Evening journal., 1893-02-17
WORK THEM IN'QUARRIES
Ex-Sheriffs Pyle and Simmons
on Prison Legislation.
SIMMONS STATE PENITBNTIARY

Opposed to Products That Would Com
pete with Honest LaBor-"Alimentary"
Refreshments Do Not. Go-The General
Assembly the Place for Road Bills or
Any Legislation That the People Pre-
sented.
staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Feb. l7.-Senator Pyle and ex.
Sheriff William Simmons, Of New Castle
county, held a conference this morning
upon the question Of convict labor. Both
men have had large experience in hand
ling criminals, and the conference was
both interesting and instructive.
Mr.. Simmons came here with his State
Penitentiary bill This led up to the
talk between the two ex-sheriffs
Senator Pyle, who viii introduce the
bill to repeal the Ball Tramp law, said
that the work Of the convicts should be
source of revenue and not one of ex
penditure He claimed that the only
way to make such system pay was to
take the prisoners from the court room
to the quarry, and make them quarry,
break and load the stones on the cars.
This would only leave the freight charges
for the county to pay.
He advocated the selection OF a quarry
along a railroad line and the erection Of
barracks for the boarding and the lodg
ing of the prisoners.
Mr.. Simmons said that the stone
should be put upon one particular road
until that road was in good condition,
and then begin work on another. He
was not in favor of running it all over
the county in carload lots
Senator Pyle said that he was willing
TO put them at work getting out Belgian
blocks, or anything of the kind.
Mr.. Simmons said that he was opposed
TO that as such products would enter
into competition with honest labor. The
broken stone would not conflict with
any honest mans labor, and would prove
a blessing to the driving public.
'Alimentary'' Refreshments.
Charles H. McWhorter, one of the in
corporatOrs of the Union Park Company,
was before the House Committee on
Corporations yesterday afternoon.
The bill to incorporate the company
originated in the Senate and passed that
body. When it reached the House the
committee discovered that the commit
tee was empowered to dispense "alimen.
tary refreshments" The first word was
a complete stranger to the committee
and was viewed with suspicion. The
ltAlGOn was tOunulLEu anu MnEM IL WAS
discovered that the word meant 'any
nourishment, either solid or liquid it
was knocked out unceremoniOusly and a
provision was inserted that the commit
tee should not sell or dispense intoxicat-
ing liquors upon Union Park grounds.
That is what brought Mr.. McWhorter
here. The committee would not reinstate
the word "alimentary." They objected
to il on general grounds, but the anti
liquor selling amendment was removed.
This leaves the court open to the com
pany in case it wants license.
Another Road Bill Furry.
There was another road bill furry il
the senate yesterday afternoon, ant
strange to say, It was another Kentor
hundred bill. Senators Williams anc
Piling fought it on the ground that the
court was the proper place for such
bills
Senator Lacey said that it was the
duty of the senators, as the servants OF
the people, to act on any measures they
might see fit to send. Such things cost
the people money in the courts Will g tn
Legislature did its work without cost
The money was saved to the people anC
he was glad to be able to do it. Refer
ring to Senator Pilling's repeated filings
at the growth of the senate journal he
said
"The senator from New Castle ha
frequently referred to the size an,
growth of our Journal All / have t
say is that IL should make no differenc
to us, even if our constituents send u
enough work to make our journal 81
large that we have to wheel It aroun,
here on truck.
This sally was greeted with laughter
and before the merriment had subside
the bill was passed Senator William
was excused from voting.
The City Solicitor Bill.
E.R Cochan. Jr., Frank D Carpenter
ex-Clerk of the Orphans Court Charles
II cWhorter and john Pennewill o.
Wilmington had a hearing before th
Senate Committee on Miscellaneous sub
jects during the noon recess. They az
pealed to the committee to make a favor
able report on the bill which strikes ou
that part of the law which compels
candidate for city solicitor to have Ia
at least five years experience as
lawyer
They said that the law was unfair {
the younger members of the bar of Ne
Castle county. The older lawyers o
ability will not take il, and the brillian
young lawyers are shut out from il
The parties would see to il that onl
good candidates would be named an
the primaries are the proper ms tri
ments to select the men to represent Il
parties and the people are competent 1
decide whether young man is fitted
FIJI the position.
The members of the delegation wer
very much encouraged by the patieu
manner in which the committee hear
them
w. C. R. Colquohoun, clerk of II
Board of Health and registrar of birth
marriages and deaths for the city
Wilmington, was here yesterday in OF
position to Edmund B. Frazer's b
which would deprive him of some of tt
perquisites of his Office He conferr'
with members of the Committees on e
vised Statutes and put the m alter fair
and squarely before them
He argued that the bill creating q
Office which he occupied was present
by Mr.. Frazer and passed in his interes