Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-14

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staH Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
D0yRR. May l3-This has been a bis
day in the state capitol 1t is marked b.
the passage of two registration bills, tbs
Ridgely Tax bill, the bill to repeal th,
city auditor rider. and the killing Of
the Street and Sewer bill.
The Lee s'Ixnook-eut' BIZ.
The hrst important feature of che
days session in the Senate was the
passage Of a substitute for the City Board
Of Health bill, which is the latest
discovered mutilated bill
Mr. Richardson arose and called the
attention Of the Senate to the fact that
it had been tampersd with. he then
offered a substitute, which was immedi-
ately passed under suspension OF the
rules It Is Senate bill No 90, and viii
nov 20 to the House, where it's prospects
for passage are much better than they
were before the bill was tempered with
0ac Of the House men said TO the
KvENINc JOURNAL reporter tonight:
III Mr.. Lee altered the bill, and it is
generally believed that be did, he made
grave mistake or course It was a
grave mistake to do II at all But what
mean Is that the bill would not have
passed the House had he left II as 1t was
The members were averse to turning out
a Democrat and giving the Republicans
an opportunity to put la q man.
Now they are SO deeply incensed over
the muiilation Of the bill that there is no
telling what they will do The proba-
bility is that 1t will rass the lower
branch "
VIII MI. Ice Appear?
As stated in yesterday letter, Sergeant
at-Afms Phillips went to Wilmington
to-day to serve q summons on William
II Lee to appear TO morrow afternoon to
answer TO the charge Of attaching She
rider TO House bill No 1858 II is safe
TO assert that he will not appear Even
the senators do not expect IL Neverthe
less The Senate will lake prompt action, |
just zoe "a ne as II be came
TIE editorial Ia to nights EVENING |
JOURNAL denouucing such me hods az
those that have disgraced the session in |
this Iespect is warmly commended here
Democrats and Republicans alike are
indignant, and party lines are dropped |
In the vote to Illustrate such designs
The RidgeIy Tax nm Passed.
AZ predicted IA the EVENING JOURNAL |
several days ago, the Ridgely bill Tor the |
equalization OF taxation has passed the |
House. But IL may be set down as a set
tied thing that IL will find It's grave in
the Senate In fact, Mr. Ridgely said
this evening that he did not expect 1t to
pass the Senate
Mr. Ridgely called the amended bill
up this afternoon
Mr. Eisenbrey spoke against the bill,
saying that thu people were making
demands that were not being satisfied,
and some day the people would retahnte.
In closing he said; We must either
submit 70 this injustice aud wrong or
else mako our appeals to some one who
will recognize tAe ia tloe Of our demand
and for the very tact that our demands
are iast AID win admit Of no compromise,
I will on that account, take the respan
sinilisy Of voting against this bill. and
say In conclusion that would prefer to
leave this question 70 a commission
rather thau accept this bill
Mr. Hutson replied in a short address
He sad that II would be a very difficult
matter for anyone TO draw a bill that
would SO equalizs taxation that il would
direction he said he voted for tn .
other bill aud would vote for this
Tbs ayes aud nays we're called as
follows.
Ayes = Chapman, Hickman. Hutaon,
Jackson Norris (E J D Marvel, Morris,
lR. RI Richards, Rdgsly Tlndsll,
West, Speaker Sirman-l2
NAys-Attix, CranstOn, Day, Elsen
brey, klkinton. Higgins, smith, Thomas
IS
Not voting-Walton
Educational Bm Passed.
The Senate passed the House Free
Text Book bill, with Senate amendments
As tie bill nov stands IL provides Tor
free text books. $9.0Cg for colorsd
schools. an Increase Of $S 600; the
coiored schools are placed under the
supervision OF the county superintend-
entz the state treasurer distributes
the text books and Is allowed $500 for
doing the same.
The passage Of the bill gives general
Subtraction Superintendent Findall has
been doing some effective lobbying for
the bill The House eoncurred ia the
Senate Erendments
The Bin rampsring Measure
me Oil making Dill tampering felony
vas introduced In the Senate TO day, and
passed Now that II Is law bill tamper
Ing has become thing Of the past.
Ths Railroad Transfer.
There was a little furry in the Senate
this morning when Speaker Donahos
presented the ymmunicRtion from the
r, w & B Railroad Company and the
u B " Railroad Company
Senator Hall said When / voted
for the bin did not dream but that the
1915 GOO in money to be paid would be
credited pro rata on each mortgage. The
Junction and 6reakwater railroad mort
gage being $500, 600 and the Breakwater
and Frankfort mortgage being $500 600,
two-thirds If the money paid would be
credited on the $400, 600 mortgage and
one-third on the $500, 600 mortgage
But when the provisions Of our bill we're
accepted and submitted TO the Legisla
turs End the whole credit Is placed "a
the strong mortgage and none to the
weAk one, the railroad company saying
It WAS accepted in accordance with the
bill drawn. In the confusion and noiss
in both houses. | suppose Il was not
discovered BY the members Of either
house.. Il is too late now for nothins
can be done 10 obviate II"
Senator Richardson said: 1.-THE bill
was accepted BY the railroad company a,
It Was presented and We could not expecf
ii 70 do otherwise.
The communications were then ac-