The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-05
The Delaware senatorship.

Washington, Dec. 4.-There is every prospect of a sharp struggle between
 the old and new blood in the republi-
 can ranks in the senate at to-day's
 caucus, held to further consider the question of reorganization. Before the
 senate convened this morning repubh-
 can senators were observed in small
 groups discussing the subject, and it
 was noted that the young blood and the
 old blood did not appear to mingle in
 these informal consultations. Senator Thomas H. Carter, who is one of the Heading spirits in favor of re- publican control in the senate said
 that he was in favor of making straight fight to wrest the organiza- tion from the hands of the democrats. He opposes any combination or con- promise with the democrats or popu- | lists, and advocates a complete change in all the offices, and a change in the
 methods of selecting what is common 1 ly called the steering committee"
 It is the latter proposition that dis
 turbs the older members of the senate,
 for they are jealous of the power they
 now wield in the important committees, and hesitate to break away from the 1 old practices and traditions which have
 clustered around the senate for so many 1 years.
 The election of John Sherman as l chairman of the caucus committee on
 Monday has no bearing upon the con- test between the young and old sena- l tors, but there is serious opposition to | following the old custom of allowing the chairman of the caucus to select
 the committee which virtually dictates
 the order of business of the senate. l As soon as the senate met the Dela-
 ware senatorial contest came up, when ! Senator Mitchell of Oregon, who is
 member of the committee on elections, | presented the so-called credentials of I MT. Dupont
 1 While the certificates from the 1 speaker of the Delaware legislature
 were read by the clerk, ex-Senator Hlg- 1 gins was actively explaining the cir l cumstances to republican senators. In support of the Dupont claim Sena tor
 Mitchell presented numerous documents bearing on the subject. The matter was referred to the committee on elee- tions The Delaware incident was tenn porarily closed by Senator Gray moving
 that the privileges of the senate cham Der be granted to Mir. Dupont pending | decision in the matter
 The president to-day sent to the sem ate the nominations of United States judges, marshals and attorneys made during the recess of congress. In cluded in these are those of Walter E. Falson of North Carolina to be solicitor for the department of state; William M. Springer of Illinois, judge for the Northern district, and Constantine 5. l Kilgore of Texas for the Southern dis 1 trist of Indian Territory, and William
 L. Marbury United States attorney for
 the district of Maryland. Mir Marbury l was nominated during the last con- gross, but the senate took no action on 1 the nomination.
 1 Representative Livingston of Georgia who introduced the joint resolution yes- l terday looking to the formation of a l congressional committee to investigate | the boundary question, was asked to-
 day what the United States ought to
 do if Great Britain declined to arbi-
 trate.
 "Why, fight her, Of course" was the emphatic reply. "No other course will
 comport with our dignity and self-re-
 speot. Venezuela is not to be consid-
 cred in this matter. Great Britain has
 violated the Monroe doctrine She is
 continually acquiring additional terri 1 tory in South America. We cannot and
 must not permit this. We should go to
 war first"