Evening journal., 1894-12-29
1T LOOKS LIKE HIGGINS.
The General Assembly Caucus
Will Be Held on Monday.
TIE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES

Politicians During the Next Three
weeks-wm Provide for the Constitu-
tIonaI Convention.
The Delaware General Assembly win
meet in biennial session at Dover on
next Tuesday The caucus for organiza-
tion will be held on the night preceding,
and the indications ars that the proceed
ings Of The day following will be wholly
routine In character But little legisle
tion affecting state, county or municipal
government is expected, il being almost
impossible to craft political measure to
satisfy two Houses Of opposite political
complexion. Still, there are some
measures public In character which the
representatives of the two great parties
can get together on, and the inclination
is to get them through during the early
stages OF the session.
The Democratic Senate.
Only five Democrats will go into
caucus 60 effect the Senate organization,
and three of them are holding over
members They viii meet in the Senate
chamber, the sitting being devoid OF the
formality which characterlzes the House
caucus which has so many more mem
bers According to party usage the
speakership should 90 to Kent county,
the clerkship to New Castle and the
sergeant. .at-arms to either Kent or
Sussex, the former having the right to
it by virtue of rotation. The position OF
page is usually given to the brightest
Dover boy who presents himself for the
/ honor. In the natural course of events
Senator W. T. Watson, of Milford, will be
speaker, and Edwin r. Cochran,
Jr, Of this city, clerk. AS
Kent county has majority
in caucus it is probable that Mr.. Wat
son will. be elected speaker by virtue
of his natural fitness for the
position and because he is the only
| holding-over Kent county member But
whether Mr.. Cochran will get the clerk
ship is another matter. Should Mr.
| Watson decline the apeakership and
throw 1t to Senator Records, OF Sussex.
ex Sheriff Amos Cole might slip into the
| clerks seat on the strength OF Kent
county's sacrifice There never was a
| session when Sussex county did not
loom up threateningly for the lucrative
| legislative positions. and this one is no
exception to the rule Three Of her sons
are after the clerksbip They are A. II
Polk, A. j. Lynch and Woodhurn
| Martin, and each man has q strong back
ing. This serves to complicate matters
and jeopardizes Mr. Coohran's chances
whioh would otherwise be good
Two New Castle men are after the
position of sergeant at arms. They are
John g. King, of New Castle, and Walter
Besant, OF Miodletown Kent and Sussex
counties are yet to be heard from, az
they doubtless will be, as New Castle
county had the office two years ago,
Senator Pyle naming John Doran
AS regards the reading clerk, provided
for by the last General Assembly, the
clerk-elect will exercise an influence ii
his selection, as the members would not
presume to give him an assistant who
might be personally Objectionable.
The same law fixed the clerks compen
sation at ST. 600 and the reading clerk &
at $500. The Office Of sergeant at arm
is not worth more than $400
Contest WIN Simmer Down.
The Sussex county senator's elect hav,
given notice of a contest on the grounC
Of gross fraud. bat it is not bslievst
that the contest will be prosecuted B.,
unaeating the two Republican senator
from Sussex county immediate Demo
cratic needs would be served, inssmuct
that there would be four holding ovei
senAtors two years hence, thereb,
insuring the Senate TO the Democrats ii
they only carried one county. Conserva
tive Democrats, however, are opposed Il
such procedure, and 1t is more thar
likely that their counsels will prevail
They contend that such action woulS
create intense public sentiment agains
the party, and do it infinitely more harm
than good in the future.
Caucus OF the House Members.
There ara 6ftesn Republican member
] OF the House-seven from New Castle
seven from Sussex and one from Kent
] The other six members are Kent count
, Democrats. This good working msiorit
} Of Republicans will meet in the hall 0
the House OF Representatives and gelec
I the House officers The indie ations Ar
that Charles l. Moore, Of Sussex county
8 will be speaker, although Frederic Pyl
) and Francis M. Walker, of this county
have been prominently mentioned
this connec ion. The Republicans hay
had control OF the House so little tha
they have never had an opportunity t
1 inaugHrate rotary precedents Whe
they had IL six years ago John q
Hotfecksr, Of Smyrna. Kent county, wa
made presiding officer.
Robert b. Simpler and Thomss La
tomus, Of this county. and Joseph
2 OAhsll and George Register, OF Suisse,
I are in she field for the clerkship. Wit
the speakershiP slated for Sussex N
! Simpler's chances are unusually brigh
q especially as William Pemberton, of II
lower county, is In the lead for the on
7, of sergeant-Rt.arms, with William
Z Long, an old newspaper man Of this cit
4 as running mate. With the clerksh
:, practically conceded to New Cast
q county, Mr. Simpler should have a wal
over, although he stands tn danger
> some other New Castle men entering I
field against him His friends say tn
be has built bis fences twelve feet BIZ
and with close pickets 80 that da
u horses can neither jump over nor wo
" their way through them. The clerk
u the House selects his own reading cler
y On the night Of the caucus and I
- day following, Dover will be alive wi
ol politicians, and some active missions
- work will be done.
n Governor Marvil's Inau guration.
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