Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-15
CULVER Wins
SPEAKERSHIP
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Senator Murphy and Representative
Culver. with be ready to announce
the standing committees OF both
Houses when the Legislature organ
izes on January .. This win avoid
the necessary of tho Legislature re-
cessing for a week as has been the
usual custom 10 give the President
protein and the Speaker an OPP
| portunity 10 name their committees.
The members Of the two houses in
! separate caucuses fixed the salaries
I OF the various clerks 10 be appointed
and then nominated the officers for
I those places. All the officers re-
quired were named with the excep-
tion OF attorneys and they will be
selected the night before the Legs
lature meets. II was decided for
each House to have one attorney and
the salary was fixed al $500 each.
u has been customary for three at
torneys 70 be appointed, the minority
party getting one and last year each
was allowed $4,000.
composed OF two from each country
and two from Wilmington con-
sidered a letter from c. G.. Buck.
acting State Highway Engineer,
counting the threatened investiga-
ton OF the affairs Of the State High
way Department. r. r. Kenney
and James II. Hughes were ap-
pointed oy the advisory board as a
committee 10 communicate with Mr..
Buck advising him that instead OF
accepting his invitation 10 investi-
gate the commissions affairs. they
would prefer having Mr.. Buck sub |
init a report OF the activities OF the |
Highway Department.
In response 10 a communication /
from Governor Denney in connec- I
ton with the budget system adopted |
by the last Legislature. a commit 1
tee composed Of three Democrats .
and two Republicans will be ap-
pointed 10 wait upon the Governor.
The offices and salaries agreed
upon were as follows: Chief clerk OF
Senate and House. each $1,000. with !
$500 extra for preparing and super
intending printing OF journals. Read
ing clerks. one for each house: Sen
ate. $3.50; House, $500. Bill
clerk OF Senate. $3.50; House. $500.
Sergeant-at-arms OF Senate. $500:
Telephone messengers. one for each
House, $500; Chaplain Senate. $3.50
House, $500; Page. Senate. 500:
House. 5000; two stenographers for
each house. $500 each.
House. $500; House, $500: Chaplain.
Senate, $3.50; House $500. Page.
Senate. 800; House. 5000.
The salaries OF the attorneys. one
.or each House. was fixed at $500,
'ut they will not be named until the
night before the Legislature con-
renes.
The persons selected for the sew
sral offices at yesterdays conference
we're as follows: Standardization
BRO tenn. c. ID. Murphey. Harring-
on: secretary or chief clerk. Ralph
VI. Wingate, Rehoboth; reading clerk.
William II. Janvier, st. Georges; bill
,lerk. Walter r. Donovan, Town
send; sergeant-at-arms. George p.
Collier. Sussex county: telephone
VIM. Shackell. Leipsic:
chaplain. the Rev. Avery Donovan
Dover NJ Z. Church; page. Fred
3ertrant Dover; stenographers. Miss
Helen Horsey. Dover, and Miss
Helen Beckwith. Harrington.
House officers selected were:
Speaker. s. p. Culver. Delmar: chief
clerk. John W. White New Castle;
loor leader. J. Rogers Holcomb.
New Castle; reading clerk, J. Sew
ard Daley. West Dover; sergeant
lt-arms. Thomas Sperry. Frederick;
,ill clerk. Leo Truitt. Milford; chap
ain. the Rev. c. w. Clark Clayton;
telephone messenger. James Brady,
page, John w. Ford.
,myrna: stenographers, Miss Paul
ne Carson. Dover; Miss Helen Beck ,