Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-11
THE LsGIsLATURE,
ITho House Uony.n1ion n,,,I.,a

arose AND SAID that the time had arrived
Tor the nnal confederation OF the High
License and Local Option bill.
DIR. Richardson doubted this. He Nantad
the bill made so perfect that II shou re-.
selve the vote or every member To the,
nd be moved for another weeks postpone.
ment.
Messrs. Downham and CLARK urged the
immediate consideration Of the hill. The
Former was ready, II members wish 10 mr.
Their amend the measure, to concpde rea.
eonable time to do 80; but he insisted upon
the dozen amendments already In being
considered now.
Mr.. whltsman would prefer, not to post.
poue. but reoommlt. At the same tlme. for
the Information of the committee. he
wished 10 have the bill discussed now. so
that the objections thereto may he asosr.
tainel. For his part he objected TO the
combination OF high license aud local 90.
ton. IL would, he thought, be a farce ia
practice. He further objected TO the s,rik-
ing out o. the provision requiring appll.
cants for license TO give bond.
Mr.. Wallace did not think either man.
bers or tholr constituents yet understand
the scope OF the committee amendments.
He would like to have tho amendments dis.
Guessed and. thereafter, the bill rsGommltted
for one week.
Upon rising vote, DR.. Richardson's mo.
ton 60 postpone for one week was de.
Ayes-Armstrong II, A. Davis, W. L.
Davis, Lodge. Gray. Rtchnrdson-G,
Noes--Olark. DowlhAm. HynsOn, Lingo,
Baekett, Short, Wallace, Whltsman-s.
The amendments were thea taken up
Beriatlm.
Amendment No. /. striking out the vords
"or indirectly" C5ectlon paragraph 81 was
adopted. As amended, the paragraph pro.
vides that 'the applicant Ia not In any
manner, directly. pecunlarlly Interested In
the profits OF the business conducted az
any other place In the State, where any OF
said liquors are manufactured, sold, or
Kept for sale.
Amendment No. 2, which strikes out the
clauses requiring tue applicant to give
bond OF $4,000, with two reAl estate sure.
ties; that he Is not engaged In the manu-.
faoture OF liquors of any kind md that he
has never violated any OF the liquor laws Of
the State.
Pending the consideration of rhis amend.
mont MIR. Maull made n motion 10 postpone
Declared not In order. Mr. Short moved
to go into COMMITTEES OF the whole Not
eeconded. MIR. Eckles moved to adjourn.
Lost.
AT the suggestion OF Mr.. Downham, the
amendments were then gone over for the
Information OF the House, aad without
action on any OF them; after which MIR.
Hynson moved TO adjourn. Lost.
Mr.. Clark moved to adjourn to 2 p m.
Mr.. Armstrong moved TO amend by max
ing Il 3p, m.
Then came little sparriug for time, after
which the amendment OF Mr. Armstrong
was adopted and the House adjourned to 8
pm.
THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSION.
When the speaker raped to order again,
at 80 p. m, the members sat silently,
stealing apprehensiye x ances at each other,
for several minutes.
Finding the suspense growing embarrass-
Ing MIR. snort moved-not to fecommlt ex.
actly this time-but to defer the considera.
tion OF the I'LL until tho committee on pri-
yate corporations got through with the
lBpalding Telegraph Company men, by
whom Il was then being harangued.
Another interval OF silence. during which
the yelping of distant dog broke dismally
ON this strained ear.
Then Mr.. Downham seconded the resolu-
ton, saying that 1t was courteous parlicu-
larry TO MIR. Gray to walt until he came In
from the absent committee.
Mr.. Eckles said the same argument would
make 1t only the correct thing to wait for
MIR. Biggs, (who has been kept away by
Iln5ss), who. he mad reason to believe, de-
sired to present minority report on this
measure. #..-..
The motion was adopted, but tho COM
mlttea came In apout five minutes later and
debate WAS resumed.
The second amendment the purport OF
which 10 given above, was then taken up.
Messrs, CLARK and Downham spoke In
opposition to that part OF this amendment
which strikes out the requirement to give
bond.
Mr.. Gray favored this amendment. The
requirement to bond would not only be a
hardship on some deserving applicants,
DIT would place their friends In uncom'
Portable positions.
Mr.. Lodge waited to know II II was the
desire to pass a law that would totally pro-
hl0it the sale Of liquor II SO, the retention
OF this bond would 80 far towards making
tbis bill equivalent to total prohibition. He
regarded It as unreasonable aud unjust.
Lii. Wallace urged that bonds were re-
qnired of many officials, who bold posi-
tons OF honor. Yet he was ready to believe
that 90 600 was too much and that $500
would be about the right thing.
MIR. Lodge objected that this was not
parallel illustration.
Ia reply to something Mr.. Gray had said,
MIR. Downham took occasion to explain
that he did not feel bound to support every
provision that had received the sanction 0!
a majority OF the commlttee; but II Mr.
Gray would promise to support the bill In
its entirety he would feel disposed to do
the same. At the same time he moved to
amend tho amendment by restoring the
bond clause and making the bond $500.
Mr.. Gray replied that the burden OF THIS
measure fell much more heavily on him
than on Mr.. Downham. With all due re-
spect TO that gentleman, he (dray) repre-
sented u large and populous city, while
Mr.. Downham represented "the sands oil
Sussex" ILaughterl -,
The third amendment, being merely YER
bal--the substitution OF application ior
"petldon"-went through without opJec'
tlon; as did also the fourth, which was to
rectify an obvious oversight.
The fifth amendment, striking out sec
tion OF the bill, relating 10 tue enforce
meut OF the bond provision. was, on motion
of Mr.. D1wnham, restored with the change
OF tina bond from ~ 900 TO 5000.
The sixth amendment strikes out Inc
words "female or" from section IL. MIR.
Clark took the floor in warm advocacy oil
this amendment. Ii Il " disgrace to 5oclety
TO allow famales'to stand behind "A bar and
deal out deadly poison. He intimated tha'
he wished meInbers would take us mucl
interest Ia this measure az they dld IN the
Railway Whistle bill. Warming up he
spoke pathetically OF broken homes, pre-
mature graves, and various other uhcom'
Portable things.
MIR. Wallace agreed with Mr.. CLARK.
MIR. Gray urged that 10 many eases II Il
practically necessary that Il saloon keeper
shall be- allowed to have his wife tend pai
for him or OCCASIONS when no must 90 ao
sent.
The members were getting little mixed
by this time, and when the vote was taken
RESPONDED In few hesltatiug noes, and
then took an Informal recess 10 debate
whether they had or had not made mis-
take. The amendment was declared loet.
Theseyenth and eighth amendments Wore
adopted without discussion or oblsctlon
The first OF these strikes out section T.
which contempiates the lnVes.isa W r oy