Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ORGANIZED TUESDAY
BY The REPUBLICANS
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Clerk. Thomas Hickman, Ocean
View.
Assistant clerk, Clarence ]. F0s-
ter, of near Newark.
Reading clerk, M. C. Dagger, Cam
den.
Assistant reading clerk, Harry FL
lingsworth, Millsboro.
Bill clerk, Thomas W. Records,
Laurel.
Attorney, Victor ]. Colombo, Viii
mington.
Chaplain, the Rev. William f.
Matthews, Smyrna.
\ Sergeant-at-arnfs, Nathaniel Van
Horn, Townsend.
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms, Thos.
Parsons, Millsboro.
Document clerk, c. Ma Adams
Bridgeville.
Stenographer, Mrs. Charles Wal
ton, Five Points.
Stenographer, Miss Mildred Scott,
Georgetown.
Floor messenger, j. Wilbur Ham
mod Milford.
Fess messenger, Fred Nelson, st.
Il Georges.
Telephone messenger, Israel Prat-
IA tbs, Camden.
Attorney-at-large, James F. ALE,
81 Jr., Dover.
II Choice OF Democrats
The Democratic senators cast a
\ complimentary vote for the follow
Il ing officers of the Senate:
President pro TEN, Harry M.
4 Deputy, of Milford
Secretary, Miss Mary Watson, of
81 Milford.
Reading Clerk, Howard w. Hill
yard, of Kenton
B Bill Clerk, Vernon Foed, of Smyr-
il ma.
Document Clerk, Elwood Gruwell,
of FELTON,.
IN Attorney, Howard B. Lynch, of
M Dover.
Sergeant-at-arms, George Daniels,
OF Townsend.
Page, Willard s. Ellingsworth, of
Georgetown.
The Democratic minority of the
House cast a complimentary vote
for the following who were chosen
in a caucus over which Representa-
4 tive Edward Hart, of Townsend,
presided:
Speaker, Edward Hart.
Parliamentarian, Herman c. Tay-
lor, of Dover.
Clerk, William ]. Jewell.
Reading clerk, ]. Wallace Hilyard. |
Bill clerk, w. L. Derrickson.
Sergeant-at-arms, James Sauls /
bury.
Attorney, James L. WOlcott.
Stenographer, Miss Helen Reyn- .
olds.
Chaplain, the Rev. James O'Neal. |
Lieutenant Governor j. Hall An
derson, of Dover, called the Senate
to order. His successor as lieuten-
ant governor, J. Henry Hazel, of
Dover, will be sworn in on Janu-
airy Is, the same day the new gov
ernor is inaugurated. Former Rep
resentatiVe E. Frank Locates was
temporary secretary of the Senate.
Representative William E. Virden,
of Wilmington, acted as temporary
speaker of the House in calling it
to order, and Representative Har-
Yey o. Derrickson, of Sussex, acted
as temporary clerk.
After completion of details of Or
ganizatiOH and the appointment of
joint committee of Senate and
House to arrange for the inaugura-
ton of Governor c. Douglass Buck
on January Is, the Legislature re-
cessed until Monday next to give
President Pro Tenn Simonton and
Speaker Messick time to make up
their committee assignments.
Governor r. P. Robinson was at
the executive offices Tuesday morn
ing and received many callers. The
new legislators as individuals we're
introduced to the Governor.
Secretary of State Charles II. {
Grantland was congratulated by
many friends on his appointment as
Secretary of State under Mr.. Buck, |
the incoming governor.
Lieutenant Governor elect ].
Henry Hazel presided over the eau
Gus of the Republican Senators and
Representative William E. Virden,
of Wilmington, who has been elect /
ed a member of the Legislature for '
five consecutive terms, presided ]
over the caucus of the House Re-
publicans Monday night. The eau {
cuses were entirely harmonious, and ]
the offices of Senate and House
were divided among the three coun- |
ties, the more important going to l
New Castle and Sussex counties be-
cause of their unusually large rep
resentation. All ten representatives {
of Sussex Republicans, and IL of l
the Is Representatives from New
Castle county are Republicans. n
There are four Kent county Repub- {
lican Representatives '
In the Republican Senate caucus V
there was a discussion over selec- c
ton of a Secretary of the Senate. C
Albert E. Archer preferred the pO- S
sition of Parliamentarian but the s.
majority of the members desired S.
him to serve as secretary and his D
friends finally agreed for him to c
accept this position and Thomas E. J.
Feeney be given the position of Par C
Humanitarian. Mr.. Archer was Sec +,
retary of the Senate at previous v
session. S
There was rumor that the Re- ii
publican members of the Senate
and House intended to fix the COM 4
pensatiOn of the officers chosen at =
the caucus in order that the commit
tee on claims would not have that
matter to decide at the end of the
session. No action was taken how
ever, but it is probable that early
in the session there will be resolu- 9,
tions passed fixing the compensa- =
tion of the employees of each house. a.
= The scenes about Dover Monday - =,
night, despite the fact that it was =,
understood that the legislative Of - -