Evening journal., 1899-01-05

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DENT PRO TENPORE
stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover Jan. Q.
Members OF the two houses row
ware to know what tne Constitution
mcaus hy It's slxty-day sc-sion proyls-
len. Section 4 Of article provides:
"The General Assembly shall meet on
the INST Tuo1ay Of January, biennl-
ally. and az slch ether times as the
governor shall convene the same
Section 10 of The same article con
Trims these provisions:
"The members OF the General AS
semb.y except the presiding ofioers Of
the respective houses. ehall receive as
compensation fer their services q per
diem allowance of five d0rurs. and the
presiding officers per diem allowance
CT six dollars fer clch day Of the scs-
eicn not exceeding GiXiy days. and
should they remain longer In seseion
they shall serve without compensation.
ln Gaze Of special cr extra lcni0n of
the General Assembly te ca.ed the
members ard PRECEDING officers shall
receive like compensation for a period
not exceeding thlr,y days"
What the members want TO know is
whether section rs means sixty con
sccuriye days Of session Cr sixty actual
days OF eession I'm other words
whether Saturday. Sunday and other
d9yz when neiher house Is in session
count or do nct count. on the sixty
duyi. lt makes no pecuniary difference
TO the members, but if they know posi-
lively that the sixty days are running
on, whether they are here or not they
viii DE more likely TO spend fewer
days az home and more at their desks
early In the so-rion and, at the end Of
the session reduce the number of free
service days to a minimum.
J. Wilkins C0och, who was O member
Of the Constitutional Conversion. was
in Dover yesterday afternoon and
President SalmOIs asked him to- inter
r.et the meaning Of the constitutionai
prov'eion. Mr. C1och eaid that the mat
ter was talked over fully by the dele
gates and that they had decided that
it meant sixty consecutive days of scn-
sion. commencing ON the FIRST Tuesday
of January, biennially. Other delegates
In town expressed the same view. SEN
atcr Pyle and Others think that they
are wrong, but President salmons is in-
clined to coincide In the views of the
Delegates.
Some OF the hot-headed Addicksite
members Of the House have declared
that they viii never agree to a joint
resolution Of adjournment until Ad-
dicks is elected Uuited States senator.
This signifies nothing. for the Regular
Republicans and Democrats can vote
for such a resolution and carry It
whenever they desire.
A SICK REPRESENTATIVE.
Representative Theodore f. Clark.
the Regular Republican candidate for
speaker OF the House, is quite sick with
an affection of the bladder
THE PRESS REPRESENTED.
The press is we'll represented in the
senate. c. W. Kenney, the clerk, is
editor of the laurel Sussex C0untian;
T. c. Baxter. the reading clerk. rs edi-
tor Of the Delaware College Review,
and E. ID. c. HCgeman who is acsist-
ins them in their clerical work is cdi-
tor Of the Harrington Delaware Record.
A SECRET SOCIETY LAW.
Senator BIasure. of Sussex county.
who pr0mism to he ono of the most
active and useful members OF tho upper
body, has In mind a bin relative 10 ee-
crct eOcieticg AS nearly every man In
the state belongs 20 one or more secret
societies. this medtated acion is 0i
general intercss. His law Will be based
on the Pennsylvania ,aws for secret 0O-
c.c-ies, passed en- June 26. 1888. which
are as follows
The funds and effects of unincorp0-
rIed associations for benevolent
charitable, or beneficial purposes con-
s-itUted or organized under any war
rama OF charter granted hy any aso-
ciat-on nc 1slizCd Cr aalgnoW, dyed al
the parent cr superior body where the
rulcs and regulations cf zach Dlren. q.
superior body require taal upon tho
d.f- aition, cApu ON, surrender "a
-Iu, cr ef.lECr. Cr vacation 60 th-
fmo. by such Y2rent cr superior body
ua mlncyr. p-Cgeity and effects cl
such s.. Ordinate ASSOCIATION shall D,
delivered and paid 20 tho parent or GU
p7r.o- tody are hereby declared to b,
trust properly. and it shln bo un'aw.
iul for amy such subordinate Gsc1da.
tion 70 divide Ger d'striou.e The moneys
property or eGc-s, or any part thereof
| to and am-ng the members Of such
| subordinate association CT any mem.
her hereof. eNher directly -r I'm.
! dirc1-.y. cr fy way 81 d1ls6cni
but al s0eh moneys, property ant
CHER enc0s of such subordinate ass0
c.at.on upon The d.sso.uUon, cxpul
sion, curroader Of warrant or charter
or vacation CT the same by parer. OF
/ superior body f-r which they have OBJ
tained the welrant o. charter under
which they have teen constituted oil
organized, shall be paid ana de.ivere,
to the proper officers * such parent oi
superior body; and In case any sucl
subordinate association shall or ma!
have made any division or distribu
t!on Of the moneys, property or effech
held by such subordinate association
or any part thereof. TO or among tht
members thereof, OF any number C
them. either directly CT Indirectly, TIT
principal Officers OF trustees Of the par