Evening journal., 1905-03-15
ANTI-ADDICKS
MEMBERS VOTED
FOR RICHARDSON
He Led in Balloting for
Senator AS Result Of
Combination
OUTCOME Of CONFERENCE HERE
speoIaI . rho EvenInE I0urnaI.


Dover, March 15-nhe nine Regular
Republicans and the seven Union Re-
publicans who have iert AadlclSs. TO-
day combined and voted. for Harry
A. Richardsoii. the millionaire OF Dover.
for senntor on the two intellectual bal-
lots that were taken. This placed Mr..
Tsichardsbn i'm the lead. and. for tha
first time In ten years, MIR. Addiclos
had a lower vote than another Republi-
can candidate.
The combination OF the Union dis
senters and the Regulars WAS the OUT
come OF "a conference held in Winnings
ton last might at which Mr.. Richards
son wns decided upon as n compromise
candidate I'm an effort TO win votes from
the Addlclos strength. The conference
was participated In by Colonel Henry
A. Dupont. ex-senator l.. Helsler Ball,
Senator Ponnewll and Lingo. Repre-
Hentatives vandenburg. Benson. Lyons
r. ID. Lingo and others.
TIE BALLOTS.
The objcctNfS to place the responsi-
billty for a continuance OF the dead-
lock upon Senator Alice. The baiiotss
which were identical. were:
HARRY A. Richardson. Reg. Rep. 16.
John Edward Addio<s. U. r.. 49,
Wilhard salisbury. Den., 10.
James II. Hughes. DEM. g..
Total vote, IS; necessary to choice
%; no electinn.
Senators Boyce Dem. and ID. o.
Moore, u. r. and Representatives Stew
enson. Dem. and Townsend, u. r., wera
lpaired.
Mr. Richardson will probably he
voted for tomorrow by the Joint forces.
If there are mo Indications by Friday
lof break In the ranlxs OF the Addiclxa
stalwarts another candidate Will then
doubtless be taken up. Great interest
was manifested when the Joint session
WIS caNed TO order as at was generally
understood that "a change would oc-
cur. After Senator Lingo had CUSTOM
asily voted for Mr.. Richardson, Senator
Mcndinhall followed suit and thereby
led the way Tor the other Regulars
The Addicks stillwarts appeared 10 be
crestfallen over the development as
they have all along ciadmed that Il
would be impossible for the anti
Addicl1s Republicans to lnrite upon a
capdidate. They were averse to dis
fcIsslng the situation. President pro
number who would talk and he merely
said. 1--WE had a slight change ia the
vote to-day"
The Addicl0s dissontens, ON the other
hand. Hvere jubilant Representative
Benson, Of Dover said: This is the
time we STOLE ann arch ON the news
paper men." Mr. Benson must have
! neglected TO reacd The Evening Journal
of yesterday when it WAS anniouhced
that a break OF this mature would
occur.
In the House today the House bill
providing for permanent Improvement
OF the public highways Of Sussex coun-
" was reported favorably with an
amendment.
, These bills were also reported fav-
orably:
House bill providing for a special
commission on raods in Pencader. hun
dred; House bill changing the methods
OF holding school district meetings. .
House bill relating to change OF prop
erty Of abandoned school districts;
House bill Incorporating the Board Of
Education OF Bridgeville House bill
> Incorporating Board Of Education OF
\ Harrington.
The Carroll consolidated rural school
1bill In which there was great interest
J. in the public schools Of Kent and Sus-
l. sex counties and which had passed the
/. House was returned 20 the Senate to-
day with an unfavorable report. THE
'e committee picked the bill to pieces,
J. declared Chairman Mendinhall in ex-
l. planation Of the measures unfortunate
a fate. Many provisions were consid-
cred too sweeping both as to forcing
II IL upon the districts and also as to
I. raising the necessary taxes"