Winter months is on South
p Seventh street, Philadelphia.
Jim f. Donahoe, Addicks' legisla-
tive agent who was in Philadelphis
lac: week, has returned to Lynn, Mass
E The Adcicks men made a desperate
D ,ncsf tc swing Senator Blakely intC
, i.ne for Addicks yesterday, but were
+. badly fooled by the Rising Sun states
man.
t Representative Wagamon, one Of th'
k Gray men, is confined to his home witt
the grip.
x-Setretary OF State John F
4 Saulsbury was in the State House yes
4 terday working in behaH Of the anti
Gray propaganda.
There was a rumor aloat here las
D evening that the Regular Republican,
would to-day go from DUPONT to VIII
c lis. but IL could not be ver.S1d. Stat
! Chairman Hugh C.. Browne and stat
R Secretary william H. Head cam
e down last evening and conferred witt
those members who were in town, IN
n number including Senators Shakes
peare and Knox, Speaker Of the Hous
: Theodore F. Clark and Representative
Il Burns. Kitchen, Robertson, Frizzel an
r Ewing.
Al The Union Republican leaders ar
/ nursing Senators Blakeiy and McFar
- lin. hoping to induce them 20 brea
away entirely from the Regular Re
publicans and go to Addicks, but sue
efforts viii not likely be attend
Id led with sutcess
le x-Coleceor of Port George
lg townsend, of Odessa; ex-PostmastC
- George e. Smith, Of Laurel, and Rol
80 eH G. Houston. Of Georgetown, weT
ID in town yesterday afternoon and la,
OF night helping to hold up the Regula
ly Republican fences.
Ut "A circumstance which has excite
much comment among the members
all parties came to the surface la
. evening. It was that Regular Repul
be lican and Union Republican member
" lhad received invitations 10 parfake