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> / b • ■ i / • 1 h xWi< : y; * > ik ri i O lr 1 1 LJ m -X. 0 gg!l, r VOL. 42, DOVER, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1901. NO. 81 I THE TWO BIG SENATORSHIPS. Regulars Make Some Astonishing Proposi tions to Addicks' Sturdy Sixteen. ONE WOULD MAKE LAYTON OOVEIlYOl! OF DELAWARE. Hunn and Cannon Would be Taken np for the Senatorships Giving Two Union Republican Sen ators and Another Union Republican Secretary ef State, Together With all the State's Machin ery. All sides engaged in the triangular fight for two United Staues Senators «that «has deadlocked the 'Delaware | Législature are spending 'thje bright hours of each morning in factional . .. , „ at i0o clot* Thursday morning. The specific call for this caucus was ,to' talk wer the Union, 'Republican attitude on certain pending législation, hut SS ""r ram U) «anil nim ana support J. tolwaa-d Addicks, who they claim is the Republican caucus nominee, and -toe toy oradTurnmenTwhStor there be on/oftwenri haHo^Iach dlv i iit WAR nn,b rviriin fxv ih e T h a : h ? e T ? t anU ; Adiaieks «I' publicans intended to play a swift game to break down their lines. They will attack them first with leading Regular Republicans from all parts of the State, it was reported to toe con ference, and this will be followed by an attempt to carry the Joint Assem bly by siege with theiir own men (Union Republicans.) ■ •conferences. The sixteen Union .Republicans went into caucus In the State House parlor Huuii auu tauiiuu £>ug(.e.tea. ilihic' Regulars, it was sta.ed, intand to begin by supporting Governor John Hunn and Lieuiienan.-Goivernioir 'Philip L. Cannon, both classed as Union Re-: This is the most tempting puhlicans. bait that the Regulars could throw out,' as the election of both would not only ! mean t.hefsuccess of two UnionRepubli cans, hut would inpan the élévation ' of Secretary of State Caleb R. Layton, / ofljee of governor, dt would give them full control of the Ship of State and all the apHointments, Including another Secreaary of State. In the face of .all. these .tempting conditioins. however, the Union Repuh-1 licanis decid'Eid upon tbedr steadfast stand for Addicks.. 1 "We have long Since .forgotten the man 'in this matter," one of them said| Thursday. "It lA' the principle of the] thing and iw© are as honest to our con- i vtotions of principle as is 'any other! It will be Addicks, first, or no 'Mr. Addicks' successful leader, to the man. body." The thirteen Republican Assembly men who are standing out against Mr. Addicks Thursday morning held their first caucus Of the session. Small con fenemioes have previously been held since the opening day, but no caucus of all tlhe thirteen anti-Addicke mem. The secret session lasted nearly two hours at the Hotel Richardson, an hour long- ] er than did the meeting of the Addicks men in the State House parlor. j I i i The Regular Republicans kept the greater part of their proceedings quiet. They finally decided to withdraw the candidates tor whom they are now vot ing and eign an agreement to be ad dressed to all Republicans that if the Uniioh Republicans would take the same course, they (the Regulars) would .then place in 'nomination Lieutenant-! Governor Philip L. Cannon and Attor ney-General Herbert H. Ward tor the two Senatorshiips. Both these officials are reckoned os Union Republicans. The petition was not signed by any Union Repu'blicans. Lieutenjamt -Governor Gannon askjed whether his sympathies were •with the Union or Regular Republicans ' j I I | I i I 1 | I i I 1 w a «and he said: "I am simply a Republican, yearning for united, and harmonious Republican policies i mithis State. I am not a fac täonaldsit and hove never taken any] part to any of toe factional procedures, j I do not ithtok, however, there is any thing to my being mentioned as a candidate in 'this pending fight. The j (Republicans of toe State have honored me fully as highly as I deserve to 'be 1 1 and I am contented.' 