Evening journal., 1899-01-11
DEAD COCK IN THE PIT.
Regular Republican Eagle
Preparing for It's Meal.
j. EDWARD ADDICKs A DEAD ISSUE

SENATOR AND 1T WOULD PUz.
ZLE A CHOSEN PROPHET OF
THE LORD TO SAY WHO WILL.
SECURE SENATOR GRlAY's
TOGA.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover, san. 1O.-Addlcks wiA not be
elected United States senator.
The same may be said Of Higgins
and Willis
DUPONT viii not be elected unless
the Democratic members swing IL
with tine Regular Republicans. which
.is scarcely probable.
Gray may reap bsneht from the des-
peration Of the Regular Republicans
and Union Republicans, but uhe possi-
Di,tty is remote. There are some Sus-
EEK county Deunl- craGe members who
declare that they will not vote for him.
but tine possibility Of his election
would doubtless alter their mlnde.
There will be no binding caucus on
next Monday night. The Regular Re
publlcans will refuse to go into one.
Addieks men Will hold a caucus Oh
their own and pledge themselves 70
vote for Addicks.
Regular Republicans wiN meet and
pledge themselves to vote for DUPONT.
OF al least fourteen cf them Will
A majority of the Democrats win
decide to vote for Hon. George Gray.
The others WiA vote for Congressman
Handy or some other silver man
On Tuesday the two houses will vote
separately, and on Wednesday the
deadlock will be on in earnest. It will
last for an ind6nite period
Senators Biakely and McF'arln ana
Representatives F'rizzel and West viii.
not vote with the Addicks men, as has
been claimed. They will vote with the
Regular Republicans.
Ten Of the Regular Republicans
viii create vacancy before they viii
vote for Addicks.
At least nine of the Addlcks men vii.
emand Addicks or nobody. The defec.
ticns from Addicls will come mort
quickly than from the other side, bul
not in sufficient numbers to effect al
election.
Union Republicans hope that Repre-
sentative Consway viii be able to be
here on Monday night or Tuesday, bun
his attending physician is averse t.
mis- coming.
Representative Pilling, the sick Reg
ular Republican member, is also ex
pected by that time, but his COLLEAGUES
are not assured that he viii be here
If both are absent the vote viii stanu,
Democrats. 21; Union Republicans, 10
Regular Republicans, il. In the Sen
ate on the separate ballot the vote vii
be: Democrats. 8; Union Republicans
4; and Regular Republicans, T. In tbs
the House: Democrats, 12; Union Re
publicans, II. and Regular Repuba
cans, 10.
President Pro TEN Of the Senat
SalmOns will preside over the joint ses
siOns, which Will be held in the Hal
CT Representative, seats for the sena
tots being provided in the space i'm
) mediately in front Of the speaker
I stnnd.
. The public need not be surprised
+ one or two Regular Republicans par
tfcipate in the Addleks caucus. Regu
lar Republicans will be curious q
. knowwhht theAddicksmen wllldo, an.
E there is no easier way OF finding GU
nan by sending a dove or two out frou
the DUPONT ark to bring hack III
newsy Matle olive branch AFTER tn
4 thing is over.
It is expected that Representativ
! William Tharp will preside over tn
2 Addicks caucus. as consolation for hi
a defeat as speaker Of tne House.
There will be a big crowd here o.
q Monday night. AT the Hotel Richard
on the Regular Republicans and Unio
u Republicans will have their headquaI
ters, and the little Higgins-W6liif
Bach wheel-wfthin-a- wheel will ais
o buzz entcingly but ineffecUve.y ther'
., Democratic interest Will centre aroun
1.-THE Capitai Hotel. There win be moi
plans laid and states made by men VIII
: have absolutely nothing to do with
. than the real makers of party pOhcie
could act on in a month
Conservative Democrats favor
binding caucus, and strict adherenC
Z to its ru.ing, with no Hopping, backin
e and filling. or compliments given hel
s and there If compliments are to
IS given they say that they should
n given in caucus.
a Judge Pennewtll must not be lo
sight OF in the Republican contention
He is keeping a close mouth ar
warming the woolsack, but 4 the
Ie shaculd be a compromise he wou