The sun., 1901-02-09
|.,s,,re to Abolish Registration
|Fse Introduced in the Senate
fgARETTE BILL TROUBLE
Dator pennewill Introduced Bill
Providing a Voters Assist
ant-No Change in the
Balloting.

Eccal to The Sun. u,
,a%,r Tpb SIT took the Union he
|h.an members but lew mih'eS
m,ruing 10 answer the prop
,;o, ~ the Regular RcpuDllcans
klud,y. 1t makes plain the stand th't
4 " taken by the Union Republicans
long as they are i'll the majority.
II document as delivered to Repre-
btatiye Finn is: >,
flIou. William Chandler, Richard 1.
Him., Richard IIodgson, 5. IL. Bay
4 A BENJAMIN A. Groves, James W.
EL,1t,on, James Kitchen, Theodore +.
I'M l. IL. Dayett, w. X. Finn. III. Z,
Sj,on, Robert McFarlin and Sailiuc'
Knox
srntIcmen-Thc communication sign
h YOU proposing to elect III Ion,
Min l.. Cannon and the Hon. Herbert
Murd United States Senators from
{law,ue, ard pledging yourselves TO
bprnt them. has been received by th''
Eersgnrd. We have carefully aho
Burcy considered the same and nav,
honor to submit the following reply
retO:
NJ fully assent to your statemei'
4rrin tie first Of which Is that thr
[clests of the State demand that IN
IL shall be fully represented IN th'
kitrd States Senate" and the other
8tement, that the failure of the Rr
hblican members Of the General Assem-
to agree upon two persons to be
Seted Senators is greatly injurnS the
&ty and rendering further success an
certainty"
But We, the undersigned, constituting
@inajority of the Republican members
the present General Assembly, while
insisting upon the right to name
Hi Senators, do insist most strenuous
upon our right 20 name one of them,
!, that shall be the choice, not only OF
rselvcs as representatives, but the
doubted choice also Of cur constitu-
.tS. We do this because of our interest
/ constitutional government. For this
hsoH we cannot acceed to your prupo.
ion to elect Mcssrs, Cannon and Ward
II if YOU will support and aid in elect
Il tie candidate selected by us we will
eerlully support either of them fn:
!, Senator, or we will support any othei
fpublican selected by you. Hoping
slt this will receive your approval, We
Enain
NJ. Frank Alice, S. ]. Abbott, /. ]
rasurc, S. S Pepncwill, Shadracl
port, David j. Long, Frank L. Ewing
Itorge b. Clendanicl, Cornelius B
5 5opc, L. Reese Layton, Thomas c
oorc, j. V. McCommons, Harry Pretty
Fln, John NJ. White. James +. Aron
1 cbster Blakely.
This illustrates plainly that the Uniol
&publcan members are willing 10 pia,
ir bat will not submit to the dictatiol
a few WHEN they are as largely repre-
&ntcd as they are now.
zln commenting on tho choice of tn
iun Republicans politically, informe
rSons say they took the right COURSE
$rhc decision is considered just. Whe
] Regulars were interviewed on IN
Fcstion they did nor seem surprised.
&DNE TO ABOLISH REGlSTtA
4 TION FEE.
&Sevcral important measures were b'
2re the Senate today, one of them wa
T bill to abolish the registration fee il
foluced by Senator Pennewili explain
Felf. An act to propose an amen'
nj to section 4 of article Of the col
lution of the State Of Delaware, adop
in convention June 4th, 1897, abolisl
k the registration fee of $1.00.
4 #Scction THAT the following amen
cnt he and the same is hereby propose
the fourth section OF article five
D. constitution OF the State of Del
are, strike out the following wor'
The third paragraph of the said Sc
n of said article of the word 'on!.
ping all Of the said paragraph after sa
ord only to wit: and each voter sha
the time of registration, pay reg
ation fee Of one dollar for the use
c county where such registration
bid."
Section two provides that the Secreta
State shall publish the office OF Il
hrndment proposed by this act in
ast three newspapers before the 2.
fneral election. The bill is eausi
|uch comment, which, however,
lines favorable strain as all factie
/" in favor OF it.
Ill FOR VOTERS ASSISTANT
Senator rcnnrwill also introduced
Il that will provide long felt want
pc voters of Delaware, that is, vote
Sistants.
The provisions of the bill are:
An act creating the office of votf
iStant and prescribing the du'
hereof.
Section 1.--That on or before the te
ny nf October in each and every y
which general election is held
lls State, it shall be the duty OF
"vcrnor to select, appoint and @
iSSion an honest man from each OF
y" principal political parties in c
nd every election district in TINS ~
lrluding the districts in tine city
ilmington, who shall be known
voters assistants" The county c
nittees of the two principal polit
PARTIES, which at the general election
fececding cast the highest and
highest number of votes respectively
lch county. shall each submit to
Governor the names of thee men
Fuch appointment and fIom said ma