Evening journal., 1913-03-17
speeiaI 70 THE EvENING JoURNAL


STATE HOUSE, DOVER. Del,
March i7-For tue beginning Of the
end OF the present Legislature a big
crowd came to Dover this morning.
Men and women interested in pending
legislation Hooked 10 the State House,
but the professional lobbyists found
the bars up TO prevent them encroach-
ing at will upon the floors of the
Senate and House. A red rope was
stretched across the House To keep
the floor clear in the Senate the desks
of members were moved so as TO be
six or seven feet from the public lobby
railing and a rope was put up.
In both branches were reminders
OF st. Patrick's Day. The members
wore green neckties. some had green
ribbon badges or buttenaires and SEN
ator Gormley and Representative
Mooney who are proud sons Of Erin,
distributed green carnations to the
members and officials OF the Legls-
lature. and also placed a vase OF the
emerald carnations upon the desks OF
Lieutenant Governor Furgeson, Presi-
dent pro tenn Marshall, and Speaker
Holcomb.
shortly after the House reconvenet
Speaker Holcomb said he had take,
action TO keep the floor clear Dl
stretching q rope across, and he In
structed Scrgcant-at-Arms Scott &,
keep out all but members OF the
Legislature. legislative attorneys
clerks and working newspaper cor
respondents. "At times I have noticed
that when members have come in q
lobbyist has appropriated his seat
said Speaker Holcomb. in referring tc
the freedom of the floor that had been
taken by many persons.
Representative Cooper said he did
not think the red rope an appro-
pirate color and the speaker said Il
he had known il was to be used for
the first time today he would have
had a green rope up.
Urge College for Women.
Among the delegations that came
today we're tn trustees Of Delaware
College who are advocating an az
fliated college for women In connec-
tlon with Delaware College; q dele
CATION of women advocating Repre-.
sentative Swans equal suffrage bill
women advocating the ten hour
women's employment bill and the
child labor bill
Governor Miller during the day re-
ceived delegations for and against
. Senator Reinhardt's bill which ha.
passed both branches to empower
railway companies to engage in the
electric lighting business.
AS soon as the Legislature con
vened Speaker Holcomb had read re
, solutions adopted by Wilmington
city council stating that body's at
titute on pending legislation. A fioot
of kilograms poured in advocating th'
Swan equal Suffrage bill They cam'
from William w. Knowles, DIR. J. p
Pyle. Mrs. Jesse X. Baylis. Charles e
White, Rachel S. Howland. Dr. j. NJ
r. White Delacour, Francis I. dupont
W. II. Downward, w. Scott Vernon
and Francis p Kane.
Bets on Legislation.
From J. NJ. Brassington. an exper
engineer of Wilmington came the fol
lowing telegram:
"Odds of ten to one and over are
1 being offered that the State Of Della
, ware will be the last of all the States
[ to pass any remedial or progressive
legislation: slightly smaller odds
about eight to one are being offeref
, that the State OF Delaware will be ths
, last southern state in the world 10 dc
, ANYTHING to relieve the conditions a
D present existing by passing lawI
Z looking towards shortening the
-, hours of labor: towards the enfranch
= ising taxpayers or towards the educa
1 ton Can you tel me Il the affiliated
= college for women at Newark is to b.
= passed on favorably by your honor
= able body as ! would like to taxi
. some of these odds. I feel pretti
) safe owing to extreme conservatism
= shown by your honorable body in re
= spect to the ten hour law and the wo
mans suffrage bills. ! pay taxes OF
eighteen properties in Delaware. ant
z have one daughter being educated II
II Massachusetts and another in Mary
N land Is IL possible that lack OF edu
II cational facilities in this state in th
II past has had anything to do with thi
X act and of the long odds | quote a
II being offered about the State of Della
II ware being the last of all the states Z
do the square thing by her citizens.
II Signed j. NJ. Bassington."
HI Bill is Recalled.
II Representative Barnard early in tn
session had recalled from the Senat
II Representative Bradford's bill whic
II passed the Senate on Friday, to max
III the fish and game commission cour
II OF appeals from decisions of Justice
Of the Peace In game law violations
= Representative Bradford was the onl