Evening journal., 1920-04-22
SUFFRAGE Up
WEDNESDAY,,
SENATE HINT
contlnned Ion rlrst pase


the action Of the senate in adopiins
/, concurrent resolution Ms morning
20 recess only until next Wcdne-daN
D.. a suffrage move and means rcce-s-
irg from hmc iO time as the revision
of The code can not possibly De com
lleled by That time.
Representative Lloyd one OF The
anti-sunrage leaders on the Rcpuhli-
can side in the House. has had pre-
pared a House concurrent resolution
/ which ne SAYS ne viii Offer This aiier-
noon providing for a recess until
! Tuesday, May p. and that when NE
/ Legislature returns nothing hut the
/ school code be considered.
The "anlis" claim 10 have sufficient
1 votes 90 adopt such a resolution and
say they Will not accept the one
adopted by the senate.
There was also talk among some or
| the more radical anti House MEM
bers this afternoon OF starting "a
| resign their seats and 90 home rather
than come back from time To time 60
continue the suffrage fight.
Gov. Townsend today signed the
senate Joint resolution naming "a COM
mission 90 revise the school code aud
repori back TO the Legislature. The
commission met and organized
this afternoon. The members OF ihc
commission are senators Bennett
Handy. Richards and ilollett speaker
COrhl. Representatives. HanraliN, II
=. smith and Soper and pierre :
DUPONT Nicc-prCs sidcnt OF the STAT
Board OF Education.
senator Wallace :. Handy. Of Mil
ford was elected chairman Of th'
. commission named by the Legislature
Il 10 revise the school Code Al a meet
, ing i'm Sneaker COrbits Oillce thn
4 I afternoon. an members Of the com
, mission with the exception or Hep
resentaiiVc llanratty We're present
. The election OF a secretary ana coun
sel was pOstpOned until 1920 o'clocl
, next Tuesday. when the commission
! will start its work here.
< Mr.. dupont talked with several mem
hers n the Legislature this m0rlln
and showed them chart prepared b
- the state Board showing the budgl
e for the coming year compared VII
: mat OF This year and also The preNlou
3 wear ID shows large Increase 10
- Inc one item OF teachers salaries
s Another commission mat probaDl
will organize today ana arrange
start work Is that named 10 inNcsiiedl
conditions al the New castle bouhl
WorkhOusp. This commission va
4
i been signed by the Governor. Ii
members OF the commission are sci
ators Alice and GOrmlcy and kepresri
fafives Lyons and McNahb. This con
l- mi-sion and also the school code con
le mission will have sessions during "
.c recess. as Tho Legislature viii rece
today for a week or more. The con
,ci mission will likely spend one o. moi
~ DAYS ai the WorkhOusc conducting J
= lnvesiigation. a.
= Governor Townsend stated il
'd' morning that senator Rober son
hin giving Council Of Wilmington al
W ihoriiN 10 license various business
n In Wilmington had not reached hh
~ II was rumOred that opposition
.u this bin had nOi been withdrawn a
w though IL has passed both brancnt
~ and that the Governor would pronaD
.,ru be- appealed 20 not 10 sign it.
~ Suffrage workers continue W'
~. activity around the corridors Of q
sn.s Stale House. There seems no pos
- bilnv OF a vote on raiiicauon'
',d least until the Legislature returns
IN act on the school code following
recess that will start Today.
Miss Nice Paul. Miss Marjorie ~
Ter. Mrs. Lewis. Miss Margaret fli
on nigan and number or other suilr'
pr isis. were on duty as usual.
ol Miss Betty Edwards, represent
,hS fhe women'e division Of the Nalio
,hhg Republicsn Committee, who has hl
que in Dover sinre the session star
On In me interests OF suffrage. 1s
ol pefSOnal representative OF VIII
w Havs national chairman, leit yesl
VI dav Tor her home In Indiana. NJ
Edwards made q host OF friends wi
Oh In delaware She Will do some 90
,on ., p3ign work IN her home state
os' ohio and will ihen attend me
,gv publican national convention IN 4
eos cag0 in June. - u.
th. suffrage Association from a mum
,' IN toWns came 10 Dover today
an nrosenf priiii0ns signed by promif
H.. men 10 members OF The Leg.slai
,ns urging them TO vote for railhca
ss Of the federal suffrage amenumei
,irs To Mrs. Henry Ridgely, prcsiden
~. the Dela,yaro Association came q
',nd sage Yesterday from Mrs. Carrie 81
man Gait, president Of the Nair
Woman's Suffrage Association,
rrr nonncing that the association mas
: - sembled forty-seNen women from
J. IN yarious States 20 enter Connecticut
Rus ,,'acI ~ Nav a Governor Holcom
the Connecticut has said That there u
un- emergency TO Justify the calling
special session. The Connecticut
Mis- islahire sas expressed its desire
nual lcalied and large mems rattle;
at committee has Joined IN the appe
To- the women Of that Slate for ratl
7 the tion.
the Representative McNabb presents
Hips, thp House this morning a claim
iOpe, William }. Waterman, of Baltin
Mrs. for the return OF s39i5 income
Mrs. yNhlch Mr.. Waterman paid by mil
mb. lie is a resident Of Baltimore but
The ierested with his son In the Anne
m b. hat Slore in Wilmington. The son
income tax on the business and
waterman also paid tax on his
ERE. OF The business. although livin
Z the Maryland.
pro- Speaker Corbii referred the n
hem- TO the claims committee ana IN
.v of vice OF council OF the House "
rican sought before any action Is TAX
y lie SHOW SEIZED PLUMES.
for Under the auspices OF the Dell
NuNtsruN ufafnrV In