Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-04-21

Material for street improvements May
be Gotten Kssiiy.
STAFF Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, April 30 The Senate had a
quorum this evening and held short
session The senators here were Mr.
Speaker, and Messrs. Moore, Richardson,
Houston and Ross
The House did not have quorum.
The members OF the House here were
Messrs. Sirman. Thomas. Ridgely, Hut
son, Marvel, jackson and West. These
quorumless days have given rise TO much
adverse comment, but they viii only last
for two or three weeks longer.
The Chapman BIZ Passed.
The important work Of the Senate was
the passage OF the lChipman Game bill.
without any Senate amendments. This
is slap In the face fer the Delaware
tame Protective Association.
II would be well for sportsmen to pay
particular attention to its provisions
Section provides that from and after
the passage Of the act 1t shall be unlaw
full for any person TO ship. take or carry
away or attempt to ship. take or GARRY
ont Of the state any quail, partridge,
robin. woodcook Wilson or English) OF
wild rabbit, dead or alive. for purposes OF
sale or otherwise. And It shall be also
unlawful for any person who is a non
resident Of the state TO ship, take OF
carry away OF attempt so to do. any oil
the aforementioned game from ons
county TO smother In the state for pur
poses Of sale or otherwise, The penalty
for SO doing Is S. for each and every bird
or animal. with costs Of prosecution
Failure to pay the fine inflcts as penalty
thirty days Imprisonment. One half Of
the tine goes 70 the county, the other
half to the informer
The House amendment strikes out Sec
tion 2, which allowed man to gun OF
his own land At any time In the year
Section is clause repeating all act,
or parts Of acts inconsistent with thi,
act
There are several points about the bill
tina 60 not meet with the favor Of every
man mere For instance, a man lives IN
Kent and owns a farm in Sussex or New
Castle, he wants to 60 down to his
farm 'or a week OF sport. The only way
he can bring any game home is TO carry
IL in his stomach, and II such a man as
Nsth Hutchins is the Chapman bill de
tective, the sportsman will be met on the
county line by the officer with an emetic,
and be- convicted on the strength of the
evidence. Or 3 man may own farm
that lies In two counties. Under this bill
he cannot gun on bis Sussex county land
II the dwelling house happens TO lie In
Kent county; or If he does, he must cook
il on the Sussex side of the fence The
bin viii not be enforced to this extent
however, although IL could be so con
strued aud operated
the DruKsists' Liquor Bn.
The iobby Of druggists headed by 2
james Belt, which came 10 Dover last
week the interest Of the bill 20 allow
druggists TO sell liquor without prescrip-
tlon, did not make very strong impress
sion
Tie bin was reported fayorably BY com
mittee 10 day and called up by Mr.
Moore After being discussed for few
minutes " was recommitted, and vii
now oe quietly sm)shered in committee
Beats the Biotted mot"
The blotted mot" sinks into insignia
canoe Another attempt At trickery hai
been discovered that sinks the "blotted
not 6end into obscurity. Some miscreeui
he's attempted 60 knock out the OonahOe
anne dments to the bill authorizing the
mayor ard Council Of Wilmington to Dor
row $500 600 for use On the streets. This
evening when Clerk Hearn WAS looking
over the bill he discovered that some oLs
had written the words, "Strlke this
out, on she margin Of the amendment
providing that the Board of Street anC
Sewer Commissioners shall give all tn,
contracts fer material and labor foi
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the city, county or state.
AS soon as he found II he callee
Speaker DonahOes attention 20 It ans
asked him what it meant, Tie speak
was on his mettle In a moment and said
1T means that some id thief hai
been At your desk, replied the speaker
Take your eraser and clean the bill
and watch out 10 the future how you Lei
persons not members Of the Genera
Assembly handle the-bills.'
Suspicion rests upon certain younl
man Of Dover IS the tool Of certain viii
mingtou parties in this respect If he d
caught st bis sharp practice he vii
doub less think that he is "Donahoo
dood instead Of "Donahoed
The slIverbrook Question.
To- morrow evening will be given {
the discussion Of the bin for the condem
nation Of Silverbrook as a common sewer
The friends of the bill, headed BY Senate
George Gray, William SpruRnce al
Attorney General John Biggs will be her
in force. Thursday evening the OPP,
nents Of the bill, hesded by Willar
Salisbury. Jr, and E. g. Bradford
couI sci for the Jessup and Moore Paps
Company, win be given a hearing.
The Peach Crop OF Sussex.
The Sussex county statesmen wi
came up TO day bring bad news Of u
peach crop Of that county. Senato
Moore, Ross ard Houston and Speak
Srm IA all say that the buds are fallin
of in great numbers and there will u
be more than one-ffth Of q crop. It
said that the crop is not injured Ia q
neighborhood of Georgetown
Representative Ridgely says that tn
are Injured In Kent to some extent.
The Loan Association Bill
willard salisbury, Jr, has sent
Senator Ross an amendment to the B
providing for the appointment of sta
examiner Of building ana loan assoc
ti0us. Il provides that the provisions
the act shall not apply to cases Of trr
companies wherein the chancellor N
has jurisdiction.
Those Donahoe Amendments.
Have you seen the wilmingt
papers Of to day. inquired your corr,
pordsnt Of Speaker Donahoe this eve
ing