Evening journal., 1910-12-31
READY FOR The
LEGISLATURE
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can members reach an amicable
agreement on just how the patron
age Of the Legislature should be dis
tributed according to district lines. If
the presiding officer of one branch
should come from New Castle county.
the other should be allotted to either
Kent or Sussex, some of the leaders
are advocating. Some of the lead
ers, too, go further and are urging
that the New Castle county delegates.
if this county is to be accorded one
presiding officer, should select that Of
flcer I'm their own caucus. while the
Kent and Sussex Republican members
should be permitted to select the Of
iicers allotted to those counties. New
Castle county members are i'm a ma
1ority Of the Republicans in the State
Senate, there being five New Castle
county Republican Senators and four
Republican Senators from Kent and
Sussex. In the House, however. the
Kent and Sussex Republican members
are in a majority on the caucus.
Talk Of Presiding Officers.
Should the Speakership of the House
be allotted to New Castle county. il Is
altogether likely that Representative
Alfred b. Moore of this city would be
chosen Speaker. 1t is said that a ma
jority Of the New Castle County Rep
resentatives already are for Mr. Moore
for Speaker, but nothing definite in
the way of a canvass for Speaker has
been made.
For president pro tenn, Of the Sen
ate the names most prominently men,
| toned are Senator Alexander p. Cor
bit OF Odessa; Senator Lewis A. Drex-
Ter of Bethany Beach and Senator
George w. Marshall, of Milford. Il is
said that an effort is being made to
have the office of president pro TEN
of the Senate given either to a Kent OF
Sussex man. Should this be done il is
said that Senator Drexler stands the
best chance of being chosen in caucus
with DR.. Marshall a close second. Mr.
Corbits friends, however, are urgine
that since the New Castle County
Senators are in a majority, the presi-
dent pro tenn, of the Senate, should
come from this county, and the Speak.
er of the House should go TO either
Kent or Sussex. Senator Corbit Is
making no canvass for the place. bui
he, Senator Darlington Finn and Sen.
ator Drexler are hold-overs and II Is
/ pointed out by their friends that ons
of them should be honored by beine
, advanced to Presidentkpro tenn. Lieu,
tenant-Governor John NJ. Mendinhal
IS president OF the Senate
Representatives Tebo and Evans Of
Kent county are mentioned for Speak
er Of the House, and may be urged by
some OF the down-State members fol
that honor
Many After the Offices.
There are many aspirants for ths
different Offices to be dispensed by tn,
Legislature. Just who are seeking tn,
| Jobs from Kent and Sussex Is MOI
known, but New Castle county ha.
many applicants. So the other countie.
will have. too. Among the New Castl,
countians seeking clerkships are Ed,
ward r. Elkinton, of New Castle, vii
/ liam II. Evans, of Newark; Benjamin
/ A. Groves, of Kiamensi; William An,
derson, of Delaware City; Dudle,
Weir, Henry Thompson, w. Scott Yer,
non. George Martin, Barlow Carney
/ and Charles Herdman OF this city. Il
I the Speakership of the House goes e
/ New Castle county, II is hardly likel,
that this county would get the clerl
/ of the House, too. On the other hand
If the down-State gets the presiden
pro tenn OF the Senate, this county
would have a chance of winning tn,
clerkship of that body. Each brancl
will have a chief clerk. speaker,
! clerk. reading clerk, enrolling clerk
ergeant-at-arm. page and chaplain.
IT is understood that the New Gas