Evening journal., 1893-03-31
LACEY IN WAR PAINT.
He Fights for the Life Of the
Peach Yellows Bills.
OPPOSED BY OTHER SENATORS.

venge.
DOVER, March 31.-The Watson
Peach Yellows law amendments were
killed in the Senate yesterday morning
Senator McMullin, from the committee
having charge of the bill, reported it
fsvorably with amendments providing for |
the appo ntment of a commissioner in |
each election district. The compensa-
tion was fixed at 50 day and the com
missioner was given power to employ as
many laborers at 81 day to help him |
mark and pull out diseased trees. The |
bill applied to Kent and Sussex counties. |
Kenton aud Duck Creek hundreds in |
Kent county being exempt from its
operations.
As soon as the first section was read |
Mr.. Lacey offered an amendment ex
empting Little Creek, East Dover, West |
Dover, North Murderkill, South Murder |
kill and Mispillion hundreds from the |
operations of the bill. thus leaving Mil |
ford hundred as barrier between Kent
and Sussex counties. He said that four
ffths of the people of Kent county were
opposed to the existing law and the pro
posed amendments.
Mr.. Watson accepted the amendment
but it did not suit Mr.. Records and he
moved that the bill be recommitted for
further consideration. His motion pre-
vailed and he took the bill to his desk
and examined it. In few minutes he
called it up for passage. After it had
been read he moved that further cOnsd-
GRAFTON of the measure be indefinitely
postponed
With the Armstrong bib killed and the
Watson amendment on the table Senator
Lacy saw that any relief from the pres
ent Odious law would be impossible
Consequently he fought for the amend
ment and against indefinite postpone
ment He said, in part:
II am opposed to that bill being laid
on the table. l don't think that my
friend from Sussex would want Kent
county to impose anything on Sussex
that the people of the county do not
want do not think that it would be
just or courteous to do such a thing
am opposed to the bill already on the
statutes and | cannot give my consent to
a thing which would rob my constituents
of all redress. If l believed that this
disease could be eradicated by such a law
l would vote for it with all my heart
You can't stamp out the peach yellOws
unless you quit using the nursery stock
of this Peninsula. l know of an orchard
planted on Hog Island. near my home.
The orchard was far removed from all
other orchards. The owner was com
PEELED to tear up twenty-six trees last
year. and he told me recently that he
would be compelled TO take up
one half of the remainder this
year That convinces me that the dis
ease is not communicated from other
orchards but from the nursery stock
Tue orchards of New Castle county have
been ruined by the disease; the orchards
of Kent are nearly all gone and 1t will
only be a question of time before the
orchards of Sussex will be in the same
condition 1t is spreading aud will go to
the very end The disease started In
Persia, which is the home of the peach
1t will keep on there and here until it
wipes out the peach orchards entirely.
believe that the time will be when we
can plant peach trees here again. / want
the law repealed so far as this county is
concerned"
Mr. Records II will explain the OBJ
iect and interest take in the bill 1t is
to do away with premature fruit. It is
being shipped to the detriment of other
good fruit. II we have peach yellows in
Sussex county l say pull up the peach
trees. If we kill this bill the law will
stand as it is now. 1t will probably be
as we'll for this county as it is for Sus.
sex The commissioners will remain as
they are now,-three commissioners for
each hundred l think the best thing
we can do is to indefinitely postpone this
bill"
Mr. McMullin. years ago I
asked to have my county exempted from
the operations of the peach yellows act
It would not be consistent for me to urge
the passage of any law that l asked to
have my county exempted from
Mr.. Records.-"I am simply asking to
have that bill indefinitely postponed. A
Milford man told me in Laurel that he
could get delegation Of FIVE hundred
men to come up here and urge the Legis
lature not to exempt Kent county"
Mr.. Lacey-"We are not obiecting tC
Milford hundred having the law We
are not opposed to that If they want it
In the fore part of the session | said tS
Senator Williams; / guess we will in
clude Kenton and Duck Creek hundreds
He told meif we did we had better never
come up there afterwards Those peopl,
are in the same position with the resi-
Of the county. They all have each vel.
lows with the exception of Milford hun
deed 1t is now too late To get up ne y
bill and now you begin to indefnitel,
postpone this bill. You are cutting th'
throat of this bill You killed tn,
House bill and now you try to do th'
same thing with this. think it is onl,
fair to give the peach men show. If i
passes with my amendments and goes I,
the House and is killed. then l havl
nothing to say. l have no interest in i
furthur than it concerns my constitu
tents"
Mr.. Pyle--"It has swept the peacl
trees out of existence in New Castl
county. But do know that there is
sentiment in Sussex county that de
mands that this law should remain as /
is The disease has not reached SUISSE.
to any great extent This law is sur
posed to eradicate, to some degree thi
disease, and treat it as we would small
pox aud get it out of the community i
which IL exists Unfortunately ther
has been no remedy discovered
has engaged the attention of emineu
men for over two thousand yeari
They have failed 70 discover the remed,