Evening journal., 1899-01-13


There is a big fight in the House
over the attorneyship. The Union Re
publlcans want Walter II. Hayes ana
the Regular Republicans want Phillip
Q. Churchman. Things have become
60 hot that there is tank OF electine
both Of them; thus giving that body
and the taxpayers two lawyers for one
house. j doubling UP Of waat was once
regarded as Democratic extravaganza.
SHALICROSs' POISON LAW.
Representative ShalicroEs will In.
troduce a bill regulating the Gale Of
poison by dguagists 1t Will provide
that q register Of poison sales shall be
keep. in each drug store and that every
person to whom POISON is sold shall
sign the register. II unable TO write
Ike or she shall make his or her mark
and &c shall be wtneesed. This is am
other piece of Legislation TO be brought
about by the Botkin case.
BAIIlOTING FOR SENATOR.
The legal provision Is that the
United States senator shall be finst
baAoted for on the second Tuesday az.
ter the General Assembly meets and
| orggnlzes II the House had failed to
organize until laet Tuesday then the
balloting ior senator would have be.
gun next Tuesday week instead os
next Tuesday. But IL organized or
Friday and the time for halloung for
! United States senator was not inter
! fered with. On Tuesday next the two
houses win ballot separately, and on
Wednesday the joint baloting viii be-
gin.
DEPUTY AND FEES.
Coroner Vandever, of New Castle
county, wants deputy with full
power to act. and a bin creating such
an office is now in the hands of Rep.
rceentative Robertson, who will intro
duce It in the House. Il provides that
the salary of this depIty shall be fixed
and paid by the coroner without addi-
Uonal public expense Another pre-
vision of the bill is that the Levy
Court shall pay all witness and jury
fees in connection with corcner'f
cases.
! DEAF AND DUMB BENEFICIARIE5
Representative Rose. one OF ths
most active Of the Democratic mem
bem Of the House. has a bill In hand
for the benefit Of deaf mutes. Their,
is at present a law which makeG Z
3 deaf mute child an educational bene
! ficiary Of the state. X authorizes thi
governor to send such child away Il
/ an educational institution for th
deaf and dumb for a period OF thre
. years this Jaw being chapter 5s. vo,
ume Is. Representative Roses bill
B win extend the educational term L
five years. Nest Of the state beneh
p Charles are at the Gauledet College, q
Washington.
INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE.
These bills were introduced in tn
4, House yesterday afternoon BY NJ
DOnahoe, an act relating TO crime
commenced in this state and com
pleted elsewhere; by Mr.. Robertson
jury commissioner bill (referred unde
), suspension Of rules); by Mr.. Roee &C
- authorizing the governor to appoint
notary public for the office Of Georg
c. Maris & Son, Wilmington.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Representative Kitchen gave noic
Of HIS hin reducing to five per cen
Il the legal rate Of interest.
Representative DOnahoe introduce
his biE giving this STATE iurisdictio
Of crimes commenced in this state an
r comp eted elsewhere.
L Councilmen O'Neill. Smith, Ober!e,
l. Morris, Leary and Healy and Cler
,e Morrison, Of Wilmington, were in D'
Q yer yesterday.
. Senator W. T. Moore spent lai
night at New Castle, the guest Of h
u son-in-iaw, Professor W. w. Know.e
Re The Joint committee appointed
,e setale with the state treasurer an
state auditor began its work yesterda
and will spend two or three days at
On account Of sickness or 9th
ae causes. Representative Conaway, Co
g. tlngham, PilMng mad WeEt were abse
et yesterday.
he The House adopted the same rul
governing intercourse between the ty
hcu-es that governed the last sessio
III thew being reported by the committt
"a Chairman Hugh c. Browne and Sc
e1 retary William H. Head, of the Reg
M ldI EAtIuHlAAAn tlttAAN NfeiAA+-AAANNNAf "
, In Dover yesterday making a Hury
Of the senatorial field
lie The state Of health Ct Speaker
ze the House Clark is greatly improve,
Ex-Speaker Of the Senate Hezek.
Harrington, Of Harrington, wac
NJ town yesterday morning
George s. Capelle, OF WilmirG,C
~ visited the Sennte chamber yesterd
TO- afternoon.
Ex-Speaker Of the Senate W.A'
T. Records. of Laurel, was 81.
Houre visitor yesterday
Ex-Governor William T. Wee
was in town yesterday.
mt waiter II. Hayes, Of Whining
lte was in town yesterday.
ST. j. wilkins COoch, OF Cccch's Bird
A. was in town to-day
- Daniel Burton, of Sussex couu
A'e was a State House visitor yesterday
re. Herman F. First was down keep
the up the enrolling clerkship fences.
Robert G. Houston spent yester,
in the State House.
Representative Knox gave notice
yie an act to renew fer the consttutio
OF term OF four years, the charter Of