Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-03-18
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did In
Dover on Saturday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE

Little business Transacted-Liquor Lsgis-
Iation KILLED in the senate--The Marls-
trate's Fees-Ihs New Castle system Of
Tax Rebates Miscellaneous LegisIa-
tion.
staG Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March Is Speaker Watson
had hlsrhghtinR clothes on on Saturday.
Hs left the char and killed the bill
introduced by Senator Fsnimore, making
1t 3 misdemeanor for Rnv person TO sell
or give to, or procure for minors or
hsbltual drunkards intoxicating liquors
The penalty provided was fine OF from
| $50 TO 800, and costs, or In default OF
payment imprisonment for a term Of
| not less than thirty days nor more than
ak months The bill gave Judge Ball
and magistrates final and exclusive
| jurisdiction. The bill had been reported
previously and killed, and subsequently
| recommltted, some Of the members
/ objecting to II because 1t gave the
accused no chance to appeal and have a
trial by jury.
Chairman Records reported the bill
| favorahly again on Saturday with an
amendment which Speaker Watson did
| not regard as satisfactory. He imme-
| diately called Senator Pierce to the
chair and took tho floor
| Mr.. Sp eaker--"That bill Is in almost
the same shape as when IL was recon
mitted. ] moved for reconsideration OF
the vote that killed that bill and was
told that IL was to be SO amended that
final jurisdiction would be taken out OF
the hands Of the justice Of the peace.
see that II is in practically the same
shape as 1t was before | had been in.
formed that 1t would be amended to
| give prisoner chance to appeal to the
| court II he wanted to- / move that
further consideration Of that bill be
indefinitely postponed
Mr.. Hanby-"I second the motion
Mr.. Records-"I am sorry the senator
has made that motion. / think the
bill is all right The COMMITTEES has
considered IL well An amendment was
submitted a few days ago, but the
committee did not think 1t necessary to
amend the bill st sll think the bill Is
all right and In the interest Of our
young men. IL is an act for the benefit OF
our young men. I hope the Senate will
not indefinitely postpone that bill.
Mr. Speaker have no doubt OF the
good intentions Of the committee. |
don't think 1t best to put that much
power In the hands Of justice Of the
peace.
Mr. Hanby-"Mr. Speaker, the more
law we have the less enforcement OF Law
there Is. II the people in general assist
Ia enforcing the laws IL would not be
necessary for them to bring bills down
here, and they would be better oil |
can't say that am opposed to Furnishing q
man who gives whiskey to a minor OF
habitual drunkard, but there Is always q
limit"
Mr.. Speaker "And no one else Is
opposed TO 10 that know Of
MIR Handy while that bill is founded
on a good principle there are certain bad
features about &C. We will take A and
b. They work together. b is too stinRy
to buy whiskey and will buy it A
will give it to 5. There may be a dis
turbance between the two families
May be BIS wife will find out that A gave
whiskey to her husband She msy have
him arrested There is plenty os such
people in Delaware and in all other COM
munities. | think that the whiskey laws
os the State OF Delaware are strict
enough II they are only enforced But
they are never enforced, aud that is
where the trouble comes in. If gets A
arrested for giving him whiskey, what
redress has he Many arrests are made
simply as the result Of family quarrels
II we continue In this way OF legislating
we will have as binding and oppressive
laws as those Of Engisni on Ireland
Justices Of the peace are always ready to
make money, and the constables get the
office TO make money Don't give them
Han - . y, faFa D.
cell and to brand the "a as felons la their
community. II q man gave a son Of mine
whiskey, / would be willing to do almost
anything to him, but there are cases
where the law would be used to satisfy
personal spite Let them enforce Whist
whisKey laws they have aud II they can't
get along on them let's give them a
prohibitory law and put a stop once and
for all TO their coming here year after year
asking Us to pass bills amendatory Of the
restrictive laws we now have in our
statute books. You can't find temper
ance man Ia New Castle county who will
enforce the law we now have. II Is
sverybody's business and nobody does IL. "
Mr.. Recorda-"I call for the yeas and
nays on the motion TO indefinitely post.
pone."
Ysas-Messrs. Handy, Harrington,
Pierce, Pyle, Mr. Speaker %.
Nays-Messrs. Alrichs, Fsnlmore,
Rscords-3
The speaker declared the bill lost.
WIN the Senate Recsdeg
The magistrates OF Wilmington keenly
feel the defeat In the Senate OF the
Senate bill providing that all costs shall
be paid In magistrates court before an
appeal from his decision is taken Sena-
tor Records is willing at any time ts
move for reconsideration. Even ii the
Senate should recsde from It's adverse
attitude 1t is not believed that the House
will pass 1t.
Debate on Rebate.
New Castle will not have It's rebat,
system of collecting city and school tax
that is, not Just yet The House bill
providing It WAS reported favorablv OF
Saturday by Chairman Pyle. OF thI
Senate Committee on Cities and Towns
Senator Records opposed 1t because thu
rebate on school tax was only five cents
In his opinion it should be eight can't
as 10 other c tiles and towns
Senator Pyle said be thought Eve
cent rebate was enough.
SauatOr FanimorR ohipctad to ths