Evening journal., 1897-01-14
HAzELL'S HANDS TIED! !
Sheriff Refuses to Deliver the
Keys and the Ballot Boxes.
EXCITING TIMES DOWN AT DOVER
HAzELL MADE A BAD BREAK IN
CHANGING HIS VOTE AT THE
WRONG TIME-FIGHTING ALL
ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN
CHEAIRS AND DICKEY.

CHEAIRS AND DICKEY.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, Jan. 14.-The fight to pre-
vent John T. Dickey from being un-
seated to make room for Woodward w. |
Cheairs, of Red Lion hundred. who
contests the formers election, grows
fercer day by day.
II is a funny situation. The Cheairs
men control the committee and the
Senate, and the Dickey men control the
House. The committee is endeavoring
to make a count, but last night Sheriff
Finn refused to deliver the ballot
boxes and keys to the committee on
upon him was not a warrant from the
House, but one from the Committee on
Elections, and that he had received
legal advice that he could only deliver
the boxes to the House itself and in its
chamber. AS the House is not in ses-
sion and will not reconyene until to-
morrow. such a warrant cannot issue,
and no count will be made, at least
not until after the caucus for and cleo
ton of a United States senator.
AS the matter stood last night, the
committee was ready to act and eager to
do So but the action of the sheriff has
tied il up hand and foot and it is now
at the mercy Of the House.
The Cheairs men are dumbfOunded
by this new turn of affairs just at a time
when they had made every prepara-
ton for a speedy count and quick re-
port.
DENIED BY JOHN F.
The day opened with a rumor that
} Willard Salisbury, Jr., had with
drawn from the field and that John f.
, Salisbury had announced himself a
candidate. This was Immediately de-
MED by Willard Saulsburys support
ers and later John +. Salisbury was
asked by your correspondent whether
he was a candidate. He gave an en-
phatic reply in the negative and stated
that the office would have to seek the
man, for the man would not seek the
office, and that he had never solicited
a member to vote for him.
By that time a decided boom in
favor of General r. r. Kenney had
started .1d for several hours his stock
was awSy above par. It was said that
the members who favored the election
of a silver man were fOcking to his
standard. and il was later learned that
there was some ground for the rumor.
Willard Saulsbury's strength will
never exceed seven votes, said the
most prominent of General Kenney' Is
! supporters. THE man will come from
Kent or Sussex county. most probably
the former, and in that event it will
either he Kenney or Wolcott.'
FIGHT AT THE STATE HOUSE.
e The opening gun in the Cheairs-
= Dickey contest was fired by the Senate.
D 1t was rumored that the Dickey men
j in the House proposed to endeavor to
a force an adjournment until Monday
z evening The anti-Dickey men imme-
diately went into the Senate and took
t steps to block the scheme. They want
S ed time for their committee to make
B the count of ballots and to formulate
S its report, but they did not want to ad-
a journ until Monday, as that would pre-
+. vent Dickey from being unseated be-
fore the Democratic caucus on Monday
l. night, and the election of a United
States senator on Tuesday at noon. Sc
Representative HAZEL and other anti
Dickey men got Senator Pyle, who has
no love for Mr. Salisbury, to offer a
joint resolution that when the two
houses adjourned it be until Friday
. morning at IL o'clock. This was
adopted by the Senate, not a member
= voting against it. After the anti.
y Dickey men felt sure of their position
in the House the Senate joint resolu
tion was carried over there and thai
was the last heard of it until late ii
the afternoon.
A message was received from Sher
!" in Finn to the effect that the ballot
\. boxes would be down on the noon eX
~ press and this made the anti-Dickel
a men more jubilant than ever, but thel
" did not know what was in store TO
-" them, else they would not have shout
ed so soon. The noon train came, bu
not the ballot-boxes. Word was re
ceived that they would be down on tn
y 4.25 train.
'c That was all of interest at the morn
Is ing session, and during the noon re
' cess the Dickey men were perfectinl
their plans for the afternoon, and tn
~ anti-Dickey men endeavoring to as
ie certain what they were and deyisin
schemes to circumvent them.
For the purpose of frightening tn
Kent county men it was given out tina
OF if the New Castle boxes were opened
- also WOulu lue hehl county DoAtS u
re opened and the Kent members uuseateC
I'd Charles II. Kittinger a representativ
b. of Addicks. was particularly we
G. pleased with this. and said that n
would to-day offer a resolution in tn
House providing for the opening {
~ the Kent county boxes and making
o. full count of the votes. His interes
by in the matter is apparent, as AddicR
ed could get a full count of the votes
nd Kent county, and gain prestige for h
r. rump House, and not only that, bl
or also nave an opportunity to carry n
county at the special election. TT
Addicks members cannot contest II
seats of the Kent Democrats becau,
I'd they made a mistake in filing their n,
of tice of contest.
az FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.
Dr. Owing TO the presence of the woms
IN suffragists in the State House and Il
desire Of the members to hear Mr.