Evening journal., 1899-01-02
PYLE AND MEREDITH.
They Will Fight for the
Speakership.
BIG CROWDS ALREADY AT DOVER

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PULLED TO EFFECT oRGANuzA-
ricN oF TINE TWO HOUsEs-No
pEr LNLlG DEVEDCFMElNIs.
Special Dispatch Evening Journal
Dover, jan. 2--1ne town is rapidly
tiiAng up with politicians and states
men who come to be present at the
cauc01ses attending the organization
Of the General Assembly, which will
convene tomorrow. BY nightfall there
win be hundreds here and the hote,s
Will he taxed to their fulleet capacity
TO accommodate the crowds. Nearly
every politician cf prominence is here.
and the fact thot the Senate Is Demo-
cratic and the House controlled Jointly
by the Regular Republicans and Union
Republicans, makes the party repre-
eentetion very much mixed The ear
liest trains brought interested persons
who were anxious 20 be first on the
fed, but by far the larger number
came from up the road on the late
morning and curly afternoon trains.
| Apparently every man had a wire to
pun, and a friend to serve. and there
has seldom been 80 much button-holine
here in a single day. Legislators. can
didstes and their friends are mixed up
In apparently hopeless confusion. but
as the day advances and night begins
TO close down the lines Will be more
clearly defined and friend and foe will
stand face to face.
Railroad men and anti-railroad men
are striving 10 organize the Demo-
cratic Senate. Regular Republicans
and Union Republicans are making
strenuous efforts TO get the lions share
OF the offices dispensed in the orgnui.
zation OF the House and the railroad
interert and antl-Iailroad interests are
playing a minor part there, too. 1t Is a
bic scramble for place and power and
not until after midnight will anything
really definite be known. The state
ment thht the Republicans and Ad.
dacksi.cs win caucus for United States
senaLor this evening Is denied by the
leading men of the two organizations
and they are apparently sincere in
their denia-s
These are the men upon whom these
various forces are working. the only
exceptions being Representatives-ele
Pilling. Of New Castle, and Conaway.
Of Sussex, VINO, on account Of sickness
are unable to attend:
STATE SENATE.
First district wilmington n)-Samuel
NJ. Knox, r.
Second (WLlmington)-Joh Pyle
d., holds over
Third (rural New Castle) Webster
J. Biaizely, r.
FOURTH. M. Shakespeare, r.
Fyfth-Robert MeFarlin, r.
sfxth-Charles II. Salmon, d.
Saventh-G. NJ. ID. Hart, ID.
Total-4 Republicans; 3 Democrats.
Kent county-FiIet Districts. n.
Slaughter. d.
Seconu-R. II. Lewis, d.
Third. f. Alice. r.
Fourth-Samuel Meredith, D., holds
over.
Fifth-s. j. Abbott. R.
Iotal-2 Republicans; 3 Democrats.
Sussex cOunty-First districts. s
Pennewill, r.
seoond-W. T. Moore, D., holds over
Third-E. II. f. Farlow, d.
Fourth. J. Brasure, r.
Ffth-F c. Maull. d.
Tota--2 Republicans; 8 Democrats.
Total for the state--S Republicans:
8 Democrats.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
New Castle cOunty-Flrst district
Wilmington )-Jhmes Kitchen, r.
Second (Wilmington)-R. NJ. Burns,
r.
Third (Wtlmington)-J. II. Robert
son. r.
Fourth CWilmington)-J. p. Dona-
hoe. d.
Nhh Cwilmington)-F. J. MeNuRy,
ID.
Sixth Crural New castie)-F. p
Ewing, r.
seyenth-George Frizzel, r.
Eighth. w. Dennison. r.
Ntnth-John Pilling, r.
Tenth-H. W. Hushebeck, r.
Eleyenth-D. c. Rose, Jr., d.
Twelfth-T F. Clark, r.
Ihirteenth-J. T. Shallcross. ID.
Fourteenth-Francis Lattomus, r.
Ftfteenth-George r. Donovan. ID.
Tota.-1O Republicans; 5 Democrats.
N'tHtt'Ha AANA MAeLllL.t w. A
Faires, r.
Second-E. F. O'Day, d.
Thirds. NJ. Taylor, d.
FOURTH. B. Clark, D.
Hfth-JOhn Satterfe.d, r.
Sfxth-W. T. Jester, ID.
Seventh--Jabez jenkins. r.
E.ghth-G R. Herring, r.
William Tharp r.
Tenth-D. II. Frazier r.
Total-6 Republicans; 4 Democrats.
SuEsex county-First d.etrict-M. L.
Davis r.
seo9nd-G. s. Buell., R.
Third-T. e. Cottingham, d.
FCurth-W. James Conway. r.
Fif.h-W. f. King D.
Sixth-W. P. Short. r.
Seventh-G. H. West, r.
Eighth. w. Hunter, r.
Ninth. T. Wagamon, ID.
Tenth-Dlyid Hazard. r.
They are being canvassed and re-
canvassed, bedeviled and rebedeviled