Milford chronicle., 1893-01-06
The Legislature Organized.

Last Tuesday both houses Of Della
ware legislature met at 10 o'clock
and the memhers-elect we're duly
sworn. The form of electing the
caucus nominees for the various Off
ces was completed, and the chaplain
offered prayers. Then the customary
joint committee was appointed to in
form the Governor that they were
ready f.,r business, and The legisa-
tive session of 1893 was opened.
The governors message was then
presented and read. 1t will appear
IN the CHRONICLE in full next week.
The caucus was a warm one and
the wire pulling for places was such
as no legislature ever saw before in
Delaware, but some had to be disap-
pointed. Deals were offered in all
kinds denominations, and our towns
man, Senator Watson, could have
been made speaker Of the Senate had
he been willing to have pledged him
self to vote for r. @. White for the
clerkship. The officers selected by
the CAUCUS and elected by both houses
are ss follows:
Speaker of the Senate-Chsrles
B. Houston of Sussex.
Olerk-W. A. c. Hardcastle Of
Kent.
experimentation Doran of
Wilmington.
Chaplain-The Rev. ]. P. DuHa-
mel of Dover.
Page-Joseph Scanlon.
Speaker of the House,. Harvey
Whiteman of New Castle.
Clerk--John H. Layton OfSussex.
experimentation Porter of
Kent
Ohaplain-The Rev. ]. S. Stone
cipher.
William Simmons.
The corridors of the State House |
were crowded all the evening, the
major portion of the people being |
men from Sussex county. The great |
est fights were for sergeants-at arms.
1t was said that there were five scores
of men willing to take the offices.
Mr.. Williams presided over the
Senate caucus and Mr.. Ross was Sc
cretary.
The Senate caucus soon finished |
its labOrs at 9.l5 o'clock it was an
nounced that c. B. Houston, one of
the hOlding-over senators from Sus-
sex, had been named for speaker.
w. A. G. Hardcastle of Smyrna, a
was named for clerk.
Mr.. Houston was unanimously |
there being no opposition.
On the first ballot the vote for clerk /
was Hardcastle, 8; Robert C. White,
9; Woodford Martin, 1; Clark, /;
On the second ballot the vote was .
4; White, 2; Clark, L.
For sergeant-at-arm4 there we're
thirteen candidates and it took four
ballots to decide it. John Doran, Of
the Seventh ward of Wilmington,
was chosen. The Rev. j. p. DulIa-
mel was elected chaplain and Joseph !
Scanlon was selected as page out of
a score of applicants
THE HOUSE CAUCUS.
Mr.. Whiteman was chairman Of
the House caucus and William Sauls-
bury was secretary,
Mr.. Whiteman was named as
and John H. Lay ton of
p ,kford, Sussex county, was Sc
do1 as clerk. Mr.. Layton is
wlll eS IainA that town. There was
, ettD1q,Ss9 t. M Soyb ban for both Offices White
tions, finding OGssl i exDllt x;iDlltes and Cooch g.
righteously goverSsdls votes cast by
gain for a theocrecSbavM-N
come back and conductSa and, Tsrton
orld." SSleraSu y -" 'o1
ry step - monarchy, limite snk JOhh
, republicanisIn, anarchy-onlyS NchOsen
teps between the first theocracyE
st theocracy, OF segments Of the greay iAatae
Of the earth on which God sits. Bub,
become impatient because You cans!
&c the curve Of events, and thereff sl,SiA
1de that Gods goyp-~neent ia - 4l3i &
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