Evening journal., 1897-02-27

clause. Senator Pyle moved reconsid-
GRAFTON OF the vote by which the Handy
amendment was adopted, and his mo-
ton prevailed. Senator Pierce voting
against reconsideration. Then the
resolution was cOncurred in without
the amendment, Senator Pierce voting
nay again.
A YUKON AMENDMENT.
The following amendment to the Yu-
kon Mining bill has been placed in the
hands Of Representative Taylor. It is
a supplement to clause G in section of
the bill:
That nothing in this act shall grant
or be construed to grant any right to
build, construct, operate or own any
interest in any street railway or tram
way for the transportation OF passen-
gers within the State Of Delaware"
HEARN FOR ASSOCIATE.
The House special COMMITTEES on
freight determinations held another
executive session yesterday afternoon.
Word was received from Secretary of
State Boyce that owing to his official
position he could not possibly accept
the post Of associate counsel for the
committee. a committee was then ap-
pointed to wait on eX-Clerk of the SEN
ate e. d. Hearn, at present a delegate
to the Constitutional Convention, and
ask him to accept the appointment re-
fused by MI Boyce. 1t is likely that he
will do so.
A QUESTION OF REMUNERATION
Late yesterday afternoon Senator
Pyle offered the resolution authorizing
/ In nj Of "a frfn tal frr
committee and three medical experts tc
go to the Delaware State Hospital al
Farnhurst and make a thorough in.
vestigation of the manner in which tn,
institution is being conducted, ascer.
tain its needs and also to decide which
: OF the patients should be there ant
which should not.
There was no opposition To any par
Of the resolution, but that clause allow
ing the medical experts a sum Of SIS
day each. Senator Handy thought
/ open to abuse, and calculated to be no
! only open 10 abuse. but also calculates
! to delay a report. Senators FenimOr
4 and Pierce agreed with him, and va
rious suggestions were made. such a
limiting the time of the investigation
to ten days and allowing S15 day 70
the work Then it was suggested tina
the doctors might delay their report 70
a long time, and to overcome this some
, one proposed that the resolution b
made TO provide that the report shoul
D be made within ten days of the tim
that the doctors were sworn in. Amend
b ment followed amendment in sue
: quick succession that Senator Pyl
withdrew il fer amendment, and wi
offer It again on Monday. BY tina
: time he hopes TO have it in such shap
( that il viii suit everybody
e TO MEET THE EMERGENCY.
d In the House yesterday Represent;
b tive Short made the suggestion that u
2 state advance to the trustees Of tn
n Delaware State Hospital at Farnhur
e from $4,000 to $4,000 to meet the in
it mediate demands, and that no matt,
{, what allowance be made 10 run the il
y stitution for the next two years ths
l. the amount SO advanced be deducte
e from the appropriation finally agree
n upon. His proposition was favorabl
i = I-scmn@ented upon by Representative
& HAZEL and Donaldson. but as h
brought up tho matter in an infcrm.
r. manner, no action was taken by th
G body. Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Shol
It offered a joint resolution advancing {
II The trustees of the hospital the sum ,
$4,000, and it was adopted without d
Is bate. 1t will be taken over to the Ser
p ate on Monday.
\ PORT WARDENS' POWERS.
l. Levy Court Commissioner Henry \
e White and John u. Rodney, attOrne
1t for the Levy Court, were in town ye
terday They are interested in sever
D. bills here. and in addition to that NJ
r Rodney brought q bill i'm relation
1t he powers Of the Board Of Port Wa
le 1ens of the city Of Wilmington. The
he Is law now in reference to the wha
Is lines which provides that no persC
n shall erect in any tide-way any pie
lg bulkhead or other obstruction beycr
a the line established by law. The b
I'd he had. and which he placed in Il
le hands Of Senator Pyle for inToductiO
to authorizes the placing Of such bridl
supports as shall be found necessary
be public safety, even though they extel
as more or less beyond the wharf line
ar also authorizes the pert wardens ofW
IT, mington to change the wharf Iii
Id whenever it is necessary to do s
I'd Sometimes the solid ground makes O
n to beyond the wharf line, and und
he conditions, as they now exist, the boa
Ill is powerless to do anything 10 relle
d. such a situation.
ga MORE RAILWAY AMENDMENTS
- Richard w. Crook, of the Wilmin
= ton and Brandywine Springs Railw
sa Company. came to Dover yesterday a.
no placed in the hands of Senator Pyle n
20 tice of the bill to amend the charter
as the company in such way as to perm
80 it TO operate in certain sections Of t
-, city of Wilmington. and more partiC
~ larly on Fifth and Sixth street, with
- spur leading down to the p, W. &
,ts railroad station at Front and Fren
~ streets. The bill is not yet here, /
will be in a few days.
-er THE HOUSE ROUTINE.
he Beyond the red-hot discussion OK
on the Bryan resolution the session of I
he House yesterday morning was qu
Use prOsy. Representative Short gave I
lte tice CT an act to regulate fishing in I
me Delaware bay between the Brcadk
N and Mispillion rivers. Mr.. Mccoy
He formed the House that he would int
an. duce an act to regulate the canning