'At the conclusion of uhe day's work Senator J. Frank Allee, who Is the recognized leader of the Union Repub lican fight, was asked if the Addicks men could possibly resist the tempting bilt offered—'two [Union Republican Senators and the whole State machio cry—and replied: "We will positively never consent to anything that does not Include Ad dicks.'" Addicks First ox Nobody. Yesterday the Union Republican® | went Into caucus to frame a reply to the tot sent out Thursday by the Regu 'lars to the effect that they would vote for Dieuteinant-iGoveirnor Cannon and Attorney-General Ward (both of whom had been supported by the Republicans of itihe entire State) if the Union Re publicans would only exclude Addicks. Meantime the Democrats, too, were at work in a conference called for the purpose of deciding upon a change of ^ *«— • among Democrats all over the 'State. The conference ended in a decision to support Kenney and Saulsbury to-day 1 t0 ""V*" tetore ^ W '* is ' i ^ ! ' Th,e work of 'M 1 ' 0 UbUicmi Repulblican ! caucus was announced this afternoon, I just before the balloting began in Join j Assembly, when the Addicks men j, a , ni| j le( j ^e Regular Republicans, 1 d hria , llg)l Assemblyman William Flinn a {3 , rm!a] , rflp i y j u. Theodore F Clark ' sipeak-er of'tihe Rous- received a la e cpeaKer 01 "he House, received a l3ng Dö.itian yesterday. 1: was at ■ ! first thiought to be a Union Republican document, but it proved to be an ad frem sixty free-holding RepubM- 1 dr can citizens of Mr. Olar.k's district urg ing him not to vote for Addicks for Senator under a,15r consideration. Th9 ballotln.g y euterdayshowed slight 'Y changed results, the three Republi ! who have broken away from the 'Regulars continuing to support former Senator Anthony Higgins for the long " el ' m and Lawyer William S. Hilles for the short term. ' J. : n , , ; Go the abort term question, however/ the Regulars changed their votes to, demonstrate to Che other 'Republicans ^ that they wanted anybody but Addicks. 1 Mr. Chandler dropped Richards and supported Higgins. Mr. Clark took up ' Henry A. DuPont on. Lihis Ibaillot. Dr. 1 ,ParI<w of the ***** «' nd ' D£,m ') sll P' por.teid on the second proposition Peter ; J. Ford, late iDemocratic candidate for' d Governor. «The result of the first bal i lot .was: | ., Constitutional Term—For Kenney (Dem.) 23; Addicks (Union Rep.) 16; DuPont (Reg. Rep.) 7; Higgins (Reg. , 0 Rep.) 3; Bird (Reg. Rep.) 1; iSprnance ® ('Reg. Rep.) 1; Representative Pilling, absent. 'Necessary to a Choice, 26. lUnexpired Term—For Saulsbury (Dem.) 21; Addicks (Union Rep.) 16; Republicans, 1 each; Ford (Dem.) 1; ] Absent, Harrington and Pilling, Necessary to a choice, 26. Richards (Reg. Rep.) 6; Hililes (Ind. j Rep.) 3; Neilds, Higgins, DuPont, all ; Won't Have Ward and Cannon. I This is the form'al answer submitted i iby uhe Union Republicans to the 'Regu i ilars: ' oeived by the undersigned. |We 'bavej j carefully and maturely considered the same and have the honor ito submi t the j I Hon. Wiiiliam Chandler, Richard T. j I Pilling, Richard Hodgson, S. H.' Bay | nai'd, Benjamin A. Groves, James «W. I Robertson, James Hitchen, Theodore i IF. Clark, J. W. Dayett, W. R. Flinin, I H. C. lEMdson, Robert MOFarlane and 1 .Samuel M. Knox. j j | communication I signed hy you proposing to elect the i Hon. Philip L. Cannon and the Hon. I 'Herbert H. Ward United States Sen ators tor Delaware ,nnd pledging your 1 selves to support them, has been re Gentkimen : —The following reply thereto: We fully assent to your statement therein, the first of which, .is "That the j interests of the State demand that toe State shall be fully represented in the] United States Senate," and the other j statement, "That the failure of ithe Re publican members of the General As 1 sembly to agree upon two persons to 1 be elected Senators