Evening journal., 1893-04-22


Enort to Have New Castle County Ex-
empted Falls Through-Lyneh, OF sus-
sex, Voted with the New Castle Mon
Against the Bill.
star Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, April % Kent end Sussex
county members worsted the New Castle
county delegation In the House yester.
day The matter before the House was
the House substitute for the Fulton bill
for the equalization Of taxation. The
question involved was the equalization
of taxation by the taxation Of bonds
mortgages and other interest bearing
securities
Mr. Salisbury presented the bill as a
report OF majority of the members of
the enlarged Committee on Revised Sta
tutes. Shortly after the report he called
IL up for passage.
Speaker whitoman vaoates the Chair.
Speaker WLiteman called Mr.. Spru-
ance to the chair, took the Wilmington
members seat on the floor and asked
that Rule II be suspended In order TO
allow him TO offer an amendment He
called the attention of the House to the
fact that at the presentation of the bill
TO the committee on Thursday night it
was discussed and the committee ad-
journed without taking a vote on the
report This snap report cut of all
chance Of Offering an amendment in
regular form
Mr. Salisbury replied that it was tao
| lily understood that the Kent and Sus.
sex county members were TO make
report on the bill next day.
Mr. Whiteman characterized II as an
unusual proceeding which prevented the
minority Of the committee from Offering
an amendment. He asked that the
amendment be voted upon before the
reading Of the enacting clause.
He carried his point, and the following
amendment was offered and read:
Section 81. That the provisions of
this act shall not apply to New Castle
county"
Mr.. Armstrong said that he had prop
erty in New Castle county and he wanted
the amendment defeated.
Mr.. Dasey did not think Delaware
large enough TO exempt one section OF 1t
from such an important bill
DETERMINATION Against Kent and Sussex.
Mr.. salisbury said that II New Castle
was exempted 1t would be a discrimina.
ton against Kent and Sussex. 1t would
prevent the people OF Kent and Sussex
counties from borrowing money.
Mr. Dasey said that the people Of Del
aware were very desirous that a tax bill
be passed II the members did not vote
for IL they would be relegated TO the
shades Of private life after the present
session.
Mr. Cooch insisted that experience in
other states had shown that money so
taxed had left the state, or the borrower
had been compelled TO pay the tax.
Mr. Dasey replied that the people de-
manded H., and, il II does not operate
properly the people are to blame.
wanted to Bring s250.00O Into the
State.
Me- Cooch cited. as case in point,
that he knew a man who wanted to bring
$3.50, 600 into the state It would be
driven away by such law, The persons
who have mortgages upon their property
IN New Castle county do not want such
bill.
Mr.. Hall considered the bill panacea
for the financial Ills of the state; con-
sequently he would vote for It.
Mr. Bryan asserted that Kent, Sus-
sex and half Of New Castle county
demanded the bill.
Speaker Whiteman said the people Of
New Castle county are not asking to be
separated from the rest Of the state for
any reason except the lamentable conse.
quences Of the passage OF this act. Do
the other two counties ask that New
Castle county be included because
misery loves company2
New Castle county is different from
the other counties. This is not a state
fund. Each man under this bill creates
his own levy distinct from all others.
! This is a county fund. The experience
Of the world has demonstrated that
, such laws are productive Of high rates
? Of interest.
: In Wilmington, when company re
I Gently loaned money at q rate of 5 pei
/. cent IL stipulated that the mortgage
/, should be payable within six months
4 The people who seek the relief ol
s this act are those who will suffer
: Money is different from property Of
e other kind IL has value fixed by law
f" Il should be as free as the law can make
It, It is wrong to assume that the mar
who loans money is the only one whC
ID AuAtANoNNAs
IS II tais bill is passed loans will bI
called in and money will be more diff
o cult TO obtain. The result Of this Law
will be one such as the next Genera
l Assembly can not remedy. II is for thil
reason that New Castle county be no
included. Business would he interferres
with and paralyzed.
= = The amendment was lost by the follow
u ing vote: Yeas-Messrs. Cooch, Day
2 Gam, Spruance, Watkins, Whittock
, Speaker Whiteman-7. Nays-Messrs
= Armstrong. Bryan, Conowsy, Dasey, Hall
, Harrington, Hickman, Jacobs, Lynch
Pratt, Salisbury, Seville. Absent
r Messrs. Prettyman and kenney-2.
e The bill was then passed by a vot
:. which placed Mr.. Lynch, of Sussex
q against the bill.
!, Yeas-Messrs. Armstrong, Bryan, Como
e way, Dasey, Hall, Hickman, Harrington
g Jacobs, Pratt, Salisbury and Sevil-11
y Nays-Messrs. Cooeh. Day, Gam, Spru
e ance, Watkins, Whittock, Speake
a Whiteman and Lynch-8. Absent
Messrs. Kenney and Prettyman-2.
= It was Immediately carried to th
: Senate.