The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-07

hotels situated In Incorporated towns is
1900, while for those located outside the
limits Of any incorporated town is $l5o.
Wholesale license 10 rated at $3.50, and the
Town In which 1t is granted must have 500
lnhabitRnts. Or the amount collected for
fees the county will receive one half Of all
Iums where the places are lorated IN in
rorpOrated towns; the town officials the
pther half When located outside OF the
Incorporated town tho entire amount goes
10 the county.
The testimony of William n BoRys
while on the witness stand yesterday in
the U. s. Court, was even more damaging
Than 1t was at the first trial when lie gave
bis testimony against Senator kenney.
He was the star witness, being kept on the
Itand all day. Boggs went over nearly the
ZANE grounds that he covered in giving his
testimony at the former trial. He appear.
I'd to be laboring under nervousness and
was doing something for which he had 10
relish in giving mis- testimony against the
Senator. The future career OF Senator
kenney lies in the keeping of the twelve
men who constitute the jury before whom
he Is being tried. Their verdict will DO
lnxiously awaited after all Of the evidence
has been:handed in.
THE city election takes place In June
noxt, when Mayor, City Treasurer and
City Council men will be voted for by tho
people. II the proper effort !, made there
will BE- no trouble In elsctipg member of
Cisy Council from the Fourth and
Eleventh wards which with the President
81 that body would givn the Republicans
me majority The capturing Of this
branch IF the city government will Je tho
biggest defeat sustained for years by the
Democratic party of this city. 1t means
The making Of places 70 some dozen good
Republicans. Already tho successor of
Mayor McLcar has been picked out and ho
will I've trottpd out when tho time arrives
JUDGE SrEUATCE could not do better
'han to appoint J. liadey Lewis Police
Commissioner. The residents Of the East
tide think they should have at ! Mst a rep
'esentalive on some one of the Commits
lions. We think the las. sides is not
being treatoi fair in the appJiutmont,t that
have thus far been made and it is never too
ate to beJin to Put tEvln in good humor.
In all probability the candidate for Mayor
will come from the West side Matters
III nU Ia Ia az AL II 81 h, At tN R,,plNli
hns will be encouraged to keep up the
good work begun in the First district,
which resulted in the election Of James
HitcheLs.
EVERYTHING points to the selection Of all
u the officers IN the House, to come from
Kent and Sussex counties, and New Cas-
he county is to be completely ignored
Well, it is nothng more than was expecs-
I'd, when the result Of the election had boon
announced. Ihsro are five positions to be
Tiven out outside Of the speakership. They
Ihould be divided between the three cuun.
lies and New Castle county should not be
lost sight of when the office, are given out.
1t remains to be seen whether the down
country members mean to Ironopoiiza
Everything. They may want the help Of
ihe New Castle county representatives be-
lore the session is over.
THE ordinance regulating tho having the
hdewalks with cement or ilAgstono pave-
nents offered by Street and sewer Com
missioner Simmons, at previous meet.
Ing, was lost night withdrawn Director
Simmons complained Of being misrepre-
'ented in the newspapers, ard tho ordl-
nance so much so that he wished to ask
Tor its withdrawal which: was granted.
He said he had n, idea OF the ordinance
working hard ship upon any one when
be offered it. His idea was to have bet
Der pavement than the brick pavement.
Outside If the cost the cement pavement
Is the coming pavement
PECrlNG and fatal accident happen.
hd to several persons in tho elevator used
IN the eleventh story building of the Uni
he'd States Insurance Company in Nsw
York yesterday. The elevator had been
Inspected ten minutes before the accident
occurred and pronounced perfectly safe
This i only one OF those cases when IN
Epectors who inspect cauefor these flu
sure patent lifts
The Presidents message viii amply re-
pay the reader for u careful pcrusal of the
same. lilo has shown himself to be the
worthy successor to Abraham Lincoln Or
George Washington. He has had what
lew Presidents in his position have had
when Congress pushed he Spanish A mer
lean war upon him and his Ai,ninistra.
Won and no met it like man.
president MCKINLEY wants only Re.
publican Sena ors oece to supuert tina
policy Of the Republican party in Con. I
gross. His choice is Republican Sena.
Tor from Delaware and no other He
wouldn't object to two Senators from our
state The more the better.
EIGHT Jurors were yesterday secured in
the BotAln trial which commenced at San
francisco. Mrs. Botkin's LAWYERS ar,
putting up the fight of their live, for bsr