Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
STORMY OUTLOOK
FOR 1919 SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
Fight Expected TO Begin at the
Republican Caucus to DC
Held in Dover Tonight.
FACTIONS ARE IN A SNARL
Special Dispatch from fNeiy fN'ii"s
,'orr,supudPut

STAFF Correspondent
DovFR. LAX.
For tn, fr,t time IN years. both branch
IS az the Delaware Legislature Will he
IN control of the RcpubllcanS, when II
conyencs here tomorrow IN biennial
session. I'm the Senate they have ma
iorlty cf - 10 : over the Democrats.
while IN the House, the ratio IS - 10 u
Confronted bv this situation. the Re
publican organization OF the state. rcailz-
INC that ,lpop II rests the sole rCSponsIbIh-
~ for all legislation Al tins session y
nropoScS keeping close tabs on rs party
men in moth branches, not only IN gen
ersl way. hut m = specific way, hN haNihG
an advlSory committee always On the Jon
and making weekly visits 70 lover.
ever, Monday morning, So IS to start
Tho week right NhuC u may tC ~
measure some satisfaction tor one party 10
oe IN control. u Is = question ~ the mlnnN
~ some ol the party men whether inc
rcsponsihlltv foT the result Il not too
great II the party orgsnsatIon = ahic I"
control the actions ol all itS representa-
tivc. II, the two houses we'll ami good. but
II thcrc are any great number who Will not
he contrnl'e1 thc advisory committee Is
GOING ~ have i jpo on lt~ hahds Roth
fartior> 81 'hc Republican party arc
rcpr,~crft.i tu tie membership II carh
house and While the New n spcnsaton
claims major Il - the Rcpuhl cen
members N "qch house i a question
whether Il hiss enough each 20 control
Is act .on- tur the Democrats have 70 hc
r,.rkon,sd ia and i : likely that MANY
times DIN nc the session They wi wic'd
IA, ha "nCc oi power
TROUGH tr rlT orr.TT
The R,rub can f'ctional differences
ar. ,\per',.d - man'i,~t themselves IN a
vcry material ,aN. uALt ~ tho outset. at
IN, pt.tl yauruS which will hc held hrrr
tonight Ihort- nave been made - settle
thc-, differences ad"anCr hut apparent
IL without result itsppcars 70 hc > tore
rouc cnnelusloh that Sussex cuuntvW 1. hc
accorded the office ol pres dent pro tenn u
the senate and that | Dolphu- short at
VI forl Viii bc chosen tor that OH e.
though there = II movement y Kent
rounty - land thr office tor james i
Alice. Jr. ot Dover. son Of former ! nlted
states senator ! Frank Alice, Who J. the
trknoulcdged New nl~pcnsauon cmci IN
tins county At the last minute h0vcvc
il rs believed that the Alice forces VII
weld and that short will grt tn caucus
nomination. Ii that program ~uccceds,
New Castle county will bc permitted -
name the Speaker Of the House. but,
while the New DlspcnS3tion j. under
stood 70 have picked William II. Danzcn-
baker ot Claymont for that office. Mr..
Danzenbakcr mav not land, III view ot
the tact that the Antl-~aloon League has
gotten INTO the fight a. we'll n the
Methodist Ministers Association of WI
mington. both oi which arc demanding
that a man hc named for Speaker who Is
IN avowrd drN man. They are under
stood 10 favor the selection 81 " lizard ;.
Arerg oi CCntrrvIllC the only member
the last House who was reelected IN
pvemher. and. As Mr. GngC J. will NJ TO
rent the honor, he MAY - hu>en IN
W Of :hc tact that Iher" Is sud 10 bc
&c drN maiontv N the House The
,pcrt cn5ng 81 the othc! CtilCcs vi de-
Icnd on the rcsu O, the contests for the
re- ding Offices The most ke candi-
HATES 4, ths time. however for the chef
! ,ihcs-~ aDpcar 10 be- n follows For sccr--
1tarv oi the senate. ,Iamcs a Iliroas of
Dover chlai ! RI Of the House, Albert
Archer of Milford 4 Sussex man. There
q host 81 candldatcs Tor the other offices
and Il l. impossible now 20 make any pre-
dictlon a. II the probable result. though It
+. thought ! kclv that frank Miller Of
Brandv5a ue hundred Will To- made read
ng clorh 81 IN. Stuat. ItCr aU, II
egl,lutIv, ,ob,. alt told % - handed out
hv tie Legislature anI the Difficulty
- In making - ct'tianis from among the
arms ~ spplicant- Nlii- q ,crnlned
effort viii y, madc = the cau"l!s tonight
Continued on pae,