Evening journal., 1897-01-16
ADDICKS' RUMP HOUSE.
Held Two Open Sessions and
Two Caucusses Yesterday. !
THE GAS MAN is LAYING PIPES

THE REPORT OF THE MATTER
WILL BE THAT A "RUMP" SEN
ATE WILL BE ORGANIZED.
'RUMip" HOUSES COMMITTEES
ANNOUNCED.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Jan. 16.
The A4ddicks rump House of Repre-
sentativas broke the record yesterday.
IL held TWO open sessions and then two
eaucusses. What transpired at the open
meetings. is soon told, but much that
was said and done at the caucusses VIII
perhaps not be known to the outside
world am til the crack of doom, when
all hidtleIi things are to be revealed.
AddicSs is laying pipes. That is his
business X yhen a Street and Sewer De-
partment or chancellor ad litem does
not stand 3'n the way. He is preparing
for the con- test at Washington and the
upshot of IL e whole matter will be that
the rump Ii ouse will get up some sort
of a rump Senate and that the two
after going through a farcical pretence
of doing leg station. will caucus again
on Monday Il light and nominate j Ed
ward Addickl for United States sen-
ator. meeting the next day and elcctng
him and giyui TO him what State Sen
ator Pierce charaeterizes as bob
tailed credentia ls' upon which TO base
his contest for, the chair vacated by
Mr.. Higgins two years ago, and to
which a Democpat will ON the same
day be elected.
The "House" net at 4 o'clock ycster-
day afternoon. Dr. Moore was in the
chair. with thirtDen Kent and Sussex
sfft. IN n unff
their legislative rights. The roll was
called. It included the six Democrats
elected in New Cas- tie county. Then
the journal was rescl and approved and
the body knocked off from labor at
4.40 o'clock.
At 4.45 o'clock the members went
into caucus, and at a o'clock came out
with instructions not to open their
mouths excepting at the supper table,
and then only when being interviewed
by the sulistantials ard deiicacies
spread on the table.
At o'clock last evening the
House" reconvened. DR.. Moore an
nounced the following committees
which viii be read with surprise by the
six Democratic members in the regu-
lar Hcuse, as they are literally recog-
nized:
Ruies--'D. o. Moore, Marshall, Com
we'll
WAYS and Means-Pennewill, Sim
mons. Dichey.
Elections--Simmons, Short, Willard,
Herring. Dempsey
Judiciary - William II. Moore. |
Downs. walls. Donaldson, Long
Acoounts---Marshall Thoronghgood.l |
Mccullough
Ciaims-W willard. Conwell. Taylor.
Constitutional RefOrm--C -ConWell. |
Downs. Donalds On.
Agriculture Short, Long. Dickey.
Municipal Corp0rations-Walls, Tay- |
lor. Marshall.
Vital statistics-T horoughgood, Ella |
son, Pennewill.
Federal Relations--Long, Pennewlll, |
Eliason.
Crimes and Punishments-Dow !
ID. o. Moore Mccoy.
Roads and Vacant Landsr-Willard, |
Mccoy, William II. Moore.
Fish, oysters and Game-Herring, |
Mccoy. Walls.
Printing-D. o. Moore, Dempsey,
Downs.
Revised Statutes-Marshall McCul- |
Tough. Herring.
Private Corporations-Willia II.
Moore Short, Dickey.
Divorces-Thoroughgocd, Pennewill,
Eliason.
mperance-Simmons, Dempsey,
Short
Educaton-Pennewill Thorough
good, Mccoy. Walls Dickey.
Enrolled Bills-Shert, Walls, William
III. Moore. CLnwell. Simmons, Taylor
Willard. Long, Eliason.
Appropriations-Herr Long, Will
lard. ID. c. Moore. Mccullough
Miscellaneous Business-Conwell, ID.
o. Moore, Donaldson.
After the announcement OF the COM
mittees state Senator" Currey of
Sussex, entered and was given a cor
dial greeting.
Or. Marshall moved that the Com
mittee on Printing have 200 copies of
the list of committees printed. This
was carried.
DR. Conwcll gave notice of an act
equalizing taxation; Or. Downs gave
notice of ono to amend paragraph Of
chapter 3S, volume 10, Laws Of Della
ware, concerning the registration Of
votersand MIR. Thoroughbred informed
the House that he would introduce "a
bin repeating the delinquent tax laws
of Kent and Sussex counties.
Sheriff Shaw dropped in and received
the glad hand
The House then adjourned until 9
o'clock to-day, and the members went
into caucus In The parlor
II. H. Ward and Walter H. Hayes.
attorneys for the Kent county Ad-
dicksites, have in course OF preparation
the papers for tho West Dover hundred
mandamus case, and may, to-day or to-
morrow, ask for another special ses-
sion OF the Superior Court and en-
deavor TO get writ of mandamus
against the election officers of that
hundred to compel them to prepare a
return of the votes cast in that hun
dred, and follow that up by endeavor-
ing to compel the Board of Canvass to
reassemble and make a complete return
of the VOTE cast in the county. BY this
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