Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-12
ADDlCES EULOGY
spoken BY CONNER
Iconilnned irnm arst nars.l


we can out Of this man; his resources,
which in the past have been so prolific
and have been dispensed with such a
hountiiul hand have reached their limit,
and now we must look to another. Even
d this were true, which I am glad TO in
form YOU, is not il would even then be a
wise thing from "a pecuniary point OF
view to elect him and then let the second
Moses come IN and win the next prize,
which is only a few months of Let me
assure you one and all right here, and
think | speak tho sentiment OF every
Union Republican, that we will pull on
our coats and roll up our sleeves and be
just as staunch workers for his cause as
we have been IN the past for our own.
lie can better afford to hide his time than
this man, the man who has furnished the
sinews OF war and made It possible for us
20 even be here as a majority party.
I'm conclusion, gentlemen, / earnestly
urge you to render unto Caesar the things
that are Cwsar's, and you will witness
such a halo of glory and rejoicing In this
State as has never before been witnessed.
deem il almost useless to speak his
name. His name is such a familiar,
loving by-word in the homes of his friends
in the eyes Of every honest person as the
man who caused al the Transformation
to come TO pass. Then. in the face of all
these facts, is there any good reason why
we should not reward him now and show
to the world that we are men Of high in
tegrity, men Of gratitude. daring to do
our duty in the face Of all this calumny
that has been heaped upon us by the press
OF this country This man is John Ed
ward Addicks"
Next the ballot was taken, which in
full was as follows:
For du Pont- Senators John NJ Mem
dinhall, George W Sparks and Thomas ].
Stirling OF New Castle county, Senator
Remsen Barnard of Kent county, Sena-
tons Archie b. Lingo and Simeon S. PEN
newill of Sussex county; Representatives
John 7. Armstrong William NJ. Eastburn
Nj. Howard Jester, William f. Miller
Henry Stafford and Elwood L. Wilson OF
New Castle county Representatives Alden
| r. Benson, William d. Denney, Gamahel
| Garrison and Thomas G. McGinnis OF
Kent county, and Representatives Charles
! ID. Abbott, Rufus d. Lingo, Jr., Harry v
Lyons and John T. Vandenburg Of Sussex
county-2O votes.
For Addicks-Senators Alvin B. Con-
ner and Thomas c. Moore Of Kent county
| Senator ID. O. Moore of Sussex county,
| Representatives William H. Baggs. Frank
w. Davis and Daniel b. Murray of Kent
county and Representatives Henry O.
! Bennum, Henry Marshall. Charles W
Messick and Timothy +. Townsend-l0
For Ward-Senator John W. Houston
Of Kent county,.
Senator Conner moved that the vote
be made unanimous, to which all agreed
except Senator Thomas G. Moore.
Senator ID. o. Moore and Represents
tive Marshall, who, II was supposed. were
disqualified because Of having accepted
! Federal positions were permitted TO par.
tioipate in the caucus after announcing
| that they had resigned those positions
Regular Republicans objected TO the ad-
/ mission of Senator Moore, claiming that
he had sent TO Governor ga his rcsigna-
/ tion as State Senator, but the objection
was reluctantly withdrawn after Senator
| Conner had declared that he would bolt
the caucus if Senator Moore we're not adj
mitted
The result of the caucus created scarcely
a ripple of enthusiasm among the crowds
of Republicans assembled in the corridors
Of the State House and the lobby OF the
Hotel Richardson, the Republican head
quarters. During the caucus Gen. T
Coleman du Pont, director of Col. du
| Points campaign, fraternized with the
Republicans gathered in the State House
corridors. Throughout the evening Mr.
| Addicks remained in his room, No. Is
at the Hotel Richardson, where he re.
ceived many callers. After the caucus
he was asked TO make a statement, but
| politely declined. Gen. du Pont left
! Dover at 244 O'Clock this morning fol
New York whence he expected to sal
today for Europe.
Efforts were made both yesterday
afternoon and last evening to hold =,
| Union Republican conference, but they
! failed Union Republican Legislators
however. visited the Addicks headquar
tcrs. going there in struggling fashion
and It is supposed that the men who de
| serted Mr. Addicks informed him durinl
these visits of their intentions. A des
perate, but fruitlcss. attempt was madl
| to hold Representative Garrison in thu
Addicks column, as it was believed tina
other dosorters would be guided by him
He did not visit Mr.. Addicks until Senate
! Thomas C.. Moore led him from the caucu
chamber and escorted him TO the Addick
headquarters. The visit was lengthy and
besides protracting the caucus, created
the fear that il might cause a bolt.
The throng in the lobby of the HotC
Richardson did not depart until I o'cloc
this morning and Mr.. Addicks' sympa
thizers remained in consultation wit
him throughout the night.