Evening journal., 1889-04-25

bON ar, april S&.-Convention is oea
and upon the Republican members Of n
House the responsibility rests 6f Dc =
poning the calling of an election for a
least two years, and per consequence al
nope OF revision of our fundamenta
law The Republicans showed the clover
hooi IN the House this afternoon. Ii
the morning session of the Senate Sena
tor Donahoe presented the report of the
Senate Committee on the House substi
Lutte calling an election at the nextagen-
eral election. The report is a masterful
presentation Of the case and one of the
ablest documents ever presented at ses-
sion of the General Assembly of this
state. 1t is patriotic, manly and courage
GUS aud stands forth as a complete ex-
position Of the Democratic position and
shows who are the real friends Of con.
s'onal reform. The report was
-@sfiru..~ ~ranimous vote Of the
adopted by lnS 49,. voting a
Senate. senator Richardson.
><d~.c,ded ave After the report had
fsen road senator Donahoe presented an
e,nendment TO the House substitute pro
-,;,7ing for file holding of an election next
Mav s wear. The bill was passed unani-
nonslv and sentinto the House there j.
came ~ ia the afternoon and as ey- -
=,oVesham took the tlooy and !, AZ pVSIJs 20 h;s
usual speeches IN cpr osition, got Of his
usual chestnuts aooat his fondness and
love for q Convention and that the time
was one so short that a full vote could
not be obtained.
Mr.. Whiteman replied that Mr.. Down
ham had brought out one thing that
this has resolved itself into a political
question. We can reach a conclusion
only bv a committee of conference. 1t
seems as though THIS House, has deter
mined On one thing and the Senate on
another. and there can nb circumstances
arise whereby they can be induced to
agree 1t seems W me .that,fwith both
Houses it is more fmportant who takes
the initiatory step than as TO the matter
itself have no argument to make, but
/ believe that the bill as reported from
the Senate will not bear the abuses
heaped upon IL; as to its being bill how
not TO call convention. There IS one
thing evident-this bilTis backed by the
constitution Of the state 1t Is not the
net theory Of any man but has substan
tial ground upon which to stand. There
is no small element in this state who
believe that this bill is the only way
In which we can call convention.
believe that the Senate "aa acIea wisely.
While this bill does not entirely meet nj =
approval, and while am convinced that
there are other methods by which a con.
.syentlon can be called we may here, by
3Aklng rash step, bring~ourselves and
the people of the state into cousterna
tion and trouble. There is danger thai
we may have 3 repetition OF what tooi
place in 1859, because there Is strong
element who believe, as the opponents
did at that time, and would ratity tn
work Of a convention called in anothe
way.
The motion was agreed to and MI
Downham offered joint RESOLUTION pre-
viding for committee on conference
The resolution was adopted, aud Messrs
Downham. w +. Davis and Lodge wer
appointed House conferes The confe
ence will amount to nothing, ,bowevei
as today's action was the Senate
nltimatum.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
The Republicans showed their hand &
day IN in the most open way that the
have done this session. The Australia
ballot law was the perfect exhibition
secure purity of the elections. The r
publican party in the late election
clared for pure elections and in utter
finance Of party pledges they defeat
this bill in the House this morning
but one reason. None under the.sun b
that they had purchased Sussex -coun
at the last election and intend TO ma
their fight at the next general electi
with this end in view IL was a mS
humiliating confession by party Il
they want to buy their way into pow
and have no hope of winning otherwi
Under this bill bribery OF elections v
well nigh impossible and the bill W,
under by strict party vote The Sen
proposes to pass bin for this purp
and put upon the House the responsil
ity Of defeat.
TAXING EXPRESS COMPANIES.
The House this afternoon passed
act taxing express companies. Under
provisions Of the act which goes i
force June l. the receipts OF all expl
companies in the state are taxed five
cent of their gross earnings The C
panies agree to the imposition Of the
SIS it has been the custom in other stl
to impose this tax The companies
forbid to increase the rates after the
sage 81 the bill. Should any comp
fail L. pay they are to be closed up
not allowed to do business within
state. The bill will pass the Senat
uorrow and will add about 81, 900
to the states income.
BANK DIRECTORS
The Senate concurred to-day in
House amendment to its resolution
pointing bank directors Of the FarI
Bank Under the amendments, the
Of Joseph L. Carpenter in Wilmingt
supplied by Henry c. Conrad, Albei
SilEre of New Castle by David w.
ington, Samuel W. Hall of Dover by
w Casson and Charles B. Houston
Georgetown by Samuel H. Messick.
only other change over last year is
substitution Of William Bowe in pla
Enoch Moore, Jr., in Wilmington.
NOTES.
There is not much prospect OF
House paying state treasurer 81, 81
his books If this is not done the
win lose a valuable lot Of books.
present state treasurer has brough
treasury department Of this state
position it has never held before.
The Addicks bill has passed, and
look out for fun. The Addicks p
mean business. The House Comm
on Corporations reported. favo
today the Delaware Finance bill.
Senator Crossan introduced a su
tute resolution to-day allowing the
O. railroad to pay $25, 900 in conn
tion for tax for two years.
High license is now an established
IN this qtafa The HonQa aoncr1rr