Smyrna times., 1905-01-04
DEADLOCK IN LEGISLATURE
FIGHT OVER ORGANIZATION
UNION REPUBLICANS u STRONG CLAIM
RIGHT TO TWO.THIRDS OF OFFICERS.
Twelve Ballots 10 the Senate and -Four Ballots
10 the House Failed To Organize the
Biennial Session Yesterday.

Bi'ennial Session Yesterday.
Delaware's Legislature celebrated
its convening in biennial session yes
terday by producing deadlock as ripe
and as disagreeable as the nasty day.
Twelve ballots in the Senate and four
in the House failed to break the dead
lock. There were no indications last
night that it would be broken to-day,
although a conference of the Union
Republican Assemblymen was called
for this morning at ten O'Clock in
the State House parlor. Just what
will be done then is not known. Nearly
al the Assemblymen hiked out of
town on the afternoon trains. Sena-
tor Alice accompanied by his private
secretary, j. Frank Alice, Jr. and two
suit cases. left Dover yesterday after
noon for Washington, to attend the
session of the Senate, which begins to-
day. Senator l.. Heisler Ball who has
been with other Republican leaders,
slso goes to Washington in time for the
opening of the Senate session. Just
when the deadlock will be broken s
not announced. 1t may be done most
any time. The Republican Assembly
men stand by the proposition to give
the Union Republicans nine of the
fifteen legislative offices and the I'm
ion Republicans say they intend to
stand by their proposal to allot the
Regular Republicans one third of the
fices and the Unionists two-thirds.
There was no conference between the
Republicans and Union Republicans
yesterday. The four ballots taken in
the House resulted in William d. Den
ny, Union Republican, receiving Is
votes for Speaker; Elwood Wilson, Re-
publican, six votes; Willard I. Smith,
Democrat, IA votes. The twelve bal
lots taken in the Senate resulted in
Senator Conner receiving seven votes;
Senator Sparks, Republican, three
votes; Senator Rose, Democrat, seven
votes. The feeling is that a compro-
mise will so be reached and the Legis-
lature will get down to business.
Extraordinary Session Of the Legislature.
Both houses of the Legislature Fri
day effected temporary organization
for the special session and passed an
amendment to the judgment lien law
which pertains to Kent and Sussex
counties. By the extension of the
Judgment lien law for Kent and Sussex
counties for one year, and thus great
mass of investments imperiled by it
are safe until January l, 1906, by
which time they will all be rsentered
as required. In just one hour the
Legislature acted on the governors s
suggestion, passed the bill and it was
enrolled and signed by the speakers
and the Legislature adjourned sine die.
The greatest hitch was over the or
ganization, the Union Republicans be-
ing decidedly in the majority demanded
two thirds OF the officers in the Organi-
zation of both Houses. The Regulars
only handful objected to this, want
ing to spliteven. The fight for suprem-
acy took two days and organization
was only effected for the special ses-
sion only after hearing the opinion OF
Attorney General Ward on the case.
The House organized as follows:
Speaker, William D. Denney, Union
Republican, of Dover; clerk, Thomas
S. Lewis, Regular Republican, of Will
mington; reading clerk, Harry G.
ohnson, Union Republican, of Clay
Gong enrolling clerk, A. V. Leslie
George, of New Castle; sergeant-at
arms, Burton Macklin, Union Repub
licaq, of Milford; Lieut.. Governor
Cannon presided over the senate
J. s. Goslee was clerk; A. l.. Lyre
reading clerk; Charles Fl. Simmons
enrolling clerk. The Assemblymer
abbreviated the entire cost to the state
of the special session to $610. Some
of the clerks did not receive enough tt
pay their carfare.