The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-10

Dover, Del, May 9.-The general as
sembly of Delaware adjourned sine die
at o'clock this afternoon without hav-
ing selected a successor to Senator
Higgins, although the Republicans
claim their leading candidate. Colonel
Henry A. Dupont, was legally elected.
The matter will probably be taken to
the United States Senate for a decision.
The 211th ballot since the deadlock
began four months ago and the last
of the session was taken a few minutes
before 3 o'clock. 1t resulted: Henry a.
Dupont Republicanl. Is: ]. Edward
Addicks RepublicaLs 4; Edward
Ridgely OemocraD, 8; Tunnel Demo
craft, l.
Democrats Filibuster.
During the day the Democrats fill
bustered with the object OF preventing
balloting, and when the state house
sounded the death knell of the legisla-
tive session of 1895. the clerk was in
the midst of a roll call on a dilatorv
motion made by Democrat.
AS soon as Governor Watson Demo
craD, who. by reason of the fact that
he was speaker Of the senate before
his election to the gubernatorial chair.
OpOA1 Tic QCdln VI NTON l4O4 -s1cll ' II,
presided over the joint session. an
nounced the sine die adjournment.
Speaker of the House McMullin Gre
publican) arose and formally declared
Henry A. Dupont elected United
States senator. This action had pre-
viously been agreed upon by the Re
publican leaders. The Delaware legis-
representatives and nine senators, SIX
teen being a majority on joint ballot.
The Republicans claim that when Wat
son; by virtue of his position as
speaker of the Senate, succeeded TO
the governorship upon the death of
Governor Marvil, one month ago. the
number Of senator's was reduced to
eight, and therefore there were only
twenty-nine on joint ballot and that
fifteen votes constituted a majority.
On the other hand, the Democrats
and Governor Watson claim the law
distinctly declares the speaker of the
senate shall become governor. There
fore, if Mr.. Watson withdraws from
the senate he ceases to be speaker of
the senate" and consequently loses the
goVernorship.
Made Good His Threat.
The senatorial question is likely to
occupy a large amount of public atten-
ton for months to come. Whether the
governor has a right to appoint is a
disputed question. If he has the ap-
pointment will be only until the next
legislature, which meets in January.
! 1896. unless sooner called together by
the governor. This latter contingency
is not probable. however
J. Edward Addicks has made good
his threat uttered at the very begin
ming of the contest, to prevent the
election of a Republican senator from
Delaware if he could not secure the
prize himself.
Colonel Henry A Dupont, who will
make the contest for the senatorship,
is a member of the famous Dupont
family. who have been manufacturers
of powder and other explosives in Will
mington, this state, for over a CEN
fury. He is a son of the late General
Henry Dupont, and was born at
Brandywine Banks in 1886. He at
tended the University of Pennsylvania,
and was appointed to the United States
military academy at West Point, grad
uating in 1861. He entered the fifth
United States artillery and served
through the civil war Colonel Dupont
has been a Republican ever since the
organization of the party.