Evening journal., 1903-02-13
SENATOR ALLEE
MISSED A VOTE
CONTINUED From First Page.)

the repeal of the obnoxious law. lie
said:
1--WE have not receded at all from our
position Of opposition.The vote in the
House, as / am creditably informed,
was nothing more than a determination
not to show discourtesy to one Of its'
most important committees. When thel
bill receives proper consideration and
goes through the regular channels there
will be a different story to tell.
The bill is as follows:
Whereas, it was demonstrated at thel
last election that the bill providing for l
voters assistants is simply and solely
a means for ascsrtaining for the bene-
fit of one who bribes electors that an
elector who has been bribed, casts his
vote in a particular manner, and NO
good end has been or can be served by
any provision which win permit any
one to be present in a voting booth with
"a voter while marking his ballot,
Therefore, BE it enacted by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives IN
General Assembly met,
Section l, That amy person, who un-
purpose whatsoever shall enter avoting
booth with a voter or while voter Isl
therein, at any election hereafter to be
held in this State. shall be deemed
guilty Of a felony and upon convicuonI
thereof shall be fined 500 and whipped
lwith forty lashes.
Section ii, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed
The Senate concurred in the House
bill authorizing the road commission
ers of New Castle hundred to fund their
floating debt of $1,000 Robert Nc
Farlin, George b. Whitfield and Paul
ellis are named as commissioners TO
issue the bonds.
Mr.. McNulty gave notice of an act TO
amend section 126 of an act to revise
and consolidate the statutes relating
to the city of Wilmington. Also of an
act TO further amend an act in relation
to the streets and sewers Of Whining
ton. He also gave notice OF an act to
lessen bribery.
The Senate adopted the HOUSE joint
resolution appointing a joint commit
tee TO arrange for a trip of the General
Assembly to Rehoboth for the inspec-
1 tion of certain State lands. Messns.
4 Harrington and Brasure were appointed
a committee from the Senate.
The House passed, under suspension
of rules, House bill authorizing tha
Governor and Secretary o. State to sign
State license blanks with their auto
graphs
Fair Hearing Wednesday.
The committee from the st. Louis Ex-
position. which was to appear before
r the Senate and the House in relation
+ 10 Delaware aid for the fair, will not
come until Wednesday.
The House passed Representative
2 Flinn's bill authorizing the Governor
IS and the Secretary of State TO sign al
0 license blanks with their autograph
% signature
% Heretofore the Governor and the
Secretary of State have heon requiuet
" 10 Sign as many as 500 license blank
y per week with their signature in ink.
"A Fish Commission Reports.
. William Anderson, of Delaware City
'ssl State Fish Commissions, submittei
valuable reports to the Legislature yes
s. tcrday afternoon.
George NJ. Bowers, commissioner a
Washington, writes to DR.. Evan C
d0l Shortlidge, the assistant fish commits
sioner and superintendent of hatcherie
OOl and says that the statistics submittel
.. by the Delaware men in regard to tn
y decadence of sturgeon are the same Il
57l substance as those received from othe
parts. He gives two remedies for thi
0ol threatened extinction of a valuabl
% commercial indusuy-one RESTRICTIVE
3, legislation and the other in artifcia
. propagation.
" The United States Fish Commission
O6l has made several attempts to propagat
sturgeon but without good results. bu
4 plans are still being made 10 continu
4 the work during the approachin.
: spawning season. One great obstacl
% the commission has to combat with
; the difficulty to find ripe FISH and whe
y they are captured it is very difficult 1
iol get control of them before they hav
y cast their spawn. which Is wasted.
The commissioner al Washingto
Is compliments Delaware in having take
c such an interest and says that th
United States Commission would
glad TO cooperate with Delaware in hg
work On The Delaware river
! Mr.. Anderson's report covers Il