Evening journal., 1905-03-16
LOBBYISTS
WERE ELECTED
FROM HOUSE
There Was a Lively Scene
When Armstrong; Reso-
luton Was Adopted
THREE BALLOTS FOR SENATOR
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Special TO The Evelng Journal.
Dover March ia sensation was
created In the House today by the
adoption OF a resolution. offered by Mr..
ARMSTRONG denying the privileges OF
sne moor to an except members aud Of
neefs' senators, Co1Gressman. news
paper men and ladies. Ii was nassod
after a lively debate BY "a vote OF ~
ayes and 13 nays and resulted in the
ejectment Of ex-Secretaries OF state
Caleb r. Layton and John r. sauls-
bury, Representative James p.
Jones, George Frizzel and William A.
Comegys, and a large number OF ao-
tive politicians.
This action on the part OF the Houses
Is the result Of too persistent Iobbvine
which has interfered with the trans-
action ot'business. As an outcome the
moor was clear when the Legislature
M Joint session took three ballots for
senator. They were without change
ana were identical as follows:
Harry A. Richardson, r. r.. Is.
John Edward Addicks. u. r.. Is.
Willard Salisbury. Dem. n.
James II. Hughes Dem.
Iotai vote, so; necessary to a choice.
20; no election. Paired, Representa-
ives Hart, Dem. and r. ID. Lingo.
Rep. s's
ARMSTRONG'S RESOLUTION.
The resolution presented nv NJ
Armstrong was: "Resolved. mat sIi
persons except members and oficers ~
the House and Senate, Senators ANA
Member OF Congress. ladies' and repre-
sentatives OF the press. be excluded
from the floor OF the House while the
House Is In session"
IL was advocated by Messrs. Arm-
strong ana Jester and was vigorously
opposed by Messrs w. S. Meredith ana
smith. After It's adoption, the SER
seant-at-arms, by direction OF the
Speaker cleared the room, forclbiv
eJecung one former member who de-
sired to remain. when the evicted
crowd reached the corridor a demon
stration was made. but Il soon quieted
down.
Under this new ruling. the floor OF the
House viii be clear of LOBBYISTS ana
spectators during the remaining days
lof the session.
There was an undercurrent OF arita-
ton this morning over the Senatorshln
because Of report that two Of the Adj
dicks stalWarts would desert. Repre-
sentative Townsend being named as
one OF the number. The rumor doubt
less arose from a lengthy consultation
which Mr.. Townsend had yesterday
with Harry A. Richardson. who is now
receiving the united support OF tha
anti-Addicks Republicans.
CHANGE MAY OCCUR TOMORROW.
The ballots however failed to show
any change. II is believed that either
tomorrow or Monday the sixteen votes
viii be cast for r. Coleman Dupont.
with likelihood OF remaining thus
until the end OF the session on next
Thursday.
Lieutenant Governor Parker in the
Senate today referred the Kent countv
local option bin which passed the
House yesterday to the committee ON
Education. A favorable report is ex-
pected from II tomorrow.
The committee consists OF Senators
Mendinhall, T. c. Moore, Barnard,
Smith and Rose.
They are being appealed to by sew
leral Senators TO attach a "riders
amendment requiring separate polling
places and separate election officers.
This may complicate matters when
the bill comes up Tor final passage.
LOCAL OPTION IN THE BALANCE.
Local option is therefore again hang-
ing in the balance.
In the Senate today, the House bin
renewing the charters OF corporations
which have expired since 1903 was re-
ported favorably. as were also the
House bill renewing and supplements
Ing the charter OF the Artisans Saw
ings Bank OF Wilmington. the House
bill prohibiting non-residents from To-
eating house boats or fishing cabins on
the Delaware shore, the House bin
with amendmenD prohibiting use OF
! nets Of 2 SIS inch mesh or smaller in
: the Delaware, except I'm Delaware bay;i
the House bill approprlating money to
] the ID. A. r. for the erection OF a me-
mortal column in the proposed histori-
cal hal al Washington: House bill an
lpropriating $4,000 for the erection OF
new buildings at the Delaware State
College for Colored Students: and the
House bill appropriating $4,000 to
Delaware College for new buildings ana
Improvements.
The bills relative to appeals to the
lOrphans' Court in the matter Of a re-
vie wof wills and requiring justices OF
the peace to administer oaths to mar
riage applicants were reported unfav-
orably.
PennewilPs Good Roads Bill.
The Senate today made a special or
der for IL a. m. tomorrow OF Senator
Pennewill's good roads bill for Sussex
county. The bill relieves the Levy
court Of making appropriations pro-
vides that any of the tax districts.
which shall raise, by special road tax.
$1,000, annually, shall receive $1,000
from the state
Mr.. Pennewil estimates that nearly
IAN Of the districts would 1cke advan-
tage of such law. II will cost about
5000 a mile In Sussex county to build
, lcs ster shell roads which ha - proved
sutsiantiaI and economical ovsr the al
Nest impossible surface of sand.