Evening journal., 1893-01-03
ence Fvenine Journal.

Favors whiteman- Last Nights Pro-
ceedIngs In Detail.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Del, January 3, 1898.
The Whiteman and Layton men
triumphed over the Cooch- Ridgely COM
] bination in the caucus for the organiza-
tion Of the House last night. Il resulted
| In the selection Of j. Harvey Whiteman,
the well known young lawyer who repre-
sents Mill Creek hundred, for speaker,
and John r. Layton, Of Sussex county, for
clerk
In the Senate the contest was not so
great. Charles M. Houston, of Sussex
county, was elected speaker on the first
ballot, and w. A. G. Hardcastle, Of Kent
county, was elected clerk
The members who went into cancus
were as follows:
The Senate.
New Castle-John Pyle, John Pilling,
James McMullin.
Kent--James Williams, Thomas Il.
Lacey. William r. Watson
Sussex Charles M. Houston, William
NJ. Ross William T. Records.
Messrs McMullin, Pilling, Williams,
Ross and Houston are the holding over
members.
The Lower Branch.
New CASTLE. Harvey Spruance j.
Harvey Whiteman, James H. s Gam,
Joseph Whittock. Harry Day, William
Cooch, Columbus Watkins
Kent-William r. Hall, Abel Sevil,
Minos Conoway, William Salisbury
John S. Pratt, Samuel Armstrong, II.
Harrington.
sussex-Samuel D Kenney, George A.
Bryan, Randall M. Lynch, Horace J.
Hickman, Robert W. Dasey, John II.
Prettyman, John 4. Jacobs
Big crowd in Dover.
Every train, north and south. brought
Democrats to the capital today. The
state House, green and corridors of the
Hotel Richardson, Capitol and Bayard
House were thronged from IL o'clock in
the morning until $50 at night, at which
time the State House became the objec-
tive point for all comers.
Feeling the Pulse.
The Cooch men were confident of vic
tory ND TO o'clock and then their hopes
subsidized to some extent. It became APP
parent that Whiteman had come to Do.
yer with four New Castle votes. They
were those Of Representatives Spruance,
Day. Gam and himself The Cooch mer
had depended upon Spruance or Gam but
their expectations in that quarter were
7 not realized. The Whiteman adherents
| formed a combine with majority of the
r Sussex county members and one or two
/ In Kent county, and they went into th'
il caucus with majority and retained i
4 throughout
4 The Big Four from Ne Castle eau
IL NH
. Sussex delegation m,f ia r,om in th'
Capitol Hotel. IL WIS agre, that tn
a Sussex men should vote for Mbitemal
!, for speaker and thu Whilenian mel
should vote for Layton for cllk. Afte
these separate caucusses a joint caucu
e was held at the Capitol Hotel and tn
. slate was fixed and the pledges wer
/. faithfully kept.
O The Cooch men formed a combine with
the Ridgely men in Kent and hoped there
, bv. with little help from Sussex count,
G to win the speakership. They were un
i able TO muster the requisite eleven votes
b An effort was then made to get Ridgel.
:. to withdraw to save Cooch, but this b.
= refused to do.
The House Does Its Work.
It was under this condition of affair
that both sides entered the legislativ
halls at o'clock and began TO caucus
y Columbus Watkins Of New Castle count
was elected chairman of the caucus
p and William Salisbury of Kent county
: was made secretary.
y Samuel S. Kenney nominated Mr.
r Cooch. J. Harvey Spruance nominated
! Mr. Whiteman. The ballot stood
/ Whiteman. 10; Cooch, Q. WhitemaI
d was declared elected.
Representative Hickman nominate'
Mr. Layton of Sussex for clerk. Repre-
1 sentative Salisbury presented the nam
of Daniel M Ridgely of Kent. r. II
$ vandyke of Kent was also placed II
i nomination. Mr. Layton was elected oil
the first ballot, the vote being Layton
!. Il; Ridgely, 2 Vandyke, 1.
There were two bal OTIS for sergeant at
a arms There were large number o
d nominations, the three leaoing men bein
% John Porter. Thomas H. Hopkins an
John White, all of Kent county. O
the second and decisive ballot Porte
was elected.
There was lively fight for the char
e laiu's chair-not by the preachers, them
IS selves. but by their friends Rev. j. i
; Caldwell, superanuated preacher o
D the Nj. + Church; Rev J. y. Stone
A cipher of Dover Presbyterian Church, an
S Rev. r. X Lewis, Of the NJ p Church
s. were the candidates The first two vote
, were scattering but on the last ballot th
r Methodist Episcopal minister was dis
tanced
y, William A. simmons had a walkove
p- for the office of page ON the last ballot
r. There were several candidates for th
r. honor Of carrying the mail bags of tn
In House They were trotted in one by on
j. and showed off their points to th
e. amusement of the representatives. o
e. the last ballot the vote stood Willial
Y, A. Simmons, A; Oscar Stein, .; Norri
? Laiferty, I Charles Hansberry, !.
D.. Immediately after the caucus assem-
\ bled Mr. Salisbury offered the followin
g. resolution which was adopted:
t. Resolved, That the speaker be nomi
d mated from one county, the clerk fror
n another and the sergeant-at arms fror
the third
This explains why some Of the candi
dates were not put in nomination, th
resolution ruling them out
After the doors were opened Speake
r Whiteman and the other caucus nom