Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-09
SENATE'S ACTION
W|DELS BREACH IN
REPUBLICAN CAMP
Democratic Support of Long for
President Pro Tenn Started
G. 0. p. Revolt.
IN BOTH OF THE HOUSES
stan Correspondence OF Every Evenins

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senate Yesterday, with the assistance at
the Democrats, created a regular kc-
publican uphcaval IN both houses, anu
contrary to expectation, no iirther prog.
rcss was made during the day toward
organizing either house inrIdentailN,
the Alice camp was thrown INTO frenzy
that. knew no hounds, and retaliation
machinery was started right away III an
effort. # posslhlc, tn countcract the ad~
vantage the Anti-Ncw plspcnsatIon Re
puhloans had gained. The confidence oi
The New Disucnsatinn IN ITS ability To
ride ro,,ph-shud over all opposition had
gotten \ real Jolt III th" first pass ut arms,
and there was no telling how many more
;nlts II would gct IT something was not
done to stem the tldc.
Nobody blamed the Democrats They
bod thrown ont hints that they were tired
oi being forced to waste The state time
which the Republicans were intterlng
away with their customary playthlng
deadlock. So, while it came without warn
mo. the Democratic support Of Ira W.
Long. Republican, for president pro
tcupnrc was not really surprising, 1t
cn9hlcd the Democrats To serve notice on
the lighting Republicans that they hold
tn, balance of power and will use II when
necessary. The Democrats were not
interested III either ot the Republican
lartinus. they say, hut selected Long for
thcir favors, rather than Dolphus Short.
The other Republican candidate, because
AZ thcy explain. they believe, all things
hrlng equal 4 holding over senator should
H., eccrtCd as the presiding officer. he
Rcpuhhcan Senators need not appear 50
much surprised some of them at least,
torIt II known that one or two l)cnocratlc
senators, speaking individually, warned
thcin IN ,arl> a. last Monday night that
thcr had better organize qmcklN hls
nuCht tn have conveyed an understand
ailc significance, hut u appears y nave
fallen on deaf ears
We'll. to get back to the contemporary
pcrod. Incidentally after Mr. Long was
elected ptc> ldcnt pro tom ot the senate
Yesterday afternoon, a recess Was taken
and curing that recess. the holdnE-ovcr
Rppuhicln Senators Wcrc called III con
ference With the Republican members Of
tic House, and 1t that conference House
members who wanted The New l)i@pcn-
,ltlon program adhered IL pleaded With
the kcpuhlcan Senators who had voted
fnr Long Is cithcr try ~ get Long to dc
cline The honor conferred upon hlm hy the
senate or for one or two 1t them IL with
draw their votes lalthough long before
that titn, the votes had been counted and
Long had been declared elected 80 Il, 10
lIilliv the election of Long, The appeal
did not seem to hc taking hold. though Il
( rather mysterious move was made ~ the
Senate session immediately after the Re
puihcau conference. " hen the Senate
convened Senator GormlCN made a mo-
,Iur that the prescribed oath hc ad-
mIni>tcrcd t. Mr.. Long, but before the
4 4 y .i.es.4 I. l1.a-
son, MIR Robertson. Republican. moved
tia, tic senate adjourn until 10 o'cloch
tins morning. The latter motion prevailed
and MI Long wa noj sworn ~.
Former | nitcd ~sat.- senator J.
Frank Alice, father ol Senator james L.
AIlae. who Is regarded a, one 81 the Re
! rtiil,tn '.iiNer- here being part u the
I hcavy artillery 81 the New Dl~pcn~atIon,
/ was IN high ElCc Yesterday morning when
F., he heard that Long was going to re.eaee his
/ colleagues, who had bccn supporting hlm.
/ and hc MAS inclined 10 rather gloat OYER
/ til. rosy prospects and bc a bit sarcastic
/ over Every Evening portrayal OF the
, Rep,lhllcan faCtinual night fl~ develop
cd IN i conversation with Every Evening :
! corrr>pondCnl about noon. and from his
/ remarks II was apparent that ne bcllcved
! the kinks had ;li been -nothcd out and
! that the Republicans had al last gotten to
! gcthcr an organization, - i Is no wonder
! he got 8 JOLT when hc learned the real con
} ,lition from the results which began u
! happen soon aftcrR ard That hc mad been
misled by outward appearances, there i no
| doubt and everybody III his camp II i be-
hcvcd was in the same boat
HOUSE IL !, wRANGLr
some Of the sussex members of the
/ House were - angercd BIZ what had hap
lyeued IN the Senate hat they made an
pifor: practically ali the afternoon. ~ the
Republican conference 70 upset the House
slate and to elect William II Danzenbakcr
speaker instead of hicxardeI Il. CorbIt
Who had been slated AZ the Now Castle
county caucus on Monday night The
conference ended for the da5, % enable
the members to yet home, without any re-
slIt being accomplished.
immediately the House reconvcned. but
Al once adjourned, without DONG any
thing. until 10 30 o clock this morning.
" hoover arranged the desks IN the
Senate mus; have gotten 'hunch that
Senator Short was gong 10 be elected
president pro temporc. for he IS the only
Republican member OF The Senate who has
been given a desk and scat on the Demo
cratic side Of tie chamber tho assumption
evidently being that he was the logical
RcpuhllcAn To occupy the odd seat on the
Democratic side, for he would not bc III 1t
as hc could be presiding most OF the time
MINIMUM WAGE BOARD
A bill has been handed to Senator
Robertson hy Mrs, William Staniar,
representing the Consumers League, pro-
yidlng for a Minimum Wage Commission
for Delaware, to regulate wages paid
women and children IN the state. 1t
calls for the appointment by the governor
Of the commissioners, one representing
employees, one employers and the third
the public The term IS 10 be three years
and the pay S. day for each day oi
service The commission IS to appoint a
secretary, not member Of the board,
who shall devote his entire time To the
work The board viii meet monthly and
will have poWcr 10 conduct all wage m
vcstigation~ Every employer Of women
and children must keep 4 register OF all
such employees, with their names, ad-
dresses. occupations, wages and working
hours. If IN any investigation the COM
mission shall decide that wages ere III
adequate and such investigation mast
be made on the request Of 50 persons III
any one kind 81 business the commission
is required to appoint for that particular
industry, d minimum wage board Of three
persons, selected by the employees, three
by the EMPLOYERS and three who are dis
which. after an investigation
shall establish a minimum wage scale III