Evening journal., 1899-03-01
ONE CENT.
TRIP OF THE REGULARS.
Was to Confer With High Of
hcials From Washington.
The DEMOCRATS HAVE UNITED

HOPE REGULAR REPUBLICANS
WILL JOHN WITH THEM AND
EIHcT GEORGE GRAY-LEvI C.
BIRD DECLINES TO BE A sENA-
noRlAL CANDIDATE.
Special Dispatch Evening Journal
Dover March 1.-The trip OF the
Regu.ar Republicans to Philadelphia
last night was to meet certain high
officials from Washington and to OBJ
tain the ideas CT thle administration
with respect to the senatorial, situation.
This morning the Democrats held a
conference and made another effort to
get together on Senator Gray, hcping
that 10y so doing the Regular Repub-
licans would vote for and elect him.
TO secure the votes CT the silver
Democrats mr. Senator Gray the Gray
men asreed to vote for Chancellor John
R. Nicholson to-day and to hold an
ether conference tomorrow morning.
This soidlaes the Democrats, and
the Akelhood is that they win vote
twenty-one votes as unit from this
time out.
Before the jcint ballot was taken
to-day Representative Robertson read
a telegram from Levi c. Bird, declin-
ing to be a eenatorgal candidate.
MIR Birds telegram is as follows:
nttrtrr 49,, t-t,4g,. th,rt, th., ,,,ol,,n,o,,.
OF the General Assembly who hcnored
me with their votes for United States
senator fer the past few days and say
to them that l am not a candi-
date f1r United States senator
and cannot under any circrm-
stances be so considered. please ex-
press my deep gratidcation to an Of
them"
The Regulars then cast their votes
for Hiram r. Burton, and the Demo-
Gratis for Chancellor J.hn X. Nichol-
son.
The lobby was crowded when The
ba.icts were taken. The seventy-sixt'h
ballot was as follows:
Nicholson, 21; Addicks, II; Burton,
In.
The absent members were Messrs.
PEling. Conaway and Abbott
The next ballot resulted the same,
and the houses then separated.
The clocks were set UP twenty-five
minutes to permit Senator Harlow and
Representative King to go 20 Laurel to
vote for water works.
Hon. Anthony Higgins was in the
State House yesterday circulating
among the members and getting the
lay cf the senatorial land.
In the Democratic conference Repre-
sentative Donahoe said that he had
ierer from Andrew c. Gray. sayine
that his father, Senator Gray, Thought
the Democrats should stand together
and II he was in the way Of unity, nc
would step aside.
John Biggs' name was first suggest
ed. but Pyle threatened TO leave tho
conference II his name was considered,
and Nicholson was selected. The con-
ference binds nobody.
SENATE REFUEES TO CONFuElld.
The Senate onoe more repused TO con-
firm the appointment Of Roman Tam
many ais elshool superintendent OF SrE-
sex oourity. He only received five votes.
smith, Of New CASTLE. and TindaA of
Kent, were confirmed
at is understood that Governor Tun-
neM will send in another name for
Sussex.
The governor states chat he will now
drop Tammany and name new man
for superintendent on the Sussex
.hoo.s. Tie just now cannot say who
it viii be.
The Senate this morning passed the
House bin to prevent the adulteration
OF candy.
The bill Of the Wilmington Preach
lo-s' Association against club room side
boards was reported unfavorably in this
House.
'The House to-day recommitted the
= dentistry bill Ewing's bill to exempt
= ! foreign corporations from taxation ant
the four Kenton hundred bills.
Representative Dennison's tax col
. lection bill was made the special or
der for this afternoon.
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