The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
ADDTCKS THROWN OVERHEARD
ELIMINATED AS 4 FACTOR m
DELAWARE POLTTICS.

Vhe Faction Of the Party He Has Dominated
for Ten Years. Under senator Ahoe'S
Lead, Adopts n Plan for .IOIRt PTf.
maries with ihc Regular Organization.
WILMINGTON, Del. March t7"-United
States Senator Alice was In tind'sputed
control OF the meeting of The Union RE
publican State committee at Dover to-day.
and j Edward Addicks, who was present.. did
not make a protest against his programme.
II was noticeable. however. that the two
men did not even speak to each other dur
ing the continuance OF the meeting.
The committee adopted n proposition
10 be submitted to the Regular Republican
State committee which was. In effect, tho
holding Of n State convention at which
the factions shall join in elocting delegates
according to the apportionment which
the Regular Republicans have adhered to.
This apportionment has long been a bone
Of contention between the two factions.
es the Union Republicans have looked
upon II as very unfavorable to them. and
It's approval to-day is a distinct step in
the direction OF a union Of tho two fac
tons. The action OF the committee was
Unanimous.
This action practically eliminates Ad-
dicks as a factor in Della ware politics and
means that hereafter there will be a united
Republican party in the State.
Addicks has practically been out OF the
party management since last summer,
when the leaders Of the unionists. the
faction OF the party which he had dom
mated for ten years OF, more. threw him
overheard because OF his persistence in
took the ground that az he had been a
perennial candidate for the United States
Senate for something like seventeen years,
with even leSs chance of success than when
he started, to continue the fight would. not
only he useless, but would also destroy
the pa rty in the state. The Union State
committee thereupon made overtures to
the Regular organization looking to Com-
mon prima ries. and the negotiations have
reached the stage where to-day the COM
mittee unanimously voted to make the offer,
The Regulars can hardly refuse the
proposition, for it includes the acceptance
Of their own hnsis Of representation, which
was the principal cause of the split ten
years ago. This provides for a State con-
vention composed OF seventy-eight delegates
from Newcastle county, which includes
the city Of Wilmington; 40 from Kent county
and ~ from Sussex, a total OF 100 delegates.
The present Union representation is So
from Newcastle and 50 each from Kent and
Sussex.
The point OF difference is that the regular
etrengtn ia concentrated in the city Of Will
mington and the unionists control the two
lower counties, so that the latter, with a
majority Of IS under the union basis, dom.
mated the State. whereas under the other
plan there was a majority OF four only.
which makes it necessary to secure only
three delegates from the lower counties to
seoure control for the city.
The committee to-day also agreed to ac-
cept the primary rules OF the regular organ
t~zstion, STIMULATING only that each faction
shall have a clerk and judge in each voting
district at the primary election TO be held
next month. The lfO delegates to be chosen
under this plan are to elect a new joint
State committee to the place Of the two
committees now acting, and after ten years
of ~antagonism the two wings of the party
the nomination Of but one Republican candi-
date for each Of the minor State offices by
the August convention and for Congress
man and members OF the Legislature by
the September convention and, if a ma
FORTY is secured in the next Assembly, the
oleosion Of two United States Senators by
the Republicans. There seems an excellent
prospect, therefore, that Delaware. which
FOR the past fifteen years has been partly
and at times wholly without representation
in the Senate through Addicks's perpetual
candidacy, will again have her full quota
In the upper house Of Congress.
Addicks has persistently fought the propo-
gition for joint primaries, and to-day's
unanimo GUS vote Of the Union Republican
State committee against him shows that his
hold upon the politics Of the State is a thing
Of the past.
Behold my old friend David Clark"
said J. Edward Addioks after Senator
Allee's programme had been adopted.
David, I have not ceased to pray for you,
Here you are, you fellows. well dressed and
sleek on salaries from Senator Alice. sitting
In that comm ittee voting against me-