The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-31
POLITICAL
BANQuE7S.
Regulars Present Them to
!. Admiring Friends.
Mr.. WILLIS In THE FIGHT.
Representative Burns of
Wilmington Leads the
DUPONT Slide tO'the
,..,>:ss,Down State
ssSs> Union Man.:
DOWN STATE UNION man.

DOWN STATE UNION MAN.
Dover, January 3O.-The most exciting
scenes Of all the memorable contest to
beat Addicks occurred to-day, when the
Regular Republicans began voting for
Onion Republicans. and included even
the personal f,iends and supporters of tho
gas king. First OF nll, Representative
, Burns took up Congressman Willis, who
lost his seat ut Washington for too great n
feaity to tho Claymont multi-millonaire
and the Union Republicans. The Addicks
people only laughed
After the first Of the three ballots takon
to-day, Dennlson. Of tho House. left Colo.
mel Dupont aud joined the Willis ranks
! A Aftcr the second, Senator McFarlin. who
started out with William s. lIill"s and
then clung to Justice Spruancc. went over
to tho Higgins fold. All eyes were on
Representative Ewing, who when he
feavcts DUPONT may vo.e for Addlcks,
ANOTHER INSURANCE BILL"
Another bill regulating the business OF
fire insurance companies appeared hero.
1t was given notice of in the Senate by Mr..
Knox, and provides that no insurance
company o. association MT Incorporated
under the laws Of this state, au horized to
transact business heron, shall make,
WRITE place. or caused to bc made, written
or placed any policy duplicate policy or
contract of insurance Of any kind or chart
er any general or floating policy, upon
property situated or located In this state
except after thu said risk has been ap-
proved, in writing, by an agent who IS
resident of this st.tr.
The following acts were introduced and
referred:
BY Mr. Knox an act to ranew the charter
Of the Belts Machine Company; by Mr..
Slaugh or, an act In relation to the pur-
chase of law books hy-tbe statc librarian
under the supervision of the Supreme
Conrt.
These acs were read first limo and re-
ferred to the proper committees; House
bills increasing the annual appropriation
Of the Delaware Historical Society to Zee
peal chapter 447, volume go, Laws of Della
ware Glitch bill) ssY
| In the Senate this afternoon tho House
bill fixing the compensation Of jurors ap-
pointed to lay out thelroads wac passed.
Notices were given by Mr.. Shakespeare,
an act regulating the sale of flour and
insal; by Mr.. Lewis IN act to amend chap
ter 542, volume 49, Laws of Delaware, in
r,lation 20 attachment Of wages; by Presi
don't Salmon, an act to transfer tho pro-
PEI ty of Sarah Rook from School district
No. SO, to School district MOI New Castle
county, were introduced and referred: By
Mr.. McFarlin, an act changing the name
Of the New Castlo county almshouso 10 tho
New Castle County. Hospital; by Mr..
Slaughter, an act cxempting musical in-
struments from legal process lorren
MORNING WORK OF THE HOUSE.
The act appropriating S55S 62 to tho
Selbyv.lle public schools was reported back
favorably from committee this morning,
and upon motion OF Mr. Donahoe's who
explained that unless action was takon on
the bill to-day the schools would have to
6lose tomorrow, the net was passed and
returned to the Senate whore it oiigina-
ted.
The money has becn owed the Selby-
vills schools since 1881 when by act Of the
General Assembly of that year two school
districts in sussex County were consolida-
ted. Tin ouRh some mistake ex-state
Treasurer Herbert failed to pay to the
.chool commissioners the amount namad
II the act snd his action was followed by
the succeeding treasurers.
The act changing the name of joseph
+. Zlniewrixz to Joseph f. Emory was
passed. and cent to the S,nato Tor concur.
renee.
Representative Roe's bill equnlizing
taxation for schoo! purposes was reported
from committee because Of
its Single Tax features.
Another notice OF an net designed to
knock out the trading stamp nnd similar
gift enterprises in the State was made this
by Mr.. Donohoe. Tho bill has
yct made Its appearance but Mr. Dono-
hoe understands that it Is similar to the
tho Rose bill now in committee hands
The House bill appropr!ating to Attor-
ney General White *li5tGl. money spent
Ia prosecuting Mrs. Cordciia Botkln, was
called up for third sreuding and was passed
With but two di scnling votes. those Of
Aiessrs. Davis and Faries.
Representative Frizzell gave notice of
m act compelling staie corporations en-.
ploying moe than ten persons. to pny
such compensation earned nt least once
IN two weeks Failure to comply with tho
aw is punishable by IL fine Of $50 and the
cost Of prosecution.
MIR. O. Day informed the House that on
,ome future day he would introduce an
,.t fixing . standard OF measure for oys-
Fnet readings were given the bills con-
corning the renewal of corporation char
;crs md regulating the business Of fire in
,u-aIca companies
The act changing the name Of Mrs. Ros.
lie B. Addicks to Mrs. Rosalio Butcher
10 sed he House and was sent to the Sem
e..for concurrence.
To REPEAL ADAMS TAX.
Ar effort to repeal the Adams tax law is
o be made Mr. Rose Is fathcring the pre-
posed measure and in the Hou,e this
gavo notice Of tho repoaling act.
Mr.. Rose says that many grr 1ns aro
,ack Of tho measure. Six So ate acts
Irc required In repeating the A.ams law.
Lr. Rose does not know whether another
ct Is to be substituted for tho Adams law
1t is repealed.
The acr providing for the auditing OF the
,ooks and accounts Of certain county Off
crs, and the act providing for the publica-
on OF the AUDITORS reports were reported
avolably to tho House by the committee.
The Housp bill to pc, init small foreign
orporations to do business in this stnte