Evening journal., 1901-03-08
CITY WILL GET
MONEY FOR PARK
Terms OfEduCatiOHal Boards
Members Extended
CITY MAY IMPROVE HARBORS
Amended Cigarette Bill Passes bV a
Vote Of 20 to Il Other
Bills Passed
Stan Correspondence Evenlne Journal.


STAFF Correspondence Evening journal.
Dover March s--Representative Bay
nard obtained permission in the House 70
cali up his bill, reported favorably from
committee earlier in the day. granting the
Mayor and Council Of Wilmington power
to borrow $4,000 for the city parks.
Mr.. Baynard explained, in advocating
the bill, that Wilmington had 2eO acres Of
park land. 1t is all now very valuable
and a great credit to the city and State
The land is now worth much more than
has been expended upon il and every dol
lar judiciously put in further improve
ment would be dollar invested where il
would pay interest. There is an addi-
tional amount OF work that must be done
Before borrowing any Of the money. the
consent Of three-fourths of the members
Of City Council must be first obtained
Mr.. Healy opposed the bill. claiming
that $4,000 was all the parks OF VIII
mington needed
The bill passed 10y a vote Of "A 20 2.
Representative Baynards bin recon
structing the charter of the Board OF
Education so that the terms of members
may Ice made regular, and providing for
notification 20 be served upon the secre-
tary ten days before election when any
person desires to become candidate for
the board, passed without objection.
A tilt resulted from an attempt 10 rail
road n report Of the committee on the bin
TO re-estahlish voters assistants The
Democrats began 20 filbuster, succeeded
in staying the report from DR. Moore and
then ran in sundry motions ON every bill
called up.
The voters assistants bin was finally
brought up 10y the Union Republicans and
| Representative Holcomb (DemocraO be-
gan remarkable talk against time. He
advanced toward the speakers desk and
stated that he had long argument q
make which he would have TO freely read
lie began first 90 read the letters OF a. y.
Brown on a reduction Of the freight rates.
In this the Republicans had him ruled out
on the ground that 10 was not genuine
/ Mr. HOlcOmb then took up the recent
bribery hearing testimony and continued
TO read this despite loud calls Of points Of
order. lie then rallied Mossrs Warren
Shallcross and Wright around him fol
parliamentary spNrring.
J IL was 1890 O'Clock this morning when
the Republicans finally succeeded in get
ting vote ON the bin which passed hy
strict party vote, but not until Holcoml
was entirely out Of breath.
motion to adjourn was then quickly
carried.
LAST ROUNDUP OF CIGARETTE
FIGHTERS
When the anti-cigarette bill came NJ
for final action in the House there wa,
some lively speaking both for and against
| the measure which has created so much
controversy DR. Moore said he was on.
posed To the bill because he thought Il
unconstitutional and because ne did no
tank any man in the House had o right
TO say wnat a man more than p years old
should do in regard to cigarette smoking
He thought the amendments would max,
a strictly prohibitive minor law.
| Representative Finn said he was in IA.
vOr of the original bin and opposed TO the
various amendments. especially one tha
would permit man to give a cigarette
to a minor and then give a policeman au-
thority TO take the boy 10 the station foi
smoking it,
DR. Moore asked AR Finn if he doubt.
ed his honesty in the matter Mr.. Flinr
replied: II believe you are thorough
ly honest. But I do say you are more
easily satisfied with the amendments
than l am
DIR. Moore: "a man may be honest
and at the same time be more easily sat.
isfied than another man"
Mr.. Finn: THAT may be. The pas
two months nave showed that"
This remark caused a general laugh. re-
ferring, as it did, TO the position OF tn,
two men in the senatorial matter.
The amended bill was passed by a vot,
Of 20 to Il. as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Baynard. Clendaniel
Dayett. Ewing, Hardesty. Healy, Hitch
en-, Holcomb, Hutchinson, Layton
Moore Pepper, Prettyman, Robertson
short, Sc0tten, Warren, Wright anC
Speaker McCommons-20.
i Nays-Messrs. Aron, Chandler, Clark
Finn, Gooden, Hodgson. Hope, Long
Pilling, Ralph, Shallcross, West, White
Ia.
ULTIMATUM FOR LORD.
The House passed. by party vote. bill
requiring the recorder of deeds of Ken
county TO deliver mp the records of The
Duke Of York's grant of the lands which
now are the State of Delaware.
A committee consisting of Mcssrs
Knox. McNulty and Robertson appointe,
by the last Legislature. has made repeat
ed efforts TO get these papers so that they
might have them printed and bound un
der a special act of the last Legislature
but Recorder Lord has refused to allow
the records to 90 ont Of his possession.
Representative Shallcross. who was re
corder of deeds for New Castle count,
said in opposing the bill that if any MAI
had come to take out book for which he
and his bondsmen were responsible, they
would have to take it over his dead body
VOTED NO" ON HIS SALARY.
hnen the House resolution paying tn,
salaries Of each member and officer o.
the House $500 for each member anG
geeO for fhp Snpakorl came M late las