Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
STATE SENATE
IN SNAIL OVER
SLATE MAKING
Result Was That It as impos-
sIble TO Accomplish Anything
Last Night.
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DOVER Jan. :.
Resentment on the part Of some OF
the Repuhlican senators over what they
characterized rs interference on the
mart of the State Central Committee
tied the senators up IN knot when they
assembled. in the Kent Republican
Club. nj 80 O'Clock thus morning to
caucus for officers OF the senate 10 be
elected. if possible, today, the time set
for organization. The rather unusual
thing occurred. when the State Central
Committee held long conference with
the senate and House Republicans and
recommended an apportlonmcnt OF the
offices among the counties. at tins same
conference by a majority vote, appaT-
entity, IL WAS decided that the members
al each house from each county should
select the nominees apportloned TO 1t.
But after the conference broke up
and the senate and House were TO start
their csucuses the senate baked, some
Of the members, including senators Long,
Pool, Brown and Walker, announcing
bat thew had agreed to no such propo-
sitiion. The upshot OF this was heated
argument between Senators Long and
Allen. the latter holding that all lad m
frrensially agreed to abide 10y the ac-
tion of the conference. II Is claimed
thst l. ID. Short can carry the county
caucus by 3 To ,, but there = a quc~ ton
about the division in the State caucus
The House members went INTO con
ference in another room and got about
the work Of selecting their nominees,
regardless Of the action 81 the House.
The conference which preceded the
"A sk ,fft.. fol
lows:
Senate-Presidcnt protcmpore, from
Sussex county; secretary, Sussex read
Iag clerk Wilmington bnl clerk, Kent;
sergeant az arms. Sussex, attorney,
Sussex. chaplain, Kent, page, Kent
House-Spcakcr. New Castle county.
clerk, Kent, reading clerk, sussex; hdl
Clrrk, Wilmington; attorney, New tie;
sergeant at arms, Sussex, chaplain,
Kent; mage Kent
NLGRoEs WIZ HANDS DOWN.
AT tile instance Of Senator Alice,
IN the loint conference il was decided to
appoint Negroe, to the two positions
ol Telephone messengers, the nOmIna-
tons u he made by the culOIei mvm-
bers 81 the State Committee, Alfred
Ralkes az Dover and Charles II. Col
bourne 81 Wilmington Allec. Raikcs
and ColhoIrue spoke M favor oi the
proposition and there were no opposing
votes
Colbournc therefore named Charles a
81 erreti and kaik,s named Inns, i Is the
messe ngcrs. Both i've IN Dover
CoRBIT FOR sPEAkLR.
As soon as the Ilousc Republicans
went into caucus they nominated Alex
ander T. Curhlt of Odessa for speaker.
h,,s .l.f1rr.1 an D4bgr t.., fv,aft,,,s sfyftl
today. because ~ the ciogCiur 81 the Scnstc
machinery hev wanted K sec What the
Senate would do and also 10 confer with
II before completing the ION lnatlous. tC
cause II looked as Il the NJ ole pIogT- nj
might le knocked INTO j cooked hat lc-
cause Of the senate row.
"DRYs' WIN INST BLOOD.
The real prelln,nery sight among the
Republican legislators here last night. in
their efforts 10 straightcn matters out
- as to avold II possible. deadlock when
the time came for organizing the lcgsla-
tion today, was over the vet and dry
issue, snd the prclinin skirmish was
won by the "drSs' who had cCntcred their
fight on the speakership Of the House
This "skIrmish, which preceded and e
lsyed the caucus. was the all-al sorlIng
topic and the Hotel Richardson, which
VIE iammed with Republican humanity,
WAS full OF II.
That there was task on hand was
evident from the fact tlat Scnator-elect
L. Hcisler Ball. Congressman elect
Gale r. Layton and other big party men
were on the gToand with real zig iron 10
straighten out the KINKS II possible. The
New Dlspensatlon faction OF the party
WAS officially represented by Edmard &.
Bradford, Jr., and Edward NJ Davis 81
Wilmington and former | nIted States
Senator J. Frank Alice Of Dover. while
many OF the less erlghtS were also on the jOh
An army OF aSpran'> for tho legislative
jobs were on the lop. ranv 81 them sup
ported by, what they believed - be a
ba, ge Of heavy ARTILLERY but these were
swept aside until the bigger Joh was
gotten ridof However the candidates were
allowed 10 pour their claims INTO the ears
of those legislators who were not permitting
themselves 10 be directly cuAcerned
physically with the real task IN hand
Iarly in the evening and from that
time until the caucus assembled. whichvas
about II 'clock-though Il hfd been set
for $50 New dispeEsatlon hcutenants
summoned the possibilities ior the
speakershp. To 1. upstairs room IN the
Richardson, amt ( y understood, put
them through g course Of sprouts 10 as
certain whether they were aceeptlble. At
the same time various clements were doing
missionary work IN thc lobby Of the hotel
The conference " ththe state Committee
was held in the hcadquari,rs Of the Kent
County Republican Ciuh and WAS re-
strictcd 10 the Legislators and State and
County Committeemeu. announcement
TO thar effect Oeing made hy ex-senator
Alice II publicly calling thu caucus from
the stairway in the Richardson. which. he
SAID, state Chairman Daniel J Layton.
who he'd Just lott the hotel fof the meeting
place. evidently fcrpot a. do
IL had been decided al tie state COM