Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-14
MEMBERS OF BAR
AND WOMEN kept
IN LOBBY BOUNDS
Cannot Obtain Privileges Of State
Senate Floor Except by
Special Resolution.
A MATTER OF ExPEDIENCY
stan Correspondence NJ Evwy Evening
SrArr House., Dover, JAN. IA.

STATE HOUSE, DOVER, JAN. IA.
The General Assembly completed organ
iyation Yesterday, each branch notified
the other that II was duly organized, and
n JOINT committee, composed OF Senators
Long and Murphy and Representatives
LYONS, McNahb and Parker. Informed
Governor Townsend the Legislature was
ready 20 receive any communications
he desired 60 transmit As II was late IN
the afternoon when the committee went
10 the Executive Department, transmis-
SION of the governors biennial message
and other documents was deferred until
today. and IL O'Clock this morning was
hxed ~ the time for receiving them In
joint session.
Routine business, supplemented by
long periods of idlcness, made the flrst
dsv of the second week of the Legislature
term tedious The tcdiousncss was broken
but twice.
There was slight ripple in the Senate
when senator Bennett introduced a rcsolu-
tion according the privileges OF the senate
floor 20 former state Senators, members oi
the House, former and present Senators
and Representatives in Congress, the
governor and other State officers, mem
hers Of the bar, ladies and representatives
OF the press. Senator Alice offered an
amendment, Withholding the privileges ol
The floor from members Of the bar and
ladies. unless invited on special motion
senator Robertson protested, saying there
had not been such restriction heretofore.
Senator Alice said the proposed exclusion
would prevent lobbying ON the floor and
cxpedlte business. The amendment was
adopted bv vote OF s to :. as follows:
Yeas, Alice, Bennett. Handy, Murphy,
Palmer. Richards, Webster and PTesl-
dent Fro Tempore Short; nays, Brown,
Gormley, Latta, Long, Pool, Price and
Robertson; absent, llollett and Walker.
Next the resolution was unanimously
adopted rs amended.
The other bIt of cxciteHent WAS IN the
House. Representative LYONS claimed the
senate and House hili clerks should have
been elected by JOINT resolution, instead
Of hv ordinary ballots, as were taken IN
both branches. and sought TO correct
the mistake hv introducing . resoluuon--
House loint resolution No. l.-pToposlng
frank { Miller for senate bull clerk and
lrNln ~tctscr tor House bill clerk. Repre-
sentative McNabb said Mr.. Lyons rcsolu
ton mentioned only Republicans and
gave no opportunity 70 record the Demo
cratic votes for the Democratic caucus
nominees, and he started 10 offer substI-
futF, nut was Halttu ~ t'ttah'i N'ihiti
who stated the proper timc for presenting
the proposed substitute would bc when
tho Original resolution was called up for
final action. After Mr. Lyons resolution
had been referred 20 the committee Of
the whole, MIR. McNabb introduced House
Joint resolution No. ,. proposing W llllam
NJ. Connolly for Senate bull clerk and
John W. Walls for House bill clerk, and II
wAs likewise referred.
The House authorized the Speaker 70
sppoint his clerk. Mr. Corbit deferred max
inc the selection.
Pending the appointment OF commit
tees the legislature adopted on temporary
rules az this session the rules Of the 1917
session.
In committee Of the whole the Senate
recorded orders for supplies, each Senator
beng allowed SIS worth.