Evening journal., 1901-02-20
SETTLED WITH
PORMRR SECRETARY
Report Of The Joint Commit
tee Is Accepted
Senate Committee Gives Hearing On
PiIOtage BilI-WOrk for Good
ROadS--LegiSIatiye CakeWalk

stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover. Feb. 20-The joint committee
appointed to settle with Former Secre-
tary James H. Hughes made its report
Yesterday afternoon for the period cover
ing from January ]. 1900, To January 10
1901. The State tax received was S1OS.64,
and corporation tax S41.5O4.5S, for which
he had receipts from State Treasurers
Ball and Burris. II was stated that while
his contingent fund was s400, his eN-
pcnses were $741.6l. leaving balance OF
Ss41.61 due him. The bills contracted by
him for the State and remaining unpaid
were Si00 due the Mercantile Printing
Company. and s5S915. due the Dover In
deX. Ii was recommended that these De
paid; that Mr.. Hughes be allowed S26O
for extra work ON the boundary line rec
ords, and that in future the contingent
expense appropriation for the secretary OF
States Office be $500 instead of $500. Inc
report was adopted.
FIGHTING PILOTAGE BILL.
In the Senate chamber last evening the
Senate Committee on Revised Statutes
,.nvc n herring to the Board of Pilot
Commissioners and Horace G.. Knowles
ON the McNulty bin to regulate pilots and
pilotage on the Delaware river and bay.
At the afternoon session Senator McNm-
ty had introduced and had referred new
hin TO cure a defect i'm the title of the
old one. and everything was in readiness
for the hearing between and O'Clock
last evening.
The Board Of Pilot Commissioners op-
posed the bin on the ground that 1t was
wholly unnecessary and would tend to
break down the service and impair its
efficiency. The charge was made that but
for desire on the part of the friends Of
Bailey West the obnoxious apprentice,
to force him on the pilot boat, the bill
would not be here. The assertion was
made that it was being used as club 10
force the pilots to do something they do
not want to do and should not be re-
ouired to do against their inclinations.
The commissioners present We're Cap
tain John F. Nirden. president; a. ID
Poole and John n. Carswen. Harry Ly-
ons and William Maull, of the Pilots
Legislative Committee, also were pres.
ent.
Mr.. Knowles contended that there is ne
uniformity in the present law respecting
pilots apprentices, and the method OF
selecting the apprentices under the pres.
cnt law is for the few men who are the
lenders Of the pilots to choose and favol
their immediate relatives, TO the eXclu
sion of the sons and relatives Of othe
pilots He declare1 that the law, as
now stands on this subject, is inferio
and subordinate to the Pilots Associa
tion. il was contended that the Law
should be uniform giving to each pilot
however humble or inconspicuous hi
position, his turn in naming apprentices
when vacancy in the list Of apprentice
occurs.
The commissioners and pilots contend
ed that the system was fair in spirit an
practice.
10 is probable that the bill win b
killed, a majority of the senators havin
expressed themselves as being against
TAXPAYERS WILL VOTE on II
Former Governor William n Watso
headed large delegation OF MiifoI
pIcperIy holders who came 10 Dover yes
rcrdav to protest against the passage {
the Diil authorizing the town Of Miifor
to issue Sl5 600 loan 10 find the hoa
ing dcht Of the town and pay for pawn
the streets The delegation brought wit
It q ram0nsrance signed by 250 citizel
Of Milford AN property owners.
Those who brought the remonstran,
were William II. Watson. George 1
HAN Asbury Smith. William L. Deput
Joseph +. Holland. Charles Barker, Wi
'iqn v. Supple and John leighton NJ
Kim.
Their visit resulted i'm an amendme
20 the bin providing for submission OF n
question 20 the taxpayers Of the tow
Cach taypayer 10 have one vote for ea'
dollar of tax paid j is said that larl
majority viii be polled against the prop
sition when it is submitted.
WORKING FOR GOOD ROADS.
T. Chalkley Hatton, Caleb Shewar
James Wilson and Theodore y. Leise
Of Wilmington. had herring before 4
House Committee last evening on Z
Finn Good Roads bill. After hearil