Evening journal., 1889-03-18
TEMPERANCE MATTERS.
Will Be Considered Tonight
at Dover.
CONVENTION COMES UP AGAIN

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cred and an Exciting Week WIN Bs
Begun.
staff Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. March 1S.-The big things
that have been expected so long will
arrive this week and the fun will com.
mence then in earnest. Tonight the
temperance people will arrive and present
their views to the General Assembly.
! The temperance people have gone to ex-
:..remes in this matter ef asking in the
Prickett bill almost everything under
the sun. The changes suggested are
beyond all reason and to make such q
radical change in our liquor laws at pres
ent would hardly be expected. Such an
ute book under no circumstances
in the Legislature that is in
favor of the bill as it stands. The imper-
fections of the act are apparent in every
section. The temperance people are re.
lieving Mr.. Prickett Of the responsibility
Of tine provisions of the measure by let
ters in Wilmington papers This is well
but no one has ever said that he was re-.
sponsible for anything else but the draw
Houston are very opportune when he ex
pressed a wonder why the temperance
people did not employ some proper per
son to draw bill for them. There are
two long sections in the bill which are
almost precisely similar. There is no re-
gard paid to the proper locations of the
various section and the section con
tanning the words, "all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed, is in the middle of the act in
stead of at the end. the eminently proper
place for it. Should the bill be passed in
any shape whatever it win be redrawn. or
possibly a new bill will be drawn by a
lawyer who understands how to draw
Delaware law and not by callow and i'm
mature youth from the land of sand and
mosquitoes. The temperance people. in
the act, have allowed themselves to be
loaded down and to straighten it out
may defeat their desires.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Tomorrow we shall have constitutional
convention and the position of the House
will be settled for the session. The bill
is made the order for II o'clock a. m. ,
and will be called at that hour by Mr..
Downham who will move its adoption.
Mr.. Lodge will offer his amendment, and
after moving its adoption viii make a
speech. It is not known whether any Of
the Republicans. beside Mr. Downham.
expect to talk or not. 1t is not expected
that they will, however, and it is hardly
necessary as one of their speeches
will explain all there is in their
position. They will all follow
Mr.. Downham like a lot of sheep
follows the one with the bell. Mr. Down
ham will ring the bell and they will fall
into line. Not that they are very anxious
to follow Mr. Downham. but because
they have been compelled to obey the
party masters. There are men on the
Republican side of that chamber who
are opposed to the bill that will be
adopted tomorrow, but they have not
the independence to come out in a manly
way and break from the dictates Of par.
tisanship and say so like both Messrs.
Eckels and Lodge have done on the
other side. There is a suggestion that a
gentleman made to your correspondent
that seems to be good one; il was. that
Mr.. Downham arise in his place on Tues
day and say; "Mr. Speaker, move thai
the bill be read third time by para
graphs in order to pass the House. be
cause the Republicans must do something
TO make a record
IMPORTANT INCORPORATION ACTS.
OF the other legislation that will be
apt to come up this week will be the Pen.
insula Investment Company charter.
better known as the Addicks bill. the
Delaware and New England Company
and the National Security Life Insurance
Company. The Addicks bill, it is said
will be amended so that some Of the OBJ
jectionable features will be removed. The
attorneys interested in the bill have held
several meetings with this end in view.
and it is believed that an effort will be
successful in securing favorable report
from the Committee on Corporations. 1t
will not be unanimous report, however.
but there is no denying that considerable
prestige will be given it on account of
such a report.
The Delaware and New England Com,
pany charter is in committee and there is
very little doubt but that the bill will
come out with unanimous report as
there is nothing about it that can do any
injury. OF course the preamble states
that it is for the benefit of the fruit
growers that the charter is asked, but no
one pretends that that is all it cOnsum-
mates. Y makes a through line that will
be to the advantage of the country at
large. 1t does not form a new company.
nor does 1t build single line of new rail
road
When the National Security Life Insur-
ance charter was presented there was
considerable objection to il on the ground
that under its provisions child in the
cradle coHld be insured 1t was thought
that this might influence criminal
minded people to commit murder in order
to obtain insurance and the committee
were decidedly adverse to granting the
charter, but will present bill at the
same time making it penal offense for
the officer or agent Of any insurance com
pany to insure any child under the age Of
10 years.
NOTES.
Representative Sackett is nursing his
Peach Yellows" bill and he is full OF
hope Of its final passage.
One Of the important measures Of next
week will be the naming Of Representa-
tive r. A. Davis's new baby. The com
mittee on name have a nice little one Sc.
lected which they are guarding with all
the care of the anti White Cap secrets.
The McInalI Divorce Suit withdrawn.
Yesterdays Philadelphia Record SAYS
| 'sThe divorce proceedings instituted nv