Evening journal., 1900-08-11
CONSERVATION Spreads Among
GaSTnan'S Leaders
FAMILY ARRANGEMENT IN KENT
Is Creating Considerable Of a Stir.
Opposition to Alice as AbSO-
Lutte Dictator
Special to the Evening journal


Camden, Aug. 1.-THE Addicks
Club of the Seventh Representative
district" pursuant to a call issued, held
meeting Thursday evening to per-
feet organization and enroll new MEM
bers. At least, that was the under
standing at preliminary meeting held
last week. The leaders have been
busy ever since Mondays convention
working among their old time follow
ers endeavoring to stir up an enthusi-
asm, but it was apparent even to the
most Indifferent observer that the old
time magnetism these leaders were
wont to exert was lacking or else the
followers who were wont to whoOp
when the captains whistled had lost
their whoop. At any rate they don't
enthuse as they did of yore. The meet
ing was proof of this. Very few Of
those, even who usually have time to
give away could find time to attend"
and be enrolled. And even amongI
those who but a week ago were jubilantI
over what they termed the outlook,
and who were working shoulder toI
shoulder for their cause there was a
chilliness and lack of unanimity ap-
parent. Mondays fiascO has had a de-
pressing effect upon many of them and
they showed it. In truth that conven-
tion had cast its shadows before the
publication of the scheduled slate in
the Republican papers last week did
the work. This was evident at the So
called primaries on Saturday last. But
twenty-five Addicks votes were cast to-
elect the delegates to Mr.. Addicks con-
vention. When it is remembered that
Saturday was registration day here,
and that 167 voters registered, a large
majority of whom were not Democrats
AS this is a Republican stronghold
and then voted that out of this 167
but twenty-five had interest sufficient
in Addicks or his convention to at
tend the delegate meeting, it will not
be surprising to learn that consterna-
ton has spread among the Addicks
leaders:
And the depression caused as stated
by the foreshadowing of the Addicks
assemblage's work has been added to
by the result of that gatherings labor.
The naming of John HUM for lieuten-
ant-gOvernOr, while his fealty to Ad-
dicks is not and never has been ques-
toned, has opened the eyes of many
OF the hitherto blindfolded workers to
the position they actually occupy.
Hum resides in Wyoming and his
nomination is intended to sidetrack
James McCommons Of that place, who
was anxious for the legislative nomi-
nation. Pennel Emerson the present
county treasurer is backing Hum, as
is also DR.. l.. S. Conwell. Emerson is
a relative of j. Frank Alice of Dover,
/ 80 70 y
connection. Conwell is to be Allee's
successor in the state senate two years
| from now, according to the Addicks
program, and therefore he wishes to
drive the legislative nomination away
from this neighborhaad at this time.
/ 1t is a family arrangement that has
/ brought into prominence Allee's sell
| 1shness and when to this estimation
/ is added the knowledge that Addicks
on Monday last forced his followers
to deliberately turn all their interests
over into Allee's hands. the climax in
the estimation of scores of former fol-
lowkers of the gasman has been
reached.
Many of these men were willing to
follow the gasman and allow him to
pose as their Moses, but when he pick
ed up a nondescript like his Kent
county lieutenant and after fattening
him at his crib for years he sets him
up as absolute dictator it is more, they
contend, than any self-respecting citi-
zen can stand and they are desertine
the Addicks-Allee standard as con-
sequence.
: The Republicans are standing like
] a rock mo compromise" was theiI
motto when the National Convention
gave Addicks admittance and the empty
2 title national committeeman, and 'nC
; compromise" is their motto now. A
] leading Republican, one of the veal.
thiest and most enterprising farmers
of this section told your correspondent
last evening while discussing this mat
ter, that there was a full understand
ing among all the Republicans of Ken
county. They absolutely will ignore al
the work done by M0nsay's hoax, anG
in no way would they accept or tol
crate any thought of compromise tina
had the least taint of Addicks in II