Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-28
TINS LEaIaLArURs.


S,af Correspondent Of Gazette and journal
DoyHR, March 2O.--Ths aouse eonven
fion bill was given lsst reading n,
motion OF Mr.. Moore In the Senate ~
day. From present talk there IL no indi-
cation that 1t will receive, in that hoSy
more than the two votes OF the Repubi;'
can membere, II II reaches a direot vnta
there. IL is regarded az more probable
that the Senate committee on copstiiu
tionai reform, which Ia composed OF
Messxs. Douahoe, Collins and Mora
will substitute bill calling smother cleo.
Mon.
Mr.. Eckles gives It out that II be cam.
get the farmers taxes reduced in one
way, he Is going to try another--.to stop
the levy court from spending so mueh
money. He proposes TO do this by re.
quiring that body to do az the Whining.
son City Council dose--advertise for pro.
posaIa and award contracts TO the lowest
aud best responsible bidder, icatead OF
bestowing public business and money on
the rnle Of fayorisism and secrecy. Under
Mr.. Eoklea' proposed bill 1t would hardly
be practicable TO build Eleventh and
Third Btrset bridges without letting the
people know what they cost, and without
lesseping that cont by inviting compe.
tition. The Eckles bill will further re-
quire the keeping Of pnblio record OF
the transactions OF the levy oourt.
Mr. WhitemRn fairly got up and proved
thiB evening over bundle OF petitions
for the passage of the auti-O bioaeo. beef
bill. A liberal approximation indicated
t,2b0 names appended, representing all
SECTIONS Of the State. oonspinuous AMONG
Wiimingtonians Was the signature of
Henry u Conrad, Esq About an bour
later willard sauIsbury, Esq, turned np
here with bundle Of remonstrancos that
took the starch out Of the Whiteman ex.
hibit. They represented aboUt 500
WilmingtoDiRns, including the medical
fraternity entire, the legal fraternity
largely, and many well.known non pro-
fesaional citizens.
A bill introduced by Mr.. GRAY makes
II unlawful for any lifs insurance COM
pany to insure the life Of any child under
10 years. under penalty OF forfeiture of
right TO do business In Delaware. Any
agent placing such poll W shall be liable
to fine Of from $50 to 800.
A large delegation of oysterren was
here to-day protesting against the Senate
bill which ohsnges the act of 1887 so ae
to permit Oyster boatH TO be manned BY
crews made up one-half, or less Of non.
residents. The existing law require, the
crews to be wholly "bona q 10 residents y
DR.. Richardson's bill repeating chapter
l48, volume XVIII, passed the House to-
day. This wipes ont four or Ave line
act Of 1887, which was intended to give
the right to drsdge oysters In Blske's
Channel, 70 right which already existed.
but which, instead, opened the natural
oyster beds south OF Ship John Light for
10 months In tho year, whereas dredging
elsewhere Is limited to three months.
Tho bill revolving the Dean Wooden
Oompany's charter passed the House to.
day. This will paws the way for q redis-
trihution among the stockholders of
S2S.000 insurance money aud $1,000
worth of stock on hand
Mr.. CLARK offered resolution to-day.
which was laid on the table for tho |
present, reappoiniing Billy Hunter jcni.
tor of the State House for two years at |
5000 per year. Billy has been jsnitor for
several terms past, and a faithful, re-
liable and always good natured public |
servant.
The Whistle Signal bill for railroad |
crossings at grade went through the |
House to-day. II restores the law that |
+. who fail TO blow the whistle for such |
crossings are made punishable, in the |
bill as amended, by fines of $21, $40 and |
300 for first. second and third offence. |
The bill does not apply to street GROSS |
inRs in Wilmington.
Newport wants to follow Wilmington's |
example In exempting manufacturing
sites from taxation for 10 years. The OK. |
emption is limited to sites mot more than
five acres in extent.
Senator DonRhoe's "Baby BILL" pro. |
hibiting the employment OF children |
under ~ years In mills and factories, was
reported unfavorsbly to day. It ran
against the eanneries OF the lower ooun.
ties. Mr.. Douahoe hopes yet to get it
through by reducing the limit 10 10 years.
The Street and Sewer and the Election
Department (Wilmington) bills were in
roduced In the House by Mr.. Gray to.
Jay. The former department asks that
Its annual appropriations for 1889 and
1880 be raised to 1928 7I2 so.
Mr.. Blggs bill, making homo 7paths
eligible to mem bership on the State Board
of Health passed the House to-day, with.
out objection.
DIR. Richardson's vaccination bill re.
quires each public school pupil to pro-
duce satisfactory evidence CT protection
by vaccination or by previous attack of
smallpox, as an indispensable prerequi-
site for admission TO the schools.
The Sussex partition fence bill was
taken up this morning, but laid on the
table for further confederation. The
Sussex members are somewhat divided on
tAs measure, and there were two or three
who wanted II amended SO as not to apply
to town fences.
Senator Donahoe has given notice to
grant the Spaulding Telegraph Company
the right of why across the State. This
company proposes laying an underground
telegraph and telephone line from New
York to Washington. Right of way
aoross the other states hos been secured.
Such line from Boston to some neigh
boring point has boen in successful
operation for seven years. The system
Is conduit containing 7-wire cAble,
one OF the wires being telephone line.
Dover, March 21.-Chaplain Kidney
having gone to conference, Representative
CLARK opened the House with prayer this
morning. This Is where the House has
the bulge on the Senate--iu the posses
sion OF member who knows how to
pray.
Speaker Hotfecker also left for confer
ence this afternoon, to be away till Mon
day. Mr.. DownbRm welded the gavel
for the rest of the day. II will devolye
upon Clerk Gum to call the House to !
order tomorrow morning. Being a very
modest man the anticipation of the ordeal
oyerwhelms hiin.
In his very good prayer, Mr. Clark re- !
membeYed tho members whom illness
kant from THAR Neata There were three !