Evening journal., 1893-03-01

60 Relieve This Property From Taxa
tion-Judge wales Recommended the
Exemption-An Lawyers Can Now Run
for city Solicitor.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, March
bills having for their object the build
ing Of school houses with money appro.
priated by the state for the support Of
the schools Two bills of this kind
we're buried beyond the hope of
authorized the school commissioners OF
district No. Sussex county to use
their unexpended dividends to build
school houses OF all the senators Mr..
McMullin was the only one who cham
pioned the bills. The other members
said it would open tho door for every
school district in the state 10 do the
same thing. That the state appropriated
certain sum OF money for the support
Of each district, provided certain
amount was raised by taxat ion for the
same purpose II the people Of q dis
trict had not pride enough to build a
school house they had better shut up
shop The state was not, they said
ready to 60 into public school building
The bills were not only killed but
motions for their reconsideration were
aid on the table This will be the fate
Of all imilar bills which come into the
upper branch
No Exemption I'm the senate.
Two weeks ago the EVENING JOURNAL
predicted that the House bill 70 exempt
the property Of the West Eud Reading
Room from taxation would be killed In
the Senate. This prediction was fulfilled
yesterday IL was reported unfavorably
by Senator Williams. who opposed It's
passage on the broad principle Of no
exemption Senator Pilling also opposed
it on general principles but said that he
did not think that the bill should be
killed unless all such exemptions were
done away with by general law.
Senator Pyle presented a letter from
Judge Leonard E. Wales, of the United
states District Court It recommended
exemption on the ground that { he oh
| jects of the institution were purely
| philanthropic in their character Even
TINS appeal could not save the measure
and it was killed because It did not re-
/ telNt lWu-lnllub Nolt.
The vote was as follows;
Ayes-Lacey, McMullin, Pyle, Pnling
and Ross-5
Nay Records, Watson, Williams, Mr..
| opeaker-4
Senator Pilling changed his vote In
order to be able TO move reconsideration.
To Fight the Fiend.
The cigarette fends will have to look
out for their sources Of delight Repre-
sentative Salisbury will introduce a bill
making sellers Of cigarettes in Kent
county pay a license fee Of 500. Breach
of the law imposes a fine of $40 and
three months Imprisonment. Efforts 10
prevent their sale in this county have
been made in former Legislatures This
| bills provisions are 80 stringent that Il is
not thought that any Kent county tobac-
oonist Will keep them.
The Field Now open.
The field is now open TO all lawyers who
want to run for city solicitor. The Senate
| passed the House bill knocking out the
provision which requires that lawyer
shall have had five years experience be-
fore he can be solicitor Of Wilmington.
There was not dissenting vote al
4
| City Council, under the leadership Of @.
| Z. homaa, Have been fighting the bill
ever since IL was introduced aud we're In
the State House at the time watching foI
and trying to avert any such action.
Senators Pyle and Pilling made few
remarks IN favor Of the bill saying that
it rested with the parties to nominate
good men. If they did not the people
/ InN 10 oil trfuI Of Hl
httest.
Electric Railway Matters.
The House bill to incorporate the Mid
dletown Electric Railway Company h ad
Is second reading in the Senate yester-
day. 10 was referred TO the Commit
tee on Corporations. lt was so cut M
with House amendments that the com
mittee was authorized to have It en-
crossed.
Frank d Carpenter was here partly II
interest Of theWilmington and Brandy
wine Electric Rail way charter and partl.
IS counsel In the divorce case of Jefferi
vs.. Jefferis Richard W. Crook was no
here. The bill still reposes in the hand
of the Senate committee and there doe
not seem to be any likelihood that IL viii
be brought up this week
Peter l. Cooper, Jr., tried to get The
senators to pass the Wilmington AM
New Castle bill, but did not succeed as
the committee had promised Alexander
b Cooper, counsel for the New Castle
Gas Company. to hold the measure unit
70 night, when delegation Of gas mag
mates will be here to try and defeat tn
electric light section.
The once Abolished.
The Office of assistant secretary o
2 state was abolished yesterday afternoon
r The Senate Committee on Revised Stat
g utes reported the bill without recon
. mendation, but Il went through withou
a struggle, Senator Pilling being the onl
man who voted against Il. Secretary o
{ state Hawkins was seen this evening
q He said he didn't care; he let 60 OF th
o. bill several days ago
J. Ex Assistant Secretary of State Jane
3 II. Hughes disclaims all connection wit
e the bill aud resents all such imputI
lions. Robert II. Vandyke, the prospe
tive assistant. Is out of q good job an
the reform and retrenchment legislator
are happy.
McGonigal and Young oysters.
E Joshua McGonigal, Of Little Cree
.a I ....... 80 Al. esako u,rr. ,ra.AarIarr r.fI