The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-05-08
Two More mn. snlca.

Dover, Mayz
The House held secret session to-day.
and during It's dcliberatlon killed the
High License till aun the bill to incorpo'
rate the Ecuador Gold Mining Company.
There Is Joy among the colored people
OF the State to-day because the Senate
passed the House bill to Increase the
echool fund to $l2 900 per year. and $1,000
for building fund.
cans.
Senator Fenimore opposed the bill on
the grounds that he present law gave the
white schools no building fund. and he
did not think the white schools should DO
dlscriminated against.
Senator Alrlchs favored the bill because
the colored people needed schools and
were too poor to be able to build them
like the whites
Senator Handy spoke In similar strain.
and said that the culored people were not
able to build school houses because they
had no property from which to raise taxes.
In Brandywine hundred the oolored people
have no school houses. These people
should pe educated.
The bill to compel the livery men to pay
state license was reoommitted In order
that amendments might be added to it.
Governor Watson to-dey appoirted VIII
lard L. Smith to be Superintendent of
public schools In New Castle county to
succeed IL ID. Griffin, resigned and ro.ap.
pointed Peter G, Gruwell to be state libra.
Itan.
Bancrotts Banks and the Highlands in
part hereafter will be part OF Wilmington.
Next.
The Senate pas ed the following bills
to-day:
House bill (with amenhmentsl to amend
chapter 2lS volume rs LAWS OF Delaware;
to INCORPORATE the Fleming Canning Com.
pany to incorporate the Sussex 1rust.
Title and safe Deposit Company; Senate
md In tnh
ardson; House bill to Incorporate the En-
terprise Construction Company: to d.
vorce Frank C.and Josephine Lee; to annul
the marriage of Louise Watkins Thomas
ana william Ehomn9; to transfer the farm
o. stephen Evans. Cyrue Holt. stephen
| Townsend and Mary W. Bnrnum from
school district No. l23 to district No, 12l
Sussex county,
The bill to Improve and promote the
! colored schools. Note-5 o3 to amend
| chapter I. volume 10; to divide Mill Creek
| hundred Into three election distrlots in
relation TO notaries public and commits
sioners OF deeds; to Incorporate the Little
| st. Georges Marsh Company; for the re-.
lief OF the hers Of James ]. Davidson to
| Incorporate the Eureka Brick Mauufac.
| turing COMPANY.
The following call was issuod to.'av.
The undersigned recognizing the ahso.
lnte duty dsvolvlnE upon the Republican
members of tho General Assembly to elect
United States SsnRt or. and being most
solicitoue that this duty shall be dis.
charged without further de'av. do. to this
end cordially and respectfully invite
conference OF all their Republican col.
leagues in the hall OF the House o. Repro.
sentatives. this (Tucsdav) evening. at 6
oc;ocR; and will :ha understanding that
unless five OF the members shall then and
there present n written protest over their
iesrectlve signatures to tho contrary. the
said conference snail be converted into a
binding caucus. and the Senatorial contro.
versv shall be then and there finally
settled and determined.
"GEoUGE F. PIFr II,
"JoHN NJ. g. MooRE,
al. II. McMuLLES.
'T2EKIEL FLEMING.
EpwARn II BURroN
GCoEGE II TowNarND.
The conference lasted until near mid.
nicht and tfe result was that the deadlock
etill continuss Mr., Wilson refused TO go
into the conference. Mr.. Ball was out OF
town. Auy number CT candidates are
suggested. hut the AddiCks mon adhere to
| their first choice,
The House passed a motion to extend
the time until May 49, but II is rumored
that It will be killed In the Senate to-
morrow.