Evening journal., 1901-01-19
nsIRlRIn mas INSANE

that bills carrying with them large ap-
propriations Of State money should not
be rushed through the houses under
suspension of the rules governing the
action OF those bodies. But in this
connection there are exceptions, and
one OF them is the bin appropriatlng
sl24.oOO to the trustees Of the Delaware
State Hospital. at Farnhurst. The OBJ
jects OF that bill are three-fold, and
every man and woman in the State
understands and approves them They
are to wipe out a treasury deficiency
and to provide for the support Of the
institution during the next two years.
The bill was not rushed" through
the House. To begin with, the mem-
bers of both houses visited Farnhurst,
inspected the institution, and heard Its
needs stated. Then Representative
Finn gave notice of the bill, intro
duced it and had il referred to com
mittee. That committee considered
the bill and agreed by unanimous vote
to report 1t back to the House favor
ably. II did so yesterday. Under the
rules OF the House Il should have been
carried over until Monday, no actual
session being held to-day. A motion
was made to suspend the rule and call
it up at once. It was at this juncture
that Senator Alice began to play his
fine Italian hand in the House. He
ordered his men to hold * up and not
let It go through under suspension, and
it was at this 1uncture that Senator
McFarlin brought his good, big and
honest farmer fist down on Senator
Allee's fine Italian hand and made him
squeal for mercy. That blow stagger-
ed the director OF the Addicks boom,
and he took his hand of the Farm
hurst appropriation in a hurry that
was laughable in the extreme, and the
Addicks members OF the House, in
stead OF holding the bill up, plunged
in and made the vote for it unanimous
Now the bill will go TO the Senate
On Monday It will have its first read
ing. II Senator McFarlIn can bring il
about 1t will have its second reading
We doubt whether any Addicks senator
Will have the hardihood to object TO a
suspension Of the rule permitting It to
30 to committee on the same day. But
be that as II may, It cannot be pre-
vented from going TO committee on
Tuesday, and that committee, n 1t is
so disposed, cannot be prevented from
reporting il back to the Senate when
1t gets good and ready 1t may be done
on Wednesday or Thursday. II it is.
we should like to see Senator Alice or
any OF his colleagues attempt to hold
It up II Senator McFarlin is in the
Senate chamber. Such an attempt
would make the session peculiarly in
teresting and a fruitful source OF SEN
sational news. The bill will require a
three-fourths vote and the Addicks
people have Il in their power to hold it
up If they want to; but they will not
want to il Senator McFarlin objects.
He has what is known as the double
twist" on Senator Alice and his col
leagues, and he demonstrated yester-
day that he knows how to use It. and
that he will use It whenever it is
needed.
We make this statement to lead up
20 another matter. The Philadelphia
Inquirer is an Addicks newspaper. Its
political news from Delaware is In
spired largely by the Addlcks leaders
In the Inquirer yesterday there appear
ed an article under this heading: "Ad-
dicks Men Hold the Winning Hand.
Unless All Republican Members eau
Gus They May Kill Appropriations D
And then followed this remarkable
statement:
Appropriations aggregating many
thousands OF dollars, now being asked
for by Wilmington and New Castle
county institutions, may be held up IN
the Delaware Legislature by the Unior
Republicans unless all the Republican
members agree TO go into caucus or
the senatorship.
The Union Republicans are nearly
all from Kent and Sussex counties
only two Of the New Castle County AS
sembly having voted for Ad
dicks this session. It viii
reuire them to pass the appro
priation bills upon which hang tn
completion Of the New Castle count,
workhouse. the new suspension bridgr
over the Christiana river, ordered b.
the War Department; the permanen
improvement OF the Christiana river
the completion OF the magnificent Higl
school and normal training schoo
buildings, the free ambulance service
S1240O0 for the relief OF the Farnhurs
institutions, and a score Of smalle
bills 70 come. In fact. the question
has been asked as to why Wilmington
aud New Castle county would not sinl
under the burden she seeks to carry.
TO Offset this the Wilmingtonian
have bill to refund TO their city two
thirds of the liquor revenue receives
from It by the State. To pass this the,