Evening journal., 1897-05-28
THE WORK-HOUSE BILL
1t Was Recommitted With
Only Two Votes Against 1t
BUT AFTER A BITTER DEBATE
BETWEEN SENATOR PYLE, WHO
OPPOSED THE BILL, AND SEN
ATOR HANDY, WHO is IN FOR
IT-OTHER SENATE MATTERS.

AlOh t1AND1B WIN 10 in fOhI
IT-OTHER SENATE MATTERS.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover, May 2S.-If Senator Pyle had
supported the House bill to establish a
work-house for New Castle county Il
would have passed the Senate yester-
day, but as he fought its passage on
the ground that the county was in no
condition financially to increase it's in
debtedness by 100000, and thereby di-
vided the New Castle county delega-
tion, the Kent and Sussex county men,
bers were only too glad to help him de-
feat for the county what they would
have defeated for the state had the
House passed the State Work-house
bill instead of defeating 1t.
The bill was reported without recon-
mendation and read.
81 don't think it is worth while for
me to add anything to the reasons for
the passage of this bill" said Mr.. AL
richs. 1T has been thoroughly dis
cussed before the committee in the
House, and i suppose that everybody
has made up his mind in regard to it,
Therefore, / shall not attempt to give
any reasons why the bill should pass" 4"
This bill has been before us once as
a state concern" said Mr.. Handy. If
understand it right, l think that 1t
should be state concern, but as the
state has seen fit not to have il sad
died upon 1t, am willing, although the
finances of New Castle county are not
in a very good condition, TO have it
made applicable to our county. / think
It is a good thing. Although our fl
nances are in bad condition, i don't
think the passage Of this bill can make
them any worse. We can't expect to
reform hardened prisoners, but we dc
want to do something for the young
man who has committed his first Of
fense. 1 think the work-house would
be a benefit"
1T would be a grand thing to have
this improved work-house, but / don't
see my way clear to vote for this meas.
ure tO-day-to vote for a measure thai
is going to entail an expenditure oi
$4,000 on our county in addition t
what is already outstanding, said Sen
ator Pyle. Il don't propose to swamI
that county beyond all hope OF redemp
tion. OF course It is a very fine thing
to have a fine penitentary. 1t may b,
in the interest of humanity and mo
rality and good government, bu
whether we can afford it is anOthe
thing we must take into consideration
The finances of our county to-day ,whel
we come to look at it, are in a deplor
able condition, and then in the face o
/ 1t It is proposed to entail 5000, 600 NOR
of debt To-day the Levy Court OF New
Castle county would take S153, $50 {,
pay outstanding bills, to say nothing
about the existing bonded debt of tn
county. And now, in the face of that
with bankruptcy staring us in the face
l fail to see how we can afford to bull,
such an institution. If we could bulk
this and then unload it on the stat
that would be one consideration. TIL
incompetency and neglect of the Lev.
/ Court of New Castle county has entail
ed this trouble upon us. The stone pill
at New Castle Jail has entailed addi
tiOnal expenditures OF $4,000 a year, an
is worse than nothing The chief jus
tice is here and he has some schem
that looks very well on paper, but sue
schemes don't come out. They neve
did and never will materialize. Tn
stone pile didn't materialize. That wa
to be a scheme to cost the county moth
ing and redeem these outlaws and out
casts. 1t has done neither.
"The Municipal Court in the city {
j Wilmington is a feeder for that Jail a
7 New Castle, and 1 believe now tina
that iail has been crowded in order [
demonstrate the fact that we shoul
have a larger place. I don't take muc
stock in that court. The jail is kept S
= full of tramps that there is no rool
there for bona fide prisoners. I woul
weed some of them out and il they di
not leave the state would put them
the whipping-pOst and in the pillOry.
But l do say we have got to d
something to get rid of our prisoners
said Senator Handy. The way the
S are crowded in New Castle Jail Is
. disgrace. If we pass the sheriff's salaI
bill l think that what we cut off II
sheriff alone will pay the interest {
the 5000, 900 at 4 per cent. am not
I favor of creating a debt any more ths
i any other man, but some times II
u compulsory upon us to create debts
: order to get along Give New Cast
1 county her rights to expend the mons
= that her people pay in taxes. and 81
Cdu Dullu lnlo ptllltnlldlg anu pay II
E it in two years and not ask the aid
u anybody"
= On motion of Mr.. Alrichs, seconds
e by Mr.. Pyle, Chief Justice Lore W
}; given the floor. He made an elOque
speech in demonstration OF the ia
that New Castle county could sa
money by the passage Of the bill.
, said that the trouble was in the sy
,s TEN, and that nothing would be gal
. ed by putting a patch here and pat
- there on it. He asserted that the
= stitution would pay for itself in fife
=, years If the county would pay to
&, what it is now paying to New Cas-
jail
Mr. Pyle renewed his objections, a.
was seconded by Senator FenimO
who said he would not like TO vote
a a bill to entail upon the honest, haT
r working people of New Castle county
D. debt that they or their grandchildr
le would not see paid.
Of Mr.. Handy moved to strike out
IL $4,000 and insert 100000. He tC
IS, Senator Pyle that he could not get
bill through the Senate that would p
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