Evening journal., 1893-04-07
AMONG LAWS AND BILLS
Continued From First Page.

hagman for both the signal gong and
safety gates The signal gong now in
Use does not ensure puDlic safety.
Five Divorces Grantei.
The Senate passed five House divorce
bills just before adjournment in the
face OF a facetious motion made by
Senator Pilling that the committee be
discharged Those divorced were Ida
l.. aud Walter l. Irwin. Robert e and
Lizzie (. Somers, Fred A. and Efie
Adams Mary E. aud James P. Kirby
aud William r and Mary L Shaw
he first named in each case was the
petitioner.
Ready for Enrolment.
Among the House bills passed by the
Senate yesterday afternoon were the
following Act Supplementary the
charter of the Frankford Manufactur
ing & Fruit Preserving Company; to
enable the trustees under the will of
Elizabeth Ocheltree to sell and convey
certain real estate. to incorporate the
DUPONT de N-mours Cemetery Com.
pany and the Wilmington Marion Build.
ing Association Of Wilmington.
The Section SIisconstrued.
The House bill merging the election
departments of Wilmington passed the
Senate yesterday afternoon without
dissenting vote. Messrs. Pilling and
McMullin, Republicans, both voted for
it.
When section H. regulating the print
ing of the ballots. was read Senator
Williams, thinking that the provision
that no other than that furnished by
the department, should be placed on the
ticket. applied TO the voter, made
strenuous objections to it and fought so
successfully that Senator Pyle moved to
recommit the bill, but as soon as he saw
that the prohibition applied to the
printer and not to the voter he with
drew all objection and voted for the
bill.
Senator Records thought that an act
prohibiting the placing of names other
than regular nominees upon the ticket
would prevent vote buying as the plac-
ing of certain names on the ticket is
the sign of good faith between the
briber and the man bribed.
Senator Williams said he would vote
against such measure, as it was clearly
unconstitutional, in that it deprived a
man from voting for any person he
wanted
Those Brandywine Supervisors.
Representative Day is still in an
unhappy frame of mind Yesterday
morning he tried to get his Brandywine
Hundred Road Supervisors bill through
the Senate, but failed.
Senator McMullin reported the bill
unfavorablY and it was put upon its
passage. Before the clerk had finished
reading it Senators Pilling and McMul-
lin made a fierce attack upon it, The
objections were that it legislated out Of
Office road commissioners who had been
elected by the people. Further than
that the bill had been demonstrated
against because it changed a long
established and general method of keep
ing up the roads of the hundred.
By unanimous vote Representative
Day was given the privilege of the floor
for the purpose Of explaining the bill He
said the people of the hundred were tired
of having the roads sold out and
in order to prevent it for another year
the bill would have to be passed on or
before Tuesday The road taxes of the
hundred we're not properly expended and
two of the commissioners had drawn in
their own favor road orders aggregating
50 00J. lie disclaimed any political mo-
tives and said that the Republicans
would surely elect four of the FIVE super
visors in their respective districts and
the Democrats would only elect one, He
offered to name three OF the Republican
road commissioners as supervisors, ant
informed the Senators that the Seller,
road leading to Edge Moor bad been ex
empted from the provisions of the act
The opposition was so pronounced
that he had tue bill recommitted
MIR. Smalley Comes TO rown.
William f. Smalley came to town las
evening to set himself Alright before thl
General Assembly with reference to III,
Cigarette bill amendments, which Mrs
James l.. Wolcott accused him of havinj
secured by gross deception. AS soon a
ne reached Dover he called upon Mrs
Wolcott and talked the matter over
Mr. Smalley then came to the Stat
House where he stated Mrs Wolcott hai
Acknowledged that she was hasty in &C
cuslng him of dishonorable action Mrs
Wolcott and her associates will push th
amendment to punish procurers of cigar
cites.
Commissioner for New York.
Governor Reynolds has appointed job
d. Miller, Jr., commissioner Of deeds fo
Delaware, resident in New York TIL
term is seven years.
COnaway Succeeds COnaway.
The result of the special election hel
throughout Kent county to day was til
selection of DR. w. K Conway TO sui
ceed his father as Democrats represei
tative from Little Creek hundred. tn
vote was light all over the county. an
as the Republicans had 10 candidate
the Geld the votes against him wei
few and far between The board
canvass will meet here on Saturda,
The vote will be counted, the resu
announced about o'clock, and the ne
member will take the oath Of Office q
Monday or Tuesday
Homes ON Easy Terms.
The House passed the bill to inco
porate the Delaware Homestead Con
pany. The purposes of the company 81
TO deal in real estate and provide hom'
for it's members on easy terms Wi
liam + Hawkins, Jacob p. Ringwal
William Springer, Levi Bertolett
Heuiy f. Robelen. Thomas Tatnal
solomon Staats, John Mullin. Ji
Ashton R. Tatnall, Charles II Scot