Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-10
rHH TRUE CAUCUS aspoRr.

The Report OF the Republican
House Caucus a. odd by a Paper
whose Editor In she SON OF n NEeni-
berthe Senatorial Contest.
The Milford Nesos, In it's last issue,
publishes report Of tho proceedings Of
the House caucus at Dover, Monday night
week that can be relied upon as being
accurate. Henry L. Hynson, editor Of
the Netos, was an applicant for the House
clerkship, and bis father, Garrett Il.
Hynson. is member OF the House and
attended the caucus. The report Is
headed sHow Six Beat Eight" and Ia as
fellows;
civilian E. Davis OF Kent, presided,
and Oharles II. Maui of Sussex, acted "a
secretary. McKendree Downham, the
choice of the Sussex CAUCUS, was elected
on the frat ballot by vote OF eight TO
six for John II. HoiTecker of Kent.
Sussex county then announced that she
would concede the clerk to Kent and
askad that county to select one Of her
candidates. Beniah Watson, Caleb j,
Smithers, John !. Plunkett aud Henry
l.. Hynson were put In nomination. Six
OF the Kent mon objected to HynAon on
the ground that his father was member
and prejudiced in his favor, and after
fllibustering for two or three hours. de.
mandcd that Mr.. Hynson withdraw his
sons name. This WAS done but still
the six Kent ocunty men refused 10 select
q clerk from their own county. Their
objection TO Hynson as clerk was only m
excnse. They did not want clerk from
Kent. They bad been instructed by Mr..
Massey's lieutenants TO throw the clerk
out of Kent SO that Kent candidate for
senator would have q clearer field, not
having any officer in the organization.
Then they tried to elect Henry @: Conrad
OF New Castle, and later, Horace G..
Knowles of Sussex; but the Sussex men
deelinee,to accept any but Kent clerk.
"The six Kent members still filibus-
tered, and in the interests OF harmony
Mr.. Downham magnanimonsIy proposed
to resign, saying that Suassx could agree
on either q clerk or speaker. Il was
with difficulty that Downham's Sussex
friends consented to this. But he gained
HIS point in the interest of harmony and
organization. A ballot was ordered and
it resulted as follows: William r Davis,
8; Hoffeoker, 8; Downham, /; sbstained
from voting, 2. This ives the true test
VI iAphcchei y hbftIBtu. SUSSEX now
wanted to complete the organization by
eleoting Willism A. Gum of Frankfort as
clerk. Hofecker's friends demurred.
They wanted Knowles. Sussex disputed
their right to interfere. They retaliated
by saying that Sussex and not they had
elected Mr.. Davis speaker. This did not
suit the latter and so hs resigned. Mr..
Hynson then moved that Mr.. Hoffecker
be Speaker and Mr.. Gum of Sussex clerk
and thAt the election be by reclamation.
This motion prevailed"
A VERY IMPORTANT CONTEST.
The following Associated Press dis.
patch from Washington, referring to tho
cloee political division of the next United
States Senate, will prove OF interest, con-
sidered in relation to the Senatorial con-
test now going on in this State:
The probable oompoaition of the SEN
ate OF the beginning OF the Fifty. first
Congress has been widely discussed at
the capitol during the past week, and tina
talk on the subject has brought into
present yiew a striking illustration of the
power of the unexpected in politics. The
Senate OF present consists of 80 Republi-
cans and 81 Democratic members. or
these the terms of the following will OK.
pire on the 18th of March:
Democrats -Messrs. Beck of kentucky;
Berry of Arkansaa; Butler OF South Caro-
lima, Coke of Texas; Colquitt OF Georgia;
Gibson OF Louisiana; Harris of Tennessee;
kenna of West Virginia; Mcpherson Of
New Jersey; Morgan Of Alabama; Ransom
of North Carolina; Salisbury OF Delaware:
@aitasI OF MisRlssippl--l3
" n
7ree &, chana ~ Rhode Island; Chandler
OF New Hampshire; Cullom OF Illinois;
Dolph of Oregon; Frye of Maine; Hoar OF
Massachusetts; Anderson of Nebraska;
Palmer Of Michigan; Plumb of Kansas;
kiddleberger of Virginia; Ssbin of
Minnesota, and Wilson OF IoWa-19.
Messrs. Beck, Butler, Chace, Morgan,
Walthall, Wilson, Colquitt and Gibson
have been re elected. Messrs. Palmer
and Bowen will be succeeded by Messrs.
James F. Mcmillan and u. o. Wolcott re-
spectively. Messfs. Berry, Cullom, Frye,
Dolph, Coke, Hosr, Manderson and
Plumb have been either re-nominated or
will have no serious opposition. John
5. Barbour, Democrat, has been elected
to succeed RiddlebergeE from Virginia,
and Senator SanlsbuTy's successor from
DeiaWafe IS expected TO be Republican,
In the cases Of the remaining senators
the expectation Is that whatever may be
the result as to them personally their
successors will be of the same political
faith. So that when the Senate is called
to order on the 4th of March it will be
composed of 38 elected Republican Sen
etors, 81 elected democratic senators and
one Republican senator appointed by the
governor of New Hampshire to succeed
Mr.. Chandler.
On the question Of the admission OF
the New Hampshire senator the vote will
doubtless ba on the lines OF political di-
vision Republicans, 38; Democrats, 81.
This is en- exceedingly close vote and the
control of the Senate would have passed
into the hands OF the Democrats Ind the
unexpected result in Delaware bsen diff
ferent, for then the vote would have
stood: Democrats, SO; Republicans, 81.
should the Republicans in Delaware get
into trouble over the claims of rival can.
didates and fail to elect successor to
s'enator Salisbury, the Republican, will
have control OF the Senate only by the
easting vote Of Vice-president Morton.