The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
ADDICKS STILL CONFIDENT.
SAYS M mas PLEDGES FRO VI
REGULARS IO ELECT HIM.
The Republicans Gain Another Vote In the
Recount \ddicks Il Five short Of \
Majority, but His Followers say lie
VIII Get Them When the Voting Degins

DOVER Del, Nov. s-No, w'hst anding
Tint twen,y-one votes arc five short ,f
Grenty-six. the Addck- Republicans con
ndentlv EXPECT to ele,f john Edward Adj
dicks 10 the United = ates senate on tic
fret ballot 20 H. taken 10y the incoming
General Assembly in Joint session. Esp"c-
ally are they confident of this since ;i.r
New Castle recount gives the Republica
one more member of the General Assembly,
making thirty Republicans in all.
They declare that before their organis# e.
lion buckled down to hard work ia th"
New Castle county fight. they had as-ur.
ances OF enough support from the two
Republica II Senators, or want-to-win-any.
how element of the Regulars to accomplish
Addicks's election il they themselves sue
ceeded In swinging Ken, and Sussex around
for Addicks. They have done this "a result
Of the large expenditure of work and money
in the two lower counties.
The Addicks Republicans have captured
about everything in sight except In the
neigh borhood of Dover. Senator kenny's
home. They get all three Senators in Kent
and allow the Democrats only four Repre-
.enta.ives. They get two Of the three
Senator's in Sussex With a Regular Re
publican running against them in Sussex
they elected a county ticket. one candi-
date having 93i majority.
Representstive-el,ct Price OF Delaware
City was here yesterday and called upon
the Governor. He announced while in
town that he was a caucus Republican.
or that he stood for one Senator from each
faction. Thus the Union Republicans Oh
The night al Dec. 81 will have at least
twenty-five Of the thirty Republican menu
bere willing to enter a caucus and con-
hdentially expect TO get the other four
necessary 10 make the majority number
- twenty-six. Because of the Harrington
vacancy twenty -seveu Assemblymen are
nor leo Tired 10 attain a majority.
Of the thirteen Republican memb ers
fro II New Castle county the only members
pou whom the Un.on Republicans are
no. depending 10 help them elect two Sena-
'crs are Senat ors Sparks, Ellison and Stirl-
'ns and representatives, Bancroft and
Finn.
Gov. Hum has been advised by Associate
Justice Prnnewili of the supreme Court
that he will have To call a special election
on account of the failure 20 elect in the
General Assembly from the Ninth Kent dis
,riCt hy reason Of tie vote between Scion
J. Sapp and James Wilbur Powell. The
Justice holds that no dist riot can toe loft
without representation In the state Legs
lat,ire. vhe,her the Legislature be IN session
or in recess.
The Governor had been urged in behalf
W the Republicans to postpone the calling
NJ a epecial elect ion until the Hous (which
= now largely Republican, can have an
opportunity 10 meet, whereupon Powell
tddicks's man. could be seated. Powell
e ready 10 appear before he House with
IN affidavit that Of xix ballots upon which
ne name Of Sapp was crossed out and the
name Of y. Wilbur POWELL by which
Powell is known generally in that dis
'i-' written over the name Of Sapp. four
mad been st olen or destroyed As only two
1pp.ared when the court recounted the
,allo,s. II il still contcnded by the Adj
Hicks Republicans notwiths' anding the
opinion of Judge Pennewill that the Gov
rrnor need no. proceed with precipit Gus
haste 10 call tho special election.
The Democratic workers Of Dover. who
we're successful in Wrestling the neighbor-
ing districts here from Republican CON
troll are threatening to 60 to Harringl on
and Pennington on the day for the special
Legislative election and show the Demo-
Gratis of the Ninth district how 20 work
au election. Il j. safe To say that should
he election he held there will be hundreds
Z spectators and outside workers upon
both sides