Evening journal., 1923-01-02
MIX-UP OVER
ATTORNEYS At
LEGISLATURE
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Joint attorneys for the Senate and
House.
The Senators in separate caucus
nominated william salisbury, OF
wilmington, for attorney. Some of
the Senators are said to have want
ed Messrs. Hughes and Ridgely as
attorneys, but it was learned on
going into the caucus that six OF
the Senators had promised Mr.
Salisbury their support and they
adhered to their promise. Seven
Senators voted for Mr.. Salisbury
and the other three voted for
Messrs. Hughes or Ridgely The
nomination of Mr.. salisbury was
then made unanimous.
The House Democratic members,
on hearing the result OF the Demo-
cratic Senators caucus. decided to
hold another caucus this afternoon,
when one attorney will be nominal
ed for the House Il is rumored
that Messrs. Ridgely and Hughes
have said they will only serve joint
" and that one will not serve with
out the other. but this could not
be verified
1t is likely that Richard r. Ken
ney will be nominated for the House
attorney in the caucus Of Democra-
tic members this afternoon.
The officers nominated and elected
by the Democratic members OF each
House follow:
Senate-President pro tenn. c. d.
Murphy. Harrington; secretary or
chief clerk. Ralph NJ. Wingate. Re
Janvier. ST. Georges; bill clerk, Wal
ter Z. Donovan, Townsend: sergeant
alarms, George f. Collier. Sussex
county; telephone messenger, Will
liam Shackell. Leipsic; chaplain. the
Rev. Avery Donovan, Dover NJ. =.
Church; page, Fred Bertrant. Dover;
stenographers. Miss Helen Horsey
Doer. and Miss Helen Beckwith.
House officers-Speaker s. y.
Culver. Delmar: chief clerk. John
w. White. New Castle; floor leader.
J. Rogers HolcOmb, New Castle;
reading clerk. j. Seward DALEY.
West Dover: ergeant-at-arms.
Thomas Sperry. Frederick; bill
clerk. Leo Truitt, Milford; chaplain,
the Rev. c. W. Clark, Clayton: tele-
phone messengers, James Brady,
page, John w. Ford,
Smyrna; stenographers, Miss Pau
line Carson, Dover; Miss Helen
Beckwith.
The Republican Senate and House
members in separate caucuses this
nominated the following
for officers who were voted by the
members when the two
houses were organized:
Senate-President pro tenn. Sena-
tor John NJ. Walker, OF Hockessin;
secretary 10 president pro TEN, Mrs
Josiah Bacon, of Claymont; secre.
tary. Henry NJ. Downward. of Will
reading clerk. Carlton
Lingo; bill clerk. G. y. Vandenburg;
attorney, William NJ. Hope, OF Dover;
ergeant-at-arms, W. L. Dimes. OF
document clerk, Will
liam II. Jakes; chaplain, the Rev.
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stenographer. Mrs Olive Buell., tele-
phone messenger. J. y. Sewell
House ofiicers-Speaker Will
liam Lord; Chief clerk. John
w Dimes, of Bridgeville; reading
clerk, Clarence Poole Of Wilmington;
bill clerk. A. Wallace Irwin, of Will
chaplain, Rev. Roy c. Hell
fenstein, OF Dover; attorney, Will
liam NJ. Hope. of Dover; sergeant-at-
arms, Raymond Alexander, of Mil
ford, page, Paul Peterson, of Dover,
and telephone messenger, James c.
Boggs. OF Dover.
Reading Of certificates of election.
swearing in of the members and
other routine work took up prac-
tically all the time Of the two
Houses. Lieutenant Governor j. d.
Bush presided over the Senate ses-
sion. while Representative Holcomb.
of New Castle, who was nominated
by Representative Culver, presided