Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-02
NIscELLANEous RAcoAp
Who WIN he senntor7


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Who VIII be Senator7
IL is now practically settled that the
Ropublican members, Of both factions,
Of tho General Assembly will meet in
ljoint caucus at Dover on the night Of
Monday, June ilth, and ballot for a can
didate for United States Senator, with
tho understanding that the candidate
who may receive the votes Of a majority
Of the caucus viii be supported by the
solid Republican membership Of the
Legislature and duly elected United States
Senator tho following day.
This looks very much like q solution
Of the yexed Senatorial problem, and the
Interesting question that naturally pre-
lseuts itself is; Who will be the cauons
lnominee
A. present there are but two open and
svowud, candidates before the Republican
caucus, Col Henry A. du Pont and J.
Edward Addiclss, both Of New Castle
county. Il is also conceded that by
political custom, 70 say nothing Of che
financial bargain involved IN the disposal
Of the senatorahip--Addioks having paid
good money for Il several times, while
it was purchased for Col du Pont For the
sum Of $4,000 just prior TO The election
Of 1904, which bargain, however, despite
the payment Of tho money ,was'aftcrwards
shamelessly rspudiated-the nomination
belongs to New Castle county. This
being tho case, tho guess that the next
senator viii be either du Pont or Addicks
seems reasonable.
Those who pin their faith 70 Col. du
pont do so from two considerations, That
ne is apparently favored by Addioks, and
that he is wealthy, while Addichs Is be-
lieved by many 10 be in somewhat
straitened financial circumstances. It
is conceded that II itbe true that Addicks
is no longer a wealthy man he ia, as the
race track people say, "out Of the running"
For il was only his money that gave him
a place in the Senatorial raoo But, rich
or poor, Addicls Is still a candidate for
? Senator. and even without money 10
oxpend lavishly in further attempts 10
purchase the office IL is believed ne has
sufficient influence 20 prove an important
factor In saying who shall be Senator,
although he may not bo able TO win the
coveted prize for himself. And he has
openly declared that II he Is not mad,
Senator at the special session Of IN,
Legislature, Col. Henry A. du Pont will be
There aro 20 Republicans, Of both fac
tions, In the Legislature now convened
IN special session, and 20 Of them wer,
elected not only as Union Republicans
but as Union Republicans committe,
absolutely 10 the election Of Addicks I,
the United States Senate Thoro wen
- originally, but since the adiournmen
Of the regular session two have forfeite,
their seats by accepting Federal positions
OF these 20 Union Republican memben
who viii participate in the Republican
caucus on the night Of June llth, sevei
cannot be depended upon to vote 70
Addicks, as during the struggle at th
regular session, after supporting him 70
several weeks, they left him and vote,
for other candidates, in order 10 make
show of their willingness to elect Sena
tor other than Addicks when Il appeareN
that his election was impossible. Thes
seven Addicks baokslider are: Stat
Senators Lingo and Pennewill. and Rep
resentatives Benson, Denney, Lingo Lyon
and Vandenburgh
Now, 4 these seven faithless Unio
Republicans vote for Col. Henry A. d
Pont on the FIST ballot at the caucus. IN
fight will be over. For their votes. wit
the votes Of the nine Regular Republ
cans, which Col du Pont is assured O.
viii give the latter l6 votes and the nom
nation. But should even three Of N
seven return 70 Addiclss, the latter vi
receive 16 votes and the nomination.
II viii thus be seen that tho attitus
Of these seven Union Republicans ms
prove the key 10 the situation, and the
votes will surely determine the contes
so far as il may be an issue between NJ
Addiclxs and Col. du Pont. But il mu
be remembered that more than we,
win elapse between today and the assen
bling Of the caucus, during which tiu
there viii be tremendous amount
electioneering, wire pulling and person
persuasion. These seven men will
expected 70 return 20 Addicks. now th
his factional opponents have consent,
70 60 into caucus and abide by the rcsul
which they never would do before. It
also a TACT that the sentiment Of the
Republican constituencies IS oyerwholn