Evening journal., 1901-03-09
DiSgraCefal Conduct Of State
Senator Groves Is Con-
demned ROundIy
ELLISON FORCED An APOLOGY
Turbulent Scenes Characterize The
COncIusing SenatOriaI BalIOting
in The State House
STAN Correspondence Evening Journal.

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staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover. March S.-"Mr. President, l
move that the two houses do now sep
arate!"
These eleven words fell with cold in
cisiveness from the lips OF State Sen
ator Samuel M. Knox, The Regular Re
publican leader, IN the Hal Of Repre-
sentatives this afternoon, and sealed
the political fate Of John Edward Ad
dicks.
1t was an intensely dramatic scene in
which the central figure stood as calm
and self-possessed as though he were
making a perfunctory remark at an
evening reception instead OF passing
sentence of political death upon a
multi-millionaire whose insensate am
bition had inspired him to squander
hundreds of thousands of dollars in the
field of politics.
Those words penetrate an atmos-
phere surcharged with party ranccr
and hatred which needed but a .. ~
TO set it ahame, but Senator Knox MaA
on safe ground, for back of him stood
six Regular Republicans and twenty
three Democrats ready to execute his
sentence upon the Great Disturber of
Delaware politics, and the Hall of Rep
resentatives was packed to suffocation
with Regular Republicans and demo-
Gratis who would have laid down their
lives for him at that critical junoture
in the proceedings OF the joint assem-
bly,.
One ballot for the long term; one
ballot for the short term; one motion
to separate, and the work was done
cleanly, quietly and effectively, and
then Bedlam broke loose.
When the day opened the Addicks-
ties were beneath the cypress. They
knew they were beaten; they felt con-
scious that they could not obtain a
Regular Republican or Democratic
vote. They hoped against hope that
between the time the sun shOne above
the horizon and reached its zenith
something would intervene to save the
gasman from the disaster which i'm
pended.
The Kenney and Salisbury lieuten-
ants succeeded in staving off caucus
until late in the morning. Then one
was held. It was decided that no deal
could be made with the Regular Re
lar Republican and one Democrat and
then and there the twenty-five men
decided to stand by the caucus nomi-
nees and 20 vote for Richard +. Ken
ney and Willard Salisbury Jr., until
the gavel of the president pro TEN
should sound taps on the Union Re.
publicans. It also was agreed to vote
as a unit with the Regular Republican.
tuharo1srns fhav chort1d docira .,
solve the joint assembly.
The seven Regular Republicans helC
a caucus. too-in their headquarters il
the Hotes Richardson. They pledged
themselves to vote as a unit for Col.
Onel Henry A. DUPONT for the Ions
term and Charles +. Richards for tn,
short term, and not to change theil
votes during the balloting without tn,
formality of a consultation ana mu
tual agreement. They also decided Il
do their work expeditiously and I,
limit the balloting to one ballot for thu
long term and one ballot for the shor
term.
During the morning the want-to
win Republicans endeavored to appll
pressure to compel them to take Du
Pont and Addicks. They stood 1t lik
rocks. and confOunded those who hat
been brought to Dover to cajole an
coerce them into a sacrifice of thei
principles for the sake of expediency.
All day long the State House was fiji
ed with prominent politicians from al
parts Of the State. Regular Rspubli
cans, Union Republicans and Demo
Gratis were packed like sardines in th
place which Delawareans call then
capitol. Feeling was intense. Nh
most radical elements of all the mar
ties were cooped up in a narrow com
pass and they glared at each other an
waited for the supreme test of huma
endurance which was to eliminate i
the defeat of Addicks and a doubl
vacancy.
Slowly the hands Of the two bi
clocks moved on towards the fats
hour of twelve They had ticked ava
merrily to the accompaniment of tn
voices of the reading clerks and thos
of the senators and representatives /
debate on a mass of belated legisls
ton.
Suddenly everybody was electriie
by the unofficial announcement tina
National Chairman Hanna had ordere
Addicks to withdraw from the field an