Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-04
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Dover, April 1.-When the House was |
called to order. at II 80 this morning, the |
benign glance I the venerable speaker
| restrd upon but one member from New |
CASTLE eounty-G General Afmstrong--and he |
had come up from Sussex where he had
been spending Saturday and Sunday with
| Colonel McCaoe. The general desires to be
set right on that bene fetal and charitable
society regulation bill which has stirred up
| such commotlon In Wilmington lodge CIR
eles He Is lodge man himself and would
not knowingly aid In knocking his brethren
out, The bill In question Yves handed to
him by the recent Insurance commissioner,
DR.. Nathan Pratt. and he introduced It Just
as he would have done any measure OF
legislation handed In by a responsible citi-
zen. But the fact that he introduced IL
does not bind him to support IL. Nobody
Il would sit down on measure quicker than
would, even though i we're my own"
said MIR. Armstrong, elf | knew 1t was
wrong. There will be nothing done with
the bill until am satisfied 1t Is right. II Is
no pet measure of mine. II II is the kind
OF bill they think 1t Ia would never let It
come out OF committee, II could help ir."
Thus far Mr.. Armstrong has only heard
from one representative of secret societies,
r. O. Fraim, E:q., who writes that he has
examined the bill very carefully and finds
nothing to object to, except the require
ment that a society must have so members
that Is that so persons must apply--to
entitle 1t to such charter as the bill pro-
vdes for. He suggests that this number
be reduced to %.
Representative Wallace, chairman of the
committee on private corporations, Is very
confident that the bill will not get out OF
, his committee until the objections to 1t
have been heard and very carefully studied
and inquired into. He reports having met
with strong Sussex professionals against the
measure.
, Representative Gray, who came down on
] the afternoon train, reported lodgemen In
} Wilmington ready to pull him out Of bed to
protest against the bill.
. What Or. Pratt aimed at, as he told MIR.
! Armstrong. was mainlyto render 1t imprac
! tieable for any body OF men to go into the
> courts and get there a charter (for 1t Ia only
, to charters granted by the courts that the
! first and second sections OF the bill apply:
the third section ls ingeniously drawn as u
to invite litigation to auiudicate Its seope)
! | Ostenstbly for some other purpose and then
proceed 10 do life insurance business M
der It, MIR. Armstrong has written to DR..
Pratt for a further explanation OF what he
! understands or desires the bill to accom-
, pllsh.
I ATTENTION STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
I The bill to incorporate the Spaldine Tel
l egraph Company, which has passed the
Senate aud reached committee In the
. House, needs some looking after As II
: stands 1t gives the corporators authority
to tear up the streets of any city. town OF
| village In the State, without saying "by
!, your leave" to anybody. This and some
!; other things are contained In Section 2
4 which provides:
Q That this corporation IL formed for the pur.
r pose OF owning, leasing, constructing OF oper
d Rting line or limos Of telegraph or telephone
through this state, or from or to any ltpin
:. ar points within this State, or upon the boun
q daries thereof, by constructing and laying rs
a wires underground, which wires are to he uaet
Tor telegraph or telephone, or for either o.
= both OF said purposes, and the said corporation
d Is hereby authorized and empowered 10 con
struct Its iiue or lines and lay lis wires under
4, ground through this State, OF from or TO an,
= point OF points within this State. or unon tn,
II boundaries thereof. and along and under an!
4 postal roads, and postal rcntes, rOads, street
"a and highways. under And across any pave
y ments or sidewalks for the purpose Of maxim
~ connections with buildings, or Across any o
ia tho bridges. or through or under any of III
q waters within the limits of this state, and ais
y 10 lay underground with said wires, the con
~ duits OF pipes in which tie same are % lie en-
"a CLOSED and any hnSas or other connections o
~ appurtenances to be used herewith, nc,
,e Further on the right is given TO lease, sci
a. or convey all these franchises, or any Inter
4. est therein, or any part thereof, to any tele
80 graph or telephone company. as also tn
reciprocal power to acquire the property
Of franchises, &c., Of any Telegraph or telf
be phone company, or to CONSOLIDATE Wit
All any other telegraph or telephone company
n. or Incorporation OF this or any other state.
an Here Is business for the Street aud Sewe
he Department. 1t would be rough enough
"a have any corporation empowered to tea
Ist up streets and sidewalks at Its own swet
will; but suppose this corporation shout
hand over those dangerous franchises
lis the Western Union Telegraph Company
nv Snce the foregoing was written, M
=. Conrad has drafted the following ament
y ment to the bill:
~ Amend section ny adding Mt the end Of sal
ou section the following words: land provide
o further, that before tho said corporation sftl
al proceed to lay or construct its wires ON an
20 street, lane or alley in the city Of Wilmington
u or on The streets, lanes or alleys Of the inro
81, pprated towns Or villages OF thus state me 81
N sent nj the properly constituted authorize
M; shall be obtained for 80 doing.
III BLOW AT HIcKM4Nisa.
Under the title ot IAN act to amend SO
40 tion 4, chapter 208, Volume &Nll," Rspr
=. sentative Maull introduced this afternoon
ist bill designed TO make 1t announcement 4
lct any future Hickman to procure bis oW
3D. election, or recollection, by naming his oW
he men to hold said election. The bill pr
.se yides that the Wilmington Department
ali Registration and Election shall bipnniail
III oStNbN
~. appoint In each district OF Wilmington
i'o Inspector and two judges to conduct q
elections for State, county and huudfe
all officers; and In all cases the inspector al
nut one OF the judges shall be OF the pai,
ia. which cast the majority OF votes aceordir
,ee to the official canvass for governor or pre-
ter idential electors at the next preceding ,He
" eral election; the minority party 10 ha'
" the other judge,
60. The bill was prepared bysome citizens
lay Wllmtngton-no the Citizens Association
and brought down here by Henry o. 20
eg rad. Eco.
,rk DISCUSSING ADJOURNMENT.
,ut The House has again set limit, ne
Law Monday, after which no new business ~
10 be- received; and this time there Is no liK
90 lihood OF the resolution being rescinde
~ MIR, Maui opposed the resolution, on u
IGN ground that the members have no right
seo refuse any business their constituents mi
or send In, so long as they may remain net
ing MIR. Short would prefer that the resolutil
nv, should add Friday week as the date
Az anal adjournment MIR. Hynson most co
~ daily approved the resolution. There
tha been ample time given already ior ever
.hs body to send In busiDees. MIR. OZARK n
seu only one objection; the resolution Eye ,s. =
Ise' much time. Mr.. D0wnham hoped tbat,
DOL they shut down on new business atter BIO
der day next, they could WIND up tne sessi
IN, on the 10th inst.
an. LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
;ob Speaker Hoffecker presented this MOI
~, ing a resolution from the Wilmington M;
~ ~ Conference, unanimously adopted py y
MAI body, heartily endorsing the local opti
ing ieatIlre of the Law and Order Society !
60 and urging the enactment OF this every
inc me incorporators named in the spaldi
ave Telegraph Company bill are Henry
till Spalaing, s2nI nta,ay ma Henry O. %