Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-01

Com naassioner Bin Passsd-silvcrbrook
Hziscenanssus business.
stat Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
Down, April 30-The tide Of Dem1
cratic reform rolls on despite the protes.
tations Of the Republican assemblymen
This has been week Of reform legis-
lstion. and next week viii finish what
was left undone this week.
To-dsy's proceedings were marked by
two more fights The bill providing for
the registration of voters In the city OF
WILMINGTON passed the Senate; and the
Fulton Equalization of Taxation was
anceremoniously killed by the House.
Opposed to City Registration.
Clerk Hearn's throat had another test
this msrniDg when he read the City
Registration bill.
It was favoFably reported by Mr.. Will
liams. chairman Of the Committee on
Revised Statutes. He moved that 1t be
read third time for passage.
After IL was read and the speaker
asked the usual question: Shall this
bill pass the gsnatsf" Mr. Pilling arose
and said
Will uNN1UY QuiI A1W llOnANubH Vi
your time, but | cannot suffer this bill
TO pass Without entering my solemn
protest. must say that IL Is one OF the
worst political bills ever listened to-
and be worst ever heard read. Talk
about th e Force bill, 1t is nothing when
compared to this measure, / think It
does credit to those young men who drew
II MP You may ask why should II con r.
cern me- not being resident OF the city
Of Wilmington. In reply to that | will
say that there Is not representative
from New Castle county whom that bill
does not affect We have all got to run
through Wilmington at elections. Every
senator and member OF the lower House
will have to uadergo gauntlet Of both
tkese registration Jaws. Why one Of
these laws cannot apply to the whole
state caunot understand. It IA
beyond my comprehension. Here is one
sfscer on nu qber OF officers to be
alec ed and two registration laws to APP
ply 70 their constituents. You Of Kent
and Sussex may not feel the effects Of It.
bat we do The secret Of OF this bill is
simply this the Democrats get control
Of all these election officers. The
governor appoints the board and they ap-
point the inspectors and other officers.
Where you will stop, don't know. You
ars drawing the ropes tighter and tighter
every day, and II this continues you will
soon have nothing but what the
governor viii give you,
Il make prophecy, and want yoE to
mark what say. and that is that that
bill will not return those It Is Intended TO
return Tho people OF New Castle county
will not stand It. They have too much
spirit 10 stand it hope you will all
live 70 meet me here and be able to see
that prophecy fulfilled All good Demo
Gratis do not want this kind Of lpgisla.
tion It is not right They have already
one registration law for this city They
do not reed another Leave this bill and
make the other apply TO the whole state
Why we should have three registration
bills for this small state can't under
stand ] am satisfied, In closing, that
some day. aud trust before long, this
kind Of legislation will cease.
Mr. Speaker-"it Is particularly
WILMINGTON bill and means that no one
will ever get back here unless he Is
elected
Mr. McMullin-"I thought you were
going to say unless they we're appointed "
(LAughter)
Hall would simply say upon the
rel call that the senatur from New Castle
only objects to the bill as q whole. Had
he attacked any election he might have
convinced US that be was right We
may think that the bill Is a coed one on
the wbole II he were TO attack any par
tieulsr part Of il be would receive every
consideration st our hands
Mehullln-"We cannot object TO any
particular part We should commence
At the beginning and 70 to the end with
cur obiectiens We are beginning
wrong We are building upon the sand
We have not begun building right. II
this appointing power Is continued the
governor win have a guard over every
man il the city Of Wilmington and every
farmer IN the state We are comforting
= great deal Of power on the governor OF
the state In giving him 50 much appoint
ing power. These people almost amount
to 8 co1psral's guard
PiLing-'In answer to my friend from
Kent county. Senators we have been
together now for four months. think
have treated every Democrat with eli
possible respect aud consideration, and
think We Republicans have all done whai
We could 10 facilitate business. We sal
here for weeks when one Of your mem
bers Was lying on q bed Of sickness, and
never used IL TO our I'D vantage or 10 OBJ.
afruct legislation In the FIRST place
win say that we are In the minority W.
might have taken up the whole day
session In the passage OF this bill We
did not do IT, / am not one who talk
for the sake Of hearing the sound OF N,
own voice. Such q course Is oonoxiou
70 me Therefore | concluded to ga
nothing until 1t came on It's passage.
know that You have determined to pas
1t. fon are in the majority and are re
sponsible for It, II Is a Simon pur
measure for Democracy. can only Pre-
test As said before, we could hAv
consumed the whole day, but have nc
done Il.
Hall - fully endorse every word b
says think the minority has treate
the majority with every consideration
and I think the msjority has done II
same by the minority"
Pilling-''f acknowledge thatl I az
knowledge thatw
The yeas and nays were called for, an
when the name OF Senator Rlchar,
son was called, he said:
Mr. Speaker. have the same obje,
ton 10 this bad 70 the other bill. Tb
is. me second section, which provid
that the governor shall appoint Il
e6Scers Thsrefers vote no.
The resHlt Of She vote was as follow
Yeas-Messrs. Williams, Hall, Hou
ton, Ross and Mr. speaker-all I
Democratic members.
ssays- MessEs. Pllling. NcMulli