Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-27
ALL IN WRANGLE
At DOVER OVER
DEFENCE BILLS
Two Measures Under Considera-
ton in Committee. and Moth
ing Being Done.
TWO REPORTS TO BE MADE

Stan Correspondence OF Every Evening
Dover March 27.-Duling the three
and onc-haf hours that the General As
somhlv's conference committee on De-
fence llll was IN session yesterday there
WAS "a continuous wranglc, the majority
members advocating the Iunncll bill,
with amendments. and the minority con-
tending for the Barnard bill Senator
IIafIcckcr speaker Hall and Representa-
tIvcs Boycc. BurriS. Culver and Pcet were
the majority members. and President
FRO Tenn Barnard Senator Gormley and
Representatives McNabb and Rash COM
prlscd the minority.
The ConfcrrcCs. hy vote Of SIX to four,
approved the Tunnel bill, with amend
mcnts allowing appeal in the fullest sense,
cNccpting labor strikes from the provisions
of the bill. Withholding from the Defence
Council control of riots and Instructions
lit being argued that militia and police
would hc ample IN such cmergCnCy-tlXlng
the conscrIptIon age at Is To 50 years and
cVccpting from conscription female labor
aud persons preparing for school. Law
ycrs SAID the Tunnel bill as amended was
not far apart from the Barnard bill.
When the Cnufcrrccs went home for the
night il was thought the majority would
report the Tunnel bill, rs amended, and
the minority would report the Barnard
blll a. the Legislature today and the two
measures would take chances on the floor
Roth branches Of the General Assembly
rct~srmhlcd III 80 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and after that formallty adj
fourucd until 1890 q clock this morning.
senate and House, because of the session
al tho conference committee, wasted the
rntrc dav
While legislators not members Of the
conference, committee frctted over their
enforced ldlcncss Representative Jones,
pacing the floor of tho Hall OF Representa-
lives. loudly tauntcd Republican col
leagtcs
"Whv don't YOU end the legislative
farcc and cease your squander of public
funds" hc asked But there was no re-
sponsc
The spccial session az the Legislature
J. costing the state 81 900 per day he
continued 1T is Just O'Clock, and the
hour of idcncss that has elapsed since ,
q clock. tho time fixed for rcassembling,
cost the state 500
Iigrline criticism AT Representatives,
lc shouted
IL his hccn said the House will pass
ANYTHING have served two terms as
Representative. but after the statement
The House Will pass anything would not
accept election rs Representative again,
not even II \ Representative compensa-
fion were So per day ] have lost regard
Tor the House and am done with il"
Standing in front 81 a group OF Rcpub-
hcau legislators, he remarked
You Republicans are trying 10 play
POLITICS and while thus engaged you
are STRIVING to belIttle our Republican
governor, a man whom ] respect.
II conclusion he said Democrats will
90 on the stump in the campaign next fall
and inform taxpayers concerning Rcpub-
bean protligacy Of public funds at the
special session az the General Assembly.
Democrats viii 90 on the stump next
fall and IN exposing Republican extrava-
Eancc viii rip Republicans from start TO
nnIsh, be declared
While Representative Jones uttered
scathlng rebukes Republican legislators
squIrmed and unsucccSsfully attempted
Is turn the subject.
Following Is the text Of the writ issued
by Lleutenant-G Governor Elason:
BY authority of the State of Delaware
Lewis l. Eliason, President of the Senate
"To the sheriff Of New Castle county,
Greeting:
Whereas. the constitution OF the State
of Delaware IN section six of article 6
thereof provides as follows:
W henever there shall he vacancy in
either house OF the General Assembly by
reason Of failure 10 elect. incligibility.
death resignation or otherwise, d writ
Of election shall be issued by thepresiding
officer Of the House in which the vacancy
exists Or IN case of necessity IN such
other manner as shall be provided by law
And whereas. the General Assembly
Of the State Of Delaware Is now in special
session by virtue Of a call OF the governor
Of the State OF Delaware
w bercas, q vacancy doth exist IN
the Senate OF the State Of Delaware by
reason OF the death OF Thomas s. Webb.
a senator from the Third Senatorial
district of New Castle county In said
State, during the present session.
Now, therefore, l. Lewis L. Ehason,
president OF the Senate OF the State Of
Delaware, and as such the presiding officer
Of sald Senate, do hereby command that
you cause an election TO be held in the
said Third Senatorial district Of said New
Castle county BY the qualified electors
therein. on some day TO be by you ap-
pointed IN accordance with law for the
purpose of choosing 4 Senator in the
General Assembly for the said Third
Senatorial District, to hold office for the
residue Of the term of the said Thomas
= Webb. pursuant TO the constitution
and the laws OF the State Of Delaware
IN that behalf made and provided.
Ii witness thereof, | have hereunto
set my hand a. president, Lewis +. Eiason
- the Senate this twenty-sixth day Of
March in the year Of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and eighteen and Of the
independence OF the United States Of
America the one hundred and forty
second
BY the president Of the Senate Lewis
l.. Ehason. president Geo. W. Cunning.