Evening journal., 1899-01-06
HORNS STILL LOCKED.
Battle Royal at Dover Merrily
Progresses.
THE DEMOCRATS FOR sHALLoROss

Tlf1lE WH1lEElS Of' l1EGlSllA'TION |
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAX
PAYERS OF DELAWARE NINE
TY BALLOTS TO DATE.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover, Jan. 6.-Thirty-six unavaimng
ballots were taken by the House yes
terday afternoon in an endeavor to ef-
feet permanent organization, making
ninety n all since the work OF e,ecting
2 speaker began Union Republicans
voted for William TRarp, Of Kent,
Regular Republicans Tor Theodore r.
Clark, OF New Castle, and Democrats
for James 7. Shallcross, Of New Castle
Apparently THE Republicans are as
far from electing a speaker as they
were on Monday night, when the Regu-
lars refused 10 go into caucus with the
Addicksites, and thereby blocked or
gan.zation under Addicks auspices. "a
Democratic aid is denied the Regulars
and ikey refuse to go to Tharp, the
Addicksite candidate, there will be No
speaker, no organization, no business,
ard hence no session. The balloting OF
yesterday simply demonstrated the de-
termination Of h5th factions OF the Re
publican party to hold up their end OF
the bitter contention, and the disinch-
aat;Oa Of the Democrats to further in
terfere ia the family quarrel, efforts to
settle it in the Regular beha.f having
been made and spurned.
II becomes more and more a settled
conviction here that there will be no
United States senator elected. Every
hour adds to the prevailing factional
bitterness, and, If an organization can.
rot be effected without Democratic aid,
certainly there can be no award Of the
prize which is coveted by Addicks, Dvl-
Pcat, Higgins and Willis.
Day before yesterday the House took
a recess until 1 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. Shortly before that time ma,
ioiity Of the Democratic members held
conference and decided to vote fol
James T. Shallcross during the entire
afternoon, none of the members 10
stray away from him for comph-
mentary or other purposes. Enough
Of the Democrats were kept in the Hall
Of Representatives to prevent an elec.
tlCn Of the Addicks candidate, which
would have been easily effected by q
vote Of IL to 10 il all the Democrats
had absented themselves, especially as
the Addicksites had the temporary
chairman and he had ruled that it only
lreQuired a majority Of those present to
elect.
1t was 1.55 o'clock when Temporary
Chairman Jabez Jenkins called the
House to order. BY that time all Of the
Democratic members were in the hall
Dr. Caleb R. layton resumed his place
as parliamentary adviser to the chair
and William Michael Byrne figured
more or less prominently at the elbow
Of the aged presiding officer.
Twenty ballots were taken before
anything occurred to break the monot-
Ony Of calling the rogl and rebordinF
the votes Of the members. The alb
sence Of Ewing On the first three bal
lots reduced Clarks' vote to 8, and tht
action OF Frizzel and West in voting
for Robertson or Ewing in the NTH
SIXTH seventh, eighth, ninth and TENT
ballots reduced Clarls vote that much
and it was again reduced in the thir
teenth ballot, when F'rizzel, as a conr
tcsy, voted for ShaNcrOss, but thesl
. changSs represented no change of sen
, timent, and to all intents and pur
poses the vote stood y for ShallcrOss
II for Tharp and 10 for Clark during
= ,he entire afternoon. Variances wer'
caused in several instances by mem
hers absenting themselves from th'
, hal temporarily.
After the twentieth ballot had beel
taken Donahoe arose and declared tina
as Shallcr1ss, Democrat, had Teceive,
the highest number OF votes on tina
many conss scucive baLO.s he was elect
, ed speaker, and such ruling should b
E made by the chair. It was a big bluff
E but the effect was TO bewilder the tenn
po1ary chairman, who asked for
repetition CT the motion for the recOg
milton Of ShaTcross as speaker. Will
it was being repeated, Dr. Layton, VIII
was at the rear Of the hall, rushed Z
: the chairman's assistance as he put tn
0 motion. Frizzel and two or three othe
: members also asked that the motion b
E repeated and protested against it be
t. ing put. DOnahoe said that it was to
late to protest, because Chairman JenB
ins had put the question. It Was the
Il tnat DR.. Layton, standing by tn
n siGe cf the chairman, advised him {
i put the question. 1t WAS a viva voc
vote, and when the Democrats vote
T., in the affirmative they did it with
Will which Indicated by the volume {
leount1 that IL x1ias the wild Of d b,,rd re