The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-06
ADDICKS QUITS FIGHT
 FOR THE SENATORSHIP

| edly declared that he would not accept
 the United States senatorship.
 l MT. Addicks arrived here from Will mington about 1 o'clock. going direct to I the Capitol. He was ushered into the par | Tor of the State House where all of the | twenty-one Union Republican members of the Legislature were assembled to meet | him together with Secretary of State Lay ton and Insurance Commissioner Marshall l The Assemblymen received MT. Addicks | with cheers and he appeared deeply mov- l cd by the heartiness of the greetings. Immediately after Mr. Addicks arrived Governor Hum, who Is called the peace maker in Delaware politics. entered the parlor. After the door had been closed. l those outside heard frequent bursts of ap- plause and the rumor became general around the Capitol that Mir. Addicks was about to withdraw from the most remark able political fight in the history of this | country, fight which has deadlocked three sessions of the Legislature and split the Republican Party into two fac tions.
 MT. Addicks's statements to the caucus was as follows:
 TO the Republican members of the General Assembly My advent in Dela-
 ware politics more than fourteen years ago was preceded by Republican defeat and disaster dating practically from the birth of the party itself. Whatever ac- cidental advantage was held in those long years was due alone to some outbreak of factionalism in the ranks of our op- ponents, and not to any strength or con- fidence on the part of the Republicans themselves. Since 1892, this State has been uniformly Republican. Owing, however, to the bitterness and strife which has w~tst.t AvaIr l..xy failed in securing all these advantages that justily have belonged to a party with such a continuous and brilliant record of overwhelming success.
 The cause assigned for this condition of strife has been universally proclaimed to be my candidacy for the Senate of the United States It has ueen stated continu- ously everywhere that with this obsta cle to party unity removed, conflicting ele- ments will coaIesce and the party har- mony and strength, having abandoned It's unla wful and insurrectionary methods, would thus be reunited. enter upon course of lawful procedure in self gov ernment and undertake successfully those weighty responsibilities which the gov ernment of this States imposes upon it
 Influenced by this consideration and the obligations which the Republicans of this State owe to the national organi- Zation and to the administration at Wash ington, urging no plea for myself, re- calling ano claims for any part l myself may have borne for years in bringing vit- tory out of past replete with defeat, in- fiuenced by the strong desire to see Dela- ware become strong Republican State. and therefore, a prosperous, progressive commonwealth. trusting confidently to the rare loyalty of friends indifferent to the clamor of enemies, I have determined to remove the only reason assigned for the continuance of party disunion.
 T herewith declare publicly my with drawal as candidate before this Legis- lature for the office of Senator from this State in the Senate of the United States.
 The withdrawal of my candidacy is conditioned upon the holding of a Repub- lican caucus to be participated in by all of the Republican membe of the General Assembly and the selection of two candi- dates for the Senate of the United States by a majority rule in said caucus"
 In accordance with the conditions of MT. Addicks's notice of withdrawal, the following notice of joint Republican eau GUS was issued by the Republican leaders:
 Following upon the withdrawal of Mir. Addicks for the of6cs of Senator Of the United States. you are hereby asked to participate in a Republican caucus to be held at o'clock ?. m, February 5, in the hall of the House of Representatives, for the selection of two candidates for the office of Senators in the Senate of the United States. If this date should be in- convenient we designate 10 a. m.. Febru- ary s, 1913, for holding the caucus"
 The caucus requested by the Union Re HsSblieans did not take place tonight, A