Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-15
MADE GOOD BEGINNING.

General Assembly at Dover, yester- |
day. followed by the caucuses Of the |
Democrats State Senators and Rep |
r,-eutatlves. were attended by good
and practical results. The caucuscs
selected all the necessary ofiiciary. SO
that there will he nothing 10 delay
the formal organization ~ each body
when the General Assembly convenes
AT Dover on Tuesday. January .. 1928.
The selection Of Charles ID. Muir
ply Of Harrington. Kent county, for
rrcsiden; pro ,emporc OF the State
Senate. which had been agreed upon
st previous conference and was
formally ratified yesterday. assures
the senate cf a wcll-aualihed presid-
ing officer AZ all times during the ses-
sion when Lieutenant Governor Bush
may not hc present What will be the
extent of Senator Murphy's duties in
the Lieutenant governor is. by the
Constitution. the Senate's lawful pre-
.iding officer. and Il he chooses may
attend each days sessions and hold
tho chair Rut a President pro tenn
pore also is called for by the Consti-
tuition and 50 the Democratic State
Senators will choose Senator Muir
rhy for this position. In the pa-> some
ugly precedcnts. IN the way ot isnor-
ms the lieutenant governor and nout-
ins his authority have been set by
Republican State senstes. simply be
cause tho President pro tempore wa.
Democrat. but 81 is not likely the
Democratic State Senators will en-
deavor 10 emulate these evil rrecedents
durins tho coming session.
Tho selection q Samuel y Culver
81 Dclmar. Sussex county. for Speaker
% the House also was most appropri-
ate. Mr. Culver is fully qualified 20
make a fair and capable presiding Of
rcer and will do all that Is possible
% further the progress Of business
throughout the session. The suhsi-
diary oricial selections made by both
houses are said 70 be acceptable and
well qualified.
The osucu.es also made notable re-
forms by reducing the unduly large
orclary that had been built up by
Republican Legislatures for many
years and abandoning the useless 20
sitions. created and filed solely a,
rewards FOR party service by payinf
the useloss incuubents good compeD
.ation ou, o. the State treasury. Tn.
orioiai let was mainly confined 70 es
,entials
IL was also decided 10 cut down IN
force q legislative attorneys 10 ont
for each branch. Heretofore i; ha
been customary 10 have one attorne.
for N. s.nat. and two for the House
and N. compensation has been as lib
.ral as $500 for the session for eacl
attorney The two attorneys for IN
n.,t session. one for the Senate an
N. one for the House. win receiv
300 each. so the salary saving wi
be considerable.
There II general opinion that IN
caucus might have gone further j
ths direction and decided 20 do with
out the services OF attorneys, but thi
reform probably seemed too radical fo
immediate Inauguration. And so N
oaucuses decided TO be content with
sinsls step forward ar 20 the numbs
of attorneys. and a decided step
the matter % compensation.
NcfS uNNcHN
sc 10 by the caucuses. and 90 muc
progress. war made tina, the orsanizs
tion Of the coming Legislature ehoul
be effected with far moro celebrity thn
has been known for many ycarS.
Aiso. ;he conferences md caucus'
r~~e~iec q oornsn~ndsble det-rrninatse
IN make the coming session onr
yvalt>si business, Win results th'
~nu ~ valuable 20 the people, ~ u
ix.ssr ~rs nov 90 t,,eif part IN =
sSc - t.s pssrssst.s" of t,'is'hss
- a. 20 have jsnpostsas ts.sasaf
s~sn, 70, SseeenfstI,s nur.ns q
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SO oossSrs,nts ~ delays thfosss -