The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-01

Our Dover Letter. g.
Down, April 1.-Yesterday was a
busy day In both houses, but the most
or routine character.
The biggest thing done in the morn
ing was the concurrence Of the Senate
In the house anmendent to the Senate
Constitutional Convention bills. By
this net OF the Senate 1t Is now settled
that the vote for or against the Con-
yention shall be taken on the third
Tuesday of May, Just seven weeks
from yesterday. It Is claimed by men
OF all parties here that this Is an ex.
cellent movement on the part of the
Convention people. as 1t is held that
very little work will call out a vote
large enough to guarantee the Con-
ventlon. At any rateIthe:dateis fixed, the
bill is passed, and now it remains with
the people to do the voting.
ing to risk everything on the vote to
be taken next May. He has now a bill
in preparation which is no more nor
less than an amendment to the
famous and notorious section TX.
This bill will provide that section TX
will he SO amended that a vote can be
taken.on the subject for or against a
| convention on any general election
day. And 1t goes further and provides
that II the vote "for a convention"
shall equal the highest vote cast for
representatives in the General Assem-
bly, the convention shall be called.
This Is radical step forward but
Senator Filling is one of those chaps
who never takes step without forg-
ing ahead.
The Senate liquor bill, which provld.
ed for the sale OF liquor in less guam
titles than one quart to be drunk on OIL
of the premises, was defeated In the
Senate this afternoon.
In the discussion which the bill gave
rise to, Speaker Donahoe made per
sonal statement in which he said he
had been blamed by citizens of vii
mington for not having certain amend
ments placed in the bill of two year,
ago. To contrayene this, Speaker Don
ahoe, to the surprise of the Senate
produced the original bill Of two
years ago, and plainly showed from Its
mutilated condition that amendments
which had been added to IL and pasteC
on 1t had been torn off.
Speaker Donahoe stated emphatical
ly that one OF the amendments provid
ed that drug stores in the city OF VII
| ming bou LHdb WlSibh W Soil 1i1uOl
should pay license fee of $500, anc
that druggists in tho country shall
pay 1900 license to sell liquor TIL,
| fight last session was started by tn,
Sussex members and was engenderet
by the fact that it was reported on the
floor that the two drug stores Ii
Georgetown sold more liquor during
year than did the two hotels there 81
that the other amendment offered Il
the bill which was adopted provided
that, as the bar-rooms were compelle,
Ia take down their screens, the dru,
stores should be compelled to tax
down their prescription screens, an,
the liquor sold there should also b
drank openly.
The speaker was earnest in his re
marks and asserted that these amend
ments after being adopted were tori
off the bill before 1t WIS enrolled.
There was good deal of 'monke,
business last session and this bill ey
IDENTIFY came in for share of it. o.
the final vote on the bill, Speake
Donahoe and Senators Ross and Moor
voted for it-and Senators Pilling, Nc
Mullin, Richardson, Williams and Ha
voted against it. Speaker Donaho
afterwards,aha his vote to mo- 8
as to be able to move for a reconsidert
ton. The friends of the bill will no
give 1t up yet
Mr. Eisenbrey this afternoon intro
, duced his bill to provided fixed salar
for members of the Legislature.
: The following Is the full text of tn
: bill, which has been very materall
amended since 1t first made Its appeal
ance last week:
Section That hereafter the men
I ~ l.EA ~
State shall receive for their compens,
+ ton the sum of s500and the Speaker c
; each House shall receive 5000 eac
biennial session in full for all service
. by them rendered.
Section ain case the General A.
sembly shall BIO called together in exit
: session the members shall receive Ill
= sum of s. per day and the Speakers {
!. the two Houses shnll receive So d.
9 day, while i'll extra session.
| Section 3-ln consideration of II
/ Increase of the compensation of I'll
above said members of the Generi
/. Assembly, 1t shall hereafter be unlav
i full for any such member to accept
e addition to the amount provided
@ section ono and two of this act an
. further compensation, remmeratio
: privileges or fuyors, on account
!, their official position from any co
: poration, their agents. attorneys {
:; employees, or other person or person
:. by them,autllorized, and ii any memh,
s of the General Assembly shall violai
|. provisions OF this act, he shall be Il
+ guilty of misdemeanor and upo
conviction thereof shall DO fined M
less than $50 nor more than 500 al
shall pay costs of prosecution.
Il This is a rather sweeping bill, and
4 Is understood here that 1t Is backed |
. the Farmers Alliance, and there is j
question but that 1t is aimed at Il
I, railroad pass CUSTOM
~ Tho bill to adopt the Meyers Amei
"a can Voting Machine bill WAS called |
4 for iinal passage yesterday afternoo
: but because OF the absence of sever
- members, 1t was at the request OF Nj
,. jackson laid over until this afternoo
N They had II little breeze down here
~ kent's Levy Court last week over
q bill presented by the bailitf of t
q Court and general sessions for dim
"a which he had served to jury at [
~ ~ last term OF Court.
The Levy Court refused to pay t
bill and yesterday Reprns6nlati
Rlagely INTRODUCED a bill which autht
lies AMI direels all Levy Courts TO 81
for tltc furnishing of meals to juro
1. who may be Detained OF locked up
cases at court.
The Worlds lair bill is now bel
put In shape and will likely be report
b. from the committee to-day or tonne
raw n {vIl1 prf,,-tIa fNr an a ,N,,,.e,,1,,