The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-02
NO new BUSINESS.
The Senate Still Holds to its Refusal To
Consider Any New Business-L title
Use For the Legislature to Sit In
Session for Some Time to
Come.


morning in which they wee In session.
the progress Of the work in which they
were engaged in writing, and that the
attorney should from time to timo be in.
structed by joint resolution of tho two
Houses t,what business they should Civ Q
thor attention.
II turtle provided that such other bust.
ness of importance US was III cessaTy, such
as old bills left over from the session OF
1897. could hs transacted provided that the
business of codifying the laws under the
new constitution be given thu precedence.
This WINS laid over and lnmde a special
order for this morning. When 1t was
called NJ the war began. MIR. Dempsey
spoke against the resolution, as 1t utterly
ignored the policy of the House to accept
new business. and left the matter III pre-
OiSely the same condition MS before.
Mr.. Wilson expressed himself Us Of the
opinion that the olive branch should be
accepted when extended In good faith but
this olive branch had been despoiled.
The avenue to the free transaction Of all
any such way.
He was In favor Of tihy reasonable com.
promise oil the part Of The Senate in that
resolution.
The resolution empowering the Assem-
bly, to employ the counsel was quoted by
MIR. johnson to show that the ground COW
cred by tue res solution in question had al
ready been fully covered by that resolu-
ton.
Mr. Donaldson offered all amendment
to tho Snuate joint resolution by inserting
the words land any new business Of i'm
portaHce which may be brought before
this body"
A general expression of opinion followed
which WAS broken by Mr.. Wilson who
sharply reminded them that 1t was time
this WAS Stopped
The amendments was put to vote and
adopted, after which the resolution as
amended was concurred in and returned
to the Senate. Wilson's bill In relation to
the creation aud maintenance of State
Board of Agricul,use was introduced and
Oh his motion passed to its second reading.
Mr.. Donaldson introduced the bill in re-
lation to the registrar :of voters In III.
Cordance with he new constitution.
The bill was volumious and its reading
was Interrupted by motion for adjourn
ment until 3 q, IN.
Meanwhile in the Senate the amended
resolution had stirred up u hornets nest.
Senator Handy look the floor and in
characteristic speech pointed out the in
colsi- tences Of the House. '"They want to
do something-why don't they They
they sand it in?
They claim we are blocking the wheels
they don't seem to BIO going very fast.
five open tho way for new business we
will BIO deluged with it. Wecan not do it,
When the matter was put to vote the
resolution as amended was lost. A motion
was then made by Senator Pyle to appoint
y conimi' tee of two ON the part of the Sen.
alto TO meet with a committee from the
House as committee Of conference. which
was done, Senators Pyle and J. M. G.
Moore being appointed from the Senate.
During the morning the Senate passed
Ls,i sent to the House the rebort Of the
Wilmington and Great Vallay Turlpike
Company for the last ten years.
The bill introduced same days ago by
Mr.. Donaldson in reference to providing
forpu bic safety ut the Stanton crossing Of
the p, w. Il B Railroad was called up ut
the afternoon session for its second read
ing and referred TO the committee.
Tho conference committee on tho part of
the House submitted their report OF the
result OF the conference with tho commit
tee from the Senate. The report was read
and on motion of Mr.. Donaldson was laid
over UNFIT to. day as special order.
The report simply authorized each conf
mi,tee of either House to employ counsel
us they may deem advisable and leaves
matters i'll exactly the same shape Us be-
fore.
The cause for the return of the bill fix
ing the salaries OF the judiciary has come
to the surface ut last.
1t is now settled fact that an effort
will BE- made to increase the salaries and
pe,qulsitos of the judiciary.
some of the members of both Houses
express strong condemnation of this move
and the revised bill will meet with
wat reception When it Gomez before the
Houses.
State Treasurer ". NJ. Ross has sub
united to the Legis|a ure the following es-
Inmates of the disbursements for the year
1898:
Salaries-State officials $16,O5O; Judi
cinry, $lS,9O); judiciary, per diem (estima-
ted), $500; judiciuly, retired, 5000; Sta to
Hospital at Farnhurst, $4,000; National
Guard OF Delaware, 5000; Interest on
State debt, So, 400; Dover water works,
$l0D; Delaware College, 200; State Col.
leec for Colored Students, 1880; Farmers
Institute. 5000, State Board of A grioulture
500; Delaware Industrial School for Girls
$500.
Contingent funds-Library, SIS; Attor.
ney General, $500; Adjutant General, $500;
Peninsula Horticulture Society, 5000.
Estimates for appropriations-Prnt
$4,000; stationery anu stamps, etc, for
General Assembly, 5000; State Board of
Heal h, $1,000 burial of soldiers, sailors and
marines, sfJ0; Historical Society OF Della.
ware, $50, diseased cattle killed, $500; San
Jose scale. $500; acquisitions, $500; Der part
nent of EIcc ions, city of Wilmington,
5000; insurance, $1,000; repairs on Jump
property $3.50; registrars and associate reg
istrars s39.5.
Miscellaneous expenses from general
fund. $500; redemption Of State bonds
(paid January |, 1885, $4,000
School fund--State beuoticiaries (estima-
tei), S450J; teachers institutes (whits)
$3.50; Teachers Institutes (coloredl, slO,;
text books (eslimatcd) 5000; salaries OF
county superintendent, 5000; for visiting
institutions in which INDECENT pupils arc
montaincd, SOD; printing (estilnatcd),
$50
sinking fund-Expenses of guard boat,
etc., (cstimated) $500; Matching, propasa-
ting and distributing food-fsh, $3.50 sal.
ary Of fish policeman (estimated), 1854
A general appropriation bill to meet the
estimates is in course of preparation.
A delegation of Wilmington business men
will DO hers on Thursday and Will DO Riy-
eli public hearing in opposition to the
trading stamp business.