Evening journal., 1891-01-21
STATE TReAsuReR,s REPORT.


Five Commissioners Bin Referred to
Committee of Five--New Railroad.
Stah Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Jan. 2O.-The fight over th
Five Commissioners bill began in tn
: Senate to-day. Many of the friends o
the bill were here, among them beinI
: Patrick Neary, John T Dickey, ex
Mitchell Tax Collector George w
Mckee, Frank D. Carpenter and Reeista
Of Wills John K Bradford
Mr.. Pnling Exercised.
Attendance upon the inaugural an,
J consideration Of the Five Commissioner
bill for New Castle county ware reall,
the only things before the Senate TO dav
II did not meet until ii o'clock; ad-
journed before 10 o'clock to attend the
Inaugural ceremonies in the Court
House. reeonvened at 1. 40 and adjourned
at 80 o'clock until IL a. m. tomorrow
Short as the time was, however. the
Five Commissioners bill reached its
second reading at the morning session.
After the bill was read Speaker Dona-
hoe referred il to the.Committee on Cities
and Towns. This committee as stand
| ihg committee OF the Senate consists OF
MessrS. Ross, Williams and McMullin
Such billy are usually referred to the
Committee OF Revised Statutes.
As soon as Speaker Donahoe referred
the bin Mr.. Pilling, (Rep) arose and
said;
Mr.. Speaker, as this bill is a very
important one, and an act In which the
whole people Of New Castle county are
interested, | think committee Of three
too small to properly consider it There
fore move that two be added TO the
committee, making IL Eve
This, of course, placed the affable Den.
oeratic speaker in rather tight place
should the motion prevail. Courtesy would
demand that the mover be one OF the
additional members.
Luckily the matter was STAYED of by a
motion TO take recess and repair In
body to the Court House, where the
inaugural ceremonies were 60 be held In
few minutes.
When the Senate reconvened at $40
O'Clock Mr. Pilling again called up the
matter Of increasing the committee. He
said,
II do not think the committee is large
enough to give the bin proper considera.
tion
Mr.. Speaker "This committee Is
standing committee Of the Senate. That
which you want can be obtained by put
ting 1t into a committee of the whole.
Mr.. Williams" Why, yes; IL can be
brought before the body as a committee
of the whole at any time"
MIR. Pilling-'I want to get at il as
something that is important. AS some
thing that would be ust and straight
want the members to get together. and
do something that will be good for the
county. do not object to any Of the
men who are on the committee; but Won
know that 1t is in the cemmittee that All
the work Is done. When a matter like
this Is brought before the whole body
amendments that are offered do not re-
ceive the same consideration they do In
committee, and are oftimes misunder
stood think it would be the spsediest
way for two to be added to the committee.
Anything is satisfactory to me SO long as
1t is for the good OF New Castle county. 2
Mr.. Williams move that the
Speaker and Mr.. Plliug be added to the
Committee on Cities and Towns. while
said committee has under consideration
this bin or any bills OF similar nature. in
relation to New Castle county"
This motion was adopted and Messrs
Donahoe and Pnling were added to the
COMMITTEES.
Mr.. McMullin gave notice of a bin to
vest In a certain person the title Of this
state TO certain escheated land. late the
property Of John Carly. Mr.. PiIling
introduced the bill to renew the charter
of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society.
The act to incorporate the Troop B Asso.
citation Of Wilmington was introduced
by Mr. Houston and read first time
Senate adjourned until II o'clock to.
morrow morning,
Sessions OF the House.
AT the morning session of the Hopsa
Mr. Higgins presented claim from the
Delaware City News, II was for AGO ~ |
being for advertising Thanksqivipg pro.
notices Of rewards. etc dat |
ing back to 1885 A peculiar feature was
that the original bill had compound in
terest added, 1t was referred 10 the Com. !
mittee on Claims, 4
laurel anu Rolling Poin. Railroad
Ii The afternoon Speaker German gave |
nctiee Of bill to incorporate the Laural |
and Rolling Point Railroad Company. A. |
J. Horsey, ], H. Marvel, William +.
Causey, F. G. HorseY. William I. Records
and Jacob Il Adams are named as com
missioners to open books for stock sub.
scriptions. The capital stock OF the com
pany shall not exceed $500, 600, divided
into 20, 600 shares. The company NAV be
organized when 400 shares have bean
subscribed. The road will begin AZ Laurel
and the bill allows the line to run to anv
point on the Delaware and MARYLAND
line between the. Nanticoke. river ana the
town Of Delmar on the Interstate line
with the right to connect with any rail
road in the State Of Maryland. and with
the Delaware railroad. The line will be
about twenty-five miles long ard have
for its terminus Roaring Point, Md The
promulgators Of the movement are
nearly all Sussex county capitalists.
To Protect the Ballot.
A communication from T. B. Conway
was read. Il was explanatory Of q pet
scheme OF his TO have q screw placed at
all polling place, to keep back the crowd
from the window, and ensure the voter
secret ballot By this system the voter
goes in at one door, deposits his ballot
in the presence Of no one but the chal-
lengers and the election officers. and
passes out another door at the end Of the
screen.
The Fire Commissioners Bin.
The Fire Commissioners bill was in
troduced by SIR. Ridgey. The rules
were suspended and the bill reached its
second reading. There was no discussion
upon it, but when the rules were sus-