Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-22
CONFRONTED BY "IFS"
Obstacles HaVS Baked the RNpub-
liCan Senatorial Programme.
A FRUITLESS CONFERENCE
Held Last Night at Senator
MendinhalPs House
BY TIE REGULAR REPUBLICANS
Who Have Not Yot Entered
tho Trap.
A FRBITLESS CONFERENCE
Held Last Night at Senator
MendinhalPs House
BY TIE REGULAR REPUBLICANS
MOI Likely 10 Take Any Deflnito Action
Unri Il is Known what Senators I. O..
Moore and 4. B. Conner and Reprcsen-
tative Frank DAVIS Intend 10 10.

II Addicks steps down and out, without
a string to his abdication
If the Union Republican members Of
the Legislature agree not to vote for Adj
dicks for Senator in the event of q special
session hcing called.
If Senators A. B. Conner and T. c.
Moore agice to the above propositions.
II all o. the Republican members sign
pledge TO eleet a Senator.
Then Governor Lea will call a special
session Of the Legislature and a Senator
Will DE elected to fiji the vacancy that has
existed since the 9TH OF last March, when
tho term OF Dr. l.. Heisler Ball expired.
AS WAS pointed out in Every Evening
yesterday, the Regular Republican mem-
bcrs OF the Legislature had not yet gone
into the trap which had been set for them.
and they are still on the outside. but are
smiling at the bait. Il is said that three
OF the Regulars have not yet committed
themselves.
The over enthusiastic element, which
evidently lost sight of the obstacles, gave
assurance yesterday that the matter
would be fixed up last night but their pre-
diction was not fulfilled True, a con-
ference of Regular Republican members
OF the Legislature was held last night at
the residence of Senator John NJ Mendin-
hall, at Newport, at which the situation
was discussed, but in view of the fact that
all Of the Union Republicans had not
slgued an agreement to abide by the de-
cision of caucus and there were other
matters unsettled, il was decided to wait
and see what the Union Republicans in
tend to do before taking any action. There
were nine men at the conference and they
"a 10. l..t .F
Col. II. A. du Pont but they evidently
realized that they were not the whole
show and did not allow themselves to
arrive at a hasty decision.
A report came from the lower part of
the State yesterday that Senators A. b..
Conner and 4. c. Moore and Represen-
tative Frank Davis, all of Kent county,
had not signed up, and as a session of the
Legislature could not be assured without
the presence Of the two Kent Senators,
it was felt that nothing could be accom-
plished until it was learned what the
Kent Senators intended TO do. Report
also had il that the Kent men referred to
would hold a conference today and reach
some decision. Consequently, last night s
conference was practically fruitless It
was expected that Il. Coleman du Pont
would be in attendance, but he had not
returned from a cruise on the Chesapeake
Bay, although a report was current that
he had gone TO Washington to have a
conference with President Roosevelt.
II was figured out that Senators Moore
and Conner hold the key to the situation,
for il they and the Democrats should
absent themselves from the Senate. in
the event of a special session being called
there would not be a quorum and nothing
could be done
A meeting Of the Union Republican
City Committee was held last evening and
the latest developments in the situation
we're discussed, but no action was taken
in regard to the matter.