Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
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| heirs az law or persons otherwise emitted.
For recording and iudcxing accounts
and settlements where the total estate
does not exceed 500 The register now
is allowed 81. over 500 and not exceeding
$500 the allowance is 81. over Sd00 end
not exceeding 81 900 he is allowed s.
and on every additional $500 exceeding
/ : 900 the allowance is 50 cents, the
amendment would make n fiat fee of 81
Senator Robertson introduced y hill
authorizing the Wilmington City Council
| tu pass ordinances requiring iron rnllng
fences, instead of wooden party fences,
in that city
Senator Handy introduced n hill provid-
! ing for the renewal of charters ut corpora
tions that have expired and were not
renewed through neglect or otherwise
Senator Palmer introduced a hill MAX
ing September -. Temperance nav in
the public schools The hill provides
that on such day he pupils shall bc told
the benefit resulting from the prohlI tiun
o( the manufacture and sale OF intoNicat-
ing liquors Should September Is, not
hc n school day the ncN, school rloscst
/ to that date would hC observed
senator Alice ot Dover introduced p iull
arprcpuatirg $1,000 90 Ever Ready
circle. King $ Daughters, (or the support
I md maintenance OF an old folks home
~ this town also h,ll aoprarnatt'
I 5000 for providing q school building
for colorcd chllircn in smyrna
/ Senator Prico ol SMYRNA referring
| to the Negro sci, oil III asked whether
\ senator waa privileged to introdl =, ,lils
concerning district ~ winch he dccs rot
reside Speaker l'ro Ion Short replied chat
\ residents oi Smvrra, vbo arc Senator
4 pIIcc's constituents should corsult tw
f,4yV 4
with Republican Legislators respecting
\ bills tn be introduced on hchali a the
/ Nttcncy- Generals Department ~ 4
/, Daniel J Layton ,lr. rank Nlc" and
/ SIMEON $ rcuncwll mcnr,fs ~ The Re
l publican State Central Committee, also
con ferred with them Couccrnlnc proposed
\ legislation
Senator Gprmlcv requested that CON
stituonts who send hm letter "u lHl lc
! business sign the cru}uuti,atinr= ilc
received an ANONYMOUS lrttor. Z. fellows
" II yoII could hc ms trrwctal n havng
"a law passed along the following tuo i
| would hC An induccurtt tnr the rfnldnNC
tnrcmain with hacop m and C1vc tlfr hest
| poeSitlcscrvicc rs ne would have somcthin
~ look forward ~ fer faithful ecryce
That company dolrc lW~ir.~e u
! the State IL Delaware with captal q
surplus cqualinG slOOn0O or >tInt0n
ss ,ou tmuk t,-t. pal to aiy cmpioNe
TINT has served ea3 corporation - wears
or moro ard hap hrconn disabled 10
I per cent ~ Ele -alarE 3|4r amy cTp!oNC
| WHO has served sud corporation &0 Nc Isl
i ~ mrr" and ba@ hceu retired tN the
corporation. IL has ash ed to III rglir.d
I shall receive IN pcr cent NJ hIT ortNel
| pay. whom corporation has anvoro ou tho
rctircd let Il should sat aside funds or
thc sane
woNAN evFyRA4r.
Mis- Victor IN rnnt addressed Senators
/ and Representatives IN woman suffrage.
II saving
Woman suffrage has % far passed the
\ stage uf being a question ot whether
I some women want to vote and n n
| not that il i merely waste ~ tlme tn
| consider il from that point of ylcw Rather
/ il is question of principle and democracy
one oi enlightened development which
has created an attitude ~ political oN-
l,cd,cncv, which TODAY Is rcrctvne thc
thoughtful consideration II men ~ ail
partWs
Tho maior,t, ~ mon o{ tNdav aoaycly
prominent lu The conduct oi affair am n
l favor az woman au" rage. rot n0l1 has
Il thc support ~ tho Executive aui }us
I cabinet but Il has an immense majority
/ back o IL IN Congress lacking hut one
/ vote rt the necessary two thirds oi both
/ Houses 81 Congress r N,>~ an Amendment
outrancbl~Iug voucu
/ It / characteristic ~ all great mon
/ tlat thcv hold their minds op,n to cao-
/ v1ctou and change President Wilson
/ himself changes ms mind occ3~iona'l,
/ \ man who IS obstinate e. the verge 81
/ plg-hcadcdncss docsn cct anywhere
/ Il Is alwavS the receptive and adaptive
/ man who arrives In the hast few
4 years manv representative men have
/ changed thcr attitude toward woman
I suffrage. Some who have been for YEAR.
/ opposing II have come round TO ltS sun
port There must bc reason for tins
i change and II IS one that Is not difficult
to fnl thcv realize they arr against
change of puhhc sentiment and opinlon
I winch as Abraham Lincoln sand can
! charge govern Cuf Just 80 rIlrh and
II MAY he assumed that some of them arc
4 voting nrl' not because they oye Woman
Sat raa, moro int ccag~c thcy ioyC Joss
- reelection less
tbnut tWu Ntar~ ago ) member ai the
+ Delaware LEGISLATURE Acknowledged 10
me that the prn1ple OF woman suffrage
was one OF reason and ustjcc, but that he
himself could not vote for II because be
I was Democrat nc sand that ne were
4 Republican b, would do So His c>plaua-
tion Was that lf tie colored women of
! Delaware we're gwen the vote II would
throw Delaware INTO the Republican ranks
and H. considered that hc was justified
IN -acrlacng principle TO party consilcra-
tiuu>
Ihe q 'Orrd women vote iR Delaware
i~ 3 boogIc that mss been worked for
/ al u is worth and a good deal more The
colnrci women number but one-~cvcnth
OF thu women 81 Delaware the remaining
-Ix-Srvenths IT them beng white. and
view of the result of the election last
/ NuvcuhsrI would appear hat tha roI, red
women vote could ~ safely eliminated
a. q decisive factor
There have been many explanations
of thc result Of the election some ~ hem
il Is 10 To- hoped ar not trat, ior they
reflect vcrN httc credit upon cjth,r Demo-
crat- or Republican,, But HI least il
cannot bc claimed that the colorcd women
vote vas responsible for the Republican
victory
~ufragists are within one vote Of thcir
present goal the passing Of the I'cd raj
amendment granting eufranchiscmcnt to
wonderland it hehoovcs them ~ leave
no stone unturned 10 appeal uniritd that
may hold a p 'SsibllIty Of winning that
voc
Sehooled IN DELAY and disappointment