Evening journal., 1897-01-20
ON TO WASHINGTON.
Continued from Flrst Page.

Senator pyle and other members yes
terday in the interest of the insane
asylum. They want the General AS
sembly to make an annual appropria-
tion Of s91 600 for the use of the insti-
tution during the ensuing two years.
The request almost took Senator Pyle's
breath and he is holding the matter
under advisement, so far as his vote is
concerned.
FOR GERMANIA'S RELIEF.
In the Senate Mr. Pyle gave notice of
an act for the relief of the Germania
Building and Loan Association of Will
mington. 1t provides that the time for
the maturing of loan No. be extended
for two years.
WANTED TO SEE THE HARVEST
A. G. Pryor. Of Petersburg, Va, who
did effective campaign work in Della
ware in favor of free silver during the
last campaign. was in Dover yesterday,
the guest of State Auditor Lewis. He
said that he engaged in the labors here
and wanted to see some of the harvests
reaped.
IT SATISFIED THEM
President Chambers and Directors
Simmons and Pratt, Of the Street and
Sewer Department and City Council
man Oherly, Of the Finance Committee,
were in town yesterday to look at the
bill in Senator Pyle's hands providing
for the placing in the sinking fund Of
the $4,000 city loan due and payable
on February :. They were perfectly
satisfied and said that it would
strengthen the sinking fund act.
"A PLUM FOR COCHRAN.
At the morning session Of the House
Mr.. Mccoy called up the resolution
providing for the employment of coun-
sci fof the House 1t was adopted and
Messrs. Riggin, Mccoy and whitney
were appointed a committee to which
the matter was referred They met
and selected 70. r. Cochran, Jr, of
Wilmington, and their report was
adopted, The position is worth 81, 100.
A CALAMITY AVERTED.
It does not do for the Constitutional
Convention to endeavor to conhscate
the property Of the State Senate, for
when that august little body gets ready
TO assert itself there is no power in the
state which can hold it down. This
energy is naturally impaired to its Off
cials from the speaker down TO page.
When the Constitutional Convention
purchased its patent carpet sweeper it
got rattle-trap sort of an affair which
was far from satisfactory to Page
Hutchins. of that body. The State SEN
ate provided its page with a beautiful
nickle-plated sweeper. with pneumatic
tires and ball-bearing throughout. Page
Hutchins coveted this mechanical gem,
and on Saturday morning he exchanged
his for It, without consulting Page
Parsons, of the Senate.
When Page Parsons discovered the
exchange he adopted a resolution de-
nouncing the outrage and appointed
himself a committee of one on investi-
cation. He found Page Hutchins using
IL on the cocoa-fbre mating on Con-
vention Hail. In the name of the great
Jehovah and the Senate of the State of
Delaware he demanded it's surrender.
threarening IL he did not comply he
Wonld dissolve the convention and
block the movement for a new Consti-
tution.
The page of the Constitutional Con-
vention is four sizes larger than the
page of the Senate and therefore ply
sical force was not resorted to- The
Senate page, after filing his protest,
marched into the Senate chamber,
mounted the speakers dias and regis
tered a solemn VOW never to give up
the fight. He then proceeded to the
executive chamber. Governor Watson
was not there, but Eighth Assistant
lieutenant-Governor Cooper was
sweeping out the room. Page Parsons
stated his case, demanded that a state
Of martial law be.declared and that the
National Guard be called out to check
the Constitutional Convention in its
policy of ACKNOWLEDGMENT The eighth
assistant lieutenant governor said that
he thought that the moral force of the
Watson administration was sufficient
to cove any insubordination on tn,
part of the convention. and he wen
upstairs to see what he could do. No
wishing to have the militia called ou
and the work Of the convention
stopped, Page Hutchins surrendered
under protest, and the page Of the Sen
ate marched in with the sweeper unde
his arm and, mounting the dias again
raised his melting brown eyes Il
heaven and said:
THE dignity of the State Senate ha
been upheld"
GOVERNOR TUNNELS COMPLI
MENT.
Governor Tunnel paid ex-Goveno
Wiitdm 1. watson glowing cOmpli
ment. yesterday afternoon, by reaI
pointing Adjutant-General Garrett
Hart and almost the entire staff al
pointed by Mr.. Watson. There are
few changes, one of them being ths
Colonel Treidler. of Dover a Republ
can who owed his appointment to th
personal friendship Of the ex-governo
Democrat is substituted for him.
The following are the reappoin
mems and appointments
Acknowledgement G. j. Hart Wi
mineton; quartermaster-g general. Rol
ert L. Holiday, Dover: inspector-gel
eral, W. NJ. Ross. Seaford: staff wit
rank of colonel, Dr. Thomas II. Gilpf
puc I9AoQ 'A9oBlS d u .uMolalppu
H. w. Mustard, Lewes; county quartz
masters, also with rank of colon,
Enoeh Moore. Wilmington: Charl
b. Houston and II. c. Pennington. .Suss,