Evening journal., 1903-02-24
Derrickson and AspriI
Vote With Addicksites
against the Voters As
sistant Repeater
Mr.. Finn Says the End
Has Not Yet Come.
Sparks Has Bill for
Senate
Special to Inc nvenlng journal.


Dover, Feb 24.-The famous Rose
voters assistant repeater was host i'm
the House this morning. Three of the
seven Regulars in the House voted
with the Democrats to repeal the
voters assistant bill They were Rep
resentatives Bancroft. Eastburn and
Finn. Representatives Aspril. Der
rickson, Price and Tyre voted with the
Unions against the repeater.
Mr.. Rose said. in speaking for tho
Dill; Mr.. Speaker. think this bin
needs no explanation. The merits OF
il are known to every citizen"
Messrs. Rose and Holcomb. Demo
Gratis. changed their vote of yea 10 nav
In order to reconsider It. The vote was
seventeen ayes and fifteen nays. only
one vote being needed to pass It, After
these two Democrats changed their
vote, 1t stood fifteen yeas and seven
teeen nays. The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bancroft, Buckmaster
Connolly, Cook. Eastbawn, Finn,
Gooden. Hart, Holcomb, Hughes. Lowe
Monaghan, Morrison. Paradee. Rose
Thompson-17.
Nays-Aspril. Austin. Bennett, Dsr-
rclkson, Frazier, Gehman Jones, law
son, Lingo. Newton, Powell. Price.
Purnell, Tyre and Speaker Anthony
10.
End Not Yet.
Don't sing The DoxoIogy until the
service is over said Representative
Finn, an old time Methodist. as he
was passing the press table. The SER
vice is not half over yet"
The repeater will have TO be recon
sidered within three days according to
the rules OF the House. Should the rec
lommendation move fail on Wednesday
or Thursday, the last day. there is yet
one hope Of defeating the bill. Sena-
: tor Sparks Is holding back his Senate
, repeater, and every effort will be made
70 get the truant Regulars of the House
J back into the line before the bill Is
called up
The action OF Dmickson and Asprll
was "a great surprise
Changers Before Legislature.
Many prominent members of the
Estate Grange. were here today work
ing for the new good roads bill The
entire State Board of Agriculture, con-
sisting of A. w. slaymalser. S. II. Mes
= sick and James p. Shallcross! were here
. Dr. A. r. Neal. of the Delaware College
o Experimental Station. also was here il
: the interest of the bill.
Notice Of New Bills.
The following notices were given il
the Senate this morning: by Mr.
. Sparks, authorizing the registeh o
wills of New Castle county to make, Al
index; by Mr.. PennewiH. act to provide
for uniform fruit packages in thil
State by Mr.. Allee, act to enlarge th'
powers and duties of the State Boar,
of Agriculture, by investing the sam
with the duties of am immigration bil
I lreau for the purpose of securing desira
ble immigrants to develop the produc
tive lands of this State.
T President Cannon announced the ap
lpointment OF Senators Wright ant
Pennewill as the Senate members O
the Committee on INQUIRY on Deiawar
college. Messrs. McNulty and Allie
were appointed the committee on tn
e. part of the Senate TO investigat the Cor
a della BotSin murder case.
The Senate passed the following bill
this morning: To incorporate the tOwl
!, of Cheswold; act exempting the Flor
II ence Crittenton Home for Girls from
= all taxation.
+ ID. o. Moore gave notice of an act in
creasing the appropriation now allow
ed by the Levy Court of Sussex count.
by law from 5000 to $1,000 for stree
improvements.
e The vote Tor United States senator
e was as follows:
If Long term-Addicks, 10; salisbury
n, 19: II. Al DUPONT. s; Higgins, 2.
- Total vote, As; necessary to a choice
los. Paired-Warner and Buckmaster
Townsend and Monaghan.
Short term-Addicks. II; Kenney, 10
5 (Hilles, 2 Higgins, s; Richardson, 2