The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-14

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Dof>n April IA. 1891. There was
NJ 4norpmip other House yes-
erdaY. MIR. spith was the only
New Castle member In the House, and
Speaker Donahoe was the only man
from the upper county in the Sem
There was nothing new In the bill
line, but there will be something new
to-day. Two new ballot bills win be
"a very likely, at least before the com
q. II. b. Day has bill drawn and
almost completed. There are sixteen
sections In Il. and 1t is In the main an
adaptation 1.-THE Coursey system, with
some improvements In the manner of
constructing the voting booths, and
the manner In which the voters shall
proceed TO cast their votes. In the
first place there aye to be two windows,
both enclosed; TO the first window,
every voter must go to be challenged,
or to have his qualifications inquired
into.
e'After these have been settled on he
receives o card, whereon his name Is
written, and upon which a number is
printed. On tho reverse sides the
hundred or district Is stamped. With
this card In his hand the voter goes to
the other enclosed window, where the
pollwing is done. He shows his card
to a gate. keeper and Is admitted with
out question into an. enclosed space
from which he Is admitted or passes
into another enclosed booth, where
he fixes up his ballot.
Here the voter finds tickets OF all
kinds and he can either take one OF
them or pull one out Of his pocket.
Then he passes out of this secret place
and finds himself In another alley be.
fore a window. Handing his card to
the inspectors OF judges. the voter
and his name with the number of his
card Is entered In book.
This Is the booth and challenging
window scheme Of the bill, and OF
course the bill provides all the other
necessary paraphernalla, such as pro-
yiding tickets and cards and penalties
for personatlon, etc.
With this bill or with the other one
which MIR. Wolcott Is now preparing OF
course any sort OF ballot box may be
adopted, and tho men who favor the
New Jersey safety ballot box are now
hopeful OF the adoption of this box. 1t
has many friends In the House and 1t
Is said it will pass the Sontate.
To-day tho bill to transfer the mort
Cages the State now holds against the
ID. M. q V. X. II. will come up for dis
cussion. but the chances now are that
1t will be laid over again. There will
be fight on IL when 1t comes up.
As IL looks now, it seems that tho
very last Five Commissioner bill will
pass tomorrow. IL may, but as SO
many attempts have been made at this
session to get bill through, AMI as
the bill has been changed until 1t Is
sanguine friends OF the measure will
not feel sure of II, until It Is enrolled
and down in the seci etary's office.
To say that tho farmers are enthnsi-
astic over the decision OF the Inter-
State Commissioners In their case
against the railroad would be putting
1t very mild. They've had a hard
fight and long one. and they have
won SO much in 1t II the decision is
thoroughly understood, that they've
right to feel gratilied. The rates
over the Delaware Railroad must DO on
the same scale now from Delmar
north as is now charged from Norfolk.
As the thing Inns stood all along,
goods could DO shipped from Norfolk
to Phi a lelphia or New York or Boston
for less sum than the same goods
could be shipped from Delmar or even
Dover, TO the same points north.
A conference on the school bill will
be held to-day, and it is expected bill
will DO agreed on.
The Front and Union Streets Rail
way bill will be enrolled and signed
likely, to-day. annd Wilmington will
have five cent fares in few days.