Evening journal., 1897-05-22
BOARD BILL KILLED.
Declared to Be the Old Peach
Yellows Bill in Disguise.
FOR ITHE MUNICIPAL EXTENSION
FRIENDS OF GERMAN CARP IN
EVIDENCE - NEWSPAPER CON
DEMNED BY THE HOUSE-HAW-
LEY STREET BILL PASSED
OTHER LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal

Dover, May 22.-This session of the
General Assembly will not create a
state board of agriculture. The bill in
that behalf was called up in the House
yesterday morning by Representative
Taylor and put upon its passage He
made a short speech in behalf of the
bill, saying that the agriculturists OF the
state were demanding that some steps
be taken to relieve them CT the dangers
threatened by San Jose scale ana other
foes of their interests.
This brought Representative Wilson
to his feet. He said that the bill was
the old peach yellows bill in disguise
He declared that the present State
Board Of Agriculture was sufficient
without entailing additional burdens
upon the taxpayers, and, further than
that the Delaware Experimental Sta
ton could cope with San Jose scale
with very little cost to the owners of
diseased trees. The section permitting
| inspectors to enter a mans orchard and
tear up his trees was a violation of
mans rights. 1t would be exceedingly
unpopular and lead to trouble. Most
hortioulturists are willing to tear up
and destroy their trees as soon as they
are convinced that they are diseased
and of no further use.
"The bill is a good one to kill. said
Representative Johnson. "A law should
be passed to cure people of the disease
of wanting to get their fingers into the
pie of appropriations"
Il do not believe in passing bills
which interfere with the constitutional
rights of the people, said Representa-
tive Adams. "A man who has an or
chard has a right to allow trees to re-
main in it until he gets ready to take
them out Not only that but the oper-
ations Of the bill would be expensive as
well as unjust and exasperating.
A letter from e. II. Bancroft was pre-
sented by Representative Donaldson
and read. 1t was in the nature of an
argument for the passage of the bill.
Speaking on the bill Mr. Donaldson
advocated its passage, and in the
course of his remarks declared that
when corporation bills come on there
are lobbyists to speak for them, but the
poor farmer has no one to speak in be-
half of measures for his benefit"
The bill was lost by the following
vote: Yeas-Dempsey, Donaldson. Tay-
lor-3. Nays-Adams, Davis, Cheairs
| AAAidnOnf AlaACAlf -. D AlORhAAAof JOnn-
S son, Martin, Mccoy, Smith, Whitney
Wilson-12. Absent-Dukes. Hopkins
Mccullough, Short, Thompson and Rig
gin.
HAWLEY STREET BILL PASSED.
Chairman Pyle, of the Senate Com
mittee on Cities and Towns, reported
favorably the bill to vacate a portion
of Hawley street, in the city of Will
mington. He stated that all objections
to the bill had been withdrawn. There
e was not a dissenting vote against it.
I. FIGHTING FOR THE EXTENSION
Robert Francis, chairman CT tn,
' Democratic City Executive Committee
, of Wilmington; ex-Receiver of Taxes
q John T. Dickey and Director Webster
: Of the Street and Sewer Department
7 made a determined effort in the HOus,
: yesterday to secure the passage of the
!. House bill extending to the Fall of 1885,
the municipal election to be held il
June. The entrance of DR.. John c
Fahey into the mayoralty field precipi
e tated this movement AS long as Nc
= Coy and Johnson were in the fight th'
: extension bill rested in committee, bu
|. as soon as DR.. Fahey took a hand in
terest in the bill was renewed TIL
visitors were unable to get the bill
through, and went home disappointed
FRIENDS OF GERMAN CARP.
Friends of what the late lamente
Sam Townsend called id Dutc
suckers" want the House to reconside
.. the vote by which il killed the Hous
bill making a closed season for Germa
carp. Ex-MayOr Shortlidge arrived i
town on the noon train and imme
diately set to work among the repre-
sentatives to bring about this desire
result. He was. however unable to az
cOmplish his mission.
HAWKINS TONTINE BILL KILLEI
81 Milton II. Hawkins went to Mar!
land yesterday, and that circumstanC
led to the undoing. While he was ava
ex-Mayor Austin Harrington and j
n siah Marvel were in Dover endeavorin
sw to kill his bill compelling insuran'
companies issuing tontine insuran'
policies to make annual statements
eedd the earnings of the policies they issu
1. Some weeks ago the House killed
n similar BILL hut Mr.. Hawkins went in
the Senate a few days ago, introduced
.e new bill as a substitute and get it pas
ed almost before the opponents oi IN
sort CT legislation knew what was u
- They were unable to get the Senate
!. reconsider its action and decided upt
: drastic measures in the House.
(: The bill was called up for its fir
I: reading, and Mr. Smith moved tnat fu
+: ther consideration of it be indefinite
postponed. Mr.. Dempsey declared tn
p: the bill had some merit and ought
be considered by committee. To II
: Mr.. Smith replied that the bill h
: been considered by the House once
: fore and killed. and that the memb1
1: knew all about the bill that they wal
ed to know. Mr.. Smiths motion to
definitely postpone was carried by
- following vote:
p. Yeas-Davis, Cheairs, Donalds'
ton Eliason, johnson, Smith, Short, Tayl
ass Thompson, Whitney. Hazell-11. Ns
es- Dempsey, ]. II. Hopkins, L. S. HI
est kins, Martin, Mccoy. Wilson,.
Is sent-Adams, Dukes. Mccullough. R
de- gin. Mr.. Short first voted no,
| changed his vote To yes