Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

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vi. Snntn, DIGS similar 70 those tney
submitted to the Senate committee.
SCENE ~ THE HOUSE.
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ing New AIiIeu s1.ni.n, - II; On
Neunesuay, cllcuIst ~ aliions ny henV
county iheinoerS VI .ie 1enerai Assem-
ply peliVion, Idqusse,nI Inae tns
questloh iM.e.ie, tiie i ii LII anu
SUE W lntoA ls;t;.l iIuurS Sian 10
iicehsSu o. pronlo, ,no IN snla county
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hers signed il. Yesterday, however,
Senators Meredith and Slaughter and
Representatives O'Day and Taylor,
Democrats, erased their signatures,
presumably at the solicitation Of John
d. Hawkins, the chairman of the Kent
county Democratic committee. Despite
this action, there remained attached to
tho petition signatures equaling the
number required by the new Constitu-
ton.
During recess, yesterday, Mr.. Hawkins
created a scene in the hall of the House
of Representatives by going to the
members, and telling them that they
did not know what they had done, that
they were not authorized to sign the
petition, and that they should have
consulted their constituents first. Some
of the members became angry, and re-
fused to listen to requests to Withdraw
their signatures.
Late in the afternoon, the petition
was submitted to both, Legislative
branches, and referred to committees.
DIR. Smith and the Rev. Vaughn s.
Collins, yesterday, circulated similar
petition among the Sussex county MEM
bers, and induced majority of them
to On it.
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1ne i,s'aware ,pIngle iaA assoclatIoh
my sups - ny i:eg 's sh eie iuinnM-
Ine letter concernliie .ne aot 70 equa'ize
lann.ion lor scnooI purpose5'
beilevihg tna1 mere mas seldom
peen 1nlore iaerant departure from an
equitable system OF taxation than that
whisn - N tofce TOT raising schooi
LUNGS III he several districts OF the
iotate any noplng mat you are ANXIOUS,
irrespective o. party hlnllatiohs, 70
mere OUT Justice 70 me people; we ASK
your consiuerution % the OH on tn5
opposite page, willcn mas peeh presenter
" iUur -ionoraple nouleS:
~ puint put the inequallty we
Woul9 cali 10 your attehtlon TWO cases
Wnlch are put i,ir eAaihIies OF What
eAlst IN every se,,ooI uls!rlct OF our
otate cry year We nave N lhlno nrsJ
y case where farmer pald over SIN
sllpes vs. hiurh on I'VE sloch worln Sioo
ts y nelGnnor dio on a mouse ana lot
worm 81, w of ,ouV 70 Vhe support OF
tne sltlage Schooi whero poth SEM thelr
| ohlluren. Inc second IS case OF tenant
farmer VINO pald IN August, 1913. -. 70
on i've STOCK assessed az SooO whlle ms
ianu iaay On the farm worth ABOUT
so,Vgu paio u. 81.
| me ieranJ VINO looks Tor a farm
mas inc auvantaees OF theschool pointed
ont 70 MN ana pays IN rent proper
tomato 70 tne advantage. having mus
once pad ms school tax to the land
leru ne misht IN Justice demand That
you coiect MS, snare from the man TO
whom ne pare II: II TINS cannot be.
We ask, IN presenting this bill to you,
tnat ~ De no longer the custom to make
ms iittle property tine special object OF
taxation while they who derive the
benefit and are much more able to pay
are let OH with a tax on one-twentieth
or the selling value OF their holdings.
Few words II any are needed TO
SHOW the gross injustice OF such sys-
tenn. The many tenant farmers OF our
State have long complained of this in
Justice, and il were time men should
rise above tn" dictates of seeming party
expediency and right it. "
Tho House, yesterday, recommitted
TO committee the Senate bill relating
to a subordinate society surrenderlne
its charter to the parent society. The
motion TO rtNSmmit was made by Repre-
sentative Burns. at the request OF Sena-