Evening journal., 1901-01-30
Legislature Will Receive No
More After February Is
MOTION BITTERLY OPPOSED
By AdditkSiteS-Bayna Resolution
tOEIect Senator by Popular Vote
Voted Down

Stat Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover, Jan. 3O-Resolutions closing
the doors against new business after
February.15 and providing for final ad-
iournment on Friday, March /, at
O'Clock D. m, caused furry in the
Senate yesterday morning, but they
prevailed, despite the bitter opposition
they engendered.
Senator Slaughter opened the ball by
offering a joint resolution prescribing
that no new business should be re-
ceived after February Is.
Mr.. Abbott-'This is a matter of
great Importance. and 1 don't know
that February 10 would not be proper
time, but have given it no thought.
1t may be that something may develop
that we may want TO have it day or
so earlier or a few days later. l am
in perfect accord with the
object of the resolution, but
! should like to give it a little
thtsagslt ss-s~ -a'-sss 1880
Mr.. Slaughter-"It is understood
that we have a sixty-day session, and
there is considerable business now be-
fore the House. The latter part of the
session. We aare. overrun with business.
If we let business come in here the last.
five or ten days of the session We can't
get through with it, or a good deal OF
it. If we are to adjourn on March 1,
no business should be taken after Feb
ruary 10"
Mr.. Pennewill sidled over to Senator
Brasure and. in a stage whisper, said:
Move 10 amend and make 1t the
26th."
Mr.. Brasure-'AIr. President, It
really seems to me this resolution
makes the time rather short, and
would move that it be made the 26th
OF February"
Mr.. Allee-"I second the motion"
Mr.. Slaughter-"Our sixty days will
be up the first OF March. l don't think
we should make 1t so late. It does
seem to me that the fifteenth is late
enough for receiving new business"
Mr. Alice" Senator Slaughter must
remember that we have fixed dates be
fore and then extended the time for
the convenience Of a few of our
friends l believe in making a date
and then standing by it. Therefore l
hope you will make it the 26th."
Mr.. Slaughter would explain
that ! have another resolution, fixing
March 1. at p. m, as the time for
final adjournment, which would make
our sixty-day session. If we permit
new business to come in until Febru-
ary &C. the time will be too short"
Mr.. Pennewill-"We are not com
PEELED to adjourn in sixty days. So
think it is the duty of the members to
legislate for the people"
Mr.. Knox-"I am opposed to that
amendment. The session is practi-
cally limited to sixty days, because the
pay of the members stops after that
time l take it that few members will
want to stay here at their own
expense, and take it that We can get
through in sixty days. We have been
here four weeks. and we have very lit
tie business. There will be very little
business introduced until the public is
notified that a date has been fixed for
shutting off new business. If we adopt
this amendment II gives as margin
of but three or four days and 1t is not
possible to pass bill through the
regular channels in three or foui
days"
The amendment was lost by this
vote:
Yea-Messrs. Alice. Blakeiy, Brasure
Fanlow, Groves 'McFarlin, Pernewill-
Z.
Nay-Messrs. Abbott, Clements
Hart. Harrington, Knox, Maull
Slaughter, Wright Ellison-9.
Absent-Mr. McNulty--1.
Then the vote was taken on tht
resolution and it was adopted by thi
vote:
Yea-Messrs. Abbott, Clements
Hart. Harrington. Knox, Maull
Slaughter, Wright, Ellison-9.
Nay-N1essrs. Alice, Blakely Brasur6
Farlow. Groves, McFarlin, Pennewill--
Absent-Mr. McNulty-1.
The resolution is adopted" sal
President Cannon.
Then Mr.. Slaughter offered his resc
luton providing for adjournment, sin
die, at o'clock on the afternoon G
March /.
Mr. Abbott-"The constitutional pre-
vision means sixty days of actual SCI
vice"
Mr.. Slaughter have consults
our attorneys. and they claim that tn
sixty days are up on March 1.
The resolution was adopted by tn
vote:
Yea-Messrs. Clements. Hart, Ha
rington, Knox, McFarlln, slaughte
Wright. Elllson-S.
Nay-Messrs. Abbott, Alice, Brasur
Farlow, Groves, Maull, Pennewill-7
Not voting-Mr. Blakely-1.
Absent-Mr. McNulty-1.
Both resolutions have been sent
the House for concurrence.
VOTED DOWN BY HOUSE.
In the House Mr.. Baynafd offer