Evening journal., 1895-02-13
SENATORIAL DEADLOCK.
Bayard Receives No More
Votes for Senator.
NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION

Representative Killen Casts His Vote for
james L. woloott and Will Continue 20
DO so-HiEgins Reiterates That He
VIII Not Withdraw From the Contest
the First OF March-Bslief That His-
gins VIII Ultimately Win.
STAFF Correspondence Evening journal.
DOVER, Feb. 13.--There Is no truth
whatever in the Every Evening dispatch
crediting Representative Killen, Of
South Murderkill hundred, with having
deserted Chancellor Wolcott and voted
for Hon. Thomas F Bayari, yesterday.
He cast his customary vote for Mr. VOL
cott, and will continue to do SO. Neither
Is there any foundation for the state
ment that the BRyard vote will be in
creased to five. All the Democratic
members excepting Senator Pyle and
Representatives Daily and Mustard feel
themselves bound by the caucus which
made Mr. Wolcott the party nominee.
When the rumor that Senator Higgins
would withdraw on March was set in
circulation by his opponents your GORE
spondent called upon him at the Hotel
Richardson and asked him If 1t were true.
He made an emphatic denial and SO did
his friends then and they now rsiterAte it.
The Higgins men are in nowise worried.
They have nine votes still and there In
nothing to indicate that they will lose
any of them
Chairman Bach was here yesterday and
sat for some time on the dias OF the
house as the guest Of Speaker McMullen.
Clerk of Council Lednum, of Wilmington
was also here The sentiment is growing
that the Addicks and Massey men will
ultimately come to the His gins nine aud
elect him.
The Speaker was Ross.
Representative DAILY created much
amusement Ia The House yesterday after.
noon by offering the following Joint
resolution:
Whereas, This General Assembly
after weeks OF balloting, has failed to
elect a United States senator to serve
this state In the Congress of the United
States, for the constitutional term of
ak years from the fourth of March next.
Therefore be IL
Resolved. By the Senate and House OF
In General Assembly met: That from
and after the 18th day Of February, 1895
there will be no more joint sessions Of
the Assembly for the purpoEes Of voting
for senator"
AS soon as the laugh had subsided
and before Speaker McMullsn had re-
covered from his surprise, Mr. Rsybold
moved that it be referred TO the Com.
mi m A
thought 1t should GO to the Committee
on Federal Relations. The speaker had
by this time recovered and declined to
entertain the motion He said that II he
referred II at all he would refer IL 10 the
Committee on Revised Statutes. az 1t was
matter which required legal kno wledge.
The whole matter ended by the speaker
keeping the documents on his desk.
The Demapds OF selbYviIIe.
Selbyville, small town of Sussex, has
taken upon itself the work of breaking
the Senatorial deadlock Speaker OF the
House McMullen has received and had
read TO the House the following demand
signed by twenty SelbYvillsites, and &C
companied by letter from L J BrAsure
We, the Republicans Of the State OF
Delaware, who have the best interests of
the party at heart, condemn the course
now being pursued by our Legislators;
we consider your delay In eleeting aUnited
States senator as damaging to the party
and o breach OF party trust, mas
much as you appear to be making the
interests Of the party subservient to the
interests of private individuals, Whereas
you are pledged TO keep party interests
paramount TO all others We
therefore demand, as is our
right as those whose suffrages
yoE sought and to whom your honor is
pledged, that you perform at once your
sworn duty of eleoting a senator; that,
If none of the present candidates can be
elected, you choose another, abiding by
the principles and president of the
party, so that the success Of last Novem-
ber be not quickly turned to disgrace
and our state be inadequately repre-
sented in the National Senate.
Mr.. Brasure concludes his letter by
saying: The time was when almost
every Republican had preference, as to
the candidate, but now. to save our party
from disgrace, and our state from again
being under Democratic misrule, which
are paramount to any candidate. our
only request now Is that You elect 3
Republican senator and do it quick"
Shortly after the reading ballot was
taken and Selbyville's demand fell fat,
the vote for senator being: Higgins, s.;
WolcOtt, G; Addicks, 6; Massey, 4 an
BayRrd, 2
THE STATE IRGTSTATHRR