Evening journal., 1897-03-24

not able to do the reading or TO help
Clerk Spicer to get up the journal of
the daily proceedings of the House. For
some time Chaplain Vincent has been
doing his reading for him. and Clerk
Spicer has been doing all the journal
work The state Of business has be-
come such that Clerk Spioer must have
some help and the members OF the
House have decided to help him out in
the matter. During the afternoon ses-
sion of the House yesterday Represen-
tative HAZEL had read a notice calling
for secret meeting of the members
in the State House parlor at 1890
O'Clock this morning IL was signed by
Speaker Riggin and Messrs. HAZEL
Eliason Donaldson and Dempsey AS
the notice gave no intimatiou as to the
object of the meeting 1t set everybody
10 guessing, especially as Representa-
tive Hazell refused to tell the news
paper men anything about II, and even
some OF the members who asked 10 be
let into the secret were told that they
would find out when they attended the
meeting. The statesman from Duck
Creek must have underrated the powers
of the legislative correspondents, for
they soon afterwards found out just
what the object Of the meeting was The
purpose of the House is to deal fairly
with Reading Clerk KERN and give
him not only an opportunity to resign,
but also compensate him literally for
the work that he has already done. Who
will succeed him cannot be ascertained
at this time.
MAGUlRE MAY SPEAK.
Yesterday afternoon Representative
Dempsey offered a resolution to allow
Hon. Jones G. Mcguire TO make an ad-
dress on taxation in the hall of the
House of Representatives during the
noon recess on Friday. Representative
Donaldson objected to its adoption ON
the ground that too much time had al
ready been wasted In accepting invita-
tiOns and extending them.
Representative HAZEL said that q
delegation of the Single Takers would
meet with the special committee on tax
alton on Friday afternoon. and as the
/ House would not be in session at the
| time named in the resolution he saw no
/ impropriety in extending the courtesy
to Mr, Mcguire.
| Representative Donaldson was the
only member who voted against tho
/ adoption Of the resolution.
INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE.
The following bills, previously des-
cribed. were introduced in the House
yesterday afternoon:
Introduoed-By Speaker Riggn, foi
the support of the Colored Teachers
State Institute: by Mr.. Johnson, e
transfer the farm of William ID. Mar
tin from school district No. 80 TO No. rs
in Sussex county; to incorporate th'
Sussex County Game Protective Asso
citation: by Mr. Mccullough, to divorce
George w. from Roberta NJ. Phillips; q
by Mr.. Davis, to incorporate John N
Clayton Council, No. "a, Jr. o. ", A. Nj.
revise certain election laws of the state
by Mr. Cheairs, to divorce Ellzabet
p and William r. Rulon; TO authoriz
the appointment Of an additional col
lector for Little Creek hundred by Nj
Davis. TO incorporate Clayton Lodge
No. 5, Shield of Honor; by Mr.. McCul
lough, to divorce Wesley 7. and Lizzi
Wright. by J. n. Hopkins, TO divorce
John and Anna Taylor
Read and referred-To Incorporate
Union Castle. No. II, X. G. e.; L
u amend chapter COS, volume 10; to ap
point an additional assessor and col
lector in Little Greek hundred.
Representative j. II. Hopkins CAV
notice of an act to lay out a new publ
road in West Dover hundred.