Evening journal., 1913-03-12
NO VOTE
ON STATE
ROAD BILL
Action on Measure Goes Over
Pending Future Of du-
POnt Boulevard Act
GOVERNOR WITHHOLDS
SIGNATURE FROM BILLS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
STATE HOUSE, DOVER Dell
March Senator Walls this morning
called up for third reading and final
action his bill authorizing the con-
struction Of a state-long highway by
the state, at a cost of S75O.00O. the
money. to .be derived by a bond issue.
The bill was read third time and
them Mr. Walls asserted that he wish
ed vote taken on IT, Senator Rein
hardt objected to a vote on the ground
that the Senate had tacitly agreed not
to vote on the DUPONT Boulevard re-
pealer until after the joint legislative
committed, which is now .at work ON
amendments to the boulevard cnrpnr-
atlons law. shall report
Mr. Reinhardt moved that the vote
on Senator Wallis bill be postponed
until after the boulevard committee
had reported This motion prevailed.
IL to D. Senators Anderson. Carter,
David. ellison. Ewing. Harris, Hazel,
Pierce. Reinhardt Walker and Mar
shall voted TO postpone. while Sem
ators Fooks. Furniss, Gormley, Walls
and Williams voted against the
notion
Mr.. Walls said that he saw no roa-
son why the bill should not be voted
upon He said that an arrangement
had been made that the bill, IL passed,
should not be receipted for by tho
Secretary of State until the last day
of the session. This would enable the
Governor to keep the bill without
killing Il until Il had been determined
what action was TO be taken on The
DUPONT Boulevard law. Tho agree
ment with the Governor was Mr.
Walls said that his bill should mo-
be signed until Il had been iuarne.
whether the DUPONT road hiil had hcei
fixed up satisfactorily as agreed upon
J.. Mr. Reinhardt asked If Mr WALL
had personal understanding will
the Governor
Mr. Walls replied that he had seer
= the Governor himself and that the
, Governor had given him to under
stand that he would sign his bill Il
the dupont road legislation was moi
satisfactorily terminated.
"Why do you insist that your bill
be voted on today?' asked Mr.. Rein
hardt
y Mr. Walls replied that thorc wa,
J no more reason for voting today than
fer delaying and vice versa. This ii
not a measure opposing the DUPONT
boulevard" continued Mr. Walls.
MIR Reinhardt declared that the
Walls bill would require three
, fourth vote to pass aud he did not
believe that many votes could be
, mustered today lie believed that il
. the DUPONT Boulevard legislation
should not be satisfactorily agreed
upon there would be enough votes
in the Senate to pass the Walls bill
but that these votes could not be Sc
cured at least until after the specia
boulevard committee had reported
81 think this bill will be defeated
| today and / don't want it defeated he
added 1T contains provisions that
seem fair at least so far as New Cas-
! tie county is concerned"
: 81 am not sure that the Governor
p told the senator that he would sigr
e his bill" Mr. Reinhardt added
= What ] think the Governor meant
I to say is that he favored a State high
5 way constructed by the state IL W,
can't get the dupont boulevard"
Senator Walls replied that he saw
no reason why vote on his measure
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