Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-08
LONG ELECTED
PRESIDENT PRO TEN
Of STATE SENATE
Eesul, of Combination OF Five
Republican Senators and
the Democrats.
NOT A RESULT OF
DEMOCRATIC DEAL
Democrats Desired TO Compel
Organization and Thus Serve
Public Interests.
A SNUB TO THE GOVERNOR
BY New Republican Members
Probably an Incentive TO
the Result
A SNUB TO THE GOVERNOk
spocla lrspatch troru star Correspondent
Stat. House Dover Ian

spocla lnspatch troru star Corrcsrnnd"nt.
state House Dover Ian
senator Ira " Long .. Sclbyvlllc.
WITH the vote q all the Democratic mcm-
h,r, and FIVE Repuhhosn members wac at
Is clock tbs afternoon. elected Pres
teut pr,~fcmpore At the senate
,.oNrlErr -rRrRI~r
I'm. ,,t. broke th, deadlock which
Yesterday prevented organization. and
,h,ckt,d th uu,-l~ II business for dav.
rhs action III tn, Democrats, winch
they dccid,d lnu IN conference at noon
teiaN. MA, + complete ,urprIs' e. senator
long Is Well is a. an II the othvr Re
ubliral mrtaher,
In, move came after the Republican
senators. hl i vot, ~ 20 ), had refused
Governor rown-cnds request for a con
f,rcnr, over organization. anil alter Sena-
tar Long, af q conference " Al! the Re
.Hhlrar mcuhcrs present had vnlup-
.4rtly released thos,' who had been sup
,or,inc Mn tor President pro temporc
tram Ill further obligations 70 do 80 BY
doing I'M. h, supposed they would sup
l.or, Nir short hut some, AZ least
hanged their 4ttItui, after thc governor s
request had bccu turned down
DEMOCRATS MADE 10 DEAL
We took this action said Senator
C,orInlev, when askcd about the Demo
cratic 'nov,, III order 70 start business.
~. v.,re tired of the DELAY. which would
mean 4 rush OF bills - the clos of tins
-..s,ion. We made no deal. asked for no
tavors snd expect none All W. want Is
AR treatment.
senator Murphy and the other Demo
rsts acauieSced. Senator liollett sand
,lso that the Democrats felt that presi-
dent IN selecting holding over member
for President pro temporc should have
some consideration.
The blow knocked the breath out of
the short forces, and when Senator
.Nl,c swas 5sked by Every Evening"
eorrespoudcnt whether al Of the Re
nvfreans would combine 10 elect the
,fhfr officcrs, he said he did not know
Aa cant tell what VII happen, he
svs when four vote against the viii
IL ~. majority. He said they had no
-. earl. having MS individual candidate
md II Is lkclv they vii be prepared on
4 H., fioor when tn, work OF completing
the organization Is resumed this after
noon.
EEFUSI oovTRHoR' : REVUEsT.
Bv vote OF j 80 >. the Republican
members of thg senate. todsy. refused
20 grant "A request sent them by Governor
townsend that they come 20 his Office
ana confer witt hlm on the matter OF
5rrsn.zstion senator Webster did not
vote anG Senator Handy was absent
Ih, vote was as follows.
To grant the request brown. Long.
Walker. Pool and Robertson
Arainst-Allee. Bennett, Richards,
Short and Palmer.
Those opposing took the ground, so
one OF them stated afterward that they
thought II was not an opportune time
for such conference, though they did
aos want their acton u b. Considered
t~ a personal reflection on The governor.
The message from the governor wss
hrought nv senator Walker. who urged
H. confer,nce. while the opposition was
cd by Senator Alice.
DEMOCRATS READY 70 ACT.
However, Il the Republicans are IN
,hl 10 elect tho rest of tho officer the
Dm rrats,vhile beng under no agreement
urars.sc dong II fo- them by voting for
.ucL ~ The Rcpublican candidates por-
,s.-,.d a. thcv con ider qualified so II is Ii
.fc be- hat before night both houses viii
b. fully ofhcered.
Il as singihcant that Senator Price,
Democrat, who opened the session with
prayer, n the 8 sence of a chaplain, asked
'or DIVINE guidance n thc selection Of
IL cfhclal-
uOw rUE1 EOTEp.
81 - tnc hN1 D,mocratle Senatnrs and
>snaior, Long Brown, Poole and Walker
ot.-d Tor Long. giving him the necessary
nine vote senator Short got severn,
hos Of himself and Nes~rs. Webster,
RIehsrds Robertson. Bennett. Alice and
Palmer. Senator Hand was absent on
account II lines Only on, ballot was
necessary
RESPECT ~ EOOSEVELT.
ine senate - 80 D clock on motion
u senator oormley. out of respect 20
thc memory q Colonel Roosevelt ad-
.ourned ior ~ bour Senator Gormley
made peech eI!Ogiztng tho colonei
Continut,1 81, t,as,, 4