The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-06
NOW FOR
NIGHT SESSION.
General Assembly Must
Rush to Transact Its
Business.

' Dover, March O.-This day marks tho
b.u,nning of tho closing week OF this sei'
sion Of the General Assembly and in order
20 disrose Of tho vast amount OF business
which had cumulllcd both Houses Will be
in session every night of the week
Saturday was busy day in both Houses
There are now grave fears of the passage
of the County workhouse bill by tho Sen-
ate. It was recalled on Saturday because
of having failed TO receive tho constitu-
t,oual two-th!rd vote and friends of tho
measure are now soliciting tho support Of
two more Senators whose votes Will save
the bill.
Mr. McFarlin introduced Ar act to
create tho office Of State patholoslst and
bacteriologist at FarnhurAt. House bill
providing special constables for tho Will
mington and Brandywino Spring Railway
Company, and House bills in relation 10
certain unpnid taxes In New Castle
county for 1907 and 1898 were passed.
\ Tho ma; ter OF erecting monument to
the memory of Lieutenant Clark Church.
man, who fell at tho battle of E!Caney,
came up for passage, but had to be made
special order for Monday afternoon be-
cause Of an insufficient roll-call.
Representative Donahoes bill to prevent
telephone companies doing busincss In
this State from increaing their present
tariffs, passed the House. The Rose bill,
clothing the Courts with greater authority
in laying out public roads, also passed.
|, Pllotage In this state will be made moro
on the "open door" plan by the commit
tee favorable report on tho Pilots BILL
with the amendment TINT tho rabeling
pilots had to accept or get nothing, The
report was handed In this morning and the
bill was handed over for consideration on
Monday.
Dr.. O'Day offered resolution appropriat-
ing $4,000 for n monument to Eugene
Phillips, William Il. Wior; John j. Du-
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unteers, who lost their lives in the late war
with Spain. but as tho Legislature has no
longer authority to pay out money by
Joint resolution, the measure was not con-
sidered.
Tie House passed tho bill authorizing
Sussex County to borrow $4,000 by the Is
suance of gold bonds for paying Of Its
heavy debt. The bill passed by q tight
drawing Of party lines
In tho House tho Street and Sewer Loan
bill, authorizing tho Mayor and Council
Of Wilmington to issue bonds for $125D 900
for prosecuting the work Of improvement
to streets and sewers and the elimination
Of grade crossings there, came up on final
passage with favorable report Of COM
mittee attached. The measure had run
tho gauntlet only after the whole City
Council and street Commission, headed
by Mayor McLlear himself, had made
fight for It. There not being majority
present faycring the bill. Mr.. Robertson
had It made a special order for Monday at
II. 80 O'Clock.
Wilmington's water bill reducing water
rents 40 per cent, which passed the Sem
ate Friday, was referred in tho House for
consideration on Monday.
The act closing the New Castle branch
Of the Farmers Bank and reducing the
capltal OF tho Farmers Bnnk OF Delaware
was reported favorab,y by Representative
Burns and on his request was mado the
special order for Monday morning at II
N'clncE