Evening journal., 1911-01-03
NIGHT CAUCUS
OF LEGISLATORS

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was to attend the funeral of Dr. w.
f. Davis, father of Frank H. Davis,
which will be held tomorrow. Mr..
Addicks said he thought it was to be
held to-day.
IL became evident in the afternoon
that there was TO be a struggle over
organization Of the Legislature, but
none expected the tie-up that devel-
oped at night. An impression had got
ten around that Senator Louis A.
Drexler, of Bethany Beach, Sussex
county, was slated for president pro
tenn of the Senate, and that Repre-
sentative Alfred b. Moore, of VIII
mlngton, and Representative George
w. Tebo, of Dover, We're seeking the
speakership of the House
Conferences of members who arriv-
ed by noon revealed the open opposi-
tion TO Senator DreXler for president
pro tenn of the Senate, and also made
it plain that the two lower counties
were not going to allow New Castle
the speaker of the House if they could
help IT, Following a conference OF
some of the Republican Senators the
word went around that Senator Dar-
I lington Finn, of New Castle county
Z I'm all probability would be the caucus
choice for president pro TEN. This
/ Jared the friends Of Senator Drex-
! Ter, for Senator Finn up TO that time
! had not been mentioned except i'm q
{ complimentary way for president pre-
1 TEN, and he had not been a candidate
! for the place.
State Chairman Edmund Mitchell
was here comforting with the Repub
! lican members. BY the time tn,
crowd of politicians and the army o.
! office-seekers invaded Dover late IN
the evening. the report had surge,
around that the railroad influences
were steam-rollering the Drexle
boom for president pro tenn
and that from the railroad viewpoin
it was anybody 10 beat Drexler. It i
understood that Senator DreXlcr II
the past week or two had given as
surances 10 some of the party leader
of his belief I'm fair deal for the cor
porations as we'll as a fair deal 70
the people. The railroad influence
also we're said 20 have been directel
against Senator Alexander P. Corbi
for president pro tenn He and Sena
tor Drexler showed an inclination Q
do their own thinking In the Senat
two years ago.
So Senator Finn was centered upO
for president pro TEN. Not that he ca
in any way be termed a "railroa
man." for Senator Flinn has shown al
Independence Of action during his tw
years in the Senate and has not show
any favOritism to the railroads. Blu
he seemed to be the available Ney
Castle county man upon whom mos
of the Republican Senators could b
mustered for the chair of temporar
presiding officer. There seemed TO b
some undercurrent of antagonism {
DreXler on the ground OF old scores
the outcropping of the Legislative ses
sion OF two years ago.
Many After Places.
On the evening trains came tn
throng eager to receive the legislativ
patronage. There certainly was a
army eager to serve in any capacit
from chief clerk to page Even IN
boys Of Dover, caught the ofiice-seel
ing fever, and they were circulatin
their cards boosting themselves fC
page Of Senate or House. There weI
men here advocating this clergyma
or that clergyman for chaplain, to
Seldom has such an array of offC
seekers been seen here on the eve
a legislative session. All gathered d;
the Hotel Richardson.
Before the evening had gotten yeI
far, conferences over organization b.
gan. The New Castle County Republ