Evening journal., 1913-02-10


1t is understood that the Democrats
may take the Ewing bill, which was
prepared by the Republican State
Comittec. If few minor changes are
made in IT, The Democratic simpi-
fed ballot bin is still in the House
committee IL does not vary so much
from the Republican bill, excepting
that IL provides for strip ballots,
while the Republican bill provides for
a blanket ballot.
Hearing For Suiiragists.
Senator Reinhardt this week will
arrange for a hearing ON his bill to
amend the Senate Constitution to give
women the right to vote. The suf-
fragsts desired 10 wait until their
army arrived in Delaware on their
walk from New York to Washington
the latter part of February. so they
could go to Dover aud attend the hear
ing in behalf of the bill, but Senator
Reinhardt advised against that. and
an early date will be set for the hear
ing.
Initiative and Referendum.
Representative Hammond is waiting
for an early opportunity to call up the
Initiative and referendum amendment
to the State Constitution, when all the
members of the House are present, as
he says he wants every member to
stand up and be counted. The initia-
tive and referendum was advocated in
the Democratic platform but some cC
the Democratic members are squim-
ing about the pending bill
A hearing soon will be arranged IN
behalf Of the child labor bin aud the
bill to create a child labor commits
sion. The employers liability and
wOrkmens compensation bill also lin
gers i'm committee The biil to re-
charter Delaware College, introduced
by Representative Ho6eckcr also is
with the committee of the House, as
are the bills recommended by the
State Board of Education, and intro
duced by Representative Owens.
changing the boundaries of school
districts to correspond with the pres
ent Representative districts. and max
ing the Representative district the unit
of school taxation. Consolidation OF
] certain schools could be made under
4 the bills offered by Mr. Owens.
! Cigarette Bills I'm.
Two familiar bills that i'm some form
or other have been in nearly every
Legislature for years and years, are
again in evidence. They are the bills
to prohibit the sale OF cigarettes and
the bill to regulate the business OF
! pawnbrokers and junk dealers Many
a lobbyist has earned an honest dol
lar in connection with bills like
them. One anti-cigarette bill was i'm
troduced by Senator Hazel at the re-
quest of some w. c. r. L. members
and the other has been introduced by
Representative Mcdonald. Both arc
designed to prohibit the manufacture
and sale Of cigarettes in Delaware tc
any person. whether or not he be a
minor There is a law at present pro.
hibiting the sale to persons under Il
/, years old, but Il is not enforced.
Might Kill Big Plant.
The Hazel and Mcdonald bills would
put out Of business big tobacco plan
! in Wilmington. now engaged in tn,
manufacture Of tobacco cigarettes anC
which employs several hundred girls
It is claimed. For that reason it IL
expected the Wilmington Chamber o
Commerce will take a stand agains
the bills.
The pawnbroker and junk dealel
bills we're introduced by Representa-
tive Mooney aud would reduce from
eight per cent. a month to two pei
cent a month, the interest that pawn
broker nigh charge on loans. The
bill also would prohibit junk dealer.
from keeping their places of business
open between six O'Clock at night and
! that hour the next morning so tina
stolen goods could not be sold at night
= 1t also would require pawnbrokers tC
pay an annual license of $50.