Evening journal., 1911-01-11
LEGISLATURE
TAKESDAYOFF'
Democrats Being Urged to
Take a Hand and End the
Deadlock
SOMETHING IN THE AIR"
MAY NOT REACH EARTH

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL'
DOVER, Del. Jan. 11.-With moth
ing definite in sight for the settlement
of the deadlock over organization OF
the State Senate, the members OF the
Legislature yesterday afternoon pair
ed off for today and left Dover not TO
return until Thursday morning. Inc
State Senate was kept alive today by
Senator Hazel of Dover, while Repre-
sentatives Tebo and Marvel OF west
Dover held the House session. 1hey
called the two branches TO order ana
observing no quorum they ADJOURNED
the session until tomorrow morning at
IL O'clock Partly because some OF the
Senator'S desired to attend the funeral
of Ezekiel Fleming at Harrington TO-
day and partly because there was a
feeling Of something I'm the air that
might lead to the organization OF the
senate on Thursday, the Republican
members of the Senate did not desire
any session today.
While there was something IN the
air" in the way of reports that the
senate might be organized on Thurs
day. II was so high in the air that u
could not be seen Many Senators SAID
they felt something was brewing, Du'
what it was they could not learn. sen,
ator Drexler yesterday afternoon salo
he knew of nothing new in the STU
alton. as his position was unchanged
and the Republican and Democratic
Senators said they were not aware o.
any new moves to he made THURSDAY
Then again, It became known lnaJ oeh
ator Miller and Senator Walls were
paired for Thursday, and TINS ala no
give much promise Of crisis an'
shattering the deadlock on that day.
What Could Happen.
There are several ways IN whlcn tn
Senate could elect a president pr
TEN. They include: -, =.
By Senator DreXler uniting Win ~
eight Republican colleagues.
BY the eight Republicans glVing Y
and electing Senator Drexler as pres
ideut pro tenn. -.
nv the Democratic Senators throw
ing their solid vote behind sehsN
Drexler to elect him.
Bv Senator Drexler casting his Vot
with the eight Democratic Senators 20
a Democrat.
Nv a Democrat or Democrats JON
inr with ihe Republican Senators
eiocf a Republican president pro ten
Nv "a Republican OF Republican
Joining with the eight Democrats
elect h Democratic president pro ten
BY an equally divided vote IN tn
senate, giving Lieutenani-GoNerh'
Mendinhall the deciding ote.
Want Democrats TO Act.
n became known yesterday tina
much pressure was being brought :
trv to get the Democratic Senator
10 take a hand and break the dead
lock one way or the other som
Democrats were urging the eist
Senators to support DreXler Whll
others were urging that some of tn
Democrats throw their strength b'
hind the eight Republicans and ele'
Senator Miller or Senator Corbit q
president pro tenn
1t was said by a well known Demo
crat that three Senators on their sid
could not be lined up to vote for Sci
ator Drexler, and the entire eigl
would be necessary If they were
try to elect DreXler. 1t was predicte
too. that if the Democrats did make
break to try to elect DreXler the
might be one or two who would vo
for some Republican other than Dre
Ter for president pro TEN.
Other Democrats Wee urging tn
IF they went into combination wi
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