Evening journal., 1895-02-26
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did in
Dover Yesterday.
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tive Notes.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, Feb. Ex-senator Handy is su.
premely happy to day, He has succeeded
In stepping between Speaker Of the House
McMullen and the ofise OF the clerk of
the peace Of New Castle county. The
time In which the Senate could re ICON
slider the House bill increasing the
emolumsnts Of the office expired last
night. The Senate. despite the efforts OF
Speaker McMullen and his friends, In
cluding Representative Mustard, Demo
crat, OF Duck Creek hundred, refused to
even call up the bill for reconsideration.
In anticipation OF such action Senator
Handy, as soon as courtesy would permit
during the aiterooon session, moved that
the Senate adjourned until to- day The
Democrats appreciated his uneasiness,
smiled and compelled him to walt until
| Mr.. Harrington, from the Committee on
Oorpor ations, reported and had passed
| several charters When the lull came In
the business. Mr.. Handy lost no time In
renewing his motion TO adjourn, and that
| time 1t carried. As soon as the speakers
gavel fell everybody but Speaker Nc
Mullens friends had hearty laugh.
Members to BE Ineligible.
Senator Handy will introduce to-day
or to morrow, bill providing that no
member OF the General Assembly shall
hold any other state or county office
until his term shall have expired. This
is calculated to ruin the official chances
of Representative Francis M Walker
and other members who expect Office at
the hands of the governor 1t Is believed
TINT the bill can be put through the
House by means Of a coalition of Addicks
and Massey Republicans and the Demo
Gratis. who have nothing to hope for at
the hands OF the governor
Mr.. Walker WAS In the Senate
chamber yesterday endeavoring to get
Senator Pyle TO move for reconsiderR.
tion Of the BILL which disqualifes Speaker
mcMullen. The senator said that he
would not do 1t. The Republicans, he
said, had allowed It to pass the House
and, after discovering their mistake,
came to the Senate to rectify 1t. He was
not in favor Of doing 1t
Found His waterloo.
The Wilmington and Brandy wine
Springs Railway Company received q
black eye in the Senate yesterday after.
noon. That body not only refused to
grant ii any additional privileges or to
remove any Of the restrictions, but II
made provision that the charter
granted last session should be void unless
one mile Of the road was completed BY
July /, 1885, and the road completed and
IN nneratfon bv Julv 1894
The bill, as il passed the House, pro.
vided that the company might extend Its
lines hey ond Brandywine Springs to any
point within Mill Creek or White Clay
Creek hundreds, and with the right to go
through the city of Wilmington on any
street or streets authorized by the city
authorities 1t extended for TWO years
the time for building and getting in
operation. struck out the overhead and
undergrRie crossing features of the
original charter, and gave the company
power to merge or consolidate with any
other company.
Commissioner Harrington, OF the
Senate Committee on Corporations. re-
ported the bill with an amendment
which struck out all after the enactinR
clause aud inserted the provision for the
building and operating of the road undel
the old charter.
Messrs Pyle aud Handy obi scted TO tbs
sweeping character Of the action Of tbs
committee. They thought the road wal
entitled to greater privileges than thos'
granted two years ego. Mr.. Pyle saic
that under the old charter 1t began In
woods and ended nowhere.
Senator Handy moved that the bill b
recommitted to give its friends an oppor-
~
stated that they were not aware Of th'
committees action. An injunction coulC
stop them from building for more thar
six months
Chairman Harrington and Mr. Piero
stated that the company had not acted in
good faith. 1t had been chartered foi
two years and had not even begun t,
build. The motion to reeommit wa
defeated by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Alrichs, Fenimore
! Hanby and Pyle-4
] Nays-Messrs Harrington. Moore
1 Pierce, Records, Mr. 6psaker-5
The friends Of the amendment thel
moved its adoption It was carried:
Yeas-Messrs Alrichs, Harrington
I Moore, Pierce, Records and Mr. Speake
g
Nays-Messrs. Pyle. FenimOrs an
Hsrrington-S.
0 The bill as amended was then take
< up and passed, the vote being as fol
! lows:
Yeas-Messrs Fenimore. Harrington
Moore, Pierce. Records and Mr.. Speske
l-6.
Nays-Messrs Alrlchs and Pyle--2
Not voting-Mr. Hsnby-1.
n Not lopg afterwards Vice Pr ssider
Willard salisbury, Jr., Of the Whining
d ton City Railway Company, walked int
J. the Senate chamber and seemed mue
i. pleased with the intelligence that h
n old friend, Richard w, Crook, had foun
his Waterloo.
" Against Voters Assistants.
4 Senator Pyle introduced bill doir
q away with the voters assistants
elections. 1t repeals that part Of sectic
q 10 of the secret ballot law which permi
Al an interpreter to enter tha boot
Provides that any voter who, "by rsAsC
Of physical disability, is unable to mai
? or alter the ballot properly, may
\ accompanied into the voting room by
. duly qualified elector, of the hundred
, election district In which he seeks
~ vote, selected by him as an assistant