Evening journal., 1899-03-04

N0tt.
Yea-NIessrs. Abbott, Alice, Blakely.
Brasure. Hart, Knox. NIcFarlin. Pyle,
Shakespeare, Mr.. President-lO
Nay-Messrs. Far.ow, Lewis, liauR
Mtred9h, PennewiI and Slaughter
FClR THE LOAN BILL.
Levy curt commissioners John
Lynn and Henry M. White and Michael
Donahoe, sheriff Taylor ,and John
f. Callahan and George W. PhiIliu,
were here in The interest Of the bin
providing a Wilmington loan OF SIPS.
600 fer the benefit Of the Street and
Sewer Department.
EllI-L INETElAD CT REsOIUnIoN
A day or two ago the House adopted
a joint resolution approprlating 81 SOC
to the Society for Prevention Of Cruelty
toOh1iren.Yes Il was discovered
that an appropriation could only DE
carried by a bin. Representative Dona-
hoe offered a resolution to recall the
resolution from the Senate. 1T was
adopted, and on resolution OF senator
Alice the resolution was returned. A
bin carrying with st the appropriation
As now on its way through.
PASSED BY TIME HOUSE.
The following biEs passed the House
during the forenoon VT yesterdays busy
session: House bill amending section
IA. chapter liS, volume H. Laws OF
Delaware, being Deputy Attorney-Gen-
.eral Cccperls Dill. To- make It unlawtul
for a saloon-heeper to seE or give m
tox.catlng liquors TO minors. Denni-
sons House bill providing that the re-
|teiyerof taxes cfNewlCastle county shall
collect all taxes In the county. An
amendment offered by Mr. Donahoe,
that the governor and either state Of
hcials should be appointed by the re-
ceiver, created a laugh, but was voted
down, he being its cnly supporter.
Then the bin passed by a etrlct party
vote Of p to 10. House bin authorlz-
ing school district No. 162, Kent coun-
ty TO raise by taxation 5000 for a
ls-ho1.hcuse- House bin fixing n lumE
sum of S125, 600 as the amount CT the
bond Of the state treasurer ard trustee
Of the school fund.
LOOKED UPON WITH FAVOR.
Favorable reports were made in III,
House on these bills: House bill rciat
ing to liens for advances to farmers;
Senate blll establishing q state Boart
CT Agriculture.
GOOD NEWS FOR CLARK.
Speaker OF the House clark's BIZ
granting to school teachers Of teI
years service life certificates passed thi
Senate. Messrs. Slaughter, Lewis ant
Mered.th voted against 1t.
OYSTER BILL sHUCKED.
The Senate killed the Senate bll al.
lowing a porson to catch FIVE bushels
OF oysters a day 10 pedd.e around
home, wii,hout a lccnse. II was report
a. rulfavorahfy.
REDUCING THE PENALTY.
The Senate passed the Senate bill re
tudrg from capital punishment to i'm
ralscrmcrt for twenty years anC
twor.y ashes, the penalty for com
m.ttirl5 crimes OF house breaking witt
lirl crr to commit murder, rape or ar
scn. Waltor H. Hayes explained that
the judges and memsors OF the Boar
az Pardons requested him to draw tn
Tn, the Fisher case having led TO sucl
action.
TWO THROUGH THE SENATE
TAe Senate rassdd the Senate bil
rfndndat-gy Of iiae new law regu,atin
Jlo tumm-rg OF thorn hedges aloni
] rrSEc roads The lGl repeating th
! cid act in relation TO pleading in oivl
ara criminal cases was also passed.
THE SEASON SHORTENED.
/ Hereafter The game season in, SUISSE
4, ,-unty Wiz open on December / in
tcad Of November Is. A House h
having that effect passed the Senai
yesterday.
HOUSE BILL TOOK us PLACE.
IA tcs,c- bill haylTg passed tn
Hsuse, the Senate Committee on Jud
4 oary reported uafavorably and ha
r kuCd Scaatcr B1alQdy's biE in rel'
a ron to Pleading in civil and crimna
= cases. Chairman Knox then reporte
fayc-atry the Hcuse LIE in relation
judgments respondent custer. Aft
Philip @. Churchman had explained 1
u nature Il was passed.
y p. c. c. APPROPRIATION.
u Willard HaM Porter was here in b
u half Of the tlE arprcpI.~dng Sl,SOO
N aae Delaware soclety fer the Prote
mi ton CT Cruelty TO Ohildron. He spe
N rl--t Of the time in the Senate, pr
lpaltng the members for favorable co
sidcration of the bin.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
M Representative Ewing inroduc
n, the act enabling school district No.
Now Caste county to create a sinlSi
fund, and Il was referud.
az Horace G.. hnowles worked on q
n Eliot bills in The House.