The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-08
OUR DOVER
LETTER.
Two Senators May Possi..
bly, be Elected This
Week.

| KINDS or fumOrS a10aU on tne Senators
| ship. There is something in the air
and l would not be surprised ii two,
| United States Senators should be-.
| elected this week. The pressure
which has been brought to bear since
| the first of this month is such that
| there is Likelihood of a change of
front on the part Of several members
! of the General Assembly.
A conference was held yesterday by
both factions but as yet nothing has
come of it but it bids fair to bring
forth happy solution to the vexa.5
tious deadlock which has thus far
prevented the election of two Repair
lican members Of the General Assam
bly, have no notion (if they can .hakP
it) to allow the grass to grow in the
Christiana river or Wilmington indus-
tries to suffer any longer. There has
been considerable letter writing from.
the voters VINO have impressed upon
the Republican members that they
the people want two Senators elects
ed.
Mr.. John Biggs was in Dover yes.
terday looking after the interest Of
the railroad companies which he So
fortunately represents. Several other
well known gentlemen connected with
the railroads have also been circulat-5
ing around the capital.
Senator j. Frank Alice does mob
think much of the Adams tax law and
he will introduce law repeating the 4
same. SO men who have their money
invested in Bonds and mortgages and
other good, safe, bearing interest,
paying securities will be able il the
Adams tax law is repealed to shift the !.
burden on the owners Of real estate.
The Adams law has never been given
good trial and we should like to SEQ
how it will work before wiping it of
the statutes. There is one thing,yery
evident and that is that real estate in
Delaware will not stand any fur ther
taxes. They are already oppressives
and have given the real estate a black
eye, which Notwithstanding the good
times they will not recover for some
time to come. Never has property
been so low and sales SO slow as at the
present time in Wilmington. We
should like to see the Adams Tax law
carried out and then we could Judge
Of its bad features if it has any.
Attorneys Ridgeey and Hugheshad
quite an animated discus sion In tho
House with Representative Baynard,
yesterday over the proposed division
Of the State School fund
The attorneys were no better book
ed up on the school question than
Mr.. Baynard and he fought them.
both to u standstll Mr. Baynard
contends that the city Of Wilmington
does not receive its proportionats
share Of She school fund under the ex-
iStlng laws aud he proposes, with the
aid Of the members Of the General AS NJ
sembly to try and remedy the defect
Mr.. Walter IL Hayes is here, being
interested in the proposed bills relat.
ing to the Wilmington City Railway
which Representatives Hea'ey and
Monaghan have given notice Of which
they will introduce in tile House.
1t is contendcd that Representa-.
tive ShaSlcross can not accept the APP
pointment Of Commissioner on the
Agriculture Board to which Governor
John Hum has just appointed him.
The contention has been raised that
Repre- sentative Shallcross can not
serve on the Board unless he resigned
from the Legislature. If this is so
then the Governor will be called upon
to appoint some one else to serve i4
Mr.. Shallcross's place.
The Governor has the veto power
which thus far he nao not used. But
there Is telling when the axe will fall.
William II, Head was down yester- i
day taking a careful survey of the
field as was James z. Ratledsc and
Francis d. Bradley,
Harry Stoccklc and Charles Mann
mele were down here yesterday.
We think the reading Of the Jour.ss
nails at the opening OF both Houses
should be dispensed with. 1t only
takes up time for nothing and time Ia 4
the morning is valuable as consider.
able business Is transacted. The
committees meeting after dinher&
makes the afternoon session Short
one.
Representative John W. Hutcliin-s3
inson had Il public sale on his farm
near Clayton Wednesday, of his pefll
soma! effects and farming ilnplementS.S
He reported yesterday that the price u
were in every way satisfactory. III
Senator BakcIy yesterday had s9I
big time when he called up bill bySI
the fact that there WAS not quorum I
in the Senate, the members being outgee
on committee work.