Middletown transcript., 1909-03-13
The ASSEMBLY
EIoase Passed : Ballot LaW DELEGATIONS

Given Hearing on Important BiIIs
The Legislature resumed business Mon
day, after nearly week lost. Both
houses were busy ID the morning consid-
er.ng various bills.
The Senate and Honse devoted tne
greater part Of the afternoon IN hearing.
friends and opponents of the Wilmington
Street Paving Bill, for which purpose they
met jointly in the House.
AS result Of an indignation ineeting
held in the State House, Saturday, by
Kent county farmers, the Honse, by
vote Of 81 to 10, recalled Monday morn.
ing, the bill providing for livestock
Sanitary Bard.
The two hnuses met in I1int session to
consider the State Revenue bills. As
result, the bill taxing telephone Gam
panies % cents year for each receiver,
10 addition to the present tax, was re-
ported iAvorably to the House. !.
During the i'int session delegation
from Wilmington, includiug nine women
OF the Consumers League and several
men, were given a half hour hearing on
the bill amending the Child Labor. bill.
The speakers in favor OF the bill we're T..
Allen TIiIIes, Miss Anna Bird, Rev G. A.
Henderson, pastor Of the Unitarian
Church, Miss Sarah w. Psle, head worker
Of the Peoples Settlement. aud others.
The purpose OF the amendments is to
prohibit the employment of unedncated
children under Is years Of age.
Representative Connolly created some
thing Of sensation by vigorously oppos-
ing the mandatory bill. while it was being
advocated by its friends.
He took the opposite view OF the mat
ter. "What is the use starving the chill
dren to death to give them an education?
he inquired. He said in his section Of
the city if the children did not work
whole families would starve to death.
There are some people," he said, lin
whom you could not beat an education.
Most children go to work early, he said,
becaussGhey are ambitious.
He favored an age limit OF IL years.
"How many Of US men here went to
school after we were y years Of age ]
venture none Of u.s." he asked.
Senator Drexler favored the amend
ments, stating that during his re.idence
in Braddock, Pa, the conditions among
children Of foreigners demonstrated the
necessity for such laws as proposed.
Senator Sparks also favored the bill.
By vote OF 20 to 6the House killed
the House bill providing for the appoint
ment OF assessors in New Castle COUNTY
by the Levy Court.
The Senate passed the following bills
Senate bill providing for a commission
to inquire into the status of Delaware
College.
House bill changing the method Of
electing Levy Court Commissioners in
New Castle county.
House bill making valid the sales Of
property bought in New Castle county at
tax sales.
House bill increasing the salary Of the
deputy receiver Of taxes Of New Castle
county to 81, 200.
The Senate killed the Senate bill rela-
tive to laying out parks at Lewes.
The Senate confirmed the appointment
of Charles E. King as justice OF the peace
in Sussex county.
After a speech by Representative Con-
nelly in behalf Of preserving the purity Of
the home, the House on Tuesday passed
the House bill making adultery mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine up to
$500, or imprisonment up to two years,
or both.
Present laxity Of Delaware laws in this
particular Was pointed out by Messrs.
Connolly, Pharo and Brockson. Tie
vote was 80 to 2.
Important bills were reported favorabIy
in the House as follows: Senate bill pro-
hibiting an electric railway in West Tenth
street, Wilmington; House bills abolish
ing the fee system for county officers
abolishing certain dpputyships in county
officers ia Kent and Sussex.
Bills were passed by the House as fol-
lows: House bill sppropriating s., ,050 to
the State Hospital, for laundry; increas-
ing the annual appropriation to the tray
cling libraries from 500 to 81 600; giving
bIacksmiihs aud wheeIwrights lien on
horses shod and wagons repaired until
the bills are paid,
By strict party vote OF Is Democrats,
with one Republican not voting and two
absent, the House Wednesday afternooa
passed the Simple Ballot bill introduced
by Representative Connolly. The bill, if
passed by the Senate, will do away with
the Australian ballot and return to the
simple method Of placing tickets in the
voters hand prior to going to the poles
The House bill creating board Of
supervision to visit State institutions in |
which persons are restraiAed from their
liberty was passed, as was Representative |
Soper's bill appropriating $4,000 to re-
pair, eqnip aud maintain the present
buildings at Delaware College.
The Senate passed the House bill i'm
posing license on owners and operators
Of pool and billiard tables, shuttle boards
and bowling alleys.
Thursday the high license bill was
killed in the House by vote If "a to IL.
Communicated.