Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-21

| raigned the opposition which had forced
him to come here and brought the dying
Ryan here the opposition which has now
worked up so strong pressure that he
| didn't believe there is q man in Dover who
possesses any influence with the members
af the Legislature who is not in their EN-
| play. All that his father had accumulated
in SO years of hard labor, all his sisters
money; oil that his i'll brother has in the
world. all his own money and money fur
nished by his friends, lies buried in this
| morocco factory. He did not ask now for
| the condemnation OF Mill Creek That
had been left ont and the Jessup & Moore
| Company had said that il they would do this
that corporation would have nothing to
urge against it. He quoted from minutes
of the City Council and discussed the atti-
tude of the Street and Sewer Department.
lie urged that the expenditure under this
bill could not possibly exceed $4,000; the
Street and Sewer Department would not
let the expense exceed this by single
dime His appeal was pathetic and forci-
BILE throughout.
Willard salisbury, Jr,, Esq, said he
was prepared to reply but did not care to
consume the time unless the House de-
sired it.
Joseph Pyle, at Mr.. Ford's request, en-
dorscd the bill and, as a large property
holder i'll that vicinity, sincerely hoped
the bill would pass.
The time being extended 15 minutes,
Mr.. Salisbury said that Ford had not
spoken to the merits Of the question: he
| had simply appealed to the sympathy of
the members. But the misfortunes Of an
individual would not justify wrong to other
| property holders This matter has been
rehashed before the General Assembly
and fully considered by the courts.
:. 70. 9. Bradford, Esq, also spoke briefly.
He recalled that Ford had received written
l,s-
abstain from so doing. The Street and
Sewer Department is vested by law with
exclusive jurisdiction and control over this
| subject matter. That department comes
here unanimously and declares there is
absolutely no present need for this thing,
and that there is urgent need of all avail
able funds for more pressing public needs.
As to the amount of expenditure, are we to
go by the Judgment Of the engineer or the
| guesswork of Mr.. Ford2 If the city enters
/ upon this work and expends $4,000, the
| inevitable result will be the addition of a
| very much larger sum to enable this work
to be carried to successful termination.
After the House had reassembed, Mr..
| Chapman spoke in favor of the bill. 1t
would greatly enhance the value of prop
| erty in that part of Wilmington and he
hoped the bill would pass.
| The roll was then called as follows:
Ayes-Chipman, Hickman, jackson,
Marvel, Morris, r. r.; Ridgely Tindall,
West, Speaker Sirman-9
NoesI,c,rqnston, :, Day, Higgins, Hutson,
Not voting-Attix, Eisenbrey, Ellinton,
Richards, Thomas, Walton.
Call the absent members again." di-
rected the speaker.
The clerk did so but none of them re-
| sponded.
Mr.. Chipman then changed his vote to
"a. +, g., ~.
reconsideration should opportunity offer.
This bill having failed to receive the
required constitutional majority then,
said the Speaker, II now declare it lost"
THE 100000 LOAN.
The un-Donahoed (citizens' committee)
bill authorizing loan of S500,00O for the
improvement of the streets of Wilmington
was shortly after taken up and passed
without discussion Is members present, a
roll call, all voting for it.
THE LEVY COURT BILLS.
The House also passed during the morn
| ing session the Kent and Sussex Levy
Court bills. which were substituted in the
| Senate for the Commission bills abandoned
because superseded by the registration act
| and the repeal of sections 0 and 10 of the
assessment law of 1873. The provisions Of
these bills have been previously fully re
| ported.
THE TWO DETECTIVES BILL.
! The resurrected two detectives BILL a
| Banquo's ghost sort of spectre, came up
again and passed this time by II to s, +. j.
| Morris voting with the New Castle mem
bers in the negative.
KILLED VERY DEAD.
The Senate weekly payment of wages
bill, which has not been pushed in the
House, presumably because of the amend
ment, tackled on in the Senate, empower
ing employees and employers to make
| special arrangements in waiver of the
terms of the bill was taken up in the
House early in the afternoon session.
After it had been read, MIR. Smith sail
that it was n bill which ought not to pass.
The requirement that wages shall be paid
on the day after they become due was he
said. one which such corporations as the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, the
Jackson ~ Sharp Company, the Pusey d
Jones Company and other large establish
ments could not possibly comply with. In
regard to the II. y II. Co. he spoke from
personal knowledge. They had tried to
do this very thing in order to accommo-
date their men on holiday occasions and
they simply could not do it. It took two
days to take the time of 800 men and
get their money put up for them. When
Mr.. Smith had finished speaking, the roll
was call and sixteen members responded
no"
THE BRooME STREET BRIDGE
bill went through the House without OBJ
lection. It is not mandatory, but simply
authorizes the levy court, in its discretion,
to build a bridge over the lirandywine be-
tween Broome street and the cemetery.
No limitation is imposed on the cost of the
bridge.
ouADRENNIAL ASSESSORS.
Senate bill extending the terms of the
Wilmington assessors to the November
election Of 1891 and providing for the
election Of their successors quadrennially
coming up for passage, Mr., Walton asked
for an explanation Of its meaning. Mr..
Jackson, who called it up. declared that he
did not know; he had been asked to call it
up and had done so. 1t had passed the
Senate and been through committee in the
Messrs Il. j. Morris and Hickman said
something, which in the prevailing CON
fusion was indistinguishable, and the bill
was then passed by not more than two or
three audible ayes
SILVER BROOK KILLED AGAIN.
Shortly before p. M, Representative
Chapman moved to reconsider the vote by
which the Silver Brook bill was lost and,
with some irresularity, the reconsideration
was ordered. The vote as called off by the
clerk showed that 6 had voted for and 4
started to announce that the ''ayes have
j." when he was interrupted by the OBJ
lection of mo quorum" The speaker
thereupon directed his own name to be re-
corded as voting aye making up the
requisite If, but obviously too late to be
regular. Nevertheless it went. Mr.. Smith
thereupon called the bill up again and it
was read. Mr.. Chapman thereupon moved
that it be laid over till tomorrow. Lost; 8
to 3, The resurrected bill was then killed
again by vote of to ., as follows
Marvel Norris r r Rid,,al,y rrt,,dol