is greatly injuring Che party and rendering future success an uncertainty." But iw© Che undersigned oonsituting a majority of Che Republican members in Che present General Assembly, while not insisting upon ttlhe right Co name both Senators, do insist most strenu- ' ousiy upon Che night Co name one of them, one that shall ibe the oholioe, not only of ourselves as Representatives but the undoubted choice also of our! constituents. We do this because of our interest in Constitutional Govern ment. For this reason we cannot 'ac cede to your proposition to elect Messrs. Gannon and 'Ward, but if you will support and aid In sledtling the candidate selected by us we will cheer fully support either of them for one Senator, or we will support any other Republican selected by you. Hoping that this will receive your approval, we remain, «J. Frank Alike, S. J. Abbott, I. J. Brasure, S. S. PenneWlll, Shad rach Short, David J. Long, Frank P. Ewing, Geo. B. Clendaniel, Oonnelius IB. Hope, ft. IReese Dayton, Tlbos. C. Moore, J. V. McCommions, Harry Prettyiman, John M. White, James P. Aron, Webster Blakely. The Regulars will meet on Monday imomlng at 10 o'clock to consider the answer. . Ask Legislature for Annual Appro- i Potion to Support Their Institn- ; tious for Higher Education. The eighteenth annual convention o ! —. „ ™»j . , I coat M ' K ° huröh Wednesday morning and ******. representing the colored' ® U 0VW the Sta€ ' ware ,n at J ' e,ltlanoe - M the ***** of the ses-j siüin the delegates lustily sang "A'mieiri ca - an4 Rev w c ,. aàûü DreBident , hp L ! r- , n tl18 Sta e College for Colored Stu d ^ n '?' the opening prayer. Rev. H. Johnson, pastor df the cihurch, delivered the address of welcome, and Pro1 B - Adams, of Laurel, responded. llhe «««cutUve ciommiaee is as tod STATE COLORED TEACHERS CLOSE THEIR MEETING. , B Ross Oheswold wu&a > *-ute.woiu, IW. H. O. Ennis, Delaware City; W. C. Jason, Dover; E. Adams, Laurel; A. B. lows: .Miss Effle Ru ® n ' Dover - and J - Weeks. Mr. Weeks is presidenc of the conven ; present i tlian and Mr. Ruffin secretary. 'These instructors will be durilng the sessions: .Miss L. A. Kirby, assistant superin Dr. 1 tendent of Philadelphia schools; J. iM. Palmer, Philadelphia A. M. E. Rev. C. Albert TindJey, Conference; Wilmington; Prof. H. T. Kealing, edil A. M. E. Churdh Review; Prof. W.i C. Jason, president State College for 0olQred students; Prof. J. E. Carroll, I .superintendent of Ken; County Public, schools; 'Prof. Willard Smith, New ! c.astle and Prof. J. H. Wiley Sussex; i Prot q c . Tindal of Philadelphia, for mer Kent c(}llnity superintendent' 'Rev. j v^mshan S Oolllns prundinal of - 'the Wilmington Conference Acodiemy. ! Ppol H< T Keaddng of Phila d , e , li p !hi , aj editor of the A. M. E. Church 1 delivered the Thursday even-1 ., ng address, and Bishop Coleman of Wilmington, addressed the toat'ltu te in afternoon. Miss L. A. Kirhy , 0 ,f phiiadelpihia, assistant snperltotend ® n . (> f schools, was one of the linstruct :{M . Sj ijj 1&r subjects 'being "Duty of 'the Scibo|ol to the Community," History and Arithmetic. DEMOCRATS DISPUTE ARON'S RIGHT TO MANAGE. ! j Pai'ty Lines Drawn by Board of Trustee's of the Poor Over Almshouse Affairs. I I T'he Democrats are in a bad disagree ment with theReipuhlicains over control of Kent county's almshouse and poor farm near Wyoming, that the chancel lor may have to be called upon. The old board, consistiinlg of eight Democrats and two Republicans, claim 'the right to remain to power tor an other month, and, 'as the day tor elect ing superintendents and physicians is fixed by law for the first Wednesday in February, they proceeded to elect. They chose os their superintendent John W. Caulk of Wyoming. The new 'board, however, went to work, and as the new members are all Republicans except one, they made a clear sweep. Represent;'v© James P. Aron of Hartly, was chosen os super intendent and Mrs. Lila Aron was elected 'matron. fDr. ,M. E. Downes of Magnolia, was selected as almshouse physician to succeed «Dr. E. W. Cooper, The board elected George M. Steven son of Smyrna, its president; H. C. Johnson of Clayton, secretary, and W. E. 