Evening journal., 1909-01-06
SOPER HOLDS
UP THE HOUSE
ORGANIZATION
lcontlnued rrom rIrst rage.l

Continued From tlrst fakeJ
volved in the contest for speaker TO some
extent
Mr.. Soper left Dover yesterday after
noon. after tho House had taken a re-
cess until this morning when Il was dis
covered that there was a deadlock In
which Or. Cooper. Democrat and Repre-
sentative Arthur W. Spruance Repubh-
can, each received seventeen votes, Mr..
soper having voted blank There was no
change In his attitude when he left. lie
was still the irroconcilod. Some Of Mr..
soper's friends suggested that he might
support either Representative Brockson,
of CLAYTON. or Representative Janyicr Of
New Castle. for Speaker. but Dr. Coopcrs
friends viii not consent to such com
promise they say, although they intimat-
ed they might take Representative Raw
iins. of Georgetown
Senate in Motion. -
While the House had It's wrangle and
IFS deadlock and furnished some real
political excitement by reason Of being
unable to organize legislative branch
after they had won g. the Republican
senate settled hs differences after getting
a fcw hours Of sleep. As was stated tc.c,g.
/ terday. the Senate organized by eHotlna
the following officers
President pro tenn, George ~ Sharks.
., clerk S,"iIarS' Harvey clcnaeDst o, Lincoln.
SI,ooa RssaioS oS'e'n- e'ern. gSrs. G. Herring. O.,
FELTON,, Kent couXv
Enrolling clcE' tsaa, W pouors ~,
Wilmington
serseaXat-arms. Stephen f. Richards,
OF oc,M View. Sussex county.
CXplaln. Rev S. j. Clcland. Of Dover.
Kage. Lincoln G.. Justin, OF Dover.
j Consideration Of the election Of an at
/ torney for the Senate will be taken mp
/ later n the session.
The senate went so far as TO name a
committee TO notify the House that the
senate was on the Job ready to do busi-
ness. and during the afternoon the sena-
tors went through the motions of hav-
Ing real session, when the report Of the
/ Commission on Revenue and Taxation
was presented and read and ordered prlnt-
I cd for distribution.
President pro. tenn Sparks occupied the
chair part Of the day. when Lieutenant
Governor Parker wished 20 stroll over 10
the House 20 see how things were going
there Licutenant-Go -Governor-elcc John NJ.
Mcndhfhal and former licutepant-gover-
nor Phillip J.. Cannon were in the Senate
chamber part OF the day.
/ Governor Lea and Secretary Of state
/ Cahall were at the state House all day.
/ but the Governors biennial message was
not transmitted yesterday because Of q
failure Of the House TO organize.
Many Job Seekers.
Withal the clash and parrylng over or
/ ganization Of the Legislature. there has
been no excitement worth while and Il
was the quletest night before an organi-
zation day Dover has known for years
and years. Political interest IN the Legisia.
ture seems 60 be lacking this year. and
the big party leaders seemed to have
passed mp Dover on this occasion. There
are many party workers here. however
and II census should be taken II would
show many party patriots willing e
serve their state for pay. Never befor,
were there SO many candidates for "a few
Jobs as there We're for the House Demo
Gratis seeking the House patronage thi.
year. There were twenty-five 10 fifty can
didates for each job. and even then thi
reserves were not drawn upon. Ther,
are many more Democratic than Republi
can visitors here.