Evening journal., 1889-04-11

Convention Election Bin Passes the
Senate.
Stan correspondence of EVENING Journal,
Dover, April 10 AS stated in vester-
days letter the Donahoe bill providing
for the calling of a constitutional con
vention vote on the third Tuesday in
May next passed the Senate this morning
with no votes against it. The two Re-
publicans RETAINED from voting on the
viva voce vote. Senator Richardson,
however, is not opposed to the bill, as
this would seem to indicate, He is
heartily in favor of a convention and Will
vote for any bill that secures these ends.
BE is not of the convention or bust
order, either, and did not take with en-
thusiasm the D0wnham Bradford bill,
believing as true friend Of a conven-
tion that such bill should be passed
about which there should be no legal
doubt Senator Msore's position and
views are similar to Senator Richardson's
The bill was taken into the House
shortly after its passage. The course to
be pursued there was indicated in yester.
days correspondence. There are said to
be several other bills in relation TO con
vention in sight.
HIGH LICENSE.
AT last the Republican members Of the
House have recovered their senses and
consigned the Prickett monstrosity to
the obscurity where it belongs And as
predicted in this correspondence. the
result in the interest Of high license has
been good and there is more show Of
the passage Of bill than at any time
this session. From the very first w. +.
Davis has not been in hearty accord with
the bill drawn by such an immature law
yer as Prickett. The bill introduced by
him, though not perfected sufficiently to
pass Is such a one that stands the best
show. Eleven o'clock this morning was
the hour fixed for the consideration Of
the Prickett bill. When that time ar
rived Mr. Downham said his mind was
The same now as 1t was one week ago
but since that time w. K. Davis had
introduced bill applying only to the
granting OF licenses AS there seemed to
be disposition among the members to
act upon high license and local option
separately, he would withdraw his bill
The provisions of the measure were
given III full in yesterdays letter.
When Mr. Davis presented it, it was
with an amendment striking out all Of
the 6rst section which provided for the
grand jury examining all applications.
The measure was read a third time by
paragraphs and passed with but one dis
senting vote. The bill has not yet gone
to the Senate what that body will do
is not yet certain, but there is reason TO
believe that they will offer a substitute
reducing the license fees from $500,
$500 and $500 to $500, 5000 and 800
Another amendment may be added grant
y. al IL r.. Il
There is decided sentiment in the Senate
in favor Of high license and had the Davis
bill been perfected before 1t was sent to
that body it probably would have passed
without a great deal Of trouble 1t Is
not the House way, however. TO perfect
things Mr.. Davis ia the afternoon pre-
sented Local Option bill, the features
Of which are similar in the main with
the departed PrielSett monstrositY.
MORE BuNcoMBE
Representative W. +. Davis tried his
hand at playing buneombe this afternoon
by introducing an act TO amend chapter
S72, volume Ia, The act is nothing more
or less than an attempt to tamper Rith
the tax collecting laws of the state. The
bill is full of inconsistencies and inn
practicahilities. In the first place all Of
ntCllJu 4 - cAIAJhfb Qul anu "A NOW sec
tion is substituted, which is like the
present law in many particulars One
Of the changes is to fix the hours the
collectors are to remain in their Offices
Should the bill pass it would reduce the
hours Of receiving taxes below what they
now are. Another provision requires
the collectors to receive taxes forty days
before the city election. Very frequently
he does not remove the duplicates within
that period. Another provision in the
act would require the collectors Of Will
mington TO call ON each of the fifteen
thousand voters in Wilmington and ask
for his tax. The delinquent list is
entirely Wiped out and should such a
bill as this be proposed there would be nc
way to improve the plain provisions of
the constitution in regard TO persons not
paying their taxes The most iniquitous
part Of the whole bill is provision al
lowing anybody to pay taxes for another
person If the person owing the taxes will
give such person written order This
is just what the Republicans have beer
wanting for years. Should this be don,
any Republican leader like Harry Pick
els, Jim Hawkins, Larry Fisher, Lew P
b. Henry, John Wenty, Hen" Collins an,
Dave Coyle could go up and buy a coupl
hundred Of negro tax receipts hold ther
until election day, vote as many as the
please and some Of them several times.
THE QUART BILL
Representative Eckles is hard to dowi
AS was illustrated to day by his haviu
passed for the second time the bill ALLOW
ing wholesalers TO sell by the quart NJ
Eckles called the bill up for third rea
ing this afternoon and things were goiI
along smilingly when Mr.. Downha
asked innocently: Would the gent
man please explain his billf"
Mr.. Eckles replied that he thought
was not necessary, as in his opini,
everybody knew what the bill meant.
was to legalize that which was frequent
being done The liquor men had n
come here asking for this bill II Is Il
buyer who wants this bill. He knew
case where the president Of the w
mington Law and Order Society had
account with a wholesaler. and out
fourteen charges on the book twel,
were for liquor purchased by the quar-
He also knew Of a judge on the benz
who had frequently violated this la,
Mr.. Bradford had said to him in Il
presence Of Mr.. Bynson that he was
favor Of this bill if it only applied to Il
wholesaler
Mr. Downham replied that he did n
consider that Mr.. Eckles had made al
argument. DR.. James Richardson W
very angry when he found some of Il
Republican members were favorink t
bill. Mr.. Downham hustled among I
Hook and alas with all this trouble VIII.