The Delawarean., 1901-02-02

A big delegation from Wilmington
representing the Citizens League,
(which was formerly the Law and Order
Society, came down Ito Dover yesterday
and had hearing before the Senate
committees, urging the defeat of the
House bill ito re-estabMsh the LIQUOR
saloon screen. by special request of
this society THE Senate pcs poned ac-
tion ON the matter until Friday
afternoon. The committee lis COM
posed of the following prominent Will
mingtoniAns: Bishop leighton Cole
man, chairman; George w. Todd, Will
liam S. PrickeLt, Alfred ID. Warmer,
job r. jackson, Sbansbury ]. Whitley,
Thomas McCorkle, Peter B. Ayars,
Coleman Baker, Alfred Gawthrop,
Lewis w. Brosius, George M. ID. Cann,
Charles NJ. Curtis, John r. Hudson,
George "A. Rhoads iand Revs. William
Writ King, T. A. McCurdy, w. l.. S.
Murray, john Shape, ]. ]. Huston and
George g. Hall.
Bishop Coleman made the first ad-
dress, having been called upon by the
ldeutenant-g to preside ait the
hearing. He asked the Senators who
lit was who wanted this auti+temper-
ance legislation, this step backward,
was it the workingmen of Whining
tom? Was it their wives and children?
Was it the business men of Whining
ton? Who was it?
He first called on DR.. w. L. S. Muir
ray, who presented resolutions of the
united Christian Endeavor Societies of
Wilmington. Alfred Gamluhrop, presi-
dent of 1.-THE Young Mems Christian AS
sociation, presented tine resolutions
adopted by 4S0 members of that organ
ization urging the death of House Bill
No. 2S, repeating THE anti-screen law.
William S. PrickitIt, attorney for the
Law and Order Society, presented a
letter THAT declared THAT the society's
work and the work of the police de-
parrtment would Ibe crippled by the
passage of this House bill.
Mrs l.. w. Emerson, PRESIDENT of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
presented ain urgent plea from 200
women and mothers to keep the screen
law ON THE books.
George w. Todd, president of the
Citizens League, said tihe screen law
was the greatest safeguard to young
men ever passed in Delaware and the
eleven years of its operation he I'M
hesitatingly stated that ut would be
Fhe greatest step backward possible to
be made. Make lit easy Ito do right;
make lit hard ito do wrong
Willfam p. Bancroft, employer of
nearly 1000 worlzingmen, pleaded for
the maintenance of THE LAW which
saved many of the young men from
decentralization.
Rev. George L. Hardesty of Smyrna,
called ON by the bishop, made the most
powerful appeal of bhe day, las repre-
senting the demonstrating people out
side the State. With uplifted hand he
urged THE Senate of Delaware, the first
of the new century, mot ito take back
ward step. THE delegation, he said,
was mot prtaying for new and radical
legislation Ito wipe out THE saloon, but
ito NOT take down Ahe outposts.
>Rev. William WirIt King was the
final speaker, saying THAT the un-
screening of saloons so THAT passers+by
could see was the greatest deltriment
of vice.
THE Senate laid tIhe screen bill ON the
table until Friday afternoon.
Fair Appropriation Cut of.
In the Senate Thursday Senator Hart
introduced measure recalling the am
nalal appropriation of $1,500 for THE
Delaware State Fair and the fund will
now be applied inuo the general fund
iof the State Treasury
Divers Bills in the House.
The Hardesty bill authorizing Fired
'erica's council and commissioners to
establish a new public school system
and issue bonds to pay for new
school buildings, was passed by THE
House Thursday.
The railway companies will come i'm