Evening journal., 1900-06-14

the dinner recess. almost unnoticed
and after he had departed to reioil
Clement A. Griscom. whose guest n
was, the interesting confabs in th,
lobby went on just as though th,
great man had not dropped into thei
midst.
MR.. BYRNE MAKES A STATEMENT
During the afternoon William Mich
ael Byrne made the following state
ment:
If the convention undertakes to i'm
pose upon us an express Addicks domi
nation il will ALLEVIATE the entire con
science vote Of Delaware, lose us seat.
in all the close districts. and make tn,
next Delaware Legislature stand thir
ty-six Democrats and twenty-six Re
puDllcans and Addicks men, thus send.
ing two Democratic senator's to Wash,
ington. If Addicks is not recognized
although he is now talking loudly. his
personal interest in the senatorshir
VIII lead him to work just as hard as
ever TO make the next Delaware Leg.
islature anti-Democratic. He will moi
cut his own throat to spite the Ma
tional Convention"
ADDICKSITES WE'RE CONFIDENT
1--WE will be seated" was the uni
versal expression OF all Union Republi-
cans during the afternoon. They ar
gued that the committee could not
agree on anything else.
A lively debate between Harry II.
McMullen and Washington Hastings
drew large crowd in the auditorium
during the evening. Mr.. Hastings was
arguing for a coalition Of the two
forces, and this Mr. McMullen hotly
opposed.
HEARING is BEGUN.
Shortly before o'clock the commit
tee met and announced that il was
ready to take up the Delaware case.
Chairman Payne called Samuel Fes-
sender, Of Connecticut, to the chair
and retired in order that he might par
ticiDate in the discussions from the
floor.
The Union Republican side Of the
case was presented by Walter IL.
Hayes. and DIR. Caleb h. Layton, of
Georgetown.
They denied emphatically that the
Union Republican party ever defeated
senator, contending that they repre-
sent 1900 out of 10000 Republican
votes in the state, and that they have
all along been willing to eliminate Ad-
dicks from senatorial consideration
but the Republicans have persisted in
forcing them to abandon him before
agreeing to treat for harmony.
Mr.. Bird then took up the Republi-
can side and charged that Mr. Addicks
organized the Union Republican marty
with the aid of vast sums OF money
and that his presence in the political
aHalrs OF the state was the sole cause
Of the trouble in the party.
Mr. Bird said: The Addicks dele
gates have no right to maintain any
claim to seats in the National Conven-
ton, because neither as a body or in
individuals have they filed with the
secretary OF this committee any notice
Of contest within twenty days prior to
the meeting of the convention, as re-
luired. Besides, the convention which
named them was not one OF the ac-
Republican party OF Delaware.
They declined TO unite with the Repub-
Iican electors in electing delegates to-
he State Convention, which selected as
delegates the names OF those / have
presented. They are an organization
lot representative Of Delaware Repub-
leans, but solely for the furtherance
)f the political ambition Of ]. Edward
Addicks."
Mr.. Bird, after presenting his brief,
'ffered affidavits as follows: BY Sena-
.or George f. Pierce. that on May 9,
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