Smyrna times., 1945-07-26

NOT CONFIRMED
Senate Fails to Confirm Gov
ernor's Appointments; Re-
cessed Until Monday
HELD SHORT SESSION

Tor cOnnrmdtlOn OF JuulCldiy dilu
other appointments made by Gov.
Walter w. Bacon, were unable to
reach an agreement and recessed
until next Monday at noon without
taking any action. Late Tuesday
afternoon several Republican Party
leaders who were at Dover said
they practically had abandoned all
hope of confirmation of the ap-
pointment of Chief Justice Daniel
]. Layton and Associate Judge
Charles S. Richards as well as that
of other appointments. AS the
senators left for home following
the session it was stated that at
least three and possibly four of
the Republican members were op-
posed to confirmation and appar-
emily could not be persuaded to
vote for it in spite of the many
arguments presented throughout
the day. The Democratic minority
members are said to have remain
ed aloof from the dispute among
the majority Republican members.
One of them said they feel the Re-
publicans have the necessary ma
jority for confirmation and if they
cannot agree among themselves
the Democrats do not intend to in
terfere in the fight. The Republi-
can senators were engaged in long
conferences during the day with
the result that the Senate was in
session actually less than five min
utes. Scheduled to convene at IL
o'clock Tuesday mornin, it was al
most 1 o'clock when Lieut.-Gov.
Elbert N. Carvel, the Senate's pre-
siding officer, called the Senate to
order, and at that time only the
Democratic minority members
were in their seats. Following the
opening prayer by the chaplain,
the Republican members came into
the chamber and Immediately vot-
ed a recess until 2 o'clock. The
Republicans returned shortly after
2 o'clock and Immediately resumed
their caucus. About $3.50 report
was circulated that the Democratic
members were planning to call the
Senate to order and adjourn and
this brought back the Republicans,
but only for less than a minute.
However, when it was stated that
the caucus would be resumed Re-
publican leaders had some diff
ficulty in getting several senators
back in the caucus room but after
some discussion the conference was
resumed. Shortly after A o'clock
the Republican senators sent a
message to Governor Bacon which
was said to be in the nature of an
ultimatum relative to some of his
appointments. While no comment
was offered either by the Governor
or the Republicans it was rumored
in the legislative building that the
message dealt with some alterna-
tive appointments in place of those
Governor Bacon had sent to the
Senate. However, as far as could
be learned the message brought no
immediate results. The message
was carried to the Governors Of
fee by Isaac r. Brown, Republican
state chairman; D. D. Wharton,
Kent County chairman, and Will
liam J. Swain, Sussex County
chairman. Some of the Republi-
can leaders and some Republican
senators said later that in their
opinion it would now be almost i'm
possible to obtain confirmation of
some of the men whom Governor
Bacon has named to various offic-
es, including the two judges. 1t
also was stated that some of the
other appointments made by the
Governor are facing difficulty.
These included Judge Elwood F.
Nelson of the New Castle County
Family Court, and Rep. Thomas E.
Moore of Magnolia, named collect
or of oyster revenue. From COM
ment of party leaders and some
Republican senators the opposition
to confirmation of the appoint
mentns is based not 50 much on
objections to some of the men who
have been named but Is the out
growth of opposition that has de-
veloped within the Republican
Party ranks. However, some of
the party leaders expressed the
hope that during the recess until
next Monday these difficulties will
be adjusted and that Senate con-
firmation can be secured. In any
event it was indicated that when
the Senate reconvenes Monday a
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