Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-18

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A&a<esses- Chapman and His Railroad
speech.
staa Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. May 16.--The gavels Of
Speaker Donahoe of the Senate and
Speaker Slrman of the House fell stimuli
faaeousIy at 4 &c o'clock this Afternoon,
and the Delaware General Assembly was
declared adjourned without day. after
the longest and most fruitful session
since she late war.
The last day was succession Of rushes
and lapses, Legislative contortions and
apasmodic efforts TO end way "how not
to do IT.
Compared with previous sessions the
mwmber Of bills left not acted upon was
w@ry small, and little complaint was
hamrd from the lobbies or from anyone
@a@a.
The Extra ConstabIes Bill.
when Mr.. Pilling read over the bill
authorizing the governor to appoint an
umlimited number Of constables for the
eaty Of Wilmington. with power to
arrest election officers for fraudulent
ronduct, he was Ia the enrolling room.
The EVENING JOURNAL correspondent
waa helping him compare the original
with the enrolled copy. He said:
"Well, this Is the d-st thing | ever
heard Of | knew 1t was bad, but had
no idea it was as bad as 1t lie.
Be went back into the Senate chamber,
amd called the attention Of the senators to
this clause On motion or Mr.. Williams
the bill was recalled from the House and
this feature was stricken out
The Equalization OF Taxation.
Daniel ]. Fooks did not supplant
layton as Sussex county member of
she taxation commission which is to
report tax bill at the next session. Ia
the eleventh hour the House became
very arrogant and would not permit the
Esnate to dictate at all. IL refused to
osncar in the Senate amendment making
tbis substitution OF one name for another
sud Clerk Heern was instructed 'sto in
form the House that the Senate recedes
from its amendment
Good Ono on Chapman.
Elk Representative Chapman, from
Smssex county, is an institution. He has
seen the life OF the session in o certain
sense, and has given rise TO more laughter
shan any one man ia the House or
Senate His last exploit before leaving
Dover was particularly characteristic Of
the man
&c and Representative Tindall, also
Sussex man, sat side by side In the House
They were bosom friends, and their
affection was Of the Damon and Pythias
order
When the p, w & B. railroad propo.
sitlon for the control of the b., M &V.
system was FIRST broached, Chapman was
sdesd sot agin 1t : He wsnt TO n type
writer and dictated long speech against
A.. In this speech were such sentences
as these:
AS | understand this bill 1t Is pro-
position on the part OF two corporations
20 change that investment from Grst
asen to secondary lien, or In other
werds, il In proposition to pay of two
Mortgages Of 5000 600 owned BY the |
state, which at present draws per cent. |
interest for 1924, 1888 "a, and with bonds |
60 the amount Of 1886, 0t0 which two |
sums make the aggregate Of the mort
cages with accrued interest, the bonds to
pay only 3 per cent. Ia the /
6rst case you know exactly what you are /
getting, while the state 10 receiving q
pig In bag, which may eventually tGrA !
@nt to he a poor specimen Of a pup
without any value az all Ibis bill does
mot look TO me llke a fair business
transaction. We are tranfacting the i
states financial business, which for the
present is intrusted to our care. aud It is
our duty TO even more strictly guard 4
and protect It than we would our own
Individual interest. Therefore. Mr.
Speaker, shall vote against this bill
Well, before & vote was taken on the
measure, Influence was brought TO bear.
and Mr. Chapman became convinced that
abe views above expressed were wrong
and he became 2 speechless but red hot
zriend to the bill
Still be had to unload his speech. He
had il in his desk and it would never do
60 allow IL 70 waste its perfume ia the
nassrt air. What shall do with III That
was the question. Happy thought
IindAill Yes, that was the solution Of
&he problem.
One day Mr. Chapman walked up 10
AIS friend Tindall and said:
Look here. TiEdall, I want 70 do you .
favor. When this railroad business
Grst came up I was opposed to Il. But
have changed my mind since that time,
and you have not. Now. ! have a first. l
class speech that was 70 deliver against
The bill, and give II to you SO that you I
may have something to say about Il /
Then IA get up one just the opposite |
and We will lock horns. and Il viii be a |
big thing for both Of us. It's q good |
speech and don't like to see Il wasted. |
And then it'll set up your name as
Patrick Henry or q Daniel Webster, or
something OF that kind
Tindall took the speech. but before he
could get chance to use it lie was
nonverted by the grace Of the p, w. &
49,, and instead Of using IL he went
around and, after showing the speech to
the members. told them Of Chipman's
enagnanimity.
Insurance Commissioner Fooks on Top.
The Huseo joint resolution aporopria-
sing 81. 600 to Insurance Commissioner
Eooks for experimenting the printing Of
his report, was badly cut In the Senate
on the last day but the House stood by
Eocks manfully.
Mr. Pilling called it up late this after
aeon After much 9discussion, Mr.
Williams moved that the Senate amend
1t BY making it $500 This Amendment
was carried. The resolution was or6erod
20 the House The lower House raised
she Senate $500 and made It $500 This
was eventually concurred in by the
Senate
Clerk Dunn and the House.
Considering the length Of the session
Clerk Dunn is not the beet paid clerk
that the General Assembly has had by
any manner OF means. He was allowed
81, 1000 for his services as clerk 800 fer
preparing his journal to 60 into the
printers hands, and $500 for enrolling.