The sun., 1898-01-19
THE COMMITTEE IS AT WORK
Attorneys Arrive and Proceed to
Business.
OPPOSITION TO TUNNELL'S MAN
Roman Y. Tammany Named for u
Position Has OppOsers in the
Senatc.-.SpcculatiOn on
the COunsel's
Work.
Special to THE SUN.


Dover, Jan. l8.-The counsel appoint
ed by the Legislature to- draft the bills
for the lawmakers We're on hand by
1880 o'clock this morning and appar
emily very busy.
The dignified John b. Pennington was
seen several times during the morning
with his arms full of papers and books
presumably material for the framing OF
some law which will stand upon the
statute books for years to come.
His colleagues William r. Lyman and
Charles F. Richards, were equally ab-
sorbed to all appearances and indications
point to q goodly anay Of work for the
houses when they rc,;lsscmble.
Roman V. Tammany, the newly APP
pointed Supintendent'o 'of County Schools,
is likely to have his own troubles. Mr..
Tammany was appointed during tile
summer recess by Governor Tunnel and
under the new constitution, his nomina-
tion must come before the Senate for
confirmation. There is some opposition
in the Senate, which is headed by w.
T. Moore from Tammany's own county,
The nomination has not yet been sent in,
but when it does the result will be in.
teresting.
While Senator Moore is acknowledged
to be unable to carry the Senate there
is no assurance that somebody else has
not knife up his sleeve for the big Srs-
sex man. All Senator Moore asks is that
they don't vote against him. II they
will keep quiet he will do the rest
The animus for Moorc's fight is said
to lie in the fact that Knowles, the
former superintendent was his s"n-in-
law.
Knowles held the olli e for two years
and Senator Moore saw the Governor in
his behalf in order to secure the custon.-
ary second appointment. In some way
the plans miscarricG and Tammany re-
ceived the plum. Now Moore h,s Il
nice stout club IN pickle for his fellow
countian.
Among the people who were lett last
night by the nnrtlbrund train was Rep
rescntative Dempsey. lie wa seen this
morning while on his way to the train.
He did not look especially happy, yet
his glccIing was as hearty as'cvfr.
Though defeated in the vote on the
adjournment question he still expressed
himself as Of the same opinion. That it
was indecent to 60 off and leave the
work for week.
He said that he did not consider that
they had the right to shut up shop wnh
SO much unfinished business and the
prospect OF large docket OF new ma
terial to be worked over.
The prospect for long session this
time grows every day
Some of the members have been
heard to say jokingly that they didn't
want to go home before the first OF June.
There's many true word spoken in jest,
saws the man from New Castle.
"Senator Pyle seems to be unable to
get used to having nothing to do, said
the lobbyist. "IIe sits over there in the
corner and thinks and thinks and
thinks. Like Othello, his occupations
gone and he has not got used to the new
state Of things. He will wake up after
awhile though. See if he DON'T !
Some funny things happen. One OF
them happened this morning.
When the Senate assembled on Mon
day morning Senator A lrichs was absent:
He did not arrive during the day and
the session adjourned until Monday
next without the Senator from New
Castle being any the wiser. When the
train arrived this morning several min.
utes late, one Of the first men off was the
elderly Senator. lie struck out at a
rapid gait for the State House, entered,
and few minutes later might have been
seen pensively stroking his whiskers as
he walked slowly up the street TO the
hotel.
Speculation is rife as to just what bill
the attorneys will first spring upon the
Assembly The most interested seem to
be the Senators, but one and all express
an absolute and profound lack of ability
to form any idea. 49,,
The guesses are strong in favor OF the
school bill, but no one seems able to
give any good reason for picking it as the
winner.
SHILLING.