Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-19

been in process of preparation Tor the
past five years, by a commission COM
posed of able and experienced lawyers
appointed by the court; during this
period of time two of the commission
ers have died and others have been
appointed to fill their places.
1.-THE necessity at the present time
for having a Revised Code OF this
State. is Imperative, therefore, any |
provision written into it which might /
cause the failure of its passage by !
| the General Assembly, or prevent It's /
approval by the executive, is very
properly at this time being viewed
by our citizens with alarm.
"Inasmuch as the income OF our
State is limited, and the demands upon
the treasury numerous, is it not rea-
sonable TO recognize certain degree
of merit in the suggestion, that It
might be the part of good judgment
to avoid, as far as possible, the eX-
pense which would be incurred, by the
holding of special elections to I'LL
these vacancies.
"The principle adopted by several
of the prominent States of the Union,
when enacting laws to conform with
lNG requirements VI lllN aAhNAAAhNLN ~
4 the Constitution of the United States,
providing for the election OF United
States Senators by the people, furnish
, es a precedent which it would seem
, wise for this State to adopt
! with the exception of Rhode Is
, land, all of these States have evidently
e endeavored to minimize the expense
! by adopting the course of postpOning
] a IL. -. nfa
the United States Senate, until the
e first general election. after the hap
= pening of any such vacancy.
{ 81 direct your attention to the fol-
h lowing States, to wit:
b Colorado provides, in the Laws OF
e 1913. Chapter 70, Page 267 Section 2
+ inter ALA, as follows:
@ Whenever a vacancy happens In
d the office of United States Senator
=. from this State. the Governor shall
s. make a temporary appointment t
he fill such vacancy, until the same /:
T. filled by election, as hereinafter pro
aa vided Section 3. When vacanc!
o. happens, as aforesaid, the Governor
shall issue a writ of election to tn
n Secretary of State, directing him 10 in
H. clude in his General Election notice
lot the next Gcntldl lltNbioilf a. hObN
'e' of the filling of such vacancy. =.
y such election being for the unex
- pired term, but if for any reason n
~ United States Senator is elected
~ the next General Election. the persO
H. temporarily appointed by the Coy
~ ernor. shall hold over until Unite
- States Senator is elected at a succeed
~, ing General Election
III 4
No. rather than incur the expense of
,9r special election, in case there is a fai
oI- ure to elect at the first General Ele'
ton. postpones the matter until II
a. second General Election; evident
,de preferring to go to an extreme linn
ms in order to avoid burdening the ia,
mt payer.
ost illinois: In the Laws of 1918, Sc
me ton 130a, Page 3OS, provides-'WhC
his a vacancy shall occur in the office
'rt- United States Senator from this Stat
is the Governor shall make a Temporal
If appointment to fill such vacancy UNI
tes the next election of Representative
10 Congress, at which time such vacan
ion shall be filled by election
the Pennsylvania: Laws OF 1913, \
owe 454, Page 996-'The Governor sh,
the make a temporary appointment
fill vacancy in the Office of Unit
.sea States Senator, until such time
The such vacancy shall be filled by
sew election, held at the time of the nc
non general election
Kentucky: Laws Of 1914, Cha
,ato ter %, Page 9S:-'In case of
Jerk vacancy IN tne once oil united sta
,gas Senator it shall be the duty OF I
J a.,
nit 1oVerhor' 10 MI tne vacancy uI
anal the next regular election, at viii
IS a members OF tne lower orahch OF "
nsa- gress are elected
mis- maryland Laws OF IVA Chi
ter 761, Page 18TH event of
vacancy in said Office Of United Sta
u1er Senator, howsoever said vacancy n
arise, the Governor of the State st
IA. make a temporary appointment o
Senator who shall serve until
now people shall I'LL such vacancy
nsid- nomination and election, the elect
rma- of a Senator TO fill such unexpi
exist portion of said term, shall take pl
hap at the next ensuing general elect
s for for public officials.
rring Virginia. Laws of 1914, Char
state $50, Page 252-'United States
tates. ators in the Congress Of the I'm
States for the State Of Virginia 81
the be hereafter elected, by direct
v as of the people When any vaca
lie OF shall occur in the representation
, YOU the State of Virginia in the I'm
, the States Senate, the Governor of
State. shall make a temporary
/ the pointment to fill such vacancy, L
ms of an election is held to fill
con- vacancy; said election to be he'll,
the next succeeding November {
,ernedl ton
have After diligent Investigation
adopt fail to discover, any facts, politica
t pos otherwise, which Indicate that
v ex- ditions in Delaware with its s
TO fin population and relatively small
GOMEZ are radically different (
orable those which exist In other States
chap fact all the States (Rhode Island
it is cepted) which have adopted
" or providing for filling the vacancie
Id re- the United States Senate, have
,proxl- denly been careful to refrain
atorial adopting an expensive or extrava
should method Of filling vacancies in
ri. the United States Senate
l5. 600: Therefore it is difficult to u
ssible; stand why the original draft of {
an i'm ter 90, submitted by the Code Con
aware sion, should not meet our requiem
ear to the commission being equally di
400 Tor politically, working alone, free
ial va any influence. framed a law and
ate. sented II as the one which in thei
to di- lperienced Judgment was suitable t
mem requirements. II does not impos,