Evening journal., 1899-02-07
ONE CENT.
WILLIS HOPES GROW
DuFont's Men Vote for Him
Again To-day for SenatUr
ADDIOKs MEN STILL REMAIN FIRM

DO NOT LEAVE THE GAS MAN
FOR A SINGLE BALLOT -BUsH-
NESS DISPOSED OF IN BOTH
HOUSES TODAY.
Special Dispatch Evening Journal
Dover, Feb. 7.-Members Of the Leg
stature absent to-day were Represen-
tatives conaway, Pilllng and West.
and Senators Moore and MoFarlin.
The latter two were called home by
illness in their families.
After the first ballot was taken. to-
day. It being the forty-second in all
the result was found to be: Addiclxs.
Is; DUPONT, ?; Gray, IS; Willis, z;
Chandler, 3; Pennington, 4. Blakely,
Ewing and Frizzel voted for Chandler,
and Knox and Lattomus for Dupont
On the forty-thlrd ballot Dupont's
men went to Willis. raising his vote to
nine. r
Senator Alice gave notice OF an act
so-day TO establish normal training
school for teachers at the Conference
Academy.
There is in course OF presentation to
the Legislature a biz to wipe out the
present Levy Court OF New Castle
county and board OF road comission-
ers, and to substitute Levy Court
composed OF one commissioner from
each OF the hfteen representative dis
tricts, who shall also have complete
control OF all the roads in his dis
trict
The Senate this morning parsed the
House bill to prevent the adulteration
OF red clover seed with yellow trefoil.
The Senate also passed the Senate
bill to increase the number OF idotic
state benehciaries to fourteen. and
wiping cut county lines. Also the bill
which provides for the closing OF bar
Der shops on Sunday. Messrs. Blakely,
FarloT, Maui, Meredith and Siaugh-
ter voted nay.
Representative Wagamon gave no.
tice Of an act to amend the game law
this morning.
The House to-day passed the House
bill making valid legal papers NOT
bearing the certificate required under
the Adams tax law. Also the House
bill authorizing the courts to widen
roads.
The House committee has decided to
make a favorable report, on the H0use
bin to make bipartisan the Board Of
Trustees OF the Poor Of New Castle
county
The House has adopted the resolu-
tion favoring the ship subsidy bill
The House bill fixing the standard
Of oyster measure was passed by the
House to-day.
Clerk shepperd is confined to his
room in the hotel here suffering with
an attack Of the grip
DR.. Caleb R. layton, the Addicks
leader Of Sussex county, was in Dover
bright and early yesterday morning
and held conference with the Union
Republican members in the Senate
cloak room. They decided to antago-
nize the five commissioners bin for
Sussex; talked over the jury commits
sioner bill and its bearing on the
party's affairs, and informally talked
over the senatorial situation.
Il is rumored here that some Of the
Addicks men in Representative Rob
trtson's district are circulating petit
iions urging him TO vote Tor Addicks,
the caucus nominee. He is cognizant
Of the rumor, and laughs at the mere
suggestion Of his vote going to Ad-
iicks
AF'RlAlD OF A BLOCKADE.
Z A heavy snow storm prevailed here
al day yesterday, and the fall is the
heaviest Of the session. lt IS not a
dry snow, and there is no wind, and
, hence the danger Of a blockade is not
great, but last night some OF the mem
Ders who wanted to go home were or
e The anxious bench shortly before trair
, time. They knew that II they wer'
= kept at home 1t might have a serious
effect upon the senatorial gote to-day
!, and did not desire that Addicks shoult
profit by their absence. Some wer'
g so so.icitous about the matter tina
they remained in town over night, bu
/, others took the risk and went hom
u for the night.
Hugh c. Browne. chairman OF tn
Regular Republican State Committee
~ came down last evening and yeviewe
d the situation with his colleagues.