Evening journal., 1891-02-25
LOBBYISTS AT WORK.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTEREST S
BEING FORWARD 20.

tion-PrintInR by Contract Front street
Railway supporters Legislative Notes
STAR Corresp ondent EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Feb "a THE arrival Of Mr.
Williams has put new life into the Gen
eral Assembly The Senatorial truce is
a dead letter and smiles grimly at the
speaker every time he opens hia desk
The suspense is over. aud the Democrats
have a clear working me jority in the up
per chamber
The news that he ia again at his desk
has already been wired from one end Of
the state to the other. aud lobbyists are
already pouring in.
Lobbyists at Work.
This has been field day for the Lobby
lists Judge Ball was here lobbying for a
bill to provide hard labor for warrants
confined TO New Castle jail The genial
judge sympathizes with this class Of
criminals and would relieve the tedum
Of their Incarceration By giving these
prisoners enough work to whet their an
petites and make them earn what they
eat He is good lobbyist and before he
left had majority Of the mem bers thor
oughly convinced of the fact that unless
something of this kind is done these poor
victims OF lazness and justice will con.
tract chronic dyspepsia
William + Smalley was down with his
Aus ralian ballot bill, which be says has
no ioophole for the corruptionist 10 get
MS work IN on the ballot box
strong lobby from Sussex county
was here IN behalf Of the bills to divide
Little Creek and Cedar Creek hundreds
IN Sussex county, and more viii come
70 morrow. Those here TO day we're
hon U 9. Stockley. w. F. Causey, John
Dorman and Levy Court man Samuel
v Fisher. Ebe w Tunnel, Hon E L
Martin. w. B. Tomlinson and Edward
houston will be here bright and early
10 morrow morning, and woe betide ali
40 lotfui senators They will have their
outlonholes worn ont before nightfall
senator Williams will probably be the
greatest sufferer. Senator Ross opened
the way to day by asking him how be
stood. de refused to commit himself.
however, and the assault will be con-
tinued to morrow Mr. Williams evil
IDENTIFY anticipated this and went back 20
smyrna to stay until to morrow. He
was accompanied here by his SON in-law.
W Polk Cummins. who says be is lobby
ing Tor bill to regulate the weather
Mr. Cummins is probably the largest
grower OF small fruit in Kent county.
and II ne can get up deal between the
General Assembly and Dame Nature for
the benefit Of the peach crop, he can be
depended upon every time.
w I. Case Of FELTON, was here lobby
ing for the Farmers Institute bill for
the equalization Of taxation He had an
audience with the committee, and if the
bill Is killed. IS il doubtless will be II
will not be his fault. he Is also in
terested in he Peach Fellows bill. which
provides for the pulling up OF all diseased
trees TIE legislative yellows seem to be
attacking the bill Its provisions Are
strongly opposed hy New Castle and
Sussex county peach growers. The New
Castle men seem to think that If they
cannot grow peaches they can at least
grow the yellows, ard that is some com
fort.
J Thomas Lowe Of Little Creek was
buZzing around all day looking for mem
bers who wanted to be enlightened Ia
regard to the grievances Of the oyster
dredgers. He says their side Of the cues
ton has never been properly heard. A
noticeable absent feature ia their plea Is
that they do not ask the General Assem-
bly, TO 60 down to the bay shore and take
part in a grand oyster roast. fla man
or class of men want legislation they
hnd it easiest to get it through the
stomach OF the legislator and not
through his brains II the Little
Creekers will draft bill providing for
state appropriation of $40 600 to be
applied for the purchase Of oysters from
Mary land: to shuck the oysters and let
the legislators eat them; then give the
SHELLS to the dredgers and the iaice to the
tongers, it will pass without dissenting
vote.
All this lobbying was capped at night
by the lobby for the Front and Union
street railway.
State Registration.
Mr. Houston gave notice aud will soon
introduce and act to provide for state
registration of voters Its provisions
will be similar in all important respects
to the registration law now existing in
Wilmington. The bill will not be finished
until II is known just what system of
voting the General Assembly will adopt.
aud when this question is settled It will
be adapted to it. Its promulgator says
that state registration law will do
much to give Delaware pure elections:
expedite voting and prevent repeating
and voting disqualified men. There IS
a warm feeling for the bill among the
legislators, and its passage will probably
follow closely upon the adoption Of a
ballot syetem
Dover Board of Trade.
A bill to incorporate the Board Of Trade
Of Dover is in the hands Of Mr. Hall Among
those named in the act of incorporation
are: Major Hiram Reedy, Daniel M.
Wilson, Thomas w Wilson, David g
Montgomery, Jr., A. A Watson. William
E. Smith, Charles B. Prettyman, John
r Nicholson. John Behen, Jr., f. A.
Marcus, George sW. Baker, William r.
Kellum, Thomas ]. Stevenson, Edward
u. Jones, R. A. Black and others.
Retrenehment Rampant.
e. J. Morris Of Sussex county threw a
bomb into the House this morning bv
offering joint resolution in relating Ia
state printing. 1t provided that all state
printing should be given out by contract
to the lowest bidder, ana on sealed pro
posals. That the clerks of the two houses
and the secretary of state must make
affidavit that such had been done before
the state treasurer could pay out money
for the work When the vote was taken
the father of the resolution was the only
member of the House who wanted TO
adopt it and the waif from Sussex county
died in it's infancy. Since the vote was
taken, however. there has been a rsvul
sion of feeling and several good members
have signifed their intention TO vote for
this resolution when it is again brought |
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