Evening journal., 1911-03-09
SOON TO
MEET AT NIGHT
House Calendar Is Crowded
and Members Leaving Early
Hamper Legislation
NO ACTION YET ON
REVENUE MEASURES

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, March 9.-Owing to
the crush of business in the House a
resolution will probably be introduced
today or tomorrow providing for night
sessions of the Legislature beginning
on Monday next. The House has had
much trouble in getting final consider
alton of bills because Of the absence
of members from the room, either be-
cause they are on committee work IN
the afternoons or because they have
gone home. Many Of the New Castle
county members have not shown much
inclination TO remain in Dover until
the last train, which goes north at 5.51
o'clock, and as a result trouble has
been experienced all week in getting
sufficient members to vote on bills up
for passage late In the afternoon. The
sergeant-at-arms has been sent out
frequently by Speaker Campbell and il
is evident that night sessions will have
10 be held If the House is to clear its
calendar. Monday next is the time for
shutting of all new bills excepting ap-
preparation and claims bills.
Dodge Revenue Bills.
In addition to that, no attempt has
been made to get action in the House
on the bills recommended by the Reve-
nue. and Taxation Commission, and it
appears as If the work of the commits
sion and its cost to the State during
the past two years vii amount to moth
ing, unless something is done in a
mighty hurry.
All the revenue bills were intro
duced in the House and referred TO the
committee of the whole, with an un-
derstanding that they would be con-
sidered by the Legislature in Joint
committee of the whole. Nobody has
had enough interest, apparently, to set
a date for this joint committee of the
whole, and the bills are being allowed
to die for want of being called up.
There is an impression that there is
a combination to try to hold off action
on the bills between the railroad and
the liquor interests, as one of the bills
would increase the Delaware Railroad
State tax from $4,000 toS25, 900 a year
and the other would increase the
liquor license fee from $500 to $500
and 5000 a year. Naturally both these
bills are opposed, and it is said every
effort is being made to have them
stfed by the dilatory tactics.
Representative TO. Cooper is a men,
Der of the Revenue Commission and
he introduced the railroad tax bill, but
he has never asked that a date be set
for a joint committee of the whole
Defer Action on Bill.
Because some of the members did
not understand 1t as fully as they
wished. the House deferred action un-
til Friday morning on Representative
Hammond's bill for the State to reim-
burse Rehoboth $3.50 incurred as eN-
| penses during the scarlet fever quar-.
antine. Attorney Hastings explained
the bill so far as he understood it
Would Tax Gypsies.
The House passed the House bill tc
tax bands of gypsies $500 annually for
/ the privilege of visiting Delaware and
! camping in the State. Representstive
Marvel said the gypsy bands commit
many depredations. raid cornfields and
| growing crops and also turn their
| horses loose I'm cornhelds. One band Of
! gypsies last summer caused much
/ trouble and damage down the State
| Nr Marvel said. Mr.. Locates corrob.
GRATED him. Representative T. o