Middletown transcript., 1903-01-10
GENERAL ASSEMBLY Is ORGANIZED
The Regular and Union Republicans Join IN
Organizing Both Houses
REGULARS AND UNIONS ELECT OFFICERS

DOVER, Jan. 6th.-It was IL O'Clock
when the House was called to order.
Mr.. Anthony moved that Mr.. Finn
be temporary speaker and Mr.. Aspril,
temporary clerk. The motion was car
ried.
Judges Boyce and Pennewill and Pro-
thonotary Speakman presented the GER
tifcates of election of members from the
courts.
1t was few minutes after noon when
the Senate was called to order. Lieu
tenant Governor Cannon called the body
to order. The Senate was opened by
prayer by Father Waldron. Judge Pen
newill, Judge Boyce and Prothonotary
Speakman presented the certificates of
election of the members, and they were
then read.
Senator Ellison administered the oaths
to the new members. Senator Sparks
moved that the body proceed to elect
officers. The Republicans voted for their
caucus nominee and the Democrats their
slate selected Monday afternoon.
James w. Ponder, who represented
the New Castle county Democrats who
were contesting the seats of the Repub-
lican opponents who were elected, said
that the contests bad been abandoned.
The contest of Charles S. Hurlook,
Democrat, against ]. P. Jones, will not
be dropped, however.
The contests thus disposed of are Cam
against Price; Shallcross against Aspril,
and Wright against Derrickson.
The contests brought by sapp, Demo-
crat, against Powell, Union Republican,
Kent county; Lyons, Union Republican,
against Thompson, Democrat; Magee,
Union, against Jefferson, Democrat,
Sussex county, will be heard.
The Senate and House have been Or
ganized. The Regulars Monday night
agreed to take the Senate and the Unions
the House, as was done two years ago.
The Regular Republican caucus, un-
der the equal division, made these nomi-
nations, which were supported by both
factions, and were elected and sworn in:
President pro tempore of the Senate,
Harry G. Ellison, of Summit Bridge;
reading clerk, Edward B. Hazard, Sus-
sex; sergeant-at-arms, James L. Haw-
kins, Wilmington; page, M. G. Smith;
clerk of the House, Richard Hodgson,
New Castle; enrolling clerk, George L.
Townsend, Jr., New Castle; chaplain, the
Rev. L. E. Barrett, Kent county.
The Union Republicans nominated
these as their selections, and they were
also elected:
Speaker of the House, Henry S. An
thony, Smyrna; clerk of Senate, George
H. Baynum, Milford; reading clerk of
House, James w. Robertson, Whining
ton; enrolling clerk of Senate, Asa Ben
nett, Ocean View; chaplain of Senate,
the Rev. T. F. Waldron; sergeant-at-arms,
John Montague, Clayton; page of Senate,
Harry Rash, Dover.
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS
The Democratic hold-over members
and members elect to the General Assem-.
bly, held their caucus late yesterday af-
ternoon in the Capital Hotel, where the
Democratic State Committee has it's head
quarters.
The caucus was called to order by Sem
ator F. J. McNulty, hold-over member.
The entire Democratic membership of /
both houses, twenty-one, was present.
Ex-United States Senator Richard R.
Kenney and Willard Salisbury, who are
the only announced candidates for the
two vacancies in the United States Senate
had been in conference with the men,
bers prior to the caucus, but took no part
in the deliberations
The states as agreed upon were:
Senate-President pro tem., Charles
Wright, Seaford; Clerk, Martin E. Smith,
Wilmington; Reading Clerk, H. G. Tay-
lor. Dover; Enrolling Clerk, E. Wise
Warren, Milton; Sergeant alarms, ].
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House-speaker, Chauncey P. Hol-
comb, New Castle; Clerk, William A.
Scott, Townsend; Reading Clerk, J. w.
Hutchinson, Kenton; Enrolling Clerk,
H. Kane, Wilmington, and Ser
yeant-at-Arms, William Lowe, Delmar.
Rev. Joseph B. Turner, of Dover, was
named as chaplain for both the Senate
md House.
The members elected to the General
Assembly for 1908 are as follows:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
SENATORS
First District-Sparks, R. t
Second District-McNulty, D.
Third District-Sterling, R.
Fourth District-Groves, U. R.
Fifth District-Smith, D.
Sixth District-Ellison, R.
Seventh District-Latta, d.
REPRESENTATIVES
First Observation-Disclosures D.
Second District-Jones, U. R. n
Third District-Bancroft, R.
Fourth District-Monaghan, D. IT
Fifth District-Connelly. D.
Sixth District-Tyre, R. O
Seventh District-Flinn, R.
Eighth District-Eastburn, R. IT
Ninth District Morrison, D.
Tenth District-Holcomb D. II
Eleventh District-Rose, d.
Twelfth District-Price, U. R. T
Thirteenth District-Aspril, R.