Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-08
SENATORIAL ROW
BLOCKS WORK ON
OPENING DAY
Republican Differences Carried to
the Floor and End IN
Snari.
ADVISERS WE'RE IGNORED
stan Correspondence Of Every Evening

The first dav of the legislative session
NJ lolaw was lost, ending with neither house
cffecting organization. The chief difficulty
was in the Senate. whore the Republicans
we're dcadlccked over president pro
temporc The hold-over members were
for Senstor Long and the new men Tor
Short. whIch made a vote oi to hut
nobody able 70 get majority. the total
rlcmtsrship h,lng IL and the Democrats
having hve after consuming practically
the v hole dav IN conferences palloting
for president pro tenn WAS started IN the
Senate ~ : 80 r m but after two m
rfTccfual ballots had been taken tho sen
~ adjourned until noon todsy The House
Lad already taken this action after the
members had been sworn IN. having de-
Clded nof 10 organic until II found out
What the senate uss gong - do
On the first ballot IN the senate short
got . votes. Brown :. Walker T. and
Nurphv. Democrat. ; There was one
blank and On, member. Handy. absent
Tn the second ballot Senstor Brown
Withdrew IN favor II senator Long and the
vote resulted A. follows short, :; Pool, L )
long. 8. Murphy 5: blank ]
seeing that there was no hope ot ar-
complishins anything through continued
halloting, adjournment for the day was
declded on 81 = 80 o'clock
The haloting demonstrated vnat vas
already supposed 70 hc fact. that the
hoding-over senators were insistent on
hald-ovcr being elected. while the new
member were 70 man, backing short.
40, ted last November who was the choice
81 thc Nco DnspcuSluon IN The Repuhll
can party
Senator short having. ~ the conference
earher in thc dqv. declined senator Longs
rrop,eltInii that both withdraw from the
rn,t for the Office q president pro tenn
nor, - thaf IN The interest Of harmony.
4 new man might r.. taken M senator
7 ong stated aftrrwsrd that nc world
make hi, night along The linc of ,lpholdinc
precedent VI, said NJ v'as willing 10
>4rrIhcc any persona preferences he
night have, FOR anv u III, Offices - be
filed pro, idol he gouid HELM IN 'lcctInc
one q the holdine-o'er msmnerS. any one
~ whom. n said b. uss willing 10 vote
for. His holdlng-ovcr colleagues evidently
agreed with him and decidcd 70 stand BY
INN Accordingly, when tho Senate nd
journeCl vest erday afternoon. with the
members jcadlocsc! over prcSadon; pro
tcmpore. none bong atle 70 corral
majority oi IL, votcS, i looked Ike
neht 20 finish
Z
While the New Castle county Re
publican members oi the Iiouse had, ny
vote ii s - g. selected Alexander =.
Corbit Of OdeSSa s. their nominee for
Speaker, after they had been told at the
ioint conference on Nondsy night. that
thew could no axe the selection. II develop
Il ,hst ny doing SO they put crlnnp IN the
legislative program of the New Dis pen
sation The latter. Il j. said, had mapped
ont verv definite program. which IN
,uded. among other things. the naming of
he committees ~ tht t7o branches and
Representative Danzenbake- uas chosen
hv the Ncp DlSpensstIon for speaker IS
part Of their program. not n'cause Of the
net and dry l-stIc - when the
"drvS cane slnng and objected u Dan
zeubaker. hIs bacAers we're loath 70 give
hm up. though they admitted fhey had no
tight against the "drys However, IS
there i 3 large DRY majority n tic
House the fight succeeded ard Corbr. q
choice of the dry forces. was substituted
for Dangenhsker. Even Danzenbsker hm
self was willing for Tho chang, 10 b. made
and he voted for Mr. Ccrnit in the colnfy
caucus, IS did also Willard ; Gregg y H.
had been groomei, along with Corhl' hy
tho ''drys' for the nomination. Before
II S'lt-- y A. Ilsfskf-s 4tlNFN~i - Aaf "
he lieutenants 81 the New Dlspens4tIon
had q heart 70 hear talk with Cornit
nd they would not admit that they then
had any objection t. him. though the
set that D. Vas chosen bv divided vote
Indjcstes tha the upponents went dop,n
tghlng and ready renew The battle u
thcy could md an opportunifv wiHeh
promised euccc,~ C'nrblr ; Wa 'he onli
ro-ninsfio, mad. III either housc N
c2ucus . t,einr delded - msEr no nore
NH The ~eTlSft rov. vs~ settled Tho rc-
suit scss tha- rhcrc waS q ho~' ~ tppll-
csnts for the iote who spent + night and a
CIV on -hc SIMON. bench and pho arc
s-ill 81 si-uated Noh,pdl could 20 IN 4
rSltion % deliver ;4n1-hlne snd there
: 5c matter stood
Thc House. because q its own difficult
t,es and those of the Senate. did not con
vtne until 245 O'Clock in the afternoon,
being called 20 order BY Harry Glen
daniel o. Lincoln William Lyon, Jr o.
Wilmington WAS made temporary speaker.
without opposition. immediately, ho"-
ever. there was fight FOR temporary
clerk, the Democrats voting for j. L.
Soper Of Magnola and the Republicans
for Mr.. Clendaniel Clendaniel was
elected by vote NJ % 70 u, Represents
the vote was taken MessrS Sopcr and
Glendanlel vot--d for each other Shortly
after O'Clock, with the Senate still
wrangling, the House adjourned until
roUn today
Immediately after the senate convened.
- l clock and the certificates II the
icVlv-c.ccted members had been resd, the
latter, with the exception - Wallace $
HANDY 81 Kent. who was detained ~ bis
loInc IL Milford oy illness had the oath
!. .Gmnis.cred - them a. the request of
Iresldcnt EIiaaou. bv Senator Thomas 4
Gornluv. 4 recess was Immediately taken
1.nti . clock, and wtst happened in the
afternoon Is told above.
" hen senator jane W Robertson
csm. INTO Tho Senate chamber Yesterday
IT, found bunch Of pInks.
gifl ol thc Wilmington City Council, Of
which a. Is member. the clerk and
i,ailiti ol Council rhc glft wa, brought to
Dover hy Councilman Howard NJ Ward of
Wilmington senator Robertson gave
each 1t lis colleague a flower
Among t1c lutercsted spectator In tic
~enate Chamber wa former President
Iro Icmporc John 4 Barnard
: nuuh@r 81 ether former members of
fhc Lcgslaftirr were aso present. m
l1ding Coulter Mcssi,k 81 Laurel vho
v a. mcmb q the House last year
s1AILWIDL ThouiulIIoH.
v nile Tho b.ll has not ynt been 6nlshod,
/ hc Ant-S4loOu League, u ]. understood,
plans to aak the Legislature u enact a
law providing for Statewide prohibition,
effective July ] independent Of the FEEDER