Evening journal., 1893-02-01

A Statute of Limitation.
It is likely that bill limiting the
employment Of children in factories and
mills will be presented to this session for
the consideration of the members. It
will provide that no owner of mill or
factory shall employ child who is
under the age Of - years. II will also
impose a penalty for putting any employe
at work TO clean or repair machinery
while it is in motion. This will do away
with much Of the danger now surround
ing the mill operative.
The Limitation Removed.
This afternoon the House passed the
bin repeating that portion of the law
which provides that candidate for the
Wilmington city soicitorship shall
have practiced for five years. Mr..
Cooch opposed the bill, saying that Will
mington needed an experienced lawyer
to protect its interests. Mr.. Spruance
said that Wilmington could take care of
itself and that only good men will be
nominated. 1t is understood THAI the
Democrats propose TO run Robert g.
Harman for the place.
They Ate One Another.
As predicted in the EVENING JOURNAL
several days ago, the two coroner's ply.
sician bills met in the House and killed
each other.
Plea FOR the Worlds Fair.
The members Of the General Assembly
met in the Hall of Representatives
tonight TO hear the wants of the Della
ware Board of Managers of the Worlds
Fair discussed. They want S25, 000
Senator Pilling presided General r. r.
Kenney made the address for the man
ayers, several Of whom were present.
He pointed out the needs of the board to
enable it to have Delaware properly rep.
resented at the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position and urged the General Assembly
to appropriate the S25, coo asked for.
Governor Reynolds also spoke for
about five minutes in the same line.
After desultory discussion the meeting
adjourned.
Legislative Notes.
Every member of the Senate was on
duty to-day with the exception of Sena-
tor McMullin. and he put in an appear
ance this evening
Elk Sheriff William Simmons, John F.
Callahan, Clerk of the Market S. N.
Smeltz were here this evening.
Mr.. Day has given notice of a bill to
renew the charter of the Mill Creek As
sociation for the Recovery of Stolen
Property.
The House passed the Senate bill
authorizing the commissioners of New
ark to widen streets and to increase their
borrowing capacity. 1t also ratified the
! Fulton amendment to the State Constitu-
tion.
The Contested Election bill was intro
duced in the House by Dir. Spruance
yesterday morning
The House bill to incorporate the In
dustrial Improvement Company, of Will
mington, passed the lower branch yes
terday morning.
Representative Day introduced the act
to renew the charter of the j. Morton
Poole Company.
The House bill to incorporate the Shade
Tree Company passed the Senate yester
day morning.
Hon. Charles B. Lore was here yester
day.
TO RETAIN coRoNER's PHYSICIAN
Trustees Of the Poor Secure the Post
ponement of the Bill to Abolish Tha
Omoer.
President Delaware Clark, NJ. +. Will
lis, Allan Smith and J. II. Garman, o
the Board Of Trustees of the Poor oi
New Castle county, were here today
doing effective work against the two coro
ner's physician bills. Under the present
law the trustees make the appointments
One Of the bills in question transferred
this power tc the Levy Court and the
other authorized the coroner to nam,
bis own physician. The measures were
alike Objectionable TO the trustees
They asserted that it was necessary {,
have two physicians at the almshouse
What the almshOuse physician cannot
do the coroner's physicion does under
the direction of the board. Should th,
services of the coroner's physician be
taken from them it would be necessary
20 have another physician TO do tn,
work he now does at the institution Tn,
board has taken unanimous action against
the measure.
They worked so effectively that thii
afternoon the Hou e committee on revised
statutes made an unfavorable report
upon them. Mr.. Cooch recommended
that they be indefinitely postponed h,
was seconded in his efforts by Mr. Sauls-
bury, and after a spirited debate, il
which Mr. Spruanoe defended the
measures, and tried TO get them tabled
for future consideration, they were in
definitely postponed. Il is stated thai
another bill viii be started through tn,
House.