Evening journal., 1892-12-14
CORRUPT PRACTICESl
State Grange Wants a Law
to Preve2t Them in Delaware.
REGISTRATION LAW COMMENDED.

Public Printing to BE Given to the Low
est Bidder.
The State Grange passed a resolution |
yesterday afternoon favoring the Wash |
burn Hatch bill to prohibit gambling in
farm products, and urging Delaware con
gressmen to vote for it.
Diamond State Grange offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was read and
referred:
Resolved, That for the purpose Of giving
the children in the country better educational
facilities we recommend 10 the next Legisla-
ture the propriety of.adopting a law GREETING
systems. of high schools for the rural districts
Of our state. Referred to Committee on Edu-
cation.
A resolution recommending that the
New Castle County Teachers Institute
be held the first week in September, was
referred to the Committee on Education.
During the evening session John J.
Rosa presented the report of the commit
tee on the good of the order. 1t was. in
part:
1--WE must show to the farmers of
Delaware that the grange is their friend
and working only for their advantage
and our work should be constant and
aggressive.
abundant opportunities are con-
stantly presenting themselves, and there
are those to-day waiting that have here
tofore never been acted upon by this
grange, and are still fit subjects for our
consideration and best efforts.
The Interstate Commerce law should
be so amended that the decisions of the
commission should be mandatory. Had
this been the case the decision in our
favor would have resulted in adding 20
per cent. to our revenue on goods sent to
market.
1.-The questions of trusts, corporations,
combinations and bad finance are of
vastly more Importance to us as farmers
than either tariff or free trade, and these
questions should be fully discussed in
all our oranges until we can unite on
some one plan which we are convinced
would be to our advantage, and then
never give up until success crowns our
/ efforts. We should have in our state a
general railroad law; also, railway
commission; for at present we are en-
tirely at the mercy of gigantic monop'
oily"
The State Grange reassembled at 1O
o'clock this morning. Worthy Master
John C. Higgins presided. The attend
ance was larger than at the session OF
Seeders read the minutes of the previous
session and they were approved.
. The committee on legislation made the
/ following report, which was discussed
and after some notifications had beer
effected, it was adopted:
, Worthy master-your committee ap
1 pointed as legislative committee, bel
! leave to submit the following;
4 "We would urge, and believe we hav'
/ the right to expect, that the Legislature
: soon to convene at Dover will pass
law equalizing taxation so that all prop
erty, whether it be lands, houses, bonds
mortgages, stocks, whatever it may be
shall pay its proportionate share of thu
a taxes.
1--WE would also recommend that oul
= present election laws should be amended
n by striking out the clause providing fo
voters assistants. as we believe the,
. defeat the end for which tn
d law was intended, to a certain
3 extent. Also the clause tina
IS provides for publishing the official bal
Il lot; also for printing four or five time
/. the number of ballots that there i
|. voters in the State, We would also Iec
ommend a different mode to make on
% assessments, believing that the bette
). plan would be to have three assessors 70
d. each county, and all three to 60 and &C
ID together.
s'The peach yellows law does no
seem to give satisfaction; and we woul
recommend the resolution offered by Pc
= mona Grange, No B; also the same
regard to diseases of stock.
u "We believe that the poll tax shoul
as be abolished and in its stead have
ie registration fee We recommend th
or adoption of a resolution in regard I
n levying and collecting school taxes, b.
= lieving that q school tax should be levie
NO and collected the same as the taxes fC
of county purposes.
~ 1--WE also recommend the adoption
=, the resolution from Pomona Grange, NJ
y, 3. in regard to the teaching of parli
n, mentary rules in public schools.
ba eve would recommend that law
"A enacted requiring public printing to
a. put out TO the lowest bidder.
IN 1--WE believe that if our Legislators al
- not paid sufficiently to enable them
m pay their travelling expenses, that the
al per diem should by raised, and la
of enacted to prevent them from receivir
free passes on railroads.
eve further endorse the resolutiC
lis from Fruitland Grange, as follow
Resolved, That IN view OF the near a
he proach of cholera TO this country, tn
immigration should cease for one yea
beginning March 1, 1893
no 1--WE would also recommend the adopti'
ed of resolution No. 10, urging our repr
lst sentative and senators to give their vot
ey in favor of the enforcement clause I
lis commended by the Interstate CONNER
'st Commission, giving them power to e
force their decisions
eve heartily endorse that portion
the worthy masters address referring
n the Washburn- Hatch bill and won
- recommend the adoption of the folio
.Ve ing: Resolved, That this Grange ]
IA. quests our representative and senate
lte in Congress to give their votes and
for fuence to secure the passage Of the sa
We bill in Congress.
I'VE "We also endorse that part of t
S. worthy masters address referring to {
tor free delivery of mails in rural distric
ed and would recommend the +
lowing: Resolved, That it is I
sense of this grange that
citizens of the rural districts are entitl
NJ. 70 and ought TO receive the same servi