'Davis of Frederica, treasurer. Remarkable Royal Wedding Just After Last Funeral Bell AFTEfl CHIPE i WILHELMINIA ONLY WOMAN RULER Queen Victoria's Death Leaves the Throne of H Hand Alone Ruled by a Fair Hand.-The Queen's Wedding. While Loudon to draped In funeral black and royal purple In 'token mourning for the Queen who has ed away, another capital, not for re or paæ imoved from clh© BriRiiah. met-Topold^, is decked in holiday garb tor .the wedding ' feast of another Queen ou the tihreeh °ld of life. The last echoes of .the. Bing bell that has tolled tor the eign lady who is dead will .miingle with peals of the chimes which rang for her who ,pas sover . waa . «married Thursday. Dess o v ous, however, than are 'the con-| trasts between the spectacles presented by London and The Hague are .the] analogies in the life histories of, Victoria and Wilbetainn, whose careers have crossed one another In a] manner so remarkable. As the girl I i Victoria, sixty-three wears ago, was toe tope of a decaying and well-nigh ' extinct dynasty, so is the young Queen 1 , ! of theNeflhertaiiids of to-day almost the! «»— ■ «— *»—■* «— • the throne at approximately the same age as 'had (been attained by Queen 1 Victoria at the time of her accession. I Th««e coincidences, which are purely' acmden.al, may be supplemented by : a ' tihers 'Wherein the play of chance was ra3re « less affected by the inclination and exel ' ûlae «* the wU1 <» P*t -,f toe ,wo royal maideins. Thus each of them reigned three years before en- , tring into the 'bonds of matrimony; ®awh chose tar her mate a German Prince, and in each -case the match 'Waa an affair of the heart. The wed di-ttg day of Queen Wilhelmltoa comes . f. 7 , . . . within three days of the sixty-first an adversary of the marriage of Queen Prince Albert, which Victoria and event occurred in he chapel of Su James Palace on February 10, 1810. To make the analogy complete, the bickerings with the Dutch Parliament ; over the naturalization of the consort .of Queen Wilhelimiina, the title and tank to be given and the emolument® to be enjoyed by him are quite similar lu general character and in detail to ,, v i 4 riwiiirtii /vrMiiinnll^ the controversy in British councils over the «ta.ua of the prospective hus I band of Queen Victoria just prior to her marriage. If there be any virtu.; ! in signs and omens the reiga of Queen i Wilhelmina should be long and pros peroua, and should add to the glory j and strength of the kingdom and ex temsiAne colo'nlial empire over which she ! rules. One could wish 'the youthful and wi'nsome Queen of Holland noth 1 tog better than that her life may con-' timue to develop analogies with that of her illustri'o'us prototype, and 'that she may live to be as sincerely and as universally beloved as was the excel lent woman who so long occupied the British throne. , Conspicuous Iby their absence from the wedding of Queen iWllihelminia to Prince "Hendrik" on Thursday were the members of the princely house of Wiied, for the Queen's treatment of j Prince William of Wiied can only be described «as partaking of tihe nature oif a jilt. iHer «most intimate friend : and cousin, Princess Pauline of' ! Wurtemberg, had married Prince Fred-] j eriefc of Wied, and it was all settled his I that the Quean was to marry I younger brother, William. The news published far and wide that the ima teh was all settled and the young was Queen certainly treated him as on ac cepted suitor, so that when she sud-j denly gave him the cold shoulder and. displayed a preference tor Henry of Meak'lenberg-Schwerin instead :he had ito feel bitterly diisap-1 These good reason pointed and badly treated, sentiments are notoriously