Evening journal., 1903-03-17
NO EXHIBIT At
ST. LOUIS FAIR
House Votes Down Measure
Because Senate Killed
Black Bill
CONNOR TALKS ON VOTE BUYING
Says the Assistant Law Insures the
Delivery of the Goods and is Fair.
House Kills the Bill Increasing the
Salary Of Court stonOsrapher.
speeIaI b lhe EvenIng journal.


Dover, Del, March 1.-THE House de-
feated the bill to appropriate $4,000 for
Delaware exhibit at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at st. Louis next
year. Mr.. Connolly advocated the bill
and urged that Delaware ought to be rep
resented in it and that it was a public
necessity. "When we go there we don't
want to 90 as pilgrims, but we want to
have q home"
DR.. BucSmaster declared that he could
not vote for the bill since the Senate
had killed the bill for a State sanitarium
for consumptives. Mr.. Rose favored the
BILL
Replying to DR.. Bucllmsster, Mr.. Con
nelly said that the reason he opposed the
bill was because he was not put on as
one of the commissioners. That he lad
been soliciting the members of the COM
mittee to appoint him. DIR. Buckmaster
denied that it affected his vote. Mr..
Tyre had the list Of commissioners read
again, showing that Mr.. Connelly's name
appears as that of one of the men. Mr..
Tyre then asked if the fact that Mr..
= Connolly was a commissioner led to his
support of the measure. The vote stood
l3 yeas, and Is nays
Governor HUM signed the military
bill and it became q law. 1t carries an
! appropriation of $4,000 for field practice.
: The House killed the bill increasing the
. salary of the court stenogapher. 1t re-
ceived 20 votes when it needed 27.
The Board of Education of Wilmington
will probably get the $4,000 additional
L school money which it has been seeking
n The Senate passed n substitute bill and
the House concmred in it.
= The Senate failed to pass the House
bill providing for new indices in the of
fees of the register of wills of New
m Castle county. The sum provided in tn,
e. bill was to be paid by the Levy Court al
o. no greater expense than $1,000.
= The bill providing for a new election
= district in New Castle hundred, to be 10
s Gated at Bear, was lost.
y The Senate indefinitely postponed ac
tion on the House bill providing for
I. uniform system of registration.
u, The Senate concmred in the House bil
repeating the Voters Assistants law, tn
vote being as follows:
L. Ayes-Clements, Harrington, jefferson
Latta, NlcNulty, Smith, Sparks, Wrigh
= President pro TEN. Ellison-9.
Nays Brasure, Conner, Groves, ID.
Moore, T. c. Moore, Pennewin, Stirln
- ~.
The Senate concurred in the bill il
os crcasing the salary of the Levy Com
N Commissioners OF New Castle count,
N from $500 10 81 200. The vote was
ed yeas and nays.
OF The House failed to pass the House bi
re- appropriating $4,000 for the collection
~ arrangement and display of products
ng Delaware at the Louisiana Purchase r.
De position. The vote was II nays and ]
lie ayes. The bill appropriating $500 f'
re- the prosecution Of Cordelia Botkin, Wa
q. M also lost by vote of 2l ayes and nay
lse a tbree-fonrths vote being required. III
.he bill was, after reconsideration, amende
osr making the appropriation $500 instes
bo of 81 800, and taken up at 7.30 o'clock
night.
sid The House passed the bill authorizir
Iiis the publication of the debates of q
ew constitutional Convention of 1897, pr
lay posing an amendment, repeating Secti,
5, Article 8, Constitution of Delawar
}. relating to the levying and collection
a capitation tax.
OF The Union Republican member
aw In the Senate made hal
'nS fight to save the Addicks Voters A,
The HiSttht repeater, When IL came up ye'
The terday afternoon. Chairman Come
Iis- oc the Committee on Revised Statute
10. led Off the speechmaking. during Il
progress OF which some remarkable u
terances We're made. Senator Conn
.. said:
"a" we should not pass this bill.
claim that the voters assistants q,
necessary in this state. where the
seems to be no end Of the intrica
b. voting under the constantly -changir
ple ballot laws. I see many Of my SEM
~ torial colleagues over on the other ST,
M laughing as though / were triumph
de- up speech-as a matter OF fact WI
the never more IN earnest. Now let's