Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

Questioning to the last minute the
legal right of the Governor to send
them home the Democratic major
ity members of the House fought
back in a futile attempt to avert the
exercise of what all the legislative
attorneys agree is unquestionably
the constitutional authority of the
Chief Executive.
All the Republican members of the
House said they were satisfied that
they have been adjourned until next
March and that they would not re-
turn to Dover as members of the
Legislature until that time. The
Democratic members of the Senate
where the Governors proclamation
was received and read stated that
they consider the General Assembly
adjourned until the date specified by
the Governor and that they did not
intend to come back Monday.
Immediately following the ad-
journment of the two houses Cover
nor Buck left the legislative build
ing where he had spent most of the
day.
The proclamation was issued a
short time after Governor Buck and
i John Biggs, Jr.,. Democratic State
chairman, had been in conference.
Mr.. Biggs had gone to the Cover
nor's office with a proposal that had
been agreed upon by the Democratic
members of the Senate and House
in caucus, which lasted most of the
afternoon and which was attended
by several Democratic party lead
ers. .,
E. C. Huber, member of the State
Board of Education; Gerald Mon
taign, deputy. State tax commission
er; Congressman Wilbur L. Adams,
John Biggs, Jr., Democratic State
chairman; Josiah Marvel, Jr., DEM
ocratic chairman of New Castle
county; Stewart Lynch and Charles
L. Terry, Jr., the two House attor-
neys, were called into the meeting
with the Democrats.
The Democrats proposal was that
the Republicans agree to accept the
Democratic plan for the financing of
a public works program for the
State as incorporated in a bill that
had been introduced in the House by
Representative Scott, Democratic
floor leader, and that in return the
Democrats would agree to the ex-
penditure of $1,000,000 from the
$2,500,00O fund for the financing of
public school building program
throughout the State. This proposal
Governor Buck rejected.
Certify Disagreement
The Senate resolution which was
virtually the basis on which the Gov
ernor issued his proclamation was
as follows:
whereas, the Senate mem
bers of the joint committee on
adjournment sine die of the sec
ond special session of the One
Hundred and Fourth General
Assembly of the State of Della
ware, authorized by concurrent
resolution No. IL, have reported
to this Senate as follows:
"That we have made every
effort to confer with the House
members of said committee, but
we are informed that the House
of Representatives has refused
to concur in said resolution and
has refused to agree upon any
time for adjournment sine die of
this special session of the 104th
General Assembly, and we are
compelled to report to the Sem
ate that there is an irreconcil-
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two houses with respect to the
time of adjournment of this spe-
cial session of the 104th General
Assembly," therefore
"Be it resolved by the Senate
of the second special session of
the One Hundred and Fourth J
General Assembly of the State
of Delaware:
"That the Senate members of
the said Joint committee be and
they are hereby authorized and
directed to notify the Governor
of the State of Delaware of the
existing disagreement between
the two houses of this General
Assembly with respect to the
time of adjournment of this spe-
cia1 session of the One Hundred
and Fourth General Assembly; /
'Be it further resolved, that
the said Senate members of the
said Joint committee be and they
are hereby authorized and di-
rected, at the same time, to pre-
sent to the Governor a copy of
their said report to this Senate
and also a copy of this resolu-
tion."
Early Friday afternoon after the
House had reconvened after the noon
recess Representative Rees said he
the Governor and all the
members were anxious to do some
hing in the way of providing relief
and he moved for a re-
less of As minutes so the Demo-
,ratic members could go into eau
,us with members of the State Board
If Education. This motion prevailed
md the rest of the afternoon was
ipent in this conference.
After the Democratic plan was
urned down by Governor Buck the
House was reconvened in session by
speaker j. Thomas Robinson and al
most Immediately there was a knock .
IN the door and the sergeant at arms
a messenger from the
Governor. When Speaker Robinson
'rdered that he be admitted Secre-
airy of State Charles w. Grantland