Evening journal., 1895-01-04

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cnattering soldiers 1t sent congestiye
chill travelling down the ranks from the
aoJutant'general TO the sutler. It is
not expected that Governor Marvil will
indulge In any such remarks this time.
The ChiefEnginesr's Functions.
Unless bygones are forgotten the
General Assembly win be asked to limit
the authority of the chief engineer of
the volunteer fire department of VIII
mington, with special reference to the
law which now authorizes him to sus-
pend an entire company from service as
punishment for the characterization of
some of its members. This bill II pre-
sented-and there Is already some talk
Of it, will be the outgrowth of the
Delaware Fire Company trouble last July
Il Is con tended by the friends of the pro-
posed measure that the suspension of
an entire company from setive service Is
wrong to the tax payers and menace
to public safety.
Insurers and Insured.
There promises to be fight to the
finish between the Insurers and the in
sured In other word, the insured will
ask the General Assembly to grant such
legislation as will wipe out of existence
the Delaware State Fire Insurance. Com
pact. which has been making q short cut
to get behind the Richardson Vslued
Policy act and practically nullihed its
beneficial provisions.
This compact has made rule requir-
ing all insurance agents transaotinx
business in Delaware, to attach to All
policies, the rate on which Is over City
cents year, an 80 per cent co insur-
anee clause. For example, II a man
owns a property valued at 81 600 he
must carry $500 insurance, no matter
whether he wants less or not. Many of
those insured consider this hard ship
which can only bssremoved by legislative
enactment.
The Delaware Compact Is a branch Of
the middle association the head centre of
which is Philadelphia. The agents who
are parties to the compact claim that
they were forced TO insert such a clause
as many persons had only been carrying
what insurance they believed would be
their loss In case of fire, without regard
to the value Of the property covered by
the policy. This. they claimed, was
particularly true of large manufacturing
plants where thers was good chance for
suppressing conhagration before it
resulted In q total loss. IL there was q
fire the entire risk of the insurance com.
pany would be lost and there would be no
profit. The coinsurance clause com pels
the owner of the property to Gay his
share OF the loss.
Notwithstanding this explanation the
property were not satisfied. The
complaint has become SO general that the
General Assembly will doubtless take
cognizance of 1t and grant remedial
legislation
Farmers Alliance Sentiment.
The Farmers Alliance of Kent county
has not been beard from yet, but It
rarely allows its biennial opportunity to
slip by. 1t does not always know what
it wants but it is bound to have it. The
insertion Of the equalization taxation
plank in the Kent county Democratic
platform was evidence that the alliance
monster had to be fed on something and
that county convention plank was the
cheapest sort Of diet The state conven
tion howled down even this meager col
lation of Rmalgsmated splinters.
J. Alexander Fulton, William Brothers
and their colaborers in the field of reform,
will, no doubt, be framing bills in few
weeks and there is no danger but that
they will make themselves heard. The
man who sets forth to silence the
Farmers Alliance Of Kent county. has 3
contract of the frst magnitude on his
hands. Ordinarily he is sorry that be
suggested such q thing, for If there is
any one thing which brings the alliance
forward and makes it loquacious 1t is a
modest request from some exercised
politician that it keep In the back
ground and refrain from saying any
hing. Mr.. Fulton has already come out
for ballot reform and it doesn't cost him
anything to shape his ideas on public
matters into bills for presentation
TO the General Assembly. He will doubt.
less renew his fight for the taxation
OF stocks, bonds, mortgages and other
interest bearing securities General a.
G Collision will shout Bully for your
from the Senate gallery, and DR. Thomas
@ Fraim will walk around the Green
with a preoccupied air and nervous
movement until the crisis Is passed and
the bill killed and sent TO glory to join
it's brother of two years ago. There is
one redeeming feature this year. That
Is that the people will not be inflicted
with two or three conflicting reports
from one commission entrusted with the
work of formulating some plan for the
equalization of taxation. Two years ago
such a commission, after giving the
matter two years of attention and con-
sideration, came to but one agreement
and that was that it could not agree. In
the light of such action the Senate fol-
lowed its precept and came to the same
sort of an sgreemnnt on the House bill
before it.
Against Bribery at Elections.
The Delaware State Grange has de-
clared for prison reform and against
bribery at elections. This sentiment Ii
not confined to the grange, by any means
and will undoubtedly result in remedial
legislation, but to what extent will not
be known until the Legislature has ad-
journed and the laws enacted in these
respects have been put in operation and
tested as to their efficiency and suf
ficiency.
Needs OF the Insane Wards.
Two years ago the trustees OF ths
Delaware State Hospital at Farnhursi
asked for an appropriation Of severa
thousand dollars to be applied to this
purchase OF several acres of land oontig-
nous to the grounds of the institution
They did not get what they wanted be