The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-28
THIRD EDITION.


tpt ioilH Wiue III ihe niehoiie5 VI
House OF Representatives. and
the fight made by Representative Hig-
gins upon the floor of this House
against the the scheduled plan OF a
majority will also go down in legisla-
tive history as something to be adj
mired.
The Five Commissioner bill after be-
ing tinkered at several times during
the day, was called up for final passage
at . O'Clock.
The bill then had tho following
amendments to it, all of which were
adopted.
In section 8, January Sist is set down
as the date for the appointment OF the
commissioners.
Section 4 says the commissioners
shall meet on january 81 for organi2a-
tion. instead of the Goth. as at first.
The commissioners are to hold Office
till january, 1898, instead of 1895, us at
first contemplated.
Section o makes the clerk of the
peace clerk of the Board of Commits
eioners.
In section { the salary of the comp
troller is placed at s1,500, instead of
$4,000.
In section s the comptroller is com
PEELED TO allow costs of appeal where
appeal is made from his decision, and
allows the clerk OF the peace to issue
warrants for witness and juror fees
upon order OF the parliamentary.
In section 10 the clerk OF the peace
Is made to perform all the duties
therein set down for the comptroller.
In section IL, the first OF March is
substituted for the 3lst, in regard to
the abatement for taxes.
These were all the trenchments, and
after their adoption Mr.. Higgins offered
nj amendment ON behalf of New Castle
county. II was an amendment to sec
tion /, as follows:
strike out all of section and sub
stitute the following: That the Levy
Court Of New Castle county shall CON
tinue till January /, 1892, and then be
forever abolishod.'
Mr. Hutson moved to lay the amend
ment on the table. Adopted.
Air. Higgins then made an eloquent
speech against the bill in toto; He
knew that the Levy Go mt of New
Castle county was in hud odor. Hard
things have been said OF it, much of
which WAS perhaps deserved. The
people OF the county are crying for re-
form In the management of county
affairs. Does this hill give ii?
He commended ii did not He allud-
ed to the Three Commissioners bill
presented at the last session. That
was farmers and citizens bill; gotten
up by order OF the New Castle County
Farmers Institute and modelled after
the commission OF Cecil county, Nd
where II mad been tried for years, and
found to work perfectly and economi-
cally He appealed to the fair-minded
men on the Democratic side to listen
TO reason. This was an important
step. He plead with them to lose
sight OF party and as men, citizens and
taxpayers to give New Castle county
what the people of that county want
ed-what they demanded, not a parli
san measure gotten up for partisan
purposes, but fair honest bill. MIR
Higgins surprised the House with his
eloquence, but IL WIS of no Use, the
machine had been wound up to go ant
IL went
All through the reading of the bill
Nj. Higgins nobly fought section Is,
section calling for the yeas aud nay.
and protesting. Eiscnbrey could no
go MS far as his Democratic hrethren
and voted with the Republicans
On section II, in which Mir. Higgins
plainly pointed out the trail OF the ole
serpent the collectors-Mr. Walter
came to his rescue, and through thei
combined efforts Messrs. West am
Tyndall of Sussex were brought owe
and also voted against the section, bti
1t went through. The Democrats di,
AAOb ttih MI biAf vi tlItIi sun IL Mtiltl
Their business was to vote, aud the,
did w.
On the final passage the vote stoot
ls TO ), Mr.. Eisenlirey still protesting
against the measure. Mr.. Attix, upu
whom the opponents of the bill count
cd, voted his little aye all through.
There WAS II good deal of imfol
mAlity and rather strained Darliancn
tary lactirs, hut they were all imna
IATlAl , s. the va. ~ wore there
Well, II has passed lie mouse. VIVA
OF the Senate? The hackers of tn
measure claim that il Will pass. The
say that senator Williams, who Ia
beeu at home sick thus lar, will Toe her
to4iay, and that he will vote Tor tn
bill
Now this IS all suppusition on thel
pert. Senator Williams may vote fl
this bill. Senator Ross, who ii ha
been stated WAS going mighty slow o
1t, may vote for IL also. But there al
those here yet who believe that thei
known love oil fair dealing will proven
either of these two from sanctiOhin
this measure
Following close on the heels of IN
Commissioner bill the bill to diyid
Cedar Greek Hundred in Sussex passe
the House, and as far us the lowe
House was concerned the Democrat
have another Levy Gourtman in Sui
sex. Then also it became plain tins
the Sussex workers had been worke
on the hundred division to secure the
votes for the Commissioner ill
Let the band play, said Republica
last night. It's II very long lane III;
has no turning, We may have tn
Legislature in ".
The other Sussex hundred dividin
bill will 60 through the House to,da,
and then the lower House has done i
raynfik