Evening journal., 1891-04-28

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teciives was called forth from the grave
to-day aud recon- mitted 1t was on mo
tlon OF Mr.. Houston that the vote by
which the bill was Indefinitely postponed
was reconsidered When the vote to re >
consider was called 1t resulted Ia tie on
a viva voce vote Speaker Donahoe held
his decision long enough to enable Sena A.
tor Williams to call for a rising vote
When noses we're counted the vo stood
5to3 The bill will be so amended that
Wilmington will pay the salaries Of the
Detectives, but the governor will appoiat
them.
The Richards Morality Bin.
The Richards bill for the suppression
OF immortality Is now a law, and its oper
alton extends over the entire state. IL
makes II unlawful for any person to act
as procurer or procuress In soliciting or
enticlng any person for immoral pur-
poses on any Of the streets, lanes or alleys
Of any city or incorporated town In the
state or within one mile Of the limits
thereof. The penalty for each and every
| cfiense Is fne OF not less than ten nor
more than fifty dollars and costs, and Ia
default OF payment shall be committed
until such fine and costs are paid One
halt or the hne goes to the informer and
the other half to the treasury of the city
or town In or near which the offense was
committed
| When the bill was first drawn It
applied only TO the town of Milford but
Mr. Richards had too much town pride
10 allow 1t to 20 on the statutes In that
shape, and that is why he made II apply
/ to the entire state
Governor Reynolds aud staff and the
| speakers of the Senate aud House, have
invitations 10 participate In the Decora-
ton Day ceremonies In Wilmington
"Blue Law" In tho Registration nm.
An objection Is being urged against
section 81 of the the bill providing for
the registration OF voters in The city Of
Wilmington. II Is being characterized
as blue law by one or two lovers Of
ardent spirits The section Ia question
means a dry old time for the sitting Of
the board Of inspectors IL reads as fol-
lows:
section 49, Whoever, during the
sitting Of any board Of inspectors OF cleo
tion In any election district In the city,
whether held for the purpose of reglstra
ton, revision Of registration, reception
OF canvass of votes, or Of making return
thereof, shall bring, take, order, or send
into, or shall attempt to bring, take, or
send into any place OF registration, rs
vision Of registration, or Of election. any
distilled or spiri,uous liquors whatever.
or shall, at any such time aud place drink
or p1rtake of any such liquor shall be
deemed and held to be guilty OF n mis-.
demeanor, and shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the county jail for not
more than ninety days, or by fac Of not
more than 500. or both"
SENATOR Richardson's Idea.
Senator Richardson wants the Penn
sylvanIa plan OF giving every registered
voter number engrafted In the State
Registration bill For instance the
tally sheet Is made out numerically for
the district or precinct. and when a man Is
registered, the registrar gives him
certificate that NO - registered BY q GER
tain number When he goes to vote
under this ruling. his name is placed
opposite his number and his ticket Is
stamped TO correspond with his number.
ssnator Ross aAd Divorce.
Senator Ross put his foot ia II on the |
divorce matter egain TO day. dc evi |
IDENTIFY forgot that the Senate had ruled |
against considering divorce bills OF any |
kind This morning he arose in his seat |
aud said.
Mr.. Speaker, move that Senate bill |
for the relief OF Edward p Harnish le
read third time by paragraph with the |
idea Of passing the Senate
Hls motion ended In the idea.
Clerk Hearn read tue bill which wai as |
follows:
ttun a. a....taN ah.t IA .-..I 49, NJ
nlah be separated from bis wife, Salle |
Veronica Harnish a mepsa et thoro
The ''thoro" struck Senator Williams |
all in heap He got up 90 his tip toes,
looked at Senator koss and then at the |
speaker, and asked
Mr. Speaker, what Ia the d 49, is |
thatf"
The "a mensa et thoro" bill was
beyond the comprehension OF the speaker. |
he scratched hie head and said:
Senator, 1 viii have to give 1t no. and |
call on Senator Ross to defend his bill {"
My bili don't know DID thing |
about 1t. The speaker gives ne these |
bills, and don't know anything about |
them. Il seems to me that get all the !
or1ery bills that COME into the Senate " |
Clerk Hearn explained that the bill
was intended to divorce Edwin Peter and
Sallie Veronica from bed and board
Senator pilling here got his final OPP
portunity 70 get q blow in against the
divorce mill He had Just cleverly
begun little speech on the Senat.
resolution not to hear any more
divorce bills, when Senator Ross jumped
from his seat, wal zed quickly over to
/ the clerk. took the bill that was to bring
happiness into aud decrease the house
hold expenses OF Edward Peter, and car
ried IL back TO his desk In triumph To-
night 1t sleeps the sleep that knows no
waking, and Senator Ross has begun 10
consider himself Jonah.
Tlndal at work.
Superintendent Tindal Of Kent coun,y
public schools has already begun active
work
The teachers of the graded schools Of
Kent county held a meeting In the
governors room Saturday afternoon to
prepare a uniform course Of study for all
the schools of the county. Tae meeting
organized by electing Professor James L
Carroll of Dover. president, and
Superintendent Tindal, secretary
After going over the ground very
thoroughly, the following committee
was appointed to prepare thscurricHlum /:
G. G. Tindall. James L. Carroll and
Professor Ellis.
The society adjourned to meet again at
the same time and place on next