Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-15

DOVER, MATCH lf.-lne COuNcutioh
bill did not come up to-day Represen.
tative Downham presented tho amended
bill outlined In this Correspondence yes
terday. Representative Lodge followed
1t up with an amendment I'd give VIII
mington five members. 10 All appear
ances 1t looked as II the fun was about to
commence. Mr.. Lodge knocked all ex-
pecta; ions into a cooked hat by making a
motion to make the subject q special
order for March 10. He called attention
to the Importance OF the measures and
said that the members should be given an
opportunity TO give thought 10 the mat
ter Mr.. Downham replied that he had
no objection to the poatponemeDt,
although he was as ready now to vote On
the MEASURE as he would no then. Mr..
Lodges motion was passed without q
dissenting vote. The bill as presented
will represent the Republican position
and will pass the House In that shape.
There lie reason to believe that 1t will re-
ceive the votes OF two Democrats.
The regular biennial bill to remove the
tax on lawyers and physicians made Its
appearance in the House to-day. Here
professional gentlemen pay $40 q year
tax, and have been doing sb for years
past and for years past they have been
trying to have the tax repealed. Two
years ago a bill was introduced into the
Senate repeating the tax. II passed that
body but the House knocked out the doc
tors, and when the bill went back to the
Senate that body knocked out what was
left Of the bill. The lawyers base their
claim to be released of the tax on the
ground that they arc officers of the Court
and are sworn as such and should not be
made to pay as serving as sucb. Doctors
want IL off because they say they are the
friends of humanity, and their devotion
TO their practices is Of such d nature that
they have to make many SACRIFICES to their
personal comfort.
When the fact is considered that many
of both professions do not pay the tax,
there xnnot be lost much to the State In
revenue by the passage Of the bill.
The State Insane Asylum project re-
ceiyed little boom this afternoon. The
special committee TO which 1t was re-
ferred decided to report the bill favorably
to the House. Mr. Biggs will call the
measure up next week, and enter aims
hopes Of / passage through the HOUSE.
Il IL vS1S raas the gauntlet here it will
have very little diincuity in the Senate.
The need Of the institution N thing that
will aid its passage, and 1t ID believed that
If once the TACT is taken into considera-
ton that the institution will become self
supporting, In few years L will have
more friends. There is nd doubt that
with the prestiage OF State institu-
ton, it will draw patients from other
States.
Senator Donahoe has bill in embryo
that is apt to wake up the natives In
Wilmington. 1t is nothing more or less
than an act to give women who pay taxes
the right to vote at school elections in
Wilmington and to be members of the
Board OF Education. The Senator is
heartily In favor of the measure and
proposes to do all In hts power to secure
It's passage. The Senator be ieves that
women, who are the most Interested In
the education of children, should have
some say In who should ditect their edu
cation. The anti-Chicago Beet people
will be here tomorrow and foist theil
nonsense upon the members. The bill Il
not sskod ny tie grangera OF the state
but is being pushed by the National
Blu chers' Protective A aoclatiGn, wht
are making concerted movement al
over the country.
just why the members are wasting
tire over the mater Is hard TO under
stand. The bill Is unconstitutional, and
has been so declared by COURTS In New
York, Massachusetts aud the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
Sussex County enjoys thd distinction OF
being the only county In the country that
has no exemption law. Representative
DOwnham undertook 10 haVe one passed,
but the rest OF the Sussex members are
against II.
The following are the regular proceed.
ings:
SENATE.
DOVER. March l4.-Se1 lite met at IL
O'Clock O. M.
Introduced; By Senator Ferguson, an
act to dispose of the balAuce of negro
school tax In New Castle County; by
Senator Donahoe, q supplement to an act
to incorporate tue Homo lpa!hic Hos p.-
tai.
Passed: An act to Incorporate the
Grigg's Electric Signal Company; an act
to incorporate the Merriam Land and I'm
proyement Company; an act to allow citi-
zens of Wilmington to act as jurors In
cases against the city; a supplement to
the act to unite the Laurel schools; an
act requiring the Street aud Sewer de-
partment to pay the damages in suits
arising out of imperfect streets.
Introduced-By Senator Crossan, an
act to divorce Is.ac +. Meredith aud
| W. du hgb W
from taxation properly in the town OF
New, ort and djacent thereto; an act to
prevent the Disagreement of personal
aud private property; act to enable the
| people oil the town of Mlddletown to
borrow money; by Senat u Donahoe, an
act to amend all act to Incorporate the
Delaware Live Stock Insurance Com
pany; by Senator RichardAon, act to In
corporate the Farmers and Mechanics
| Manufacturing Company; by Senator
Dorman, act to amend chapter 10, volume
| Is, Delaware Laws.
Pacsed-3cts divorcing George w. a. d
Nary II. Meredith; Ernest from Kate
| Henderrr; Charles w. from Mary a. Gal
lowsy; an act to incorporat lie the Camden
Benevolent Society; an act to amend the
act for collecting school Ia axes.
Read by title--An act to incorporate
Etua Fire G mpsny; oct to divorce
Tn mas from Maggie Collins; Jacob
from Rosa Walton; Benjamin from Aunie
E. Richards; to change Lhb name of the
Lynch boys to Bratton; oh act to regu.
late navigation of st. Jends kiver; act to
further increase the culture OF food fish;
act to i-corporate Marshallton Iron
Works.
HOUSE.
House met at 1880 a. M.
Introduced-B BY MIR. Sh rt, TO create a
new School District out Of Districts Al,
| IS, 50 and l52, Sussex; by Mr.. Clark. to
incorporate the town OF Cheswold; by
| Mr.. Saekett, to change the voting place
in Cedar Creek hundred.
Psssed-Senate bills to incorporate the
Academy of the Visitation; the st. Vim
cent dc Paul Society; Hou sc bill in rela-