The Delawarean., 1901-01-19
Politicians Engaged in Hazing
Bee During the Excitement.
CAUCUS NIGHT FULL or GINGER.
Men HauIed Out OF TAe Bod, and
Assaulted With Pillows if rney
did Not Exert Themselves in
Amusing the Midnight
Marauders.

zens of the State received between 2
and o'clock Wednesday morning at
the Capitol and Richardson Hotels.
When the hazing party got through
with one room alt the Richardson
Hotel it looked as if a cyclone had
struck it. 1t was wrecked and every
piece of furniture was ON the floor,
and room at the Capitol Hotel was
damaged. Who started the hazing or
who were the ringleaders is not known
except the first noticed in the party
were one or two members of the Legis-
lature and some officials of New Castle
county. Some of the men who were
hazed Joined the party and they took
special delight in tormenting those
who had not dome constitutional
STUNTS" "chippey chasing" flower
picking" reviewing" and various
other forms of hazing.
The fun started about o'clock at
the Capitol Hotel, where the hazers at
tempted to get John G. Gray and make
him do an "imperialistic act" that was
entirely different from those he did in
the recent campaign. Called from his
downy couch, where he was wrapped
in the arms of Morpheus, Mr. Gray as
sailed the hazers with pillows, and
after terrific combat compelled them
Lo retreat. The hazers left singing
the familiar refrain of French balls,
Hail! Haill the Gangs All Here"
in some way the hazing party en-
countered ex-Judge j. Frank Ball, and
he was forced to do the constitutional
Stunt" This was an entirely new
patriotic act, and the West Point
cadets can get new idea from it.
Two American flags were thrust into
Judge Balls hands and with bed slat
hoWering over ihis head he was COM
/ PEELED to sing as often as requested
the anti-imperialistic cry of "The Con-
stitution Follows the Flag" Forty
West Point wooden Willies" wlere
nothing compared to this act, and
when THE judge did not say it quite as
fast as he could SO and costs, when he
was the presiding genius of the City
Court, he was rolled on the floor, and
the hazers started in search of Walter
H. Hayes to get him to mandamus the
ex-judge and compel him to do sixty
more constitutional stunts"
MIR. Hayes was captured, but man.
aged to break away from his captors
and sought refuge under a bed. Mr..
Hayes was buried under "a sixty-pound
mattress, Stats, head and foot-boards
and various other articles. He was
rescued, and, in consideration of the
fact that he had done what the hazers
called an "old maid" he was released.
The name "old maid, was applied ow-
ing TO line fact that unmarried women
of unknown age are generally consid-
cred to have habit of looking under
the bed before retiring. MIR. Hayes
had not only looked and crawled
under, but the entire bed was on top
of him.
State Treasurer Martin B, Burris
/
hazers. and clad in his pajamas he was
compelled to come forth into the cor
rldor and do an appropriate 'stunt.
Standing like a crane on one leg, he
went through thirty "bankrupts," or
in other words, he was compelled to
stand in this position and declare chat
: as custodian of the wealth of the State
, that Delaware is bankrupt. Whenever
Mr.. Burris failed to speak fast enough
he was reminded that time was
precious by vigorous jolt of bed
: slat.
e Representative James w. Robertson
, was another victim, and his act was
twenty mock bills" The hazers had
a hard time to get into the room where
Mr.. Robertson was located, and tht
: door was broken down and the furni
d ture was wrecked before he was cap
e tured to do his act, which consisted o.
a giving an imitation of a member pre-
e utes to the House of Representatives.
:, A special effort was made to captur
e Charles H. Kittinger. His room wa
: located, or at least the hazers supposed
t they had found it. Mr.. Kittinger ha,
o got wind of the hazing party and rol
ling heavy wardrobe against the doc
: waited for them to arrive. The hazer
: had a special act for Mr.. Kittinger, an
it was twenty-five ''kittles," and tn
s plan was to make him crawl up an
: down the corridor on his hands an
j knees twenty-five times, mewing lik
a cat. When the hazers raped for MI
e Kitinger everything was quiet in III
e room. They held a consultation re
t garding the advisability Of forcing op
0 en- the door When they were abou
to do SO Mr. Kittinger's roommate, 4