Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-05
ST ATE ASSEMBLY
BACK ON THE JOB
At DOVER TODAY
Matters IN Such Shape That the
Session May be Pro
longed.
UP
SUFFRAGE LOOMS
pe.ial Dispatch F.om star Corrcspo 1doni

special Dispatch F;om Staff Correspo 1dcnt
STATE House.. DOVER. May >.
Delaware has the State Legislature on
II, hands again. business having been
resumed today after protracted recess
While, the chief purpose OF the recess WAS
Ia owe the school code commission an
Inpportunitv 10 study the code and s'lg-
Iyr.t amcniments the time was too short
tto enable this to 10 done fully. and, there
Ifnrr, more time Will Ia necessary Il ne
good that Is hoped for in this bchall
| is to hc accomplished
SUFFRAGE LOOMS TT.
Wnb.tbc recovering of Inc legislature
Power was mva,icd hy friends ana on
ponents of suffrage Both sides have
Ecen hard n work during the RECESS. htlt
whether either has gained any ground
will he known only II vote on The sub
icct is taken.
some DAYS ago Senator John N Walker
.,bo has charge al the ratification rcSoi1I-
tiop IN tho senate stated that he would
an II ,lp for action following rronVcnlng
ii the Assembly. and he expressed ~"
IelIcf that It would not only pass the
senate b,tr the House as We'll Many eN-
nected ! S,n.iss, vote today and some were
here because II thai expectation N"NodN
seemed Ia doubt that the resolution would
pass the senate
A. for the House II WAS SAID tins morn
,nr that the avovrd 'etand-patterS are
till standing pat. though i ls hnt"d that
some who have hccu regarded as hemE on
he fence have gon, over INTO ihe sHHr2gc
..mn which eIyc tile latter hope.
Twelve ) eIork. Dover tlmc, ~ 2 clock
Wilmington rIrne W4- tire hour hNcd Tor
.4.,-.. teartl.pup
FgulaI Suffrage women throrccd the
corridors 4nd lohti.9 II tho Stat" House
Il, aarIy Il To j clock Proponcnt~ and ~
.oncnt~ mingled In thc crowds
SUFFRAGE rI>tARn~-
IN banners or p'aeards il thc up,tair-
corridors 81 the State House have been
visited the names NJ the thousands vito
save signed Suffrage petitions through
,,t The state These have been so placed
IL 10 he seen hv the members and others
visiting In State liouse
The reports that the Sutfraglsts have
.apturcd one il not tUo, II the mcn-
a..rs .ubo voted against suffrage Is de-
med av the 'antls and they back mp
their statements hv the exclamation
~ sit and see,
Handlers If the petition urging Rep
sentative McNabh. Democrat 70 vote
.ar ratification If equal suffrage declared
i, contained the names # both mon and
xonrn. instead Of women along, - rt-
nartcd They denied that the petition
i.ad been purposely kept out of the Legro
-ection 81 Mr. NcNahb's district and
,.oclared il had been circulated IN the
strongest Democratic sections
Women most prominent in the suffrage
and anti-,;.frrage camps arrived At the
ranitol after IL Many Democratic and
Republican politicians we're also present.
TIE Republican Senators went INTO
conference Al II.
Col. Sparks advised the Republican
senators that thev weuld violate their
oaths Of Office if they ratified equal suffrage
frage. He contendcd that the >tate
constitution would have to be mrs; amend
ed and said two legislative sessions would
be necessary to amend 1t.