The daily Republican., 1902-10-18
ADDICKS STILL IN FIGHT.
SAYS He Will Be a Candidate as
Long as He Lives.

IF special session of the Legis.
lature is called and United States
Senators are elected, Mr.. Addicks
will not be one of theln," Governor
Hum is reported as having said
early this morning.
so far as withdrawing is concern
ed, he is candidate and will be as
long as he lives. He has no intent
ion of withdrawing," said John T..
Mullins business manager OF '"Ihe
Sun" acting as MI. Addicks' mouth
piece.
The two statements give fair
idea Of tho political situation rs 1t
exists tu-dAy-one Of great unccr-
tainty.
The matter of the United States
Senatolship may be resolved to this
circle; There will be an extra SIS.
sion, OF there will not be an extra
session.
With Addicks persist!ng in his
candidacy, with the Regulars da.
termining to stand in their old po-
Bition, with Governor Hunn talking
of possible settlenentIof tho mud
die, with Democrats deciding to do
all in their power to check Addlcks
realization of his ambition, surely
there is enough rumor and gossip,
mixed in with the facts to give the
politicians and the people generally
much material for discussion.
What some persons wonder is
how Addicks could be made to
abandon his fight. And they sup
pose that the Republican National
Committee is pushing Addlcks to
secure results in Delaware. Natu-
rally the Committee wants two Re-
publican Senators from Delaware
and as Addicks is tho National Com
mitteoman from this State, the
committee looks to him to take
such steps as will produce those
Senators.
Thus far he has rot done 50, and to
that cxtent has not proved hinsclf a
helpful member of the National Com
miLtee
His reported conference win SEN
ator Matt Quay in Philadelphia last
night suggested to Il Republican lead
er here that il Quay was Interested
in securing Il settlement Of !he dad
lock, something might come Of it.
I One story of the possible deal was
that DR.. l.. II. Bali was to De made
ono of the Senators and some berth
would be provided for William Mich
ael Byrne, who had given up the
United States District AtLorncyship
to become the Union Republican
nominee for Congress.
When a fricud of Congressman
Ball was informed Of that story con.
Cernug the doctor, he said that the
dicher was to elect Gov, llunn and |
Anthony Higgins,
Still another story was that Hum,
after being made Senator would re-
sign and that his successor as govern.
or, Philip l.. Cannon, would appoint
AddicIis to the vacancy in the Scna-
torsllip which appears unlikely.
Should any scheme be devised
that left out Addlcks, 1t Is ques-
tion whether the support OF all
the Addicks men could be secured
unless by the contest of Addicks
himself. But the scheme provides
that Addicks shall have his chance
two years hence.
AS the Senatorships now stand,
one term will expire in 1905, the
succession to Senator Gray, and the
other will expire in 1907, the sue
cession to Senator Kenney.
Representative j. W. Robertson, in
discussing the extra session subject
to-day, said he would insist on the
election of a Senator from each
faction, for if both we're taken from
the same faction, the fight would
yemain unsettled.
The question Of the extra session
was much talked Of to-day. a lead II
Ing Union Republican said he !,
Nsi3sicrt the@ call might w issued 4
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