shared by | his mother, who is a princess of the, reigning house of toe Netherlands, and •by his sister-in-law, Princess Pauline, whose formerly devoted friendship for hier .royal cousin at The Hague has un dergone such a change that she dlid not congratulate her on her engage- 1 _ It is not generally known that the younger princes of Wied are to toe line of succession to toe throne of Hdl land. Queen Wilhelmlna's next heir at t'he present moment is the young Grand Duke of Saxe-Welmar, who, Ibe side being her cousin, is likewise one Oonitinued on fourth page.) even ment. I WHIPPING-POST PRESCRIBED i Clements Bill Favorably Reported Upon i the House for Final Action. in MANY SMALL BILES lilSHIMi l\ BOTH HOUSES One to Have Wider Wagon Tires, Another to Exterminate Hawks and Othor Birds of Proy, An other to Make Kent County Levy Court Permarently Republican by Consti tuting Five as Quo rum of That Body. ' a to in or 'Both sides were at swords points inn the House over ::he bill taking the poinkimieint of shad patrolman at New Castle out of .the tonds of the fish com missiioner and clothing the governor with the power. Representative Hol comb started the fight on the ground that it was unconstitutional .to curtail any terms or emoluments of office of aQy ltiMe State , up I .mh® «t«««,». __ _ faw .,, hB „»i ih,,* mg bi l, pun ' ™7 JZTl™ 1, ? a 1 , lnn ' n hv + hlP rlmm»,, orau y repor e Punish ment- in the h™ n ' m ^ S *J? n nlI u lllr , 1 * a imi IP ^ rAC . p. n u qm v h i I nil , ril " ! SOTS totand to brlng auj , t aea , ins: : m , u , nteipal ^rporiUton. come up in the House yesterday. , an Make Workhouse State Institut-. Daniel W. Oorbit, J. NewXn Gawb thiop, George W. Kerr anil Judge J Frank Bail, trustees of the New Castle county workhouse, came to Dover «Wednesday to urge toe passage of their $50,000 loan bill, btt. found .he Assemblymen «omisidEiring the advis , ... ability of making u a State institution. • There has been so much controversy over the appointment of notaries pub lie Jhivt Representative Holcomb .in troduced a bill clothing the governor as notary public any vo.ing citizen of the with .general power appoint to State of good and honorable 'character and wto may apply for a commiission for the same. Legislation for Indiaus. The Nan' .ieoke Indians of lower Sus in bvX C JUllLj LcUll HT LOI 'id SOiil G 'O'L Uflc ° ' Representative Warren pro * * d tha theTsMl be glared vld '"® " a .. aa " nu ' an ' s on toe registration pooks 1)1 his Suiie. .... , Mr - •Monaghan presented his terCtoiy ltas Peet>ion bill providing for the ap Po , **ïi , t»me n>t of -a miam ini»tea ot ia worn &aldlJ 01 ?a ' uw ' ,ne , "v lertered w "' h wndep P £,aal '-Y o£ * 1 > 000 , of fine or imprisonment and shall order abated all unnecessarily perilous eon- «M. diUions and shall prevent the employ ment of Child labor. The concerns roay appeal from his order to any of 'Dr. Moore prestinted an act to dis- to wikh the kissing of the Bible , the resident judges. pense i;n administering oaths. The House passed the bill renewing the charter of the Artisans' Savings j IBa,nk of «Wilmington. Kidnaping Bill Passed, Assemblyman Clark of toe House, o£ : called np this bill 'to prevent kidnap ping Thursday, and slid: "This is a very important measure and ought to impress itself upon the heart ef every member of iihis House, especially parents. The time has come for our State to 'take action in order« mo stamp out this business of child- pi stealing tor a ransom.. The punish ment is not too severe when you con sidieir the results to a parent of such ia deed." 'Dr. Moore added to the advocacy of the bill in strong words against ehiild stealing. | The bill fixes ithe penalty of death or life imprisonment and passed toe House by a unanimous vote. It is toe first bill enacted to twenty years fix ing the extreme penalty of the gallows as an addition ito toe list of crimes 'to 1 already is death. | The House took up some important j new bills tor consideration, RepTe- j sentativeiShallcross presented measures taxing toe oil companies doing bust mess to this State and' maintaining oil tanks and running oil wagons. 