Evening journal., 1909-03-18
DIRECT PRIMARY
BILL DEFEATED
Senate Passes Act Providing
for Registration Of
Nurses

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del. March 1S--Many phases
OF civic economies were touched upon
and educational speeches made all day
In the Delaware Legislature.
1t seemed most significant that the
first man TO vote for the popular Sc
lection of United States Senators by
direct primary manifestation of the
people, should be Mr.. Bryan. The bill,
which is known as the Donoho direct
primary bill, was defeated. but Mr.
Bryan got on record--not William j..
but Representative Waitman W.
Bryan, of Broad Creek.
The other representatives who favor
ed the direct primary bill were Con-
nelly, Donoho, Hall. Hudson, March.
Soper and Speaker Cooper, "a total Of
eight votes for the bill. Twenty-Five
votes were cast against it, Mr.. Hud-
son was the only Republican voting in
favor os the bill. 1t is similar TO tho
Oregon law but provides a number Of
other thinRs-all primaries on the same
day, a printed declaration OF the can
didates' platforms. and a ticket for
every party which has polled twenty
per centum of the total vote.
ate. the parliamentary contests be-
tween Sparks and Drexler. Repubn-
cans. being particularly lively Drex-
Ter drew a division on the House bill
TO provide a Board for the Registration
Of Graduate Nurses. lie claimed that
three old trained nurses could set up
a monopoly. Everything is being so
monopolized. he declared that It was
impossible to get into tho Hod Car
riers' or Bricklayors' Union without
passing an examination that those on
the inside saw 1T 10 give. The bill
passed. however. and went TO the gov
ernor-yeas, .; nays, 4; not voting, l.
Dutton.
The nurse bill provides that the gov
ernor shall select, from certain nomi-
nations made TO him, a board of three
nurses and two physicians, one from
each Of the prominent schools of medi-
/ cine.
The Sussex County Levy Court was
/ accused of graft and mismanagement
/ I'm the face OF it's attorney, Daniel ].
( Layton, Jr, son OF the former secre-
tary OF State, c. r. Layton. Young
Layton was speaking for the bill to
repeal the famous wines Corner Road
law" which he claimed would bank
rupt Sussex county. Senator Drexler
claimed that the Sussex Levy Court
would do that, anyhow. He said:
1T is high time the Levy Court quit
squandering the money through worth
less road ovorseers, and begin to build
some permanent hard roads that will
lift our carriages and wagons out OF
this hub deep sand. Through this law
there has been made a piece of road
which is unexcelled in Sussex county,
Layton retorted by reporting to the
Senate that Drexler's districts, Indian
River. was the only district that would
not pay its road taxes. The Senator
reioined with the statement that all
villages and hamlets OF Sussex had "a
become Incorporated towns in order
that tho highways in their neighbor.
hood could be taken out OF Levy Court
control and be gotten under their OWL
oversight and management.
The Wines Corner road law repea
bill went through triumphantly, despite
Drexler, 10 to 3.
The Senate passed:
Substitute House bill providing foi
a collateral Inheritance tax. (Substi-
lute eAtHipNo dutpltu tiillNlthf Juol a.
descendants in blood are exemptcd).
Changing the name of Abraham Hol-
linsky to Abraham Hollins.
Incorporating Glendale, enlargint
the powers Of aldermen.
Amending the general incorporation
law so that competing street railway
lines can extend their tracks where
another company's tracks are already
laid out East Fourth street, from its
intersection with Church street. to the
Christiana River, connecting with
steamboats,.
(rhe above was a compromise bill
prepared after the failure OF bill OF
this kind last week, and gives the
privilege for only this one street)
We make electric signs; Bucher's.'