Evening journal., 1907-01-16
STATE IS RICH
In ITS SENATORS
Not the SembIance of a
Deadlock at Any Time Dur
ing the BaIIOting
speeIal 70 The EvenIng Journal.

DOVER, Jan. tableware, which
a short time ago was without any
Fodetal Senators. is now rich in Sem
atorsi past. present and future. There
was not the semblance of a deadlock in
the Delaware Legislature yesterday.
and Harry A. Richardson. the choice Of
the Republican caucus for United
States Senator, was elected without the
slightest hitch, former Union Repub-
licans and opponents of the Dover cap
italist voting for him, staunch old
line Regular. without the slightest tre-
NOR Of voice.
The unanimity appeared to be con-
tagious. Il spread to the Democratic
side and their caucus, OF which Sem
ator Rose was the chairman, lasted
only long enough for felicitous inter-
changes and greetings and the final
nomination, by reclamation, OF former
State Chairman Wizard Salisbury
Democratic State Chairman Thomas f.
Bayard and other Democratic leaders
were present to witness the presenta-
ton of the little compliment from the
fifteen men who voted Salisbury on
the floor Of the two Houses to-day.
Former Senator Simeon PennewilPs
friends at first were greatly disap-
pointed in not landing Judge Pennewill,
but Senator Pennewill appeared early
at the State House yesterday. appar-
entity In better spirits and at once there
began a series Of conferences with him
which looked as though the victorious
faction in Kent and Sussex was con-
sidering him for the States next Gov
ernor, now that Caleb r. Layton has
been sidetracked.
The swarm Of politicians in town last
night to see the State Of Delaware
settle a full-term senatorship in reg
ular American fashion in Delaware for
a change, thinned out until Dovers
streets were deserted.
The friends and associates Of the
Senator elect, who was chosen in
Huose and Senate to-day, the Re
publicans being in control of both
branches. over willard Salisbury. the
unanimous choice of the Democrats,
had scarcely fully awakened to the
magnitude OF their victory tonight
and are preparing to celebrate.
The business which ended at 1915
yesterday morning, when the caucus
doors were thrown open, was the most
serious business ever transacted in
Delaware. The caucus participants
evidently realized that they were prac-
tically burying not only three or four
men who were being supported by the
minority but they were swallowing up
the scattered fragments of the cell
ebrated Union Republican party.
For two hours yesterday, in conse-
quence, there was such silence that
one could hear the rustic Of the tissue
and linen paper which were used in
preparation Of the Assemb' ymen's bal
lots. Although the Senate chamber is
frequently the place for je4ing and
merry laughing. there was not the
sound of a laugh during the serious
business Of the night. except once
when the ballot for Hiram r. Layton
was read a strange blending OF the
names Of Caleb R. Layton and Hiram
R. Burton, the two Sussex men run
ming, somebody explosively laughed
once, but there was no response and
the laugh sounded hoarse to the echo.
The sober order Of Prepare your ball
fots, gentlemen" in a soft monotone.
was all that could be heard above the
dull rustic of the ballots over three
hundred Of which were being piled
upon the table. The situation was so
intense that the chair ordered that
every name must be spelled correctly
and the Hiram r. Layton ballot was
thrown out as was also one for
Harry J. Richardson" One for Harry
A. "Richson," an abbreviation. was
counted.