Evening journal., 1903-01-06
PRICE SAYS
HE'S REGULAR
Is Of the Opinion No Sena-
tors Will Be Elected at
This Session
TALKS FREELY TO NEWSPAPER MEN
There Are Ten of Us Regulars He
Says--Repeal of Voters Assistant
Law Will Be an Issue Of the Legis-

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Special 10 the Evening Journal.
Dover, Jan. 6.--All night long the
political storm waged around the State
capital 1t was seen after an uncer-
tain afternoon and early evening that
the Union Republicans were deter
mined to hold a caucus and nominate
officers for both houses, If, after 8
o'clock, the Regular Republicans failed
to appear in the conference" The
Addicls men were confident of being
able to control four Republican votes
in the House. in addition to their own
fourteen members, which would give
them a bare majority. This made them
act indifferently toward the apparent
non-comittal attitude of the Regulars.
Meanwhile, the Democratic members,
twenty-one in all, had assembled at the
State Central Committees headquar-
ters in the Capitol Hotel, where an ad-
vicory committee of two from each
county of the members Of the State
Central Committee was in waiting, and
had a long conference with the assem-
blymen before their caucus.
The six committeeman wanted to
offer certain overtures to the Regular
Republicans. and among other things,
want the Regulars to join with the
Democrats to repeal the Addicks
voters assistant law, under which a
system OF checking and paying the
purchaseable voters was carried on at
the recent general election.
The caucus, however took no action
toward a deal with the anti-Addicls
men at this time, and proceeded to
separate the houses and nominate
states Of Officers. These are the nomi-
nees;
Senate-President pro tempore
| Charles Wright, of Seaford; clerk, Mar
tin Z. Smith, of Wilmington; enrolling
clerk, E. Wise Warren, Milton; SER
geant-at-arms, James D. Wright Clay
ton.
House of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Chauncey p Holcomb of New Castle;
clerk, William A. Scott, Townsend; (;
reading clerk, John w. Hutchinson,
Kenton; enrolling clerk, William II.
Kane, Wilmington; sergeant-at-arms,
A. M. Lowe, Sussex; chaplain, the Rev.
Joseph Brown Turner Dover.
Representative William A. Price was
the first New Castle county Republican
to arrive at the Hotel Richardson. He
appeared on the scene in company with
State Fish Commissioner William An
derson and other Delaware City con-
! stituents. Representative Price is one
OF the Republican members from New
= Castle who is classed as an Addicks
man on the last pinch of the battle. He,
however, recently appeared at one of
the Regular Republican, conferences,
and comes to Dover from the district
, which sent here twice the uncompro-
missing anti-Addicksite. former Speaker
Theodore f. Clark. To a group of
newspaper men, Mr.. Price stated that
he was a Regular Republican.
Price Says He's Regular
There are ten of us Regulars" said
he, who are considering a proposition
to go into a conference with the Union
Republicans simply upon the question
Of organization of the two houses and
> proceeding to business. They assure
us that they do not want to take any
unfair advantage, that the conference
! is held in good faith, that the senator
ial controversy shall not be brought in,
nor the question of the fitness or unfit
ness Of Addicks mentioned"
Suppose some of the ten decide not
TO go. win others Of the party enter the
caucus?"
Il am Of the opinion that all ten will
act together tonight and tomorrow. AT
any rat the attitude of any one of Us
upon this question of organization can
not possibly show hands in the sana-
torial fight"
"Are not two Of the ten Regulars
written down as favorable to Addicks?p
= YES"
''Who are they?"
, "They say that Representative Tyre
and myself will vote for Addicks before
D the end Of the session. l do not say So
however. I am of the opinion that
there will be no senators elected by
this Legislature"
j. Wilbur Powell, the Union Repub-
lican who received an equal number oi
9 votes with his Democratic adversary al
r the November election to represent the
! Ninth (Mispillion) district of Kent
. county but who Addicks subsequently,
I elected by majority OF 1872 votes, was
! one Of the first representatives to ar.
rive at the State House and select his
seat He will occupy the third desk OF
d the second row to the right Of tn,
j speaker He was accompanied by for
y mer Sheriff Shaw, who took occasion t
y make vigorous denial of the statement
made in Wilmington by the Rev. Rob
: ert ElwOod that a former sheriff. mean
ing Shaw, had declared before the elec
, tion last week:
, I'VE will elect Powell if we have {,
spend big money"
Sheriff Shaw declared that he said
!. we viii elect Powell" but said moth
= Ing about money.