Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
N, f, MINISTER'S
ENTER SPEhKERSR|P
FIGHT At DOVER
Wilmington Association Backs Anti
Saloon League i'll Demanding
Election Of DRY" Man.
w. S. GREGG MAY BE CHOSEN

The Method L Ministers ASSOCIATION
oi Nilmingt ~ has gotten INTO the night
over the organization oi The lower house
II the pclqwarn LEGISLATURE. seconding
the Il, mand made ~ the lntiSaloon
League. that a dry" man bC placed III
the Speakers chalr. For failure To do this
this should hc the rcsu! the dominant =
,Repurhcaul party IN The House Is held
r,sp, nsiblc by the MINISTER'S
he n, W. IN this hchan was made az a
mceiIny Ct the as~oolativn. bcld,ycstcr-
daV, when the follow ing memorial 70 the
uouss, WAS unanimously adopted
We th members ct the Methodist
Ministers Association, representing over
1920 mcmbers and several thousand con-
stitucnts. feel that IN view ot the import
nnce of the subject that tn" dlsgracriui
Sccne. Witnessed IN our clty by reason OF
the trsnsprcssion> Ot the lcVaizcd liquor
irathc scenes that have been called 10
tb.. attention oi the Mar Department IN
Washington AGAIN and again we need TO
eiNr rpcciai attPntcn to the making OF
additional "Ns that W.ll lead 10 better
enforcement - the law govcrnnS the sale
q! ntoNlcants IN Wilmington, We there
tore = 4
Irsl That the dominant party place
II the Speakers char N the House of
Representatives i dry man. Inasmuch ~
that PARTY has tNo dry members 20 one
wet member We reel that the growing
sentiment III favor fo the total abolition
~ :he hqror traffic as IS shown bv the
,act that Delaware has r9tliIc q III" amend
r,rnt 10 IN" nationqi Constitution. we are
entitled to What We ash
Second We earnestly ask hat laws
be enacted which shat, enable our cNccu-
tIves 10 curb the unlawful tcndcncies of
this traffic that our city may hc saved
from The diSgraceiul Scence that we have
witnessed. which have given aS far west
as Chicago our city IN unenviabic name.
And while We a. not descend 10 the
llsc of threats. VIC do lcci .iletlicd III SAY
ing hat since the thlngs We ask are IN the
interest Of the fair name and good order
If our CITY. we will hold the dominant
marty responsible IN this matter. We feel
that we have good grounds upon which to
base our plea. e. I. Anderson,
n W. living.
Robert Watt
REV. +. ". Jones, Prcsident.
Rev. {. ". Clark, SECRETARY.
GREGG MAY BIZ srEAkER.
In view OF the hostile attitude of the
dry interests 10 the State that ls said
70 have been made bv the dominant
shuttle. and today il was announced that
" lizard :. Gregg Of Centrcyille may be
the new Speaker II i known that he IS
absonteiy dry that the dr." IN
terests iavor his election. and also that
he will willingly serve elected. lie is the
onlv member OF the .ast House who was
re-elected tor the coming session. He Is
understood 70 bc IL favor with both
factions OF the Republican party and,
un,eSs there IS an unlooked-for develop
ment from lower Delaware OF the vet.
deveiop unexpected strength he vii
doutleSs be the Speaker ior the next
House He : a man ut pleasing per
ssnaity and fairness, and ~ tht last
session was eQuady popular with Rcpubh-
cans and Democrats.
senator l. Do.phus Short II practicslly
sure oi being chosen President Pro Tenn
T-oru o. the Senate.
JULIAN WALKER FoR ATTORNEY
Julian Walker has been proposed
for legislative attorney and. II Is said,
has the support % nIted States Sens-
tor-elect L. Heisler Bal. Kent and Sus-
sex Republicans, II Is SAID, ere resent
ing DR.. Balls meddhng with minor
politios Mr. Walker was Legislative
attorney vcars ago lie also was q candl-
date Tor the Republican nomination
for register Of wills Tor New Castle county
IN 1914 and 1917, but was defeated by
Isaac X. Brown
There il q rllnor tha, New Castle and
sussex county Republicans have made
deal whereby New Castle will get the
Srcakership oi the House and Sussex
the presidency pro tcmpofc oi the Sen
Ate.