Middletown transcript., 1905-10-07

tered up to Mr.. AudlckS, VINO still sat II
the easy chair MIR. Addicks l do no
care to become chairman of the commit
tee" said DIR. Marshall ~ think Senate
Alice should be made chairman"
Mr. Addicks bolted from the chair and
with gesture indicating Senator Alice
who was but five feet away, exclaimed il
the presence of at least dozen persons:
81 will not serve on any committee o
which that man is chairman. He is {
traitor, and the whole world knows it.
| will not serve with him as chairman. y
Mr.. Addicks was plainly angry and his
countenance showed it.
Senator Alice in chagrin bit his lip,
glared at Mr.. Addcks, but did not utter
a sound in reply. DR.. Layton and some
others requested that all persons who
were not on the sub committee retire from
the room. Then the five met for organi-
zation.
Before anybody lad nominated Senator
Alice for chairman, Mr.. Addicks bluntly
asked DR.. Marshall: ''Are you going to
vote for Alice for chiarman?" Receiving
an affirmative reply, Mr.. Addicks arose
haughtily. "Then l resign from this
committee" he announced, as he started
to the door. In another moment Senator
A lice had been elected chairman of the
subcommittee.
81 want to say to you, gentlemen, that
what l have done to-day considered to
be for the best interests of the Republican
party in Delaware" said Senator Alice in
accepting the chairmanship. Tears we'll
ed to his eyes as he finished, and it was
plain to be seen that he was battling with
his emotions.
Outside, Mr.. Addicks conversed with
George w. Roberts and one or two
friends. To newspaper reporter who
was waiting for him to finish private
conversation Mr.. Addicks turned and
said: 81 have nothing to say, except that
| resigned because | would not serve on
any new committee of which Senator
Alice is chairman. lam done with him,
want nothing to do with him.
"Do you think your retirement from
the committee will deter or promote har-
mony?" he was asked.
81 don't know" he replied. 81 don't
want to speculate. l am for harmony"
Thus it was that Mr.. Addicks placed
himself in the position of refusing to par
ticipate in harmony negotiations if Sena-
tor Alice was to be chairman of the COM
mitlee that is expected to cooperate with
the committee to be named by Chairman
L. lIeser Ball, OF the Regular Republi
can organization, in all effort to bring
both wings into rehabilitated party.
The committee named to-day is regarded
in all quarters as extremely favorable to
Republican harmony, rather than to per-
petuating the factional warfare. Senator
Alice, Dr. Layton and DR.. Marshall have
openly avowed themselves as harmony
advocates, and Benjamin A. Groves in a
meeting in Wilmington recently voiced
harmony sentiments.
As Chairman Ball, of the Regulars, has
not announced his harmony committee,
it is not known when the subcommittee
will meet for their first pow-wow. 1t
likely will be within week or two.
Chairman Ball and Alice will arrange for
the first sitting of the conferees.
While MIR. Addicks has stepped out of
tile harmony committee OF Union Repub-
licans, it is not likely that his successor
on the committee will be named. None
but the state committee has the
power to fill the vacancy. This will leave
the Union Republicans with but four
conferees, who will require the endorse
ment of the state committee before any
common primaries or harmony state con-
vention or adjustment of delegates repre-
sentation are agreed upon, as binding
The Regular Republican conferees are to
be named with the proviso that they are
to report back to their committee for rat
itication OF their action. While the two
subcommittee are expected to draw the
factions together, it will remain for the
state committees to make possible the ty-
ing OF the knot to unite the party.
In the parliamentary tilts and differ.
ences growing out of the personnel and
the manner of selection the harmony
committee, Senator Alice and his friends
numbered nine, and Mr.. Addicks and his
friends numbered nine Mr.. Addicks had
but two members from Kent county
and but one from Sussex, and that
proxy. His strength came from New
Castle county, in which he had two
proxies.
The committeeman who stood behind
MIR. Addicks were J. Edward Addicks
George w. Roberts, who had the proxy
Of T. A. ID. hutson of Wilmington, Coun-
Gilman Thomas Postles, who had the
proxy Of Charles H. Colbourn, colored,
OF Wilmington; Benjamin Groves, James
W. Foster, and Charles Beth of rural
New Castle County;D. Miffiin Wilson and
William Tliarp of Kent county; DIR. John
Messick, who had the proxy OF Sheriff
Elijah Lynch OF Sussex County.
The committeeman who arrayed them
selves with Senator Alice were Walter H.
Hayes OF Wilmington; Peter B. Alrich
of rural New Castle; Senator Alice,
David S. Clark, S. John Abbott OF Kent,
County; Newall Ball, E. F. Prettyman,
Secretary Of State Joseph L. Cahall and
DIR. Caleb R. Layton, having the proxy
Of u q Moore, from Sussex county.
addition to those named, City
Chairman Francis s. Bradley of Will
mington and Chairman George w. Mar
shall of Kent county, sat in the commit
tee as ex-officio members, and Charles ii.
Colbourn, colored, was permitted in the
meeting although his proxy, Councilman