Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-28
SENATOR BALL FAILS
TO>SW|NG ASSEMBLY
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Left Dover After an Unsuccessful
Effort to Put it
Across"
BUSHES SIS RESUMED TO-DAY

Sp ccial Disratch From STAFF Correspondent
Sr,TE HousE, DOVER. May ~;
United States Senator l.. Heis!er bali
left Dover last night. after valniv pleading
for ratification of the Federal Suffrage
Amendment. 1t is reported some kepub-
Tcans told him to stop lobbying ana
threatened to hold him politically re-
spons,ble for any legislative votes suffrage
might lose. g..
Contrary to expectation Of suftragsts,
Congressman Caleb r. Layton did not
come to Dover Yesterday u is oeieVeu
he read at long distance the handwriting
on the wall.
sNARL OVER ADJOURNMENT
Today dawncd with likelihood OF the
Senate attempting "a continue the speclal
session of the Legislature until June ~
two davs after the opening oi the hePu,p-
Hcan National Convention, winch VIII pc
held in Chicago The Hous" wants M
mediate adjournment.
Neither branch can finally ADJOURN
without the consent of the other.
Should the legislators get into smart
rosnactinq adjournment, representatives
would probably bluff by threatening TO
resign or bolt
'sEEIN' THINGS.
nnSsihiIitics The fellows who think they
nosspsS keen perception sec" the national
convention sitting in Chicago and the
Delaware legislature sitting ut Dover.
They soc" Coleman du Fonts arm
stretching from Chicago TO Dover and his
hand successfully manipulating suffrage
ratification.
They hear" the rapturous applause
of the national convention.
They .'sec" wildly demonstratlve dele
gates putting Coleman on their shoulders
and carrying him around the convention
hall
After subsistence of the ovation they
hear" the convention nominating MN
for President or NiccPresident Amen,
the far seeing" and "long-distance hear
ing fellows cxclaIm.
Anti-sIffrage legislators and their wives
were luncheon guests Of the Delaware
association Opnoscd to Woman Suffrage
an the lawn nj the home Of Mrs. John T.
salisbury and Miss Anna 3. Hayes,
TODAY Automobiles carried them from
the State House to Hayes Hill. 1t was
not victory luncheon, but an 'appre-
cistive luncheon"
NAY oUTT NEXT WEDNESDAY
As the morning progressed disapprovai
Of the proposition to continue IN session
until June 10 became almost general.
Soon after the Senate convened Senator
Palmer introduced q concurrent resoiu-
ton providing for final adjournment at
: o'clock next "Wednesday afternoon
which the Senate adopted by ii votes
Six Senators were absent. Senator Palmer
said the special session had continued Two
months, when the business should nave
been transacted in two weeks, and u
-. 40 ST.
The kenste passed the Senate bill
authorizing Middletown to Zorro" ~
600 for street Improvements.
SCHOOL. BILL BEFORE SENATE.
Next the Senate put on flFst reading
tho House bill providing new school
lsv-s. which will probably be exhaustive
IL considered today and Tuesday. with
recess tomorrow and Monday on the latter
day because II is q legal holiday
SUBTRACT OVER AGAIN.
NTess3ging the suffrage resolution q
the House will probably he deferred until
The House concurrcd IN the following
Senate bills:
HOME RULE BILL PASSED.
Relating the sewer assessments ID v Il
mington.
on the mayor and Council ol linihgtoh
Representative McNabb opposed he latter
bill and said It's title should he changed to
IAN act taxing people and exemptlng
CORPORATIONS He saw no reason ior
killing the bill, however,
The House concurred IN the Senate
concurrent resolution providing for a
commission TO investigate Tecommenda-
tions relating TO bonding the state for
school building, and il was the sense OF
the house that Speaker Corbitt should
he appointed q member of the commis-
sion
The Senate concurrent resolution reIa-
tive 10 displaying the American flag on
Mo, hers Day was also concurred IN.
The House concurred in the Senate bill
authorizing the chancellor to appoint
trustees in certain war risk insurance case