Evening journal., 1897-04-01
THE REED STREET BILL.
1t Again Figured In the Hous
Yesterday Afternoon.
FAVOR THE PRESENT GAME Law.

DEl.AW AXE GA ME- PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION WANTS IT LEFT
AS IT ls--MEAsUREs BEFORE
HOUSE AND SENATE YEsTER-
DAY.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, April Late yesterday af-
ternoon Chairman Whitney made an
other favorable report upon the Senate
bill for the vacation of Reed street for
the benefit Of the Blumenthals. Repre-
sentative Dempsey Immediately began
sldrmishing for votes. as the hackers Of
the bill believed that they had The four
teen votes needed to pass it.
At 4.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Mr.. Dempsey called the bill up. lie said
that he had assurance that it would re-
ceive fourteen votes. even though two
Il its original friends were absent. He
gave warning that If it failed to receive
The vote expected he would change his
vote and have it laid over until the
other two members were present.
Representative HAZEL took the floor
and said he believed the bill to be un-
constitutional. To him one of the most
convincing proofs of the bad character
Of the bill was the amount of lobbying
hat was being done for it. For several
days lobbyists had been pouring their
Jale into willing and unwilling ears TO
he point of indecency, and that,if moth
.ng else, would compel him to vote
against the bill
Mr.. Adams said that If there were
my lobbyists about they had not APP
preached him. He did not believe that
he passage CT the bill would be harm
ul to the best interests of the city Of
Wilmington, and said that, on the
lther hand, it would be highly benel-
,ial to +. Blumenthal & Co.
Mr.. Cheairs said that he scarcely
knew how to vote. but until he became
iatisfed as to his duty In thermatter nc
would have to vote against the bill.
Mr.. Dempsey said that Mr.. Cheairs
had assured him that he would vote
for the bill. else he would not have
called it up
Mr.. Cheairs replied that Mr. Dempsey
misunderstood him, and then went on
md related the conversation that took
place between them.
Finally Mr.. Dempsey moved that fur
lher consideration Of the measure be
| postponed until - o'clock to-day, anC
lis motion prevailed.
CLERK KERN WINS AGAIN.
An executive session of the House
vas held yesterday afternoon to con.
ider the matter of a reading clerk
some of the members were in favor O
| laying Mr.. Kern his full salary an,
permitting him to resign, as his healtl
IS poor. and Clerk splcer needs q MAJ
Who can be more helpful. After talk
ng the matter over it was decided {,
cave the matter rest Had a chang,
Jeen made Milton H. Hawkins woulC
probably have succeeded Mr. KERN.
TO PROTECT STATE PROPERTY.
Representative L. S. Hopkins intro
luced an act to improve ant
promote the co,Cred schools O.
his state. AS the law now stand
| 81 600 is appropriated for each county
every year. tor the use Of the coloreC
schools, the fund TO be used for erect
ing schools, purchasing books and max
ing all necessary repairs, but there /,
10 provision for the purchasing Of sites
.or the school-house built. The bill tS
I
the present law by making that pro
vision. II also provides that the prope
deed and conveyance is to be made [.
the superintendent of the schools II
each county as trustee for the state
/ hat provision is made in order to pre-
vent unreasonable or unjust incum
brances being imposed on the schoO
properties. and protects the state from
l re lrf rf.1I Of rfl
membranes. It also provides that II
case such school site or property 4
abandoned that il shall be sold by tn
county superintendent as trustee AM
the proceeds derived therefrom shai
revert to the school fund in and 70
that county.
REPORTED WITHOUT RECOMMEN
DATION.
= Chairman Smith. of the House Com
mittee on Private Corporations, report
ed without recommendation the Hous
bill to amend the charter of the Ne,
Castle and Wilmington Electric Rail
way Company. He said that his col
leagues had requested him to do so il
order that the members, who had bee
to New Castle and seen the road, Nigh
vote their sentiments without feelin
constrained to uphold the report of tn
committee.
AT the time of the report Treasure
p King and Attorney Peter l.. COope
were in the Hall of Representatives.
{ MATTER OF JUDGMENT LIENS.
Attorney Cochran has prepared an
Representative Mccoy viii introduce
bill to amend the present law limitin
Judgment liens i'm New Castle count,
. Under the present law, when a perso
brings a suit to revive a judgment h
has to bring the terre tenants and ten
ants in as party defendants to the jude
ment. This law amends it by strikin
out that feature. the contention bein
that Il is difficult to get service on tn
terre tenants. Another provision of tn
y Mccoy bill is that after the judgmer
is obtained It shall not be entered u
] as a lien against the tenant or teri
E tenant but against the executor, or aC
ministrator Of the defendant in case
is dead.
= ANOTHER OBJECTED TO.
In the House the House bill to al