Evening journal., 1891-01-24
THE SENATE DILEMMA.
NO QUORUM AND UNABLE TO AD-
JoURN UNTIL MONDAY.


missioners Bin TO be Held Monday
NiEht-Acsive Businers Next Week.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Jan 23 The absence OF a
quorum in the Senate to-day placed the
Senate In a peculiar predieameut.
The only senators in town were Messrs.
Donahoe, Houston, McMullIn and Rich
ardsOn. 1t takes FIVE to constitute a
quorum Mr.. Ross was telegraphed for
last night and did MT put in an appear
ance this morning. Neither did Mr.
Piling The grave senator's waited
anxiously until 1905 o'clock D. M. when
every train that conid bring either of
these gentlemen before late in the even
ing, had arrived When no sign OF the
absentees was given the next best pos
sible thing was done.
Speaker Donahoe wired Senator Hall.
who was at his home in Frederick, that
he had dispatched a carriage from Dover
to Frederick to bring him to the Senate
chamber
Samuel Hall. son of the missing sena,
tor, heard of this move on the part Of the
speaker He came to the Senate chamber
and told Speaker Donohoe that
his father could not come. That
the schooner Nathaniel Lank, be-
longing to his father, had been driven
ashore on the North Carolina coast and
was total wreck That the captain was
drowned and his father had his hands and
mind full
AS soon as this information was i'm
parted to the speaker and it was known
that the House. having quorum. had ad-
journed over to Monday evening at 30
o'clock, he countermanded tSe order to
bring Governor Hall.
The Only Alternative.
The only thing to do now was to meet
from day to day and adjourn until
quorum was present. TO do this It was
necessary for at least the speaker and
clerk to be present. one to call the Ssuate
to order and the other to record the fact
that he had done It,
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Speaker
Donahoe tapped his gavol Ii gave forth
hollow, melancholy sound. and the only
ones who heard it besides himself were
Senator's Houston and McMullin, Clerk
Hearn. Sergeant at-Arms Phillips. Page
Carroll Downs aud the EVENING JOURNAL
reporter.
alter formally opening the session, the
clerk smllingly called the roll and
Speaker DonahoG adjourned the Senate
until ii o'clock tomorrow.
.'No Funny business"
After the House had adjourned, shout
IL o'clock q self-appointed committee
from the House waited upon Speaker
Donahoe In the Senate chamber He
was seated on the dead level usually
occupied by the members, and did not
1 / H.. -. IL - a.
constituted committee came in. Every
man had a smile on his face. Cor he knew
that while the House members were ct
liberty to 60 home, Speaker Donahoe and
his clerk must stay until tomorrow at
II o'clock and then adjourn until Monday
evening at 8 80 clock This delegation
was headed by Speaker Sirman.
/ When Speaker Sirman was a few PAGES
from Speaker Donahoe. he shook his
hand playfully at him and said:
mo funny business with the House
| Mr. Speaker. IL won't stand it, n
In this manner the laugh was turned
against the Senate. 1t was plain to be
seen, however, that both sides we're
heartily tired of the fun started by the
House in refusing to concur in the SEN
ate Joint resolution, and If anything OF
the kind should occur again during the
session, it will not be tile fault Of the
House.
The House Session.
The House met az IL a. m j, and was in
session little over an hour
Few measures of Importance were
either introduced or taken up in any
form.
Myers Voting Machine.
/ Mr.. Hutson introduced the bill provid-
| ing for the use Of the Myers voting
machine for elections in Delaware. The
bill PLACES the price of each machine at
not more than 5000. The bill is a recita
ton in most parts Of the claims made for
the machine in its circular, and provides
that at all elections hereafter held in
this state the machine shall be used.
The House snake .
The called snake" entitled an act
to amend the acc 10 incorporate the Stone
and Hudson Supply Company of VIII
mingsoa reads as follows:
Section l. strike out the "Stone and
! Hudson Supply Company" and insert the
words Delaware Electric and Supply
| Company" in place thereof Strike ont
second section aud insert the following
| The said company is Incorporated for the
purpose OF carrying on the business Of
buying and selling merchandise ard
machinery of all kinds: also for mannfac
turing articles of wood. metals and min
erals, and selling the same. Also con
tracting for heating, plumbing, cleo
| trio construction in 81 its branches,
including the right to manufacture and
sell electric current and to put up the
wires for that purpose; also all kinds Of
mechanical and electrical work. and TO
| furnish the materials therefor and gen
orally to conduct manufacturing. mer-
camille, electrical business, etc
This bill is similar in many respects to
the Adams Milling and Manufacturing
Company bill now in the Senate
The House adjourned until s. 80 o'clock
Monday.
! Five Commissioners Caueus.
| Monday night the caucus on the pas
sage of the Five Commissi lners bill viii
be held. Many prominent politicians
will be here.
George White.
! contractor for hauling by the day or hour;
| safes and pisnos moved ann set with care