Evening journal., 1893-02-23
STATE HOUSE AFFAIRS.
Remaining Railway Bills to be
Considered at Leisure.
FUN DURING HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE

Attorneys and Representatives May
Yet Fight for the Passage of the Will
mington and Brandywlne Springs
ROad-Delaware Baptist Unions Re-
quest.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Feb. 23.-The street railway
war is, for the time being, over. The
Wilmington and New Castle railway pro-
jectors have gotten their bill through
the House and there is little doubt but
tina it will pass the Senate. Alexander
B. Cooper, representing the New Castle
Gas Company, will try to get Senate
amendment striking out the electric
light provision, but he does not seem to
feel sure that he will succeed.
The fight now turns upon the VIII
mington & Brandywine bill The general
feeling here is that it will not go through,
seeing that the Wilmington and New
Castle road had such hard fight to get
in even as far as Front and Market
streets.
Richard w. Crook, H. H. Ward and
II. G. Carpenter will use all their per-
suasive powers but they ask for such ex-
tensive privileges the Wilmington City
Railway Company feel sure that they
can show the General Assembly that
such line from Edge Moor, through
the city, to Brandywine Springs ahd
New Castle would be seriously preju-
dicial to the welfare Of tie old company.
The other roads are minor consdera-
tions and will be considered later in the
session
Washington's Birthday exercises were
held in the Hall of Representatives yes
terday afternoon. Both houses ad-
journed at o'clock The visitors seats
on the floor and in the gallery were well
filed Senator Williams presided
Mr.. Salisbury moved that two on the
part of the Senate and one on
the part of the House be ap-
pointed to wait on Charles w. McFee
and Speaker Whiteman and conduct
them to their places
Speaker Whiteman-'I understand
that the speaker of the Senate is also
participant and think that the name of
the speaker of the Senate should be
added 1 understand that the House
did not concur in the Senate amendment,
but that makes no difference"
The committee went to the parlor and
escorted Mr., McFee to the dias where he
was introduced by Sen ator Williams.
He made a short but eloquent speech
. in which he spoke of the great services
f and honorable character of George
4 Washington and the manner in which
. the observance Of his birthday began.
He then read the great farewell address
4 Of the first President.
Both the speech and the address were
listened to with rapt attention and Mr..
McFee was heartily applauded when he
closed
The Doctors Are Poor.
DR.. Nathan Pratt of Milford spent
yesterday in the State House, trying to
convince the members that Delaware
physicians should not pay an annual
license of $40 He says that with the
exception of two or three physicians in
n Wilmington there are no physicians in
the state who have made any money
n practising, as they have to pay so much
money to buy medicine for their pauper
patients.
Washington's Birthday Pleasantries.
Washingtons Birthday brought forth
two bits OF legislative fun. The House
adopted a joint resolution that in
patriotic commemoration of the day the
members be invited to meet in the Hall
of Representatives at o'clock; ordering
Charles W. McFee to read Washington's
farewell address and inviting Speaker
j. Harvey Whiteman to sing the "Star
Spangled Banner"
It was carried to the Senate and read.
Mr. Williams-'1 move that the reso
luton be amended by striking out the
singing.
Mr.. Lacy-'Let the speaker of the
Senate Join the speaker of the House"
Mr.. Williamss amendment was
adopted and the resolution was concurred
in
The House also, passed, under suspen
sion of rules, an act in relation to peacf
yellows 1t was on bright yellow paper
poster size, and drawn with a marking
brush 1t made it unlawful for any per
son to ment on peach yellows within
radius of two hundred yards of thu
State House under penalty of from $10I
to 81, 600 fine and imprisonment for tern
not exceeding ten years. This bill wen
20 the Senate where it was read and re
ferred to the Committee on Finance, o
which Mr. Pilling is chairman. He re
ported the bill favorably and recon
mended that il be passed and a copy o
the measure be nailed to the front doc
of the State House The bill now rest
on the clerks desk awaiting a protes
from William I. Case and Represents
tive Armstrong, who was not presen
when the bill passed the House.
Applies to the Whole County,
Yesterday afternoon the Senate passe
the House bill making Saturday a hal
holiday from June TO September 70
banking and trust company purposes A
the bill was passed by the House It onl
applied to Wilmington. The Senate s
amended it that it applies to the whole {
New Castle county. II was passed viii
out opposition.
The Insurance Bills.
Senator Watson gave notice Of the tw
bills which will make the state insu
ance commissioner a salaried officer an
do away with his fees and perquisites. I'll
reason that there are two bills is becau,
two acts have to be amended in order
effect the purposes desired.
Very Unusual REQ nest.
A memorial from the Delaware Bapti
Union asking the Legislature to Iepe
the Jaw which authorizes the Levy Cou