Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-01

The Insurance Commissioner bugaboo
made it's appearance Ia the Senate again
to-day. Mr. Hall introduced a bill
making the Office of insurance commits
sioner a salsried one, at 81. 900 year.
This bill was compromise on the Joint
resolution allowing Insurance Commits
sioner Fooks something over $1,000 for
preparing and experimenting the print
ing Of his report. Nessrs Ross and Hall
| fought the resolution and IL was laid on
the table. Il was afterwards agreed that
as all insurance commissioners heretofore
had received like compensation, that Mr.,
/ Fooks should receive IL, provided that
hereafter the Office should be q sslaried
one, the passage Of such bill being an
evidence OF good faith for the opponents
OF the resolution to concur in IT, The
| friends of the resolution evidently con
sidered the introduction of the bill full
| fllment of that pledge AS soon as Mr..
/ Hall introduced the bill Mr.. Pilling
moved that the resolution be taken up
and concurred In. The motion prevailed.
| When the roll was called Speaker DonR-
hoe said that as Senators Ross and Moore
were absent he should vote against roR-
curing In II, as Senator Ross was tie
man who made the motion that tabled II.
Seeing that II would carry he voted no
and then changed his vote Ia order to be
able to move reconsideration
II was asserted In open session that
Messrs Roas and Moore have withdrawn
| their objections TO the resolution
Speaker Donshoe's action put Senator
Houston on his mettle. Mr.. Hall then
reported one of the Fooks insurance bills
favorably. Senator Houston arose and
said;
Mr.. Speaker, as everything coming
from the insurance commissioner office
seems TO be regarded as niger in the
woodpile, move that action on that bill
be deferred until we have full attend
ance.
His motion prevailed and the bill was
tabled for future consideration.
The silverbrook wrangie.
The trouble over the condemnation of
Silverbrook kept the Senate from going
into session until after o'clock Messrs
salisbury and Bradford, representing
the Jessup and Moore Paper Company,
and Joseph l.. Carpenter and Samuel A
Chambers OF the Board of Street and
Sewer Commissioners, spoke against the
bill Peter ]. Ford spoke for himself,
and In such manner as to gain him
sion, and severely scored several of his
opponents.
The Joint Committee on Cities and
Towna will leave here early to morrow
morning en- route for Gordon Heights
They will stop on at Wilmington and
examine the stream for themselves,
taking the train for Gordon heights
which leaves hero with special leglsla
tive car attached. at 10 40 o'clock The
General Assembly adjourned until Mon
day morning at 10 30 o'clock, In order to
participate In the Arbor Day celebration
TO morrow.
Direct Tax Distribution
Asa substitute for the House Joint
resolution appointing J. Frank Villas AZ
claim agent for the direct tax money,
Senator Hall to-day introduced bill
which authorizes the governor to appoint
man who shall receive per cent on all
moneys disbursed in The payment OF
claims It provides that claims shall be
received ror six years fsom the passage
Of the act j. Frank Wilds will be the
man, aud he might just as we'll have
been named IN the bill
The woicott Ballot BnI-
The wolcott Ballot bill has STUCK
sympathetic chord In the breast Of the
joint Committee on Ballot Reform, 1t
was considered to-day by the committee.
After going over It carefully, the sexton
that has buried the Myers ball, the
Smalley bill. the Grahsmi bill, the Cour-
sey bill and the Day bill, voted naani-
mously to report the Wolcott bill
favorsbly.
Pining aud SUSSEX
Senator Pllling Is generally liked by
the Democrats here He Is a ReDnbliean
on the floor OF the Senate and gray
haired, hale fellow we'll mot Immediately
after adjournment AS one Democrat said
the other day:
Politically, he Is az, black az the
hinges OF aades; personals, he is "a
white as the hinges Of the gates Of para
disc.
Be this.as It may, he will have TO
revise his estimate Of the productive
ness OF Sussex county tie delights in
twitting Sussex, conntians on what he
claims to have heard AS an alleged fact
that In the lower county 1t requires two
sows TO litter one pig. This assertion
has put ex Clerk Of the Peace Ebe Tun.
nell on his mettle and Rser deoYgetO wn
he has discovered a well anthem heated
case where three ewes produced ten
lambs, all Of which are alive and doing
we'll.
Tfaa beauties. % Nature.
The members who GO out In their
flower yards. pluck e. handful of flowers
and stick them in a glass of water,
claiming that they ara from ad mirers ia
different parts Of she state, must be
exposed.
Speaker Donahoe has one purporting
to come from an aasient maiden lady In
HsrdscrAhble, New Castle county. She
never goes to Wilmington, but admires
him for his stand on the Five Commits
sioners bill and the street railway
amendments.
Speaker Sirman gloats over bunch I
roses he says were sent TO him by the
women of Milford,
Mr. Chapman shows dandelion which
he contends WAS seut to him by tho
Delaware Game Protective Association
for his labors Ia their behalf
To cap the eliDsx, Senator Ross. tSs
ladies' favorlte, came tripping lighsly
into the Senate chRmSer this morning
with the handsomest buttonsirs imagi
nable. 10 consisted OF one beautiful rel
rose dead In love) rare varietz o
geranium syou will soon depart) and tw,
handsome white pinks when SHAH w
two meet again. That is flower language
but the senator will not tell who Is aoinl
the talking.
Seoator Pilling will probably receive
handsome bouquet from the Republican
members Of the House. for his vote wit
b | fha Darnorrata On fha Efva Corauofae sion