Evening journal., 1897-01-28


that the Senate will soon have one. too.
for the House acted on a joint resolu-
tion Mr.. HAZEL moved that such a
committee be appointed, but he with
drew his motion to make way for a
Joint resolution to the same effect, Of
fered by Mr.. Donaldson. The resolu-
ton was adopted and Speaker Riggin
appointed Messrs. HAZEL, Johnson and
Mccoy. It will come up in the Senate
to-day. II is said that the committee
will take charge of the Sudell Single
Tax Till.
PRINTING OF PRIVATE ACTS.
Representative HAZEL offered, and
the House adopted, a resolution of pc
oullar interest to persons who will
bring private acts before the General
Assembly this session. The resolution
was in force two years ago, but not
rigidly enforced. II provides that any
House committee having under its con-
sideration a private act may order the
person or persons interested in the act
to have 200 copies of it printed for the
use Of the House.
MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED.
Il is expected that there will be a
lively time in Dover on Tuesday. The
Democrats will endeavOr to organize
the Levy Court, claiming to have been
elected by a majority certificate of the
Board of Canvass. The Addicksites,
claiming majority of votes, backed by
the minority certificate, will resist such
organization. but il will not avail them
for the four holding-over members are
Democrats and the five newly-elacted
Democrats are determined to take their
seats.
The incoming Democrats are James
+. Truax. James A. Clifton, Joseph A.
Frear. john c. Gruwell and Walter i.
Jones.
William ID. Hudson, Thomas G. Roe,
William r. Pcstles, David Cooper and
James Wilber Powell are the AddiclSs-
ties who claim the seats which the
Democrats viii get.
THE DICKEY-CHEAIRS EXPENSE.
Bills have been received from three
of the four clerks who kept tally of the
recounting of the votes of New Castle
county in the Cheairs- Dickey contest,
and Chairman HAZEL has them in
hand. Herman u. First and Robert
Francis, of Wilmington, the clerks Sc
| locted by Dickeys counsel, want S35
each, while John G. Hopkins, Of Dover,
one of the Cheairs clerks, asks but $40.
| E. b. T. Springer, of Wilmington, the
other Choairs clerk, has not yet sent in
| his bill. The clerks served about four
! days each. Ex-Sheriif ellis has not
sent in his bill, Sergeant-at-Arms Ha-
zells claim is S25, which includes the
pay OF the men who watched the ballot
/ boxes. t
ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.
Walter II. Hayes, of Addicks' coun-
sci, in the Kent county mandamus case,
reached Dover last evening and II. II.
Ward will be down this morning in
time for the opening of the Superior
Court.
A HOME STOCK COMPANY.
Senator Pyle gave notice this morn
ing of an act to incorporate the Will
mingtOn Fire Insurance Company a
home stock company. Philip Plunkett
| John n. Carswell and John 4. Dickey
are among the incorpOrators.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Senator Meredith introduced an act
TO divorce Ella and Charles w. Dellop
Willard Salisbury, Jr., wants a char
ter for the Yukon Mining. Trading and
Transportation Company, and notice OF
the bill was given by Representative
Taylor yesterday.
Representative Davis gave notice oil
acts to divorce Joseph S. from Mary
Durham and Albert from Julia Cole.
Representative Donaldson introduced
his bill in relation to the estates oil
aliens.
The bill to repeal the Saturday half
holiday bank and trust company law
was introduced by Representative Nc
: Cullough. He also put in the bill tC
incorporate the Mcdaniel Cycle Com
pany.
Representative Mccullough intro
duced an act to divorce Mary ]. ant
William T. Vandyke a bill to divorc,
, Mary f. and Rufus w. Warrington wa
r introduced by Representative Johnson.
Senator Pyle introduced the bill di
vorcing John and Jane +. MCCLELLAN
The fourth biennial report of tn
e Trustees Of the Delaware State Hos
e. pital at Farnhurst was distributes
- among the members yesterday.
a Professor l. r. Johnson, Of tn
e Friends School, Wilmington, was il
d the Constitutional Convention hall yes
terday afternoon endeavoring to ar
h range date with the Educationa
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