Evening journal., 1889-03-12
The STATE CAPITAL.
The Republicans Hold Caueus-Is
There a Judas In the Band? A Strong
Paper Against Widening Tenth Street.

leQ OUT llLJic business. IL WAS TdbueF
calm before the coming storm. The
regular routine of work was gone
through The evening mail of the mem
bers brought down considerable new
business. Representative Eckels has an
important act which he will introduce
before the week is out. 1t is entitled
AN act exempting live stock from as
sessments and taxation in New Castle
county" The act is better explained by
giving its text, which is as follows:
That from and after the passage Of this
act, all live stock within the county of
New Castle, shall be, and hereby are
exempt from assessment and taxation for
public purposes, and shall not be liable
thereto and all taxes now assessed upon
such live stock, and not collected prior to
the passage Of this act, shall be and re-
main uncollectable; and the Levy Court
shall make allowances to the respective
collectors Of the county for such uncol-
lectable taxes. The Levy Court shall
also at its present session, or at its ses-
sion in the month of March A. ID. 1890,
strike from the assessment list all as
sessments of live stock in said county. !"
This tax has been burden upon the far
mers for years past and will be apt
to become popular.
WIDENING TENTH STREET.
The opposition to the widening of
Tenth street is developing into formid-
able proportions. The members from
Wilmington are receiving daily letters in
opposition to the measure. The strong
est yet Is a remonstrance received
by Representative Gray tonight
II reads that there is no neces-
sity of having the width of the street
increased as it is as wide at present as
most Of the principal streets in the city.
that the widening of the street at public
expense would be for the personal benefit
Of a very few individuals and one or two
private corporations; that the taxes at
present are in excess Of those of Phila-
delphia. The paper contains the names
Of some of the most prominent citizens,
including William Bright, Samuel Nc
Clary, Jr. Samuel Murphy, Nathan b.
Culbert, John Peoples, Philip Plunkett,
Charles Baird, Albert w. Smith, viii
liam Bowe. A. Given, H. +. Dure, Will
liam Baxter, James Scott, Tilghman
johnson, w. A. LaMotte, John +. Miller,
Samuel w McCaulley, Edward Bellah,
Henry X. DUPONT, Charles G. Rumford.
Henry Baird, First g. Almond, S. G..
Simmons & Brother, H. G.. Banning, E.
Bringhurst, Francis n Buck, Lewis p.
Bush, Gideon b. Guyer and Albert
Thatcher. The bill is dead beyond res
surrection.
BOUNDARY LINE.
Senator Donahoe is prepared to meet
the enemy and il he knows it, the enemy
will be his He has comprehensive act
TO meet the Pennsylvanians upon the
boundary line question. The act recites
the destroying Of the boundary line. Sec
tion 1 provides that commissioners shall
be appointed to meet similar commission.
ers from the State of Pennsylvania tC
decide the line and have it marked by
enduring monuments. When the work
is completed they are to make a report OF
their operations, containing the surveys,
description of monuments, maps and
other items of interest connected with
the work The return is to be filed with
the recorders office of New Castle county
and with the secretary Of state OF Della
ware An appropriation of $4,000 is
provided for to carry the act into effect.
The Pennsylvania act will be 80 fixed as
, TO conform to the Delaware Law.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
For some reason unknown the Repub-
licans have escaped holding a caucus foI
nearly ten days Just how it is that so
long time had escaped without holding
caucus is one of the things no fellow
can find out. AS has been before said,
| they generally hold one when they have
nothing else to do and that must have
been the case tonight. They held one
in Representative Downham's room The
Convention bill was the cause of 1t and
all the best plans of chow not do it
we're again gone over. Mr.. Downham'
amended Bradford bill was talked over
but the members did not seem to be en-
thusiastic in desire TO turn in and hur
rah for it, In fact, some did not want il
at all and these found it just chock full
Of bad features. Well, they talked about
it two or three hours and were about a.
| far from conclusion at the
end of that time as the,
were when they began. Indeed ther'
is a terrible suspicion among some of the
Republicans that fairly makes the colo
chills play hide and seek up and dowr
their backs, and that is, that some OF
their flock is going Judas-like to betra.
them, and Join the ranks of the awfu
! Democrats and vote against the bill. Th
matter is getting to be very great bur
den to them, and the caucus came to tn
conclusion that the best thing they coulC
do would be to push the bill to a vOt
this week AS an evidence that the Re
publicans want their way or nothing il
this matter, your correspondent sug
gested to a member possible bill q
them Of voting for delegate
at the same time anothe
election is held to ascertain if the peopl
want a convention to be held. This mem
her promptly replied you do not expec
us to consent to any such nonsense a
that. The caucus also agreed to vot
for the bill as it was reported from th
committee. But this does not indicat
anything because it is not likely tina
Messrs. Richardson, Sackett, w. (
Davis, r. "A. Davis or G.. L. Hynson vii
feel entirely bound by the caucus actio
as they were not present. One or two Q
these gentlemen probably would, but
is said that the strayed lamb is anon
the names given.
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Representative Clark introduced hi
act to day providing for Farmers Inst
tntes in the various counties in the stat
The object of the institutes is TO be Oh
material improvement and advancemer
Of the agricultural interests. Mr.. Clar
is himself very much interested in agr
culture and looks well after the farmer
interests. The act provides that I'll
clerks Of the peace in each of the counti'
shall advertise two weeks before the 81
day of May next TO the effect that an il
stitute will be held. The clerk shall tax
charge Of all the preliminaries Of the il