Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-22
LEGISLATURE MAY
RECESS TODAY TILL
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Senate Adopted Concurrent Reso-
luton at Noon Providing
for That
TO KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH SCHOOL CODE
Special Disratch From staff Correspondent
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, APRIL 22.

spe,iai Disratch From STAFF Correspondent
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, APRIL y.
The Senate at noon adopted con-
current resolution. introduced by Senator
Walker. providing that the Legislature
recess from the close of business today
until next Eednesday noon.
Senator Walker. replying to Senator
Gormley. said the purpose OF the short
recess was TO keep in touch with school
code revision.
Senator Gormley declared the purpose
was to keep alive equal suffrage ratihca-
tion. The Senate adopted the resolution
bv a vote of II to 4. Gormley, Holiett;
Iatta and Murphy voted negatively and
Bennett did not vote.
Ii is now up TO the House as 10 what
will be done about the recess, as the house
is expected 10 act on the resolution at In
afternoon session today.
The Senate resolution providing for
~ecess until next Wednesday will prob
,bIv stril. a ''snag" in the House Many
members of the latter body oppose short
-ecess, and Representatives Lilo Is
preparing a resolution providing for recess
Until MAY %.
Governor Townsend announced tins
afternoon that he had signed the JOINT
resolution providing a commission to
revise the school code. This leaves the
wav clear for the Legislature to take. at
any time. whatever recess II considers
proper
Rccessing until Monday, May IL. is
the most popular sug gcstion, but some
Legislators advocate me citing one day each
week meanwhile for the purpose of con-
tinuing interest in equal suffrage ratifica-
ton and keeping tabs on school code
revision. The latter think month will
not be required for school code revision
and say the Legislature should be pre-
pared to receive the commissions report
EARLIER than May Il, if it is completed
before that date.
There was great d ,al of lobbying early
in the afternoon on legislative recess,
and MAY IL was suggested as COM
promise date for reassemblng.
No SUFFRAGE VOTE.
IL can be accurately predicted that the
legislature will not vote on equal suffrage
ratification this week. The most ardent
proponents admit they would be beaten
4 vote were taken now Washington
parliamentarians have sent to Speaker
torbit communications expressing the
opinion that the House, notwithstanding
IL defeated ratification once could vote
on the ratifying resolution again.
DRASTIC MOVE 10 BLOCK SUFFRAGE.
4 proposition quietly discussed at
o'clock this afternoon was that III DEM
,cratic Representatives and seven Re
oublien representatives resign, which
would prevent further consideration OF
equal suffrage ratification and leave the
House without a quorum for the transac-
ticn oi additional business. Such action
would cripple the entire Legislature and
stop school code revision at the special
session.
1t is thought Representative Lyons
will he chairman of the commission ap-
pointed ~ investigate the New Castle
county workhouse.
The commission will begin work soon.
The School Code Commission will or
ranize this afternoon. Senator Handy
may be proposed for chairman.
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