Evening journal., 1889-03-15
IT is POSTPONED AGAIN
The Fun to Begin on Next
Tuesday.
THE ANTLCHICAGO BEEF BILL.

I
u Mr Lodge. About IL o'clock this
morning Mr.. Downham submitted the
majority report bill of the committee on
CONSTITUTIONAL Reform. 1t wasthe same
~ outlined IN this correspondence yester.
uAy, and IN accordance with that program
outhned yesterday Mr. Lodge submitted AN
amendment giving Wilmington five mem.
oers Then after both bills were read bv
Tue clerk there was calm as If
everybody was expecting the fun to com
llence IN earnest. It did not commence
because Mr.. Lodge was not ready. His
motion to postpone until March i9 at 1 /
a. .. M, was adopted. In making the mo
oioIi ne stated that this was an important
matter that needed consideration and he
desired that 1t should be postponed until
.nat tiine MIR. Downham agreed with
MN that IT was an important matter and
~ the Dill had just come from the com.
Inlttee he had no objection to the motion
though he believed that the members are
as ready to vote on the measure now AZ
they will be two weeks from
now The bill as presented bv
hr Downham is the first IL
the Republican side Of the House and
upon That they will stand and out Of IL
they expect to make party capital. That
~ - All they are here for and nothing more.
lhey nave framed bill which secures
Ihe votes OF all the Republican members
Tor Two reasons, one because the party
whlp mas been vigorously applied and the
other because there is not the slightest
nope OF the passage of the bill The Re.
puoncans OF the House are like flock Of
sheep blindly following leader in this
matter. There whole position is unten-
aole. Admitting that a sufficient vote
was cast November 1, 1887, has ii ever
Deen ascertained. There IS no
legal record of the vote of November ],
1853, and there was no means of ascer-
tanning what the vote was and the Joint
convention of January 10 had no moral
legal right to declare that sufficient
vote had been cast. The figures came
from summary in the Delawarean aud
no one will pretend to say that they were
Official Ia the face of this subsequent
actions Of the Republicans have been
trifiing. There is but one thing to do and
That is to pass a bill calling another
election to determine if the people want
convention. The Democrats of the Sen
ate and House desire a convention much
more sincerely than the Republicans and
are willing and ready to pass a bin for
TINS purpose Here again the Republicans
expose their position for they declare
That they viii not vote for such a bill
even II their convention bill Is defeated
WhyF Simply because they are afraid IL
VIII furnish the Democrats with a little
capital. They are conventionists tfor rev.
enue only and not for the benefit of
home industries.
IAwRupe 4.-r, ,,.,...
The regular biennial bill to remove the
tax on lawyers and physicians made ia
appearance in the House to day. These
professional gentlemen pay $40 wear
tax and have been doing SO for years past
and for years past they have been irving
70 have the tax repealed Two years ago
bill was introduced into the Senate
repeating the tax. It passed that body.
but the House knocked out the doctors.
and when the bill went back to the Senate
that body knocked out what was left of
the bill. The lawyers base their claim TO
be released of the tax on the ground that
they are officers of the court and are
sworn as such and should not be made to
pay as serving as such. Doctors want il
of because they say they are friends of
and their devotion to their
practice is of such a nature that they
have to make many sacrifices to their
personal comfort When the fact Is
considered that manYsof both professions
10 not pay the tax, there cannot be lost
much to the state in revenue by the pas.
sage of the bill
STATE INSANE ASYLUM.
The joint committee on the State In
sane Asylum held meeting to-day. The
matter was given considerable discussion |
and Representative Biggs was happy at
The adjournment, having secured a ma
lority OF the committee in his favor The
prospects of the bill are better now than
-hey have been for some time past and
there is good reason to believe that the
Dill will pass the House Mr.. Biggs will
not push the bill until next week. Should /
7 go through the House there is reason
@ believe that it viii pass the Senate.
ne bill has been unfortunately too long
delayed in the House There has been
strong pressure brought to bear against
me bill from Kent and Sussex counties
rms IS due in measure to the denuncia.
ion hurled against the institutions Of
ihese counties. The need Of the building
s no less to-day than it ever was
lhe Dill will receive the votes Of all
ne New Castle county members and
mere IS a good hope that at least the
our votes necessary will be forthcoming
rom the lower counties. If this bill
mould be passed 1t will give the state
N institution Of which it will be proud
md one that will compare with any simi-
ar institution in any other state. 1t will
'lso do away with the thought Of the
'uilding being charitable institution.
nd no doubt that in few years it NAV
ecome self-supporting from the fees
ecelyed from patients outside of the
tate.
CHICAGO BEEF.
Anti-Chicago beef will be heard from
o-morrow The interests in favor of
ne bill will be down. here and present
heir case to the committee They are
expected to be represented by q couple of
ttorneys. There are few things about
ms bill that are not apparent at FIRST
ght. The people who are back of it are
OF those who upon the surface appear to
e. Ihey are no doubt some farmers and
rangers who are agitating the matter
'om reasons that they think are good.
ut back OF 1t all and the source from
men the doodle comes to hire
Iwyers are the butchers themselves.
rior to the advent of Chicago dressed {
eef in the city Of Wilmington. two or l
lree droyers controlled the entire (
holesale beef trade Of the town. and a I
lore exaeting monopoly never existed in I
ny town. How well they run it can be-
aswered by the people themselves. They
ere compelled to pay the highest prices ]
II beef, and these men grew wealthy {
at Of the business On the other hand