Evening journal., 1891-05-09
LIB IS ACCUSED.
Continued from First Page.


bills Two of the bills on the clips were
Nos 35S and s44 They were pracketec
on and marked See That is the whole
Of what trsnspired.
You never heard me say he was inter
essed in any particular billsg
No sir
Hsd he made an agreement to help you
enrolf
No It was his own offer. NY bow
SAYS he went up on the train that night
CLERK Dunn Again Called.
Clerk Dunn was next called. He reit-
Grated his statement that Lee told him
ne vas Interested In the two bills. That
he Dunn held the package OF bills. ran
them through and Lee selected the ones
ne wanted he marked them on the slim
Dy numbers and left the slip for Peune-
VII "a the drawer in the clerks room,
Reading Clerk Parvis was also called
Aad SAID be heard Lee say he was inter-
ested Ia the two bills.
Las Charged with the work.
THIS ended the examination. and after
discussing the matter fully Clerk Carter
was directed By the committee to draw
up the following report which was unan-
imcusly adopted:
ru the honorable the Senate and
House Of Representatives.
Your joint committee appointed to
invest gate the tampering with House
bili NJ 1858 would respectfully report:
That the bill has evidently been
materially altered and thai alteration
was made while the bill was In the cps
tody q William d. Lee, between 10
o'clock midnight Of Thursday, April 30.
1881, ard ~ and | o'clock noon on Fri.
day, May /, 1891. And further. that
between those hours named the said vii
liam Lee went to Wilmington on the
midnight train and came back with the
PHI next morning, arriving In Dover
between ~ and l o'clock noon. Respect
fully submitted
Duplicated reports were drawn. signed
~ ne respective committees, and re-
The House adopted report and that
was All there was about 1t, with the ex-
ceptnn that Nh. Hutson introduced the
Ioii'~ing Oil, which was quickly passed
nndei suspension OF the rules.
iin TamperinE a Felony.
An act to prevent tampering with
legislative proceedings.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
ct representatives OF the State of Della
ware 10 General Assembly met.
Section I. That whatsoever shall
wiliuiiy add to, alter, deface, erase, OBJ
literte. blot. blur, steal. hide. conceal. |
destroy or misplace with intent TO cen |
ceal any bill pending before eithes branch
Of the General Assembly of this state, OF 1
any committee thereof, or any /
joint committee OF the two houses
shall be guilty of felony and upon
conviction thereof, shall pay iine of not
less than 800 nor more than So, 600 aud
costs Of prosecution; shall be publicly
whipped with not less than ten nor more
than thirty lashes; and shall also be
imprisoned not less than one nor more
Tran ten years And whatsoever shall In
llke manner add to, alter. deface, erase,
ooilterafe, mutilate, blot, blur, steal
nice conceal, destroy, or misplace with
lntett TO conceal. any act passed by the
saia General Assembly, shall be guilty Of
a like ufiense and shall be punished Ia
like manner
Section q A bill. within the meaning
OF thus act, ehall be taken az pending
from the time Of its introduction until
enrolled and signed bY the speakers OF
both houses IL shall Then be- and be
taken as and for an act
Section 5. Alterations or amendments
made IN the regular course OF proceed
ings or openly and honestly made IL
committee. or by the direction of any
Der thereof shall not be construed
rs violation Of the first section of this
act
Section A. Nothing herein contained
snSh be construed to prevent or limit
either house from Furnishing for con
Tempt according to parliamentary usage
nor shall any snch punishment for
contempt be construed to prevent or
limit prosecution nnder the first section
Df this acc
Most Appear Before the senate.
Things were different In the Senate
hoEsver Mr. Pilling presented the
report and it was adopted
Then Mr. williams wanted 10 know If
hat was to be the last Of II so fan as Mr.
Lee was concerned Mr. Pilling said the
,ommittee left that 20 the Senate. Mr
" iiiisms then moved that ar Lee be sum
noned TO answer the charge. BE said !
ne SHOULD be given an opportunity to
answer the charge II he could not
sisat himself he would be dlsgrsced for
ar Pilllng said that so far as he could
learn there was no law In the statute
beck that could reach this case, but there
vas q bill In the House making Il felony
IN the future
M Williamss motion prevailed aud
Speaker DonahOe fixed next Thursday as
the time for the trial, saying he would
have the necessary papers made out
The Senate adjourned before passing
the Hutson Felony bill
was There Wholesale ConspIrac,9
Il looks very much as II the rider"
business was to have been carried on bv
the wholesale
April 6 Senator Pilling received two
letters warning him that certain things
we're 10 be attempted This thing was
one OF them His warning came
almost month before the
thing happened. As the letters
were anonymous he die not attach much
Importance 70 them and placed them m
his desk. In time he forgot about them
This circumstance refreshed his memory
and be gave them to the EVENING
oUKEAL correspondent to use
One reads as follows:
- Propose 20 amend 10 Laws of Del
chsp sou page 1856, 80 as to prolong the
term OF the present city auditor two
years oy striking ont the words ninety !
enc 10 lire I'VE aud inserting in lieu
To repeal chap $50 of IS Laws of
Del. creating the registration of cleo
The bills being first prepared here in
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