Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-03
NEW LEVY COURT
STILL UNABLE TO
ELECT PRESIDENT
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enoe Of the four Republican momber.
took place.
Then the air began to MI with
stories Of deals and all that sort ~
thing. According to those on the
inside" 4, was all rettled. The only
question on tho matter was over
patronage. According 20 the story.
that had also been settled The Re
publIoans would have tho selection ~
| their own appoin'ees in their own dis
,r,ctr. while IN. Republicans would
select from n list OF Republicans re-
lected by tho Democratic members
In their Democratic districts. kc-
cor,iing 10 the gossip. u VIVA all settled
and tho wise ones predicted that
tho deadlock would ond on tho twenty
second ballot.
The twenty second came. but tho
deadlock remained unbroken
| After tho nth ballot. Mr.. Jones
made a motion that a recess be taken
20 II o'clock, but no one seconded the
motion.
Republican Conloh.
After tho Republican members came
hack int, the court room after tho
recess ending AZ II o'clock and Just
before they wero preparing 70 take
the nsx, ballot. Mr.. Stewart sought
william TinanRn and took him into
IN. conference room with the Repub-
ucan members. They remained IN
conference for only few minutes
| - t,.l
t-ecn broken by this conference and ali
vac expectancy as tho next ballot
was tnbulated. n was tho 22d. but
the vote remained unchanged.
After tho gath ballot wac taken,
some ~ the members evidently were
firing Of tho situation and Mr. Wright
made motion that a recess 10 taken
20 1 o'clock. The motion vas second
I'd by Mr.. Rail. On n yea and nay
vote. II was lost. 3 - 2. Messrs Hall
and Wright voting for n.
Mr.. Jones then made q motion that
n recee~ he taken until n tomorrow
morning. II wac eecpnded by Mr
Stewart. Tho motion was lost 8
to g. on n yen and nay voto Messrs
Jones. stewart and Buckson voting
for n.
After tho next ballot. tho 10Th. Mr.
S,ewer, moved that y recess 10 taken
uhtil tomorrow n o'clock Mr.. Jones
seconded tho motion. The motion
WAS los, on yea and nag vote
Messrs. Jones. Stewart ana BuckEon
voting FOR the motion
After the 30th ballet. Mr.. S,ewar,
again made tho same motion ms nftor
The 10Th. II was again lost by tho
same vote. tho members voting No
they did on the preceding motion. n
was then tina, the motion WAS carried
that recess 100 taken until 2.aO this
afternoon. Tho vote was not q yea
and nay vote on thls lset motion. bat
wns on tho others
Fourteen ballots were taken yeEter.
day morning with no election Thu
two Republican factions would mo-
vote together while the Democrat,
would not charge their front. tn
Republicans have a majority Il IN
. court.
Thers wa. large crowd IN m
court room as interea' IN tho dsadlocl
10 rapidly growing A number % peo
plo wore about the corridors ~ N
county end ~ the Public Building.
Tho ff,.en,h ballot was the nrs
= tRkon today.
Tho meeting was called 70 order n
v 1918. whom the roll was called. w1t
AL memborr present.
Mr. Jones moved that election Z
. permanent chairmen be taken M. "
Jones nominated Mr. stewart VI
,, Wright nominated Mr. Ball and VI
Hart nominated AIr Buckson. VI
stewart and Mr. Hart. tellers yestet
=, day. acted In the same capacity z,
;. day.
:, Tho fifteenth. elx,eeuth. s,ver
-. teen. eighteenth. nin'eenth. twentlet
"a and twenty-firs; ballots showed n
~ same result: Buckson. 3: Ball.
Stewart. 2.
a, After the seventeenth ballot. N
an Jones moved recess 20 II O'clo,
81 be taken but no one accorded IL.
,o After the twentieth ballot Mr.. r.
IN moved that recesc DO taken bur 2
motion was not seconded. 80 the b,
,is lets were prepared for the twent
OF first ballot
50 After the twenty first ballot. y
ng Wright moved tina; a recess be TAX
n until II o'clock and this was second
by Mr.. Ball.
lrt At ITO the court reconvened n
ed Mr.. Stewart called 20 William TIT
man in the crowd and ne with Z
four Republican members held a &C
ference FOR n few minutes in
conference room.
Tho twenty-second ballot showed
rm change in the situation although
air during the recess vac hiled "
,e- all kinds OF rumors about a de
tes being made ny which tho Republicl
,rk would elect Mr.. Stewart. There W
on all sorts OF stories 20 the effect tina
deal "a patronage had been made d
nd. Ing the recess. but this evidently 4
les ed 20 materialize.
to- The twenty-th!rl. twenty-fourth Z
Nv. twenty NTH ballots showed no chan
IL On the twenty-siNth ballot. the
ri suit changed with the result as
on lows: Buckson, D. Ball. .; Stewart,
Try Jones. !.
The twenty seventh ballot re.
switched hack TO the same result
'nu the first eleven ballots today.
,,r' Numerous politicians moved al
~. the court room and frequent cont
snces wore held. some In puhlic