Evening journal., 1891-04-10
WILLIAMS STANDS FIRM.
DIRECT TAX PAID BY THE FEu-
EReL GOVERNMENT.

/ Republicans Tuesday bad no effect what
ever upon Senator Williams, aud he will
vote for the bin as ii stands with the
amendments already published in the
EVENING JOURNAL.
He said yesterday that he Is ready to
vote whenever Chairman Ross called tie
committee together
A Breeze In the Senate.
The Fooks resolution stirred no onits
/ q breeze in the Senate to-day. Nearly
/ the whole of the afternoon was con
sumed in discus sing lis merits ana
demerits. - was an agreeable change
Senator Ross called the rcst luton up
and Senator Moore moved to lsy il on
the table
Senators Hall, Ross, MoMulIin and
Williams spoke aga.nst allowing the
Insurance Commission 81 600 for super
intending the printing of his report
Senators Houston ana Pilling favored
the allowance Senator Halls proposition
vas 70 lay the matter on the cable untsl
az act Is passed fixing the salary Of the
Insurance company. Then grant Mr..
E.oohs the 81 600 and have it understos 4
tnat hereafter 40 such allowance shall
os made, His proposition prevailed.
"' A'AAoNb lax WAAHAalt.
y 4. Z. Day, who was sent to Wash
ington, d 2 by Governor Reynolds 10
look after this states interest in the re-
funding Of the dir ct az, has returi q
de was seen by your correspondent to-
day and said.
The matter is al right and the draft
Aes 0eea drawn for the amount The
only trouble was that the Joint resolution
adopted by ha General Assembly q d not
specify the amount The amount seyeed
upon, as shown by the papers Of the De.
psrtmeat is SO 772 02 do not thiuk
5aat more than $50 600 viii ever reach
those who paid It or their heirs Nany
are dead aad in other eases tho amount
is really SO small that la many instances
u would not pay the claimant for the
trouble Of getting 1t. Some OF the claims
viii only be for 6 cents, and there are
lots Of them that will not exceed 81
The Senate To cay rec3nsidered the
vote that indefinitely postponed The Joint
resolution appointing J Frank Yields
commissioner 10 receive claims II was
ben laid on the table for future consid
ration
state Regis ration BIZ sady
The State Registration bill was iiaished
this morning, and has been pub into the
hands Of the manuprinter. A tvpa
written copy will b. ready tomorrow.
The Secretary Of s.ats's Assistant.
Z Morris introduced bin to- dav
tnat allows Secretary Of State Marvel
89VO with which 50 pay an assistant.
lhe beneficiary of this act viii Be James
q. dughes, he popular private secretary
oi Mr Marvel All here admit that il IS
really necessary that the secretary Of
state should have an assistant as the
large correspondence and manifold duties
q the ofise make It next to impossible
TOT one man 70 DO lt properly. under the
administration OF the present seeretarv
Of state the affairs OF the office will
probably be better conducted than ever
before in the history Of the state When
he assumed the duties of the offiee be
made two good resolutions The Rrst
was to make the affairs Of the offics IN
which the people are interested. public
through the medium Of the
public press; the second was that he
would keep the details of the Office III !
such shape that he would be alwavs |
ready to meet any aud all public de- |
mands for information,
Ahht RAILROAD Charter.
The bin to charter the Delaware Tsrmi
nal Railroad Company passed the House |
to- day = The only dissenting VOICE and |
vote was that OF Mr. Richards his only |
objection was that the bill does not re
strict its incorporators from selling the |
franchise to any oiher corporation before |
sctual construction of the road Ia /
other words, he feared that il was tie /
intention to build the railroad on paper /
and frighten the p. W & B. railroad |
into buying he franchise of the road to |
prevent the B & 0. railroad from getting |
control Of it.
The incorporators say that such q
thing is entirely foreign to their inten-
ions and that the road will be built
Delaware state Hospital.
Several Of the trustees of Delaware
State Hospital for the Insane. ac-
by Superintendent Richard
ION, held a meeting at the Richard
ION House TO day TO formulate some
'lan to induce the General Assembly 10
rive the institution $25. 600 instead Of
s20, 600, as Governor 6all's amendment
makes it. All of them did good work
nhhying. As result Mr. Higgins
lttered joint resolution appropriatinr
70 additional 5000 to the institution. IJ
vas adopted BY the House, but win have
hard time to get through the Senate.
he also offered a Joint resolu tion
hanging the name Of the institution 10
he Delaware State Hospital Dr. Rich
rdson says that many persons object to
he word Insane"
Tho Delaware College Trustees.
The Delaware College trustees held 4
Meeting at the Richardson House 70 dsy
he principal matters under diseussi1u
we're to get state aid for the college. and
he advisability of locating a fve.acre
Experimental farm in this vicinity.
President A. n Raub, Manlovs Hayes
nd Alexander Fulton were appointed
subcommittee to take the matter in
harge.
Third House Committee on Games.
The committee on game Of the Third
iouse held a meeting in the State House
srloF this evening Walter Hayes, as !
ounsel for the Game Protective Asso-
iation, gave Mr. Eisenbrey some valu
ble information on the game laws, &C
ording to the rules laid down by Hoyle 4
t the end of the sitting Of the commit {
ee Mr.. kisenbreY's argument consisted {
{ two queens. two tens and nine spot, :
lille the attorney of the Game Protec-
We Association held a flush" on the
anne. The page of the Senate acted as
New Castle Manufacturing Company.
The Senate to-day passed the bill to
corporate the New Castle Manufsctur- '
g Company The incorporators are
Jim M. Solomon. William Wood and ].