The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-18
OUR DOVER
. LETTER.
That Cigarette Bill Not
Yet A Law. The Rail-
read Men to Have a
Hearing on We'd
nesday.

Dover, Feb. l7th-By the time the
| REPUBLICAN, reaches you to-day the
! fate Of the much talked anti-cigaretts
bill will in all probability be decided.
| The prospects arc, at this writing,
the bill will be called up to-day In the
House by Representative Kitchen,
who will move for a re consideration
| Of the vote by which it passed in the
House last Thursday. There nave
been several members who changed
their attitude towards the bill since
its passage. The bill has not yet been
given to the enrolling clerk in the
Senate whereby after it has been prop !
erly enrolled and signed by the PresisS
dent of the Senate and the Speaker Of
the House of Representatives and has
the Governor signatures affixed 1t be-
comes Il law, but not before. Bills af-
ter they have passed both Houses,
have been reconsidered and killed be-
fore getting into the hands Of the en-
rolling clerks. without enrolling and
properly signed they become null and
void.
There should be no effort put forth
BY the Republican members Of tho
General Assembly to curtail the pres
cnt Sheriff Of New Castle County's
cmOlumcnts of office.
All curtailments should be when his
successor follows him into the Sheriifs
Office. Nothing should be done TO
knock out Republicans and all talk to
the contrary is simply rot and rub
bish. The Democratic party look at.
ter their own, then why not the Re.
publican party. We don't believe in
robbng the public treasury, but we
do believe in leaving all offices alone,
which have been created by the DEM
ocratic party. A word to the wise.
should be sufficient or otherwise work.
ers in the Republican ranks will be.
come disgusted and refuse to turn in
and help when their services ale need.
cd.
The Governor will be kept fairly
busy for the next two weeks signing
bills passed by the Legislature that
have been enacted into laws.
We have heard several rumors 60
inr the rounds that this and that par.
ticular person had been slated for JUS
tice of the Peace in this city. We
don t believe the Governor has given
anv promise as to whom he will APP
point and future events will bear ont
what we have written in this letter.
What can Whining tonlanS expect
in nj iai,
been black gaurding the down State
members of the Republican party?
Don't they realize that the Cover
nor is a man who has the future sue
cess of the Republican party at heart
and wants to do everything he knows
how to build it up and make it so
strong that the Democratic party for
years to come will be in the position
of the minority party in control of this
State. The Governor will make care
full inquiry before he makes any ap-,
pointments In Wilmington or New
| Castle County. This Is an assured
fact. lie cant possibly appoint tho
forty Or more applicants for the office
| of Jnstice of the Peace in this city, OF
which there is but four Offices to I'LL.
The session thus far has been un-
usually clear of lobbyists, but they
yet may make their appearance at
any date at the Capitol.
All of the big money about which
notices appeared in one Of the vii.
mington papers must have got side
tracked as up to date it has failed to
reach Dover.
From frequent conversations with
the Republican members of the Gener.
al Assembly, we learn they are as
much in the dark as TO what the final
outcome will be in regard to the Sen.
atorial question, asthey were the first
day the Legislature met. /
| Several members have said that two
Republican Senators would be elected
before the session ended on March g.,
There is one thing positive; the six
/ teen Union Republicans will not leave
| the candidate of their thoice and all.
! the talk or articles that appear in the
| Democratic press can not make them
| leave the man whom they have pick
ed out for United States Senator
The railroad representatives will ba
| given hearing on Wednesday at Do
Yer after which the committee having
the bills in hand will report them to
| the House,
There should he no disposition to
place a burdensomc tax upon the rail-
road companies in our State. Tho
Pennsylvania Railroad company en-
! pIoys several thousand men in this
city and State and dlsburse thousands
OF dollars monthly which Is spent
among our store keepers and mer.
| chants. We do not think the Rail.
roads wish to shirk their Just and pro-
portionatc share of taxes. At any
rate they will present their side OK
the case on Wedncs day evening.
There appears to be mild sort OF
protes against Or. Hiram II. Bur
ton, being one of the bank directors
at the Farmers Bank at Georgetown.
The plea is made that he is already
a director in the National Bank at
Lewes. 1t is only another case Oh
much ado about nothing.
The Pilots are having troubles OF
their own and have been trying to im-
press the members OF the Senate that
they Go not want the bill presented by
Senator Frank j, McNulty, limiting
the number Of pilots and apprentices