The Delawarean., 1901-01-23
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cae manufacturers at the exclusion Of
| ocner industries. Mr.. Shallcross came
tyrwird with a bill removing Che tax
alton ON farm stock. DR.. Moore pre-
san led DILL exempting physicians an
| dsn.ists from taxation. Mr.. Hardesty
presented another measure. relieving
retailers of goods and merchandise
from taxation. The bills, coming in
rapid succession, caused a ripple of
laughter, but the three fathers of the
bills declare they will push their meas
ures if The manufac surers are so re-
lieved.
The local optionists seem very near
the goal in rural New Castle and Sus-
sex county. They have nearly secured
the consti ,utional requirement. of
three-fourths of the members as sig
ners to the petition to submit the
question of license or no license for a
special election. Three fourths of the
Senators from Sussex county have
signed, but NOT quite three-fourths of
the Representatives. In rural New
Castle county the result is just vice
Versa. 'Three-fourths of the Repre-
sentatives have signed, but they lack
one Senator. The Representative who
have signed in rural New Castle are
Messrs. Clark, Chandler, Dayett, Finn,
'Hodgson and Pilling. Two Senator'S
Messrs. Ellison and Hart, have signed
and the third, who will make the
three-fourths majority, is Senator
Groves, who has not yet made up his
mind.
MIR. Robertson in the House yester-
day brought in bill TO establish
water and light commission for the
city of Wilmington, looking to the city
having its own electric light plant
operated by the surplus water power
which Wilmington now has at its City
Mill station. The representative holds
that investigation has shown that in
stead of spending $45,0 900 a year for
ligh ing purposes as it now does, the
new plan would cost but 5000
The new Office of deputy coroner for
New Castle cunty will be created by
the passage of a bill introduced yes
terday by Representative Kitchens. 1t
provides for a salary of $4,000 ito be
paid in quarterly installments.
The House is considering a measure
providing for the attachment of 10 per
cent. of the wages of any employee
who owes money for or on account of
the purchase of food, clothing or ar
ti-cles used in the home known as the
necessities of life. lit is a protective
measure for workingmen from the fact
that it exempts 80 per cent of their
wages from taxation.
Oystermen and the oyster industry
generally are greatly concerned over a
measure presented in the House to-day
by representative Scotten entitled an
act for the further protection of oys-
tiers in Broadkiln river, Leipsic river
and Simon's creek. Tt repeals the $40
license recently placed upon all tongers
and leaves the old tax of S. as the only
tariff required from .he oystermen
The Senate to-day passed the House
bill calling for an appropriation every
year 10 support the free ambulance
service of the city of Wilmington now
maintained by the Phoenix Fire Com
pany. The company will still operate
the ambulance in answer to telephone
calls.
"A bill ito make all The officers of
New Castle county salaried positions
was presented by Representative Rob
ertson. The bill includes all the Will
mington Court House offices, from
sheriff to coroner.
Addicks got Twenty-eight Votes. 1T
"A good joke went the rounds of the
General Assembly to-day, catching
Senators and Representative alike.
Somebody on the Republican side pro-
duced a roll of greenIbacks and offered
to bet every dollar that Addicls would
get % votes to-day. Other Republi-
cans, including Regulars, were APP
pealed to and they nodded their heads
in the affirmative and said: eyes, he'll
get 'em'
Soon some Democratic money was
produced and everybody was on the
alert for the outcome, when one of the
Democrats realized that THE Repub1i-
cans were counting MIR. Addicks'
strength on both ba1lots-for the long
and short term, respectively. The
Democrats Withdrew.
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