Milford chronicle., 1903-01-23
NO SENATORS
WERE ELECTED.
SO-CALLED REGULARS" REFUSE FAIR
PROPOSITION.
Mr.. AddickS Receives Twenty-One Votes
For Long Term and Nineteen For
ShOrt-DemOcFatS Vote For Ken
ney and Salisbury Large
Crowds at Dover.

Both Houses met in separate session
at noon Tuesday and balloted on the
Senatorial question.
The total vote was as follows Long
term-J. Edward Addicks; p; Colonel
Henry A. du Pont, 10; Richard R.
Kenney, p.
Short term. Edward Addicks 10:
Colonel Henry a. du POnt, 10; Willard
Salisbury, 2l; T. Coleman du Pont, 3.
Senator Groves and Representative
Jones voted for 7. Coleman du Pont.
AT the joint session held on Wednes-
day the results were the same.
Incoming trains all day Tuesday
brought politicians Of all persuasions
from all parts of the State who were
attracted by the Senatorial fight.
Many of these were drawn there
from the fact that newspapers through
out the country had stated that there
was likely to be blood shed.
All were doomed to disappointment,
for notwithstanding that Dover was
thronged it was az orderly crowd.
showing cOnclusirely that the report
were false
The tweaty-One Union Republicans
went into a caucus in the hall of the
House of Represe atatives at s O'Clock,
Monday night and appointed Senators
Groves a d Conner and Representative
Lawson as a committee which waited
on the regulars and urged them to
accept Mr. Addicks and elect two
Senators. The committee then with
drew.
The caucus nominated J. Edward
Addicks for the long term and -ft the
place for the short term open.
The regular" Republicans nOminat-
ed Anthony Higgins for the short term
and Henry A. du Pont for the long
term.
The Democrats selected Willard
Salisbury for the short term and Rich
ard R. Kenney for the long term.
The most interest seemed to be man
ifested in what would be the outcome
of the Irregular" Republican caucus,
which met in one of the parlors of the
Richardson House and convened short
ly after o'clock, but did not adjourn 6
until after l o'clock. :
There were many Republicans in the |
hotel corridors awaiting the news be- {
lieving that at least majority ould
oppose any coalition with the Demo-
Gratis, but as time dragged along these
began to wear anxious C
faces and the many newspaper repre- s
sentatives were being almost constant v
ly impOrtuned to give the waiting Z
throng the news. e
When it was announced, after the T
caucus had adjourned that a commit ii
Zee of two had been appointed to con- e,
Ter with the Democrats on the coalition s
the crowd was dumfound- i,
ID Notwithstanding that Representa- k
i've Finn said that it was only done II
IS an act of courtesy and there was no
ianger of any combination of that nj
Kind being made. OF
1t is understood that the committee a
which is composed of Senator Ellison
md Representative Bancroft was in
tructed to state their willingness to
onsider their proposal, but that they
wanted more time than Wednesday.
1t must be noted that the vote rec su
rded for Mr.. Addicks included 2l ag
or 75 per cent. of the Repub- L.
can delegation in the Assembly. 1t fr'
nav also be noted that Mr.. Addicks' WI
ote in the legislature on the first days II
alloting included the legislative rep eli
of more than so per cent ch
the Republican vote of the State pll
mother proof of the overwhelming tn
republican sentiment favOring his
lection to the United States Seuate.