Evening journal., 1903-03-02

ELECTED
Al LAST
]. Frank Alice Chosen
for Long Term and
DR.. Ball for Short
Term
sneeIal % lhe Evenlng journal.

Dover, 3.15 y. MI. Frank Alice
long term: DIT. J.. Heisler Ball, short
term. BY electing these two men the
Republicans of Delaware settled the
senatorship question this afternoon.
which has been pending for years III
is regarded as a defeat for Addicks, as
the Regulars will be in better shape to
fight him two years hence. should he
again attempt to enter the senatorial
fight
The joint ballot was taken at g
o'clock. The vote for the two candi-
dates was taken at one time All the
Regulars voted for Alice. as well as for
Ball. The excitement was intense.
Alice received thirty votes and Ball
S1-Mr. Alice not voting for himself.
Senators wrightMcNulty and Glenn
ents from the Democratic side were
the first to congratulate Senator Alice.
Prominent Regulars followed. Then
came Addicks and his two daughters.
followed by Governor HUM and Sec
retary of State Layton.
Pandemonium reigned upon the an
lnouncement of the election.
Addieks is Happy.
Happy, why ] am very happy" was
Mr.. Add'cks' opinion after the caucus
ing.
1T gives me the greatest possible
gratifcatlon in making ono OF my best
friends. J. Frank Alice, United States
senator. He deserves the place from
a party viewpoint and greatly
strengthens the Union Republicans and
myself in making the fight to carry the
State in 1904. for the President. pro-
pose TO help elect a majority OF the
Legislature OF 1904 favorable to my
candidacy TO the United States Senate,
Sketch of Alice.
]. Frank Alice was born in 1857 in
3 1857 in Dover. His father and grand
! father were born in the same town. He
3 is n descendant of the French Hugue-
. not family which settled in Kent
I county In 1900. and who signed the
3 name "D'Allee." He was educated in
I the public schools and has since de-
l voted considerable time TO study. hav-
D ing a large library. He first appeared
t in politics during the Higgins cam
4 paign Of 1883. In 1892 he succeeded
b Judge Pennewill as member of the Re.
publican State Central Committee. oi
which General James II. Wilson was
chairman. Upon the organization OF
the Union Republican party, he becam,
/ chairman of its State Committee. IT
L the campaign of 1896 he was elected
N e
The Democratic inspectors OF tn,
Kent county courts refused to returr
his electon,and his opponent was seat.
ed. In 1898 he was elected and seated
; as a State senator from the Third dis
trict Of Kent county, TO which position
he was reelected last November. Hi
occupation is that of a jeweler HI
n succeeded j. Edward Addicks as tn
4 president of the Bay State Gas Com
I pany of Delaware. He is also presi
- dent of the Staten Island Brick Com
O. pany, and is Interested in a number O
other enterprises with which Mr.. Ad
y dicks is connected. He is married an,
. has one son, now attending college.
q Il have only to say" said Senate
o Alice. this afternoon, that 1 sincerel
e regret that have to fill the place tina
[ belongs to Mr.. Addicks."
p The two senator's will report 2
n Washington on Wednesday, the da
To- Dr.. Balls term as congressman es
pires. In declaring the election, tn
speaker said; "James Frank Alice, haN
ing received a majority of all I'll
votes cast, / declare him to have bee
= : elected senator in the Congress Of tn
7 United States from the State of DelE
WARE for the balance of the const
/. tutional term, from the third day (
= March, "A. D., 1901 Lewis Heislt
r Ball, having received a majority of a
IS the votes cast, I declare him TO haN
been elected senator in the Congres
e of the United States from the Stat
Of Delaware for the balance Of the COZ
n stitutional term from the Sd day {
s March, "A D., 1S99"