Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-22
TUESDAY FIXED
AS CLOSING DAY
OF LEGISLATURE
In Concurrent Resolution Adopted
by the Senate Yesterday
Afternoon.
ROW OVER DEFENCE BILL
stan Correspondence of Every Evening
Ss,.,t, JIprrsn DOWN Nfarch 90


STATE HOUSE, Dover, March %
The adjournment of the Legislature
sine die next Tuesday at 3 o'clock u. m.
Is provided for III a concurrent resolution
unanimously adopted in the Senate
Yesterday afternoon. 1t also provides
for n recess Mt the close of business today
until noon next Tuesday and that no
business except the general claims
resolution be considered after today.
The intention was to send the resolution
TO the House today, with the expectation
that il would concur.
The resolution was offered bv Senator
Gormley. who advocated its passage
Il think the time has come, he said,
for us TO set date for adjournment
sine die At the close of business to-
morrow today we will have been here
two full weeks. we have about accomplish
ed everything we were called together
for, with the possible exception of one
measure. With little good, sound
Judgment we could quickly clean up
what there is left. The people of the
state don't want us to prolong this
session. We have gotten into a suuabble
that seems to be hard to work out The
measure in dispute appears 10 have be
come football for patty partisan politics.
We were called together to strengthen
the hands of the government, but If we
play politics we will weaken the hands
Of the government. If the people
cannot have faith in their legislative
bodies tn do the right thing in matters
of this kind who can they have faith in
II we are here much longer every one Of
us will be ashamed of it. let us get
together. do the right thing, clean the
matter up and get away
Al III H.
before the Senate longer than was neccs-
sary to give IT proper consideration.
Some of the members of the House
regretted the haste with which the hill
had been put through that house lie
denied that petty politics had interfcred
with the Senates action. This ls mo-
time for politics He did not question
the patriotism of any member of either
house He had been as impatient rs
ANYBODY to get away. but he did not want
10 see hastv action that might be regretted.
If there has been politics infected into
this measure, being national meas
ure, he said, ''it did not come from this
side of the house
Mr. Gormley said politics had been
PLAYED all day yesterday and all day
today" He did not feel like spending
his time doing nothing and letting these
things go by unnoticed
Senator HofTecker said he agreed with
MIR. Gormely, but he thought if wasn't
fair to accuse his side of the House of
playing politics He thought il was pos
sible to get together and clean the matter
up quickly.
II don't believe in iamming business
through Senator Walker said "One Of
the most important measures has not
been considered long enough to do it
justice He did not think there had
been unnecessary delay.
As the House had adjourned when the I
resolution was pass ed il could not act on |
IT until today
The only thing the House did Yesterday 4,
was to concur in the Senate concurrent |
resolution providing for 3 joint com |
mIttee Of conference 10 draw a now !
Defense bill Following this action :
speaker Hall appointed the following !
House members Of the committee. Speak |
or Hall and Messrs. McNahb, Boyce.
Culver, Rash Peet and Burrls
As the Senate had not been officially !
informed, when it adjourned. AT 335 !
O'Clock, until today, the Senate members |
Of the committee were not named I
This preclIded any possibility OF the /
committee even holding a meeting until |
today, and prior to the opening OF today |
session. it seemed impossible To accomp- 1
lish ANYTHING in the defence program. If :
business should be shut off, under the /
adjournment resolution which went |
through the Senate yesterday afternoon. !