The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-24
Our Dover Letter.
Correspondenee Of the RPpuBMcAN.

DOVER, Jan. 24.-The Senate had n
tough time of II yesterday. AS stated
In the REPUBLcAN most of the mem
bers left for home Thursday evening,
and though Speaker Donahoe made
every effort to reach the absentees, he
succeeded in bringing Senator Hous-
ton back, and up till 2 o'clock in the
afternoon four dignilled, but very
restless, Senators, sat in the Senate
chamber, hoping against hope, that
some one OF their absent brethren
would turn up.
Speaker Donahoe and Senators Rich
ardson, McMullen and Ross were the
victims, and there they sat until
Speaker Donahoe told them they
might as well go, and that he and
Clerk HeGrn would formally meet and
adjourn in the afternoon, and to-day
| these two will adjourn over until Mon
day.
An effort WAS made to secure Senator
Hall, and a messenger was sent from
here to I'rederica after the ex-Goyer-
nor. Unfortunately, however, Senator
Hall received a despatch informing
him that one of his vessels, the
schooner Nathaniel Lank, had been
wrecked of Cape Hattcras, and that
Captain Little. her commander, had
been drowned. The Senator left i'm
mediately by rail, IL is said, for Nor
folk. Captain Little resided in Fred
erica.
The House did very little business.
oTeniGr cRd qdJonrRga ~ ID at 1880 qyil Monday
In conversation with several mem
bers the REPUBLICAN correspondent
discovered that the Five Commissioner
bill has not seduced all the Democratic
members in its favor, despite tho hard
work of its coachers. ] can count four
men on the Democratic side who, ii
the bill had be0n pushed to vote yes
terlay, would certainly have voted
against il.
These Kent and Sussex men are not
to be led round by the nose, and there
will have to be better reasons given
Than have yet been advanced for the
indecent haste with which tho Will
mington crowd are endeaYoring to
push the bill through before they sue
ceed In their object Chairman Hut
son OF the Revised Statutes Commit
tee, which has the bill in charge, is also
a block in their path. He is one of
those men who cannot be cOerced
easily He is likely to insist on hold
ing that bill until the committee have
sifted It..
But after all, the hearing which the
friends and foes OF the bill. will have
Monday night will so u great way to-
ward determining its fate, and the peo-
pie of New Castle county who under
stand this scheme aud its hackers
should come here and state their rea-
sons for obiecting to IL. The lobbyists
are now working on the members with
a story that the reason they are in
such haste to have the bill passed is
because they fear that il the new Levy
Court is allowed to organize it will
take a lawsuit to oust them.
But the members of the House have
not spent all their lives in the woods
and they are not so easily gulled as
some of these lobbyists appear to
think. However, next week we will all
know more about the fate OF the bill.
The Importance OF this measure
overshadows everything else. Even
the Sussex County hundred divisions
and the Secret ballot devices take n
back seat. The two former have a
hard road to travel before they get
through, decidedly rough road, and
| the chances are that they'll both be
wrecked in the passage, The Sussex
County members don't seem to be II
unit ON these plans to capture the
Sussex Levy Court. Some OF them
think the scheme too costly. -
While the county government sub
iect is on the carpet 1t is likely that
/ the oilicia Is of the two lower Counties
will have shaking up. A salary sched-
ule for County officials is now being
made out. II will be brought in in the
shape of bill some time next week.
The New Castle County delegation
attended the Robbins Hose fair Mon
day night, and the way the old married
stagers ilirted with the waiter girls
was awful. Representatives Elkinton,
Thomas and Walton were not as bad
as the rest of the delegation. But
AIessrs Smith, Cranston and Day
Well, Il amt sayin' nothin " as the
boys say--but il ever the Commission
bill schome5 ever tumble TO the racket
i of employing the sex as lobbyists, New
Castle County is gone, clean gone,