Evening journal., 1901-01-04
HOUSES MEET
THEN ADJOURN
70 Business Transacted at
Session This Morning
Senate Will Meet Again Tomorrow,
But House Members Will Not A.
SembIe Until Monday
Special to the Evening Journal.

bldeQ at the meeting OF the senate To-
day. Those present We're Messrs. Alice.
Brazure Clements, Harrington. Penne-
will and Slaughter. No business was
transacted and the body was adjourned
until II o'clock tomorrow morning.
VERNON SWORN IN.
Mr.. McCommons presided over the
House meeting. Chaplain Spencer Of
fered prayer and W. Scott Vernon was
sworn in as enrolling clerk. Those
present we're: Messrs ,Clendanlel,
Gooden, Hearn, Healy. Kitchens, Hodg-
son. Holcomb. Hope. Hutchinson. lay
ton, Long, Monaghan, Pepper, Pretty
man, Robertson, Short, Scotten, Vim
yard, White and Wright.
Adjournment was made until Mon
day at II o'clock.
Dover. Jan. 4.-The Inauguration Of
Governor-elect HUM promises to be a
memorable affair. January Is is being
looked forward to as a gala day There
, will be a big representation from every
part Of the State.
Many clubs will participate and a
large body of horsemen from all over
Kent county will be in line.
Henry c. Ellison. the new president
pro tempore of the Senate, was born on
the Ellison homestead, near Summit
Bridge, in 1910, and has been a sue
cessful farmer and land owner, the old
homestead now being in his posses
sion. His family have always been
prominent IN New Castle county his
tory. He has a wife and three grown
children. n son being connected with
the Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, Of Wilmington.
For thirty-eight years Mr.. Ellison
has been connected with Forrest Pres
byterian Church, now in Middletown
but which was originally located on
the State road in st. Georges hundred
He is an honorary member OF the
Junior Order Mechanics, but is not
identified with any other secret socie-
ties.
Wilmington's Board OF Trade will
ask for authority TO have the channel
of that city dredged every year OF
sewage accumulation. The boards
new city charter will also come UP. A
measure will also be presented to au-
thorize the city TO build a new City
| Hall A petition may be presented by
the Phoenix Fire Company 10 have
Council appropriate annually a sum e
support its free ambulance service.
Representative Richard r. Pillinl
says he does not think Addicks could
be elected senator by Republican
votes.
Wilmington wants much attention
at the hands OF the Legislature. On,
Of the chief items brought up for thai
city will be that presented by the edu
Gators Of that city, authorizing a tui
ton fee charged to the parents o
children in the country who send theii
children to the Wilmington Higl
: School The Changers. however. vii
meet this measure by presenting an
other. providing that the State shall
pay the tuition. which otherwise Nigh
make it necessary for a number o
children to be deprived OF the advan
/
The Wilmington Board OF Education
wants to issue bonds to the extent o
100000 for the payment Of the ele
; CANT new High School Building and I,
refund Chief Justice Lore and other
who have loaned money on the same
New Castle county will be represent
ed by the movement to make two bonl
3 issues-One to enable the Levy COur
to place a new bridge on Market street
Wilmington, over the Christiana, il
place of the old structure, which
said TO have been condemned, and on
; to complete the erection OF the new
: workhouse, at Greenbank.
The farmers Of the State will b
. heard from again in a petition for
> sufficient appropriation to enable the1
to make a creditable exhibit of Stat
products at the Pan-American Exposi
tion. at Buffalo. including fruits. fs
, and oysters. which are shipped away i
large quantities.
, The movement which is being agi
tated by Cashier Morris. of the Farm
ers' Bank. to tax the Delaware railroa
$4,000 annually, will. if pressed b
Mr.. Morris. provoke considerable dis
cussion in both houses. The farmer
Of the State. through the State Grange
e will present many matters for legisla
I ton.
Governor Tunnel. who will leav
; the gubernatorial chair on January Il
!. was at his Office all day yesterday, fin
ishing some pressing duties. He wi
doubtless be at his Office all of mex
. week. in readiness to attend to any i'm
t portant matters that may need hi
e prompt signature or veto, after it sha
have passed the Legislature.