The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-05-21
REPUBLICANS
ENDORSE TELLER
He Will Go to St. Louis at the
Head Of the Colorado Delega-
ton, Instructed to Bolsif
aGoldbug is Nominated.
THE DUPONT CASE SETTLED.


THE DUPONT CASE SETTLED
The Senate Decides Against the Delaware
Claimant By the Narrow Vote Of u to 3t
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as L. out IN Card to His constitusn''
Montana and Idaho Have Elected Frss
Silver Dedication. ., 9, rou,. >. Stand
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That He viii Cali up III. Biii to Prevent
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Monument for "s"erAi. Nash and D.'
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w,-Iu>0roH. May Is, 1856 ON last
Fr!Ia! the oeua'e aeCided by vote
OF thi.,l -oue 10 thirty that Henry a
Dupont. " no was con,esting for a seat
in the L nited States Senate from the
State of Delaware, was not entitled to
a seat. This matter has been discus
sed in the Senate, Off an Oh, for over a
month, and has attracted no little at
tentlon. Mr.. Dupont got exactly one
half OF the votes of the joint assembly
of the Delaware legislature. Not hav-
ing received majority, the legisla-
ture declared that he had not been
elected. The legislature was dead
locked, and adjourned without elect
ing anyone. Mr.. Dupont claimed that
one OF the persons voting against him
IN the legislature was not entitled t.
a seat in that body, and that if that
person had not voted, the vote which
he received would have made ma jor-
ity. The member of the legislature
referred to, was none other than the
President of the State Senate OF Della
ware. In Delaware, there is nc
Observation-Disclosures. The Presi-
dent of the Senate is elected from
among the body of the Senate, and, is
therefore, a Senator. The Constitu-
ton provides that in case of the death
of the Governor of the State, that the
President of the Senate shall temper
arily exercise the office of the Govern.
or until Governor can be elected. In
this case the Governor of Delaware
died, and the President of the Senate
was acting as Governor, but also acted
as senator and voted on the nmestion
of electing a Senator. The whole
question turned upon whether or moi
the President of the Senate. while
temporarily Exercising the Office of
Governor, had the right To yot. onany
question coming hefor. the legislature
There was similar case in Mort b
Carolina under It's cid Constitution
which, like the Constitution Of bella
ware did not provide for Lieutenant
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low, a Senator from Cumberland coup-
ty, was President of the senate when
the then Governor of North Carolina
died. Mr.. Winslow at once began to
exercise the office of Governor, but also
continued to exercise the duties and
functions of Senator. The question
was raised as to whether or not he had
such right. The matter was ably de-
bated in the Senate by such distin-
guished men as Governor Graham and
other members of that bodv and the
State Senate of North Carolina decided
CuoU w 1uSlOW, JuOugQ temDOHArIIv
exercising the office of Governor. was
still Senator and President Of the
Senate, and had a right to preside over
the Senate and vote on all questions
This exactly covers the DUPONT case
which has just been decided by the
United States Senate. The argument
made by Mr.. Warren Winslow on that
occasion was q very clear and powerful
one, and Senator GRAY quoted from if
in his argument on this case in the
United States Senate.
cohohADo ENDORSES TELLER AND TURNS
DOWN "oLcorT.
In addition to what Senator Teller
SAID recently in the Senate. setting
forth his position for the coming cam,
paign, stating positively that he wouId
not support a gold man if his party
nominated one, but would stand by the
people and financial reform under ali
circumstances, he sent a few DAYS apo
an official statement to the Chairman
of the Republican committees of his
State, saying that he would not 60 as .
delegate to the Republican national
convention unless his State endorsed
his position, and authorized him and
the delegates to Withdraw from tbe
convention if gold niatform and q
gold candidate. or a sfraddIino Mat.
form and doubtful candidate were
put forward, he closed his letter Wit
the following sentence.
eff this course nuts me ont of svmn.-
thy With the RepuhIican sentiment Of
the State. as a portion Of the Ranmh,i-
can press allege if will 7 accent tho
result with ali of IFS logical consal
quences in preference to an ahandnn-
mrnt of principle and stult,ficatioT,
OF my record"
weeks AGO Senator Wolcott tho CIV.
senator from Colorado cont IT..
to the chairman of the RsnrhI;oan
committee of hi, State sav;,.o thst ha
would stand hv the na,tv "a s snn m.'
the nominee M msttar yho ha 'up .p -.
what the platform was. News comes
from Colorado that at their Stste nnn'
vention on last Fridav The St.to