Milford chronicle., 1951-01-05

After the certificates Of election
were delivered and a bible and !
notary procured the House went
on with its work at All D. m. Six
minutes later all were sworn in
and the vote on the Speaker came
at 4:46 D. m.
Printing Committee Named
After the House caucus during
which Mr.. Jones was named floor
leader Mr.. Lawson announced that
1t was necessary to name members
to the printing committee Under
law of a recent session printing
bids are to be submitted at once.
Named by Mr.. Lawson to the
committee were Representatives
James b. Tucker, Jr (R-W Whining
toni, chairman; Wilmer r. VIII
hams (R-Oak Grove), Short. Cook
and Walter J. HOey (D-Milford). {
Other committees will be an
pointed within the next few davs
The program for the rest of the
week includes completion of the
organization of both houses and
notification to Governor Carvel
that this has been done; delivery
by the Governor of his message to
joint session; confirmation bv
the Senate of the Governors an
pointment of Daniel L. Hermann.
of Wilmington, as an associate
Judge of the State Supreme Court.
COP Floor Leader To Be Named
The Republican senator's have
yet to select minority floor lead
er. The Democrats have named
Senator John E. Reilly, Sr., of VIII
mington, as their whip to assist
Senator Cannon.
Few sessions of the General AS
sembly have got underway with as
much doubt as to what would ham
pen on the first day as the 116th
did Tuesday.
Rumors, some of them based on
reliable reports from the principals
themselves, had Senators Cubbage
and Webb ready to join the eight
Republican senator's in organizing
the upper branch. Senator Webb
himself had said he would not go
along until Secretary of State Har-
rls p. Mcdowell, Jr., the Democrat
&c State Chairman, resigned.
Senator Cubbage wasiinsisting on
naming an attache to at least one
OF the important jobs. In fact, late
Tuesday morning he told friends
that he wouldn't do a thing until
what he sought was "put down on
paper and signed"
Situation COnfusfnp
In the House the situation was
equally confusing. Mr.. Tones Mad
the support of the Republican rep
resentatives from New Castle and
Kent Counties. Mr.. Lawson had
the pledges of the Republicans from
sussex. What about the is Demo-
Gratis?
1t turned out, as had been dis
closed on Sunday, that the Demo-
Gratis preferred Mr.. Lawson and
were ready to express themselves
whenever the roll was called.
During the long Republican
House caucus, that except for short
recesses and a brief lunch period
lasted nearly four hours, several
ideas were broached.
Let the members vote secretly by
ballot. Select a compromise candi-
date. Other tactics were offered.
but when the chips were down it
was decided to take the matter to
the floor for an open vote.
The contest in the House was a
good deal sharper than anything
that had been expected for the
Senate because there were two
candidates out in the open. In the
Senate there was no question of
Mr.. CannOn's election if his party
held solid.
The eight Republican senator's
had candidate ready if any of the
Democrats detected. He was SEN
ator Edwin r. Powell, of Ocean
View, the only holdover on his side
of the upper house, who had agreed
at a caucus in the Hotel Richard
son shortly before noon to accept
nomination as president pro TEN.
This never came about.
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