'Each company is to pay a tax of $1,000 an anally and a portion, to Ibe given to ward the improvement of toe public Delaware for which the punishment I roads and bridges toveir which the Mr. Shallcross also pre wagons pajss. santed an act providing for tison S.ate Boards, and 'the Democrats will line up to fight hard for 'its sage. non-par \ pas Acts making a permanent appropri ation of $1,000 annually for the So ciety for the «Prévention of Cruelty Children were also presented by Mr. Shallcross to relieve the society from having to come every session of the Législature and work tor its appropri ation. iMr. Shiallonoss gave notice of a proposed change In the "'moving day" of 'New Oastle county from Manch 25, to .March 1, .principally because all the farmers object to having so late a •moving day when their such constant attention, will not 'affect leases or agreements between landlords and tenants already in existence. iM'r. Shallcross also presented bills authorizing the ftaxation of electric or cable railways for the building and repairing of county bridges over which they lay their tracks. Mr. Holcomb introduced in the • i House a bill authorizing the mayor *««' «-'ounctl of New Cas.'le to borrow $110,000 to build water works, on gold crops need This 'bill bonds issued for thirty years. J. Ernest Phillips, John R. Lambson, Edwin T Deakyne, T. A.wood Stewart, James T. Challenger and William E. Rothwell are named 'in the bill as water and light commissioners for one, years, and their succes sors shall be chosen at the annual elec tions of New Castle, to serve three two and tor years. Indelllhie pencils, ins ead of ir' tng stamps and ink pads which blit, an ta :face killotis, are 'to to used af.er in marking the to'lots notons ; n ' f Del tralian system rjovt p*.to , . ,i to. tv., re und-. 1 *ht AUS in this State. The bill passed the Sen ate yesterday afternoon wi.hou: a dis senting vote. The Senate also passed the House bill incorporating the Artisans Savings Bank of Wilmington. «lt>" charter bill, .prepared by a com Âtosion .appointed by the State and re vised by the Board of Trade, Senator McNulty presented the new , Senator Pennewill presented his bills creating the recently 'abolished offices of voters' assistants on election days and laibolishing, .by Constitutional arm ndnient, 'the reglet ral ion fee of '$1. New Cemetery Fence. Thro.ugh the efforts of friends of the «M. E. Church of 'Lelpsic, a handsome and substantial all-iron fence has been placed around the Lelipsic M. E. Ceme tery, t'he cost of which was within a fraction of $300. Much credit is due to all (tÄose who to anywise contribiut ed thereto, and the erection of said fence is conclusive evidence that when the residents of the Town and the friends of the Church undertake to do anything, they do .it well. The fence ■was furnished by Clements' Brothers ^ . o£ Clayton, Delaware. on d grade certificate® will be held to Dover on Friday, February 16, 'in the Only those Teachers* Examination. An examination for the first and sec .public school building. teachers whose certificates have ex pi rad will attend th is examination. J. E. CARROLL, Supt. Schools Kent Co. The Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says; "My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn: over to bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she Is wonderfully Improved and able to do her own This supreme remedy for fe ttoto. male diseases quickly cures nervous ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, head ache, backache, falntln gand dizzy spells. This miracle working médi cine Is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. 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