The Delawarean., 1901-01-30


The Delaware legislators OF the
twentieth cen.ury are determined to
raise more State revemue by some
means or Other. Not satisfied with the
bills introduced Monday increasing
the revenue from tihs railroads by over
$120,OO0 annually, another movement
was 'aksn up la0e Monday afternoon,
this ONE by Nhe tDemOcIiags. Faspresen-
tative Seotten gave nCClce OF 1.-TWO bills
increasing the liquor revenue from
Sta,e Mcanses by flom Thirty 10 fifty
psr cent, and the dispensers of drinks.
VINO now .hlnA 6ley pay hugh license,
will probably maren ON Dover and
nave a talk with lhe solJnS. Mr. Scot
ten measure recites .lhat while liuuor
dealers in the city of Wilmington pay
$500, they sell rsn times elhe quanlity
Uhat rural inn-keepelB, who have to
pay $500, now sail. lAs aha State can
NOT afford 10 decrease THE rlural ho0el
f1en, che only way 10 equalize the
thing is to increase the Wilmington
Saloon keepers to $40O and the brewers
and dlslillers so per cent.
The proposed plan to equally tax the
railroad companies doing business in
Delaware came up in the General AS
sembly Monday. lit was intended to
have the Delaware Railroad Co. pay a
tax equivalent to chat of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington C Baltimore Rail
road Company-$40,O 1000 annually, an
increase of about $4,000. The Balti-
more and Ohio rebJted taxes, amount
ing to $4,000 annually, is also sought
for by the attacking assemblymen, to
he brought into the State treasury for
cancelling the State debts.
The railroad matter came up in a
bill glyen notice of by MIR. Holcomb
(Dem., New Cas.le.) The first is an
act Ito readjust the amounts TO be paid
by the Delaware Railroad Company in
communication of lis State taxes.
The second measure is also to be in
troduced by Mr.. Holcomb and is an
act Ito readjust the amounts to be paid
by the Wilmingyon and Northern Rail
road Company in commuta ion of its
State takes under the act Of April 8,
1869.
The fourth is an act to readjust the
adjust THE amounts to be paid by the
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
Railroad Company i'm commu alton of
its State taxes.
The fourth lis ma act ito readjust the
amounts Ito be paid by the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail
road Company in communication of it's
Slate takes
The bill to permit saloon keepers to
REPLACE ItIhe screens in their windows
and doors, came up Monday AS re
quired in Delaware by the act of 1891,
they are now compelled to keep their
places unlscreened and open to view
Mr. Hiltchen (Rep., Wilmington made
an impassloned appeal for the passage
of the bill saying that little children
are now permitted to have a full view
of the bar-rooms of THE city Of Will
ming,on, He further added that men
who did not desire the publicity of the
unscreened lbar-room, ordered the
liquor to their own homes and threw
temptation in their children's way.
Mlessrs. Baynard and Finn opposed
the measure and endeavored to have a
possponement until next Thursday,
when the Law and Order Society might
have am opportunity to express its
opinion upon the measure.
Mr. Robertson, DIR. Moore and Mr..
Hardesl.y favored THE bill because they
believed lit threw temptation in the
way of the children of their towns Mr..
Fltnn said he did NOT know why man
wanted more secrecy about purchasing
a glass of beer than The did ON buying a |
pound of sugar
THE modon ito postpone failed, and
the bill passed by this vote:
Yaas-Ewing, Hardesty, Hearn,
Healy, Kitchen, Holcomb, Hope,
Hutchinson, Layton, Long, Monaghan,
Moore, Pepper, Prettymam, Robertson,
Shallcnoss, Short. Scotten, Warren,