Evening journal., 1911-03-07
STILL FAVOR THE
AIDS TO VOTERS
House Committee Makes Un-
favorable Report on Voters
Assistant Repeater
WHITE SLAVE BILLS
PASSED BY THE SENATE

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del, March IAN unfavor-
able report was made TO the House
yesterday afternoon on Representa-
tive Pools bill TO abolish voters as
sistants. It is understood the House
Republicans will line up nearly solid
against the bill. In the Senate a
bill 10 abolish voters assistants as
appointed by the Governor and pro-
viding that voter physically disabled
or unable TO read or write may call in
an elector 10 assist him, has been re-
ported favorably.
Validating Religious Societies.
The Senate passed the three House
bills introduced by Representative
Moore providing a new method for in
cooperating religious societies, and
also validating the acts Of religious
societies now in existence. The bills
were advocated by a committee Of the
New Castle County Bar Association,
which pointed out that there is much
uncertainty under the present laws
as to the status Of religious corpor-
ations, and these bills we're recon-
mended to make valid all such exist
ing corporations. The new method
provided for chartering such societies
is for them TO file the necessary pa
pers, attested by a congregation or as
sociation of at least fifteen persons
with the Recorder of Deeds I'm the
county in which such religious So
clety is to be established.
After ~White Slayen Traffic.
The Senate passed Senator Drexler's
bills to prohibit conditions that tend
to further the white slave" traffic.
The bills prohibit the procuring of
girls for immoral purposes, and also
are designed 10 restrict disreputable
houses. They especially forbid per-
sons sharing In the proceeds Of such
houses, and prescribe penalties of i'm
prisonment of from one to three years
for violations of the acts. Inmates
are made competent witnesses for the
prosecution, whether or not such wit
nesses are married to the person ac-
cused.
Senator Miller has bill embodying
the ideas of both the DreXler bills,
but after the Drexler bills had passed
he. by previous agreement. asked that
his bill be killed. Both Senator Mil
! Ter and Senator Drexler we're work
ing to accomplish the same purpose.
Senators Ewing, Marshall and Pierce
voted against the bills. they explain
ing that while they believed in the OBJ
ject desired 10 be attained, they
thought the bills a little broad and
that they might open the way for
blackmail.
In the House yesterday afternoon
an unfavorsble report was made on a
similar bill.
Good Roads Bill Back.
Representative Buclkingham's bill
authorizing New Castle County Lev,
Court to borrow 100000 for the build.
ing OF more new highways i'm New
Castle county was reported back to the
House on its merits.
Senator Films bill requiring that
the county engineer OF New Castle
county shall be a competent civil en-
gineer was reported fsvorably TO the
House.
ReDeal an Old Law.
The Senate passed the Senate bill
repeating an act to guard against
fraud by tricky amendments to bills
before the Legislature. The act sim
| ply applied to the session Of 1898 when
a blotted mot" affected the meaning OF
a bill. As the Constitution provides
for all bills, Walter II. Hayes, OF the
Codifying Commission stated that tho
commission simply wanted TO get 4
out OF the way as it is no good under
the present Constitution.
RehobOth Gets Charter.
The House concurred in the Senat,
amendments TO the House bill rein
cooperating Rehoboth, and the bill
now will go to Governor Ponnewill 70
his action. The bill authorizes tn
raising OF $4,000 a year i'm taxation
and is a victory for the "progressives.
who desire many improvements mad
to the streets, boardwalks, ETC., at tn
= resort.
8 License TO carry Weapons.
The House bill OF Mr. Gillis, provit
ing for the licensing of persons I
carry concealed deadly weapons wa
passed by the Senate. II provides thi
;, any person of good moral charactc
e may petition the Clerk OF the PeaC
= for a license to carry a conceale
/ weapon. The petition must be sign,
- by five freeholders, and the license Il
for carrying a peapon shall be 81. A
qresent only policemen and speci