Evening journal., 1891-01-28
BILL PASSES THE HOUSE.
ElsEN5REY VOTES WITH THE RE-
PU8LlCANS.
Representative Higgins Uses Obstructive
Tacticts, But Is Unsuccsssfnl-Th Ril
to Divide Cedar Creek Passes without


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Any Trouble.
STAFF Core spondenee EVENING JoUnsAL.
DOVER, Jan. 27-The Five Commits.
sioners bill for New Castle county passed
the House this evening b. a vote Of 13 10
| 8. John n. Z senbrey OF MI pllion
hundred, Kent county, was the only
/ Democrat who voted sgainst the measure.
This m0roing the Committee on Rs
| vised Statutes mes aud for one hour and
half gave the bill its careful consider
alton. The Republican members of the
COMMITTEES objected to the bill in many
particulars, ana every effort was
| made to insert amendments that
would either Kill the bill or keep
| the Republican members Of the Levy
Court in Office until 1898 After makipg
the amendments that reconciled the dif
ferenees Of opinion existing among the
Democrats of New Castle county they
let the matter rest, and took uo the con
sideration of the bill to divide Cedar
Creek hundred in Sussex county.
When Mr Hutson, chairman of the
committee left the COMMITTEES room he
hal both measures In his hand and OF.
fered them in their regular order.
AAP1AIDouE Interested.
The Kent aud Sussex county men
seemed to be as deeply interested in the
measure as the New Castle eountians
When 1t was announced that the House
was about to take up the bill the Senate
which had just met, took recess and
went to the other house to see the bills 20
through
A few minutes after Speaker sirman
tapped his gavel Mr. RidgelY called up q
divorce bill for its second reading The
Republicans were not to be reassured BY
this, and an uneasy look was on everv
face on the minority side of the House
This was particularly noticeable ia Mr.
Higgins, who was detailed to defend the
Republican ilterests. On his desk were
amendments OF every description and
typs-written copy Of the Three Commits
sioners bill defeated by the Democratic
Senate two years ago. He thought the
passage of this vas the only salvation
for the Republicans.
While Mr. Higgins was nervously
lingering his papers Mr. Hutson arose
and said:
MIR. Speaker, on the psrb Of the
special committee on Revised Statutes
would report back to the Honse the Five
Commissioners bill with amendments.
aud the favorable recommendation of the
committee"
The amendments were few and did not
materially change the original purpoft
of the bill. The governor was directed
to appoint the commissioners on or be
fore January 81. 1891, instead of January
20, 1891. as originally provided, Instead
Of appointing the commissioners
for tour years the amendments
authorize the governor TO appoint these
commissioners TO hold Office until the
first Tuesday in January, A. D., 1898
The original bill gave him power to ap-
point them for four years. expiring the
first Tuesday in January 1885 There
seemed to be q disinclination on the part
of the members no. to carry the appoint
ing power beyond the next general elec
tion In 1892, the bill providing in section
5 that the officers shall be elective al thar
time.
sIr. Higgins at Work
After the amendments were adopted.
Mr.. Higgins offered the following
amendments
Section Strike out all Of Section
Section . Strike cut Section ana in
lieu thereof insert tho fol.owiag
THAT the Levy Court Of New Castle
county shall continue until the 3lst day
Of JanuGrY A 1893, aud that upon
said dav tho said Levy Court shall be
abolished and terminated
He supplemented the offering Of those
amendments by making a lengthy appeal
to the honesty OF HE Democratic fellow
members Threatened to call down the
wrath Of the farmers OF the state upon
the heads of the legislators. who
would aid in the passage OF such an uni
qnitous aud unjust measure az the one
pending, said that the Republican mem
bers should be allowed to uncover the
dark deed Of the Democratic levy court
men, and indeed an appeal TO the Demo
Gratis TO allow the Republican members to
remain in Office until 1893
He was not interrupted. hut when h e
had finished Mr.. Hutson quietly rose an
said
Mr. Speaker, move that the amend
ments be laid on the table
The ayes and nays were called, and the
vote was: Ayes, "a nays, z 1t was a
strict party vote, and the only one taken
during the consideration OF the BILL
Eisenbrey (Dem.) voting with the Repub-
licans throughout its passage
Mr.. Hutson then moved that the bill
be read by paragraph.
EIssnbery's Position.
Mr.. Eisenbrey arose and stated his
position as follows:
Before that bill is presented l wish to
state my position on it To begin with
must say that cannot conscientiously
and consistently support this bill
in its present. form OF shape. There is
no man in this house that would be more
willing to give to New Castle county a
bill that consider would be Of interest
to New Castle county. / believe
that the better class of citizens
Of New Castle county would have
commission ia preference to che cumber
some and extravagant Levy Coust sys
TEN. But before | would be pledged Ia
anything that is so radically wrong and
unjust Us this is, when under considsra.
tion. viii vote with the Republicans
When he sat down there was a pro
| found silence, and the Republicans
looked around at the Democrats as ii
they expected someone to follow suit OF
speak in defence Of the party policy
But no one spoke, and Mr. higgins
| began to offer Il series OF amendments
which were voted down.
The vote on the 6nal passage was as
follows:
Yeas-Attix, Jackson, Hutson. Marvel,
Richards, Ridgely, ohipman, Hickman,
Morris, Morris, Sirman. Tindall, West.
Nays-Cranston bay Elkinton, Hig-
/ gins, Smith, Thomas and Walton. Re
publicsns; and Eisenbrey, Democrat.
Yeas. 10; nays, s.
As soon as the bill passed the crowd