Evening journal., 1895-05-09
THE SENATORIAL FIGHT
Higgins, Addicks and Massey
Disappeared Yesterday.
UEDRBAMED-oF MEN BROUGHT OUT

The story OF Forty-two Ballots which
Were Cast Yesterday Colonel h. A Du-
Pont within Hair'a-breadth Of Eiec-
tion-The Day CLOSED with william Du-
Pont In the Lead
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, May Q They conferred. strug.
gled, cast forty two ballots and parted,
without electing United States aena-
tor.
Last night. after It WAS all over the
Addlcks men had their nsg flying and
still held the key TO the situation Since
the session began 170 ballots have been
taken. and there have been several days
Of intense excitement. but never since
the present desperate struggle for
tactiopal supremacy began has the
factional lines been so badly strained as
they were yesterday Higgins, Addicks,
Massey and Pennewill practically dis
appeared from the Hght. and new and
undreamed Of men we're voted for
The fight began early in the morning
with the withdrawal Of Senator Higgins
and the taking up by his followers of
Colonel Henry A DUPONT, one Of the
wealthiest and most conservative men In
New CASTLE county
lie was drawing candidate and by
o'clock had IA Of the 10 Republican votes
and came within two votes Of being
elected, on the ninth ballot Had the
Higgins men taken one more ballot they
would have elected their man, for Brown
and Robbins, two OF the Addicks men,
were going TO vote for him The recess
from / to o'clock saved the Addicks
men and defeated Colonel DUPONT
During that recess Addicks withdrew
and instructed his men to vote for DR..
, Hiram r. Burton, In the hope that the
) others would vote with them. This
would have given the Addchs men the
l honor OF naming the man. These tactics
we're pursued until the sixteenth ballot,
when Senstor Handy aud Representative
Moore, acting upon chance suggestion
made by Richard w. Crook, the Will
q mngton aud Brandywine Springs rail.
q way man, executed their mastt + stroke
I by passing the word along the line to
vote for William Dupont, he Brandy wine
hundred millionaire. He drew two votes
d from Colonel Dupont OH that ballot. and,
e on the eighteenth ballot carried of three
a more reducing the vote Of the higgins
candidate from IA to s That Was the
condition until the second recess,
which WAS from 3 to o'clock,
and continued during the frst Aalot
i after the two houses had reaesembled. 0n
the twenty third ballot Colonel Dupont
,s gained a vote aud William Dupont lost
n one leaving them tis-9 10 o On tbs
AZ next ballot Colonel DUPONT was ons
u ahead OF his kinsman. The condition
va was reversed on the twenty ballot
b aud on the next one Colonel DuPon
a dropped TO g. William Dupont EhoweS
* up in fne form with II on the twenty
TX seventh ballot, and the colonel droppeI
or to T. He dropped to o on the next an'
William DUPONT went up to l2 On th
D. thirtieth ballot William Dupont gaine'
th another at the expense Of the coone
Of reducing him to 5 A straggler voted
10 for the colonel on the thity-frst ant
et thirty second ballots raising him to Q
K but the An Revoir man held his ID
The Higgins men we're beaten At thei
own game and they recognized IL. Du
Pont against DUPONT was more ths
d.. they could stand. and they must hav
re time to look around Tor a new mar
al With this 10 view they voted for reces
ey until o'clock aud the other member
ss we're so hot and tired that they vote
xt with them,
ny There WAS some speculation as to whoI
he the Higgins men would put up next. Q
the first ballot In the evening all th
Colonel DUPONT men but Burton droppa
him and went to DR.. Hiram K. Buttoi
70 They played the hand which had csme I
TO near defeating the Addiefs men, I'll
I'm honor OF naming the man was what II
Of tol
IT TO use Burton because the Addicks ms
nd voted for him early IN the day and this
le could see no reason why they should n
vote for him again The Addicks me
were not to be caught with such cha
II was not their program for DR. BurtS
ary to be elected under Higgins auspice
on With the introduction Of Burton Wlllis
Of DuPort's vote fell to 10, and Colonel Dg
an Points to /. On the thirty fourth ball
the Colonel Dupont disappeared entirely al
el- his one vote went to raise Burton's to
on the thirty fifth ballot William ID
Pont lost two votes by reason Of Menu
len and Money paying their old frien
tha Allen Smith, of Wilmington, l
rn- compliment Of voting for him Tbs
ver votes were restored TO him on the ne
ballot, and be won one Of Burton's vot
on the thirty-seventh ballot. II
ION. malned II for William DUPONT and
hor Burton until the forty second BALI
mn Then Townsend cast vote for Jol
NM reducing Burton's vote to z.
III The Democrats, with the exception
asn. Representatives DAILY and Mustard, l
IN NAMED true to Edward Ridgely DI
Es voted twice for Ambassador Bayard, q
in. Mustards vote throughout was cast
,em- Ebe w. Tunnel.
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