Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
DELAW ARE NOW
HAS NO SENATORS
joint Assembly Friday Took
One Ballot for Each Term,
Without Result, and
Then Separated.
ADDICKS SHOWED NO GAIN
The Regular Republican and Democratic
Lines Remained UnbrOken.
GREAT CROWD SAW THE FINISH
All Reports of Combinations
I Proved False.
ADDICKS SHOWED NO GAIN
The Regular Republican and Democratic
Lines Remained UnbrOken.
GREAT CROWD SAW THE FINISH
All Reports of Combinations
Proved False.
GREAT EXCITEMENT FOLLOWEOR RESULT

GREAl EXCITEMENT FOLLOWED RESULT
Especial Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal.
tf Dover, March S.-The State House
was thronged with visitors on the last
day of the General Aseemblys session,
md crowds gathered on the streets
kdading thereto Tie probable result
fof the senatorial battle was the asborb-
ging question.
~ The general opinion throughout this
gmorning was that there would be no
felection. Up to Ill o'clock the Demo-
EcrHts had not held a formal conference,
K Stand at that hour it WIS stated that they
1 5would not caucus further.
IN Democrats favorable to combination
| kof the Regular Republicans and Demo-
iprats then admitted that the proposed
deal could not be accomplished. The
sEKenney-Saulsbury grip had not been
Abroken, and IL was realized that not
lhenough votes, either Democratic or
Irregular Republican, could be obtained
IIlto make the election of Democrat and
Regular Republican possible. 1t was
g6iaimed that five Regular Republicans
fayored making deal with the Demo-
n.grats. provided seven Regular RepuDli-
irsn votes could be landed, but 1t was
believed that two Regulars refused to
Vote for Democrat. In view Of this
Nnondition OF affairs, 1t was deemed un-
HFise to split the Democratic ranks, and
II was supposed that the % Democrats
.would continue 60 vote for Kenney and
4 sEaulsbury.
At Ills it was rumored that the
4 Regular Republicans and Union Re-
4 publicans had appointed conferees to
cnnsider pIoposit.od made by the
Waiter. The nature of the propositions,
n however, was not divulged. Il
NJ a few minutes later, prom inent
Regular Republicaa declared that
there was no change in the Situation,
and lntImated that there would be two
senatorial vacancies at the conclusion
of the final ballot.
USUAL BALLoTs--No ELECTION.
The Joint assembly convened promptly
at IL O'Clock to ballot for United States
Senators. All the members were present.
The House lobby was jammed, and
every foot of the House floor was 90.
oupied. The atmosphere was suffocat-
v Jog.
The 45th joint ballot for the full torn
senatorahip resulted as follows:
For Kenney-23.
For Addioks-16.
For du Pont--7.
Il TOT t1IRH1uS--O,
Y Total vote, So; necessary to choice,
27; no election.
Baynard, Hitchen and Robertson
changed from du Pont to Higgins,
The 45th joint ballot for the short
term seuatorship resulted as follows:
For Saulsbury-23.
For Addioks-22,
For Richards-7.
4 Total vote, 81; necessary to a choice,
~; no election.
Farlow changed from Gray to Sauls.
bury.
N Senator Knox suggested that the
clerk, in reading the names of the
members, speak distinctly, 80 that no
jmember would be in error as to how his
Il vote had been recorded.
sEPARATEp-AND NO SENATORS
Immediately after Reading Clerk
Green had announced the result of the
| short term ballot, Senator Knox moved
tnat the Joint assembly separate. Sena.
tor Clements seconded the motion.
Senator Alec jumped from his chair
for the purpose OF protesting, but
Senator Abbott restrained him.
When the noise had subsidized, the
motion was put and adopted, the
I Democrats and Regular Republicans
uniting 10 voting in the Affirmative
4 The vote stood 30 ayes to % noes, as
follows:
Ayes: Senators Clements, Farlow.
Hart, Harrington, Knox, Maull, Nc
Nulty, Slaughter and Wright, Presi-
dent pro tenn Ellison, Representatives
Chandler, Clark, Finn, Gouden,
Hardesty, Hesrn, Healy, Hodason,
Holcomb, Hutchinson, Monaghan, Pen
per, Pilling, Ralph, Shallcross, Scotten,
Vinyard, Warren, West and Wright-30.
Noes - Senators Abbott, Alice,
Blakely. Brasure, Groves, McFarlin and
Pennewill and Representatives Aron,
BayDaid, Clendaniel, Dayett Ewing,
j Kitchen, Hope, Layton, Long, Moore,
Prettyman, Robertson, Short End White
and Speaker McCommons-22. Presi-
dent pro tenn Ellison promptly declared
the joint assembly adjourned sine die.
JuBILATIoN OVER THE RESULT
The announcement Of the adjourn
fnent of the joint assembly was greeted
With a burst of applause.
The anger of the AddiclSs and Hig
gins Republicans over the failure to
elect Senators was intense. When the
Addicksites recovered from their shock,
a group of Union Republicans, in re.
+ Spouse to request made by D. Miffiin
6 Wilson, gave three cheers for the Union
* Republican party. The cheers were
intermingled with jeers INDUCED in by
Z Democrats and Regular Republicans.
d Representative Holcomb proposed
three cheers for the Democratic party,
\ aud the response drowned all other cries.
y Hearty cheers were also given for the
q Regular Republican party.
Dir. g. Layton Grier suggested three
cheers for John Edward Addicks, and
s0heers and jeers again intermingled.
Meanwhile, President pro tenn Ellison
bad raped repeatedly fer order. See
Ing that his efforts to silence the i'm