Milford chronicle., 1917-01-05
HOUSE DEADLOCK BROKEN BY
tLECTING HALL As SPEAKER
The House Organized Wednesday Af-
ternoon After Two Day Fight
Senate Seemed As Far Apart As Ever
Thur day.


The members Of the General AS
sembly Of Delaware gathered at Dover
on Monday night last, and the leaders
coralled their various followers into
private rooms, where the various
States were made up, and plans laid
to land the hOnors as well as the Of
fees.
These meetings continued until mid
night, but it was impossible to get
any binding caucus of either party
who had a majority in the two houses.
The Democrats in the House finally
adopted a slate which the majority
agreed to support when the hour for
organization came on Tuesday, jan
uary 2nd, but the boilers would not
Join, and they took the matter to the
floor of the House.
The Senators finally got together,
but Senators Barnard and Frazier re-
fused to be bound by any caucus ac-
ton, and one side led by Senator Hof-
fecker, and the other by Senator Bar
nard, finally agreed to throw the en-
tire matter upon the floor. Senator
Barnard based his claim for the honor
of President Pro TEN of the Senate
uUOl Ills ACNOA u VI oCA VIZ III NAAN @NAA
ate two years ago, and his persecution
during the recent campaign, claiming
that he is entitled to vindicatiOn at
the hands of the Republican party,
and this honor he felt would be right
and proper for him to receive. The
deadlock over this continued over
and Wednesday, and has ev-
cry indication of prevailing over the |
balance of the present week.
The House Organized after Scare. |
After several Intellectual ballots had |
been taken in the House on Wednes- |
day morning Representative Martin |
B. Burris, of MiddletOwn. arose and |
gave notice to the House, that the Re-
publicans were out of patience with |
the hold up tactics of the minority |
party of the Democratic majority. and |
that unless they got together and |
made an organization that afternoon,
he Republicans would break the dead
ock by voting for the leading Demo-
cratic candidate for Speaker. This
statement was seconded by Mr. Hutch
nson from Townsend, and then a re-
,ess was immediatly taken to give the
Democrats a chance to make a deci-
sion When they came together in
he afternoon, the first ballot resulted
IS follows. viz: for Speaker, Hervey
Hall. Of Smyrna, 10 votes, and Mr.
Republican 16 votes. Mr.
Hall was escorted to the chair and
here took the oath of his office. Then
in succession, the election
Of the other officers. The organiza-
lion made was as follows:
Speaker, Hervey Hall, Smyrna.
Clerk W. H. Poor, Hartley.
Reading Clerk, W. Janvier, New
Castle.
sergt. at Arms, 7. R. McMullen,
Pencader.
Bill Clerk, Jesse WainwrighsaASea-
ford.
Chaplain, Rev. ]. A. Bailey.
Page, William Allen, Dover.
Telephone Messenger, Cordray, Sea
ford.
The usual resolutions to inform the |
Senate that the House was organized |
and ready for business, and other |
routine matters was gone through |
with and the House adjourned until |
The Senate, after Intellectual ballot |
ing. finally recessed until Thursday |
noon
There were not as many people at |
the opening of the legislature as in |
former years, and but very little in
terest seems to have been eyinced by |
the people generally.