Evening journal., 1899-01-10
THE SENATE GOES ON.
House Adjourns Until Thurs
day Morning.
JOINT COMMITTEES APPOINTED
BILls IN HAND AND OTHERS IN
PROSPECT - HOUSE HAD A
SHORT DAY AND ADJOURNED
AWAITING THE APPOINTMENT
OF Committees.

AWAITING NILE AIFJlN MIN
OF COMMITTEES.
Stan correspondence Evening Journal
Dover, Jan. 10.
The House members have gone home
until ThuIsday morning o. 1926
O'Clock, and the Senate atone is hold
ing down the STATE House. Immedi-
ate.y after the expiration l the noon
recees yes.elGay motion was made
from the Republican side by Rspraen
atiye Robertson to adjourn mtA
Thursday morning. Il prevailed with.
cut d.nculty, the ostensible reason
gwen being that Speaker Clark re-
QuiraJ that time for the lormuatioL
of his committees.
The senators were nos at all pieaseO
with the action Of the House and the
Democrats senators and some Of the
Republican senator's decided that the
Senate ehcu.d remain in sesslcn foi
the transaction OF the peoples busl
ness. The executive session arranged
for this afternoon TO consider the aD
po'nment Of Magistrate HuloE. Of
East Dover hundred also stood in the
way but not as an insurmountab't
barrier. AS a matter OF lact the sen
tors decided uot TO follow the ey-
ample Of the Hauss, rasarding the ai-
i0urnmcnt az wholly unnecessary
gLAKELY Is CHAIRMAN
Senator Biakely lnered a joir+ reso
luton appointing a Joint committee To
settle with the state treasurer and state
auditor Of accounts. It was adopted,
and M5ssrs. B,akely and Moore ap-
pointed On behaR # the Senate The
House ccncurred and appointed Messrs.
Burns. AIcNulty and Davis They will
probably go over the books to-mor-
row or next day.
TWO ENROLLING CLERKS.
senatr Meredlta secured tae adoD
ton Of d joint resolution appointing a
joint committee on the e,ectlon Of en-
rolling Clerks fo- the two Houses, ano
the chair appointed him chairman Of
the Senate end Of it with Senator
Far.ow as his colleague. The House
concurrsd and appointed Representa-.
tives Kitchen, Ewing and Slterfe,d
The result OF this joint committees
work viii be that each house will have
its own enrolling clerk.
THE SANIE JOINT RULES.
The joint rules governing the las
session VIII govern this, Inc only
change being ia Inc designation Of the
presiding officer Of the Senate. They
were reported to both houses Yesterday
and adopted.
WATSON A SENATE VISITOR.
Exc Governor William +. Watson, o.
MEord, visited The Senate chamber
yesterday and spen. some time beside
President Salmons. He looked quite
natural on the dias, and everybody
was exceedingly pleased 10 see him
Apart from a Slight attack of grip h'
has been enjoying good healSh.
THE FESTIVE OYSTER
James Carroll Norton, the seir-con
stiuted legislative agent Of the Deia
ware bay oystermsn. was in town ,as
lyening and extended TO the Senate az
Invitation 10 Visit ,he oyster beds Of
January %. lie Says TIT tie oysteu
are finer than they have bee- ,o
years, and that the oystermen want n,
more legislation.
A ONE handed SERGEANT.
Stc1k,ey Dlnle.s, the s1rgaant-at
arms If the senate, has buO one hand
Many yoars ago he lost his le1t hand il
q cunning accident In spite Of TIT
misfortune he is performing his dutia.
expeditiousiy and satisfactorily.
FOR JURY COMMISSIONERS.
Last Spring a bin was brought e
Dover providing jugy commissioner
for the courts Of the several countiei
of this state. Il wss approved by th'
Judges, but suffered defeat R5presen
aIve Robertson now haas in hand
duplicate Of ths bin and vt1 iruo
lduce it, Under the present system thI
lLevy Court commissioners place th
names IN the boxes and they are draw
| or The clerks OK the peace and pro
thonotares. This iRl takes the mat
ter out. Of their hands and makes
conform with the Federal Court eys
tenn, the commissioners being dividel
between the parties and sppolnted b.
the c-urts, although the chief justic
will appoint the first ones within tel
days after the passage Of the act
THREE BILLS IN SIGHT.
Representative BURNS bin fixing tn
sa.aries Of county officials docs not an
ply to present incumbents, but TO al
who succeed them. The matter Q
filing in the amounts has been LEI
open. This bin Will be followed b
} two others. One wiz be to designat
the application Of moneys received fo