Evening journal., 1913-02-03

ing to the women urging the suffrage
amendment. The suifragists on their
march from New York to Washing
ton may attend the hearing in Dover
Il is expected that Representative
Mooney this week will introduce the
bill limiting the hours of employ
ment of working women to ten hours
a day. This bill has been prepared
under the direction of the Consumers
League committee by Charles +. Cur
ley and c. r. Burchenal A delega-
ton of women will ask for hearings
on the measure later in the session.
WOrkmen's Compensation.
Two commissions appointed as a
result of the Legislatures action two
years ago are yet TO report. One is
the commission to draft an employers
liability and workmen's compensation
law That commission has prepared
a bill. which, however has not been
given, publicity. and it is to be sub
mitted in the Legislature soon. T.
Allen Hiiles Is chairman of the Com
Diisaion which is composed of repre-
sentatlves Of both political parties,
and the members have agreed on the
draft 10 be recommended. It has
been prepared by Sylvester ID. Town.
send, Jr. a member of and counsel
for the Commission.
No Railroad Debt.
! Another Commission to report is
that named 10 inquire into whether
the Delaware Railroad Company is
indebted 10 the State for money adj
4, vanced by the State many years ago to
, assist in the construction of the rail-
road The Commission early i'm its
investigation found that the railroad
company had reimbursed the State for
, the money advanced. The late Walter
II. Hayes was council for the Com
+ mission. and it is understood that he
, had not prepared report at the time
j of his death. although he had informed
the members verbally Of the result OF
! his inquiries.
b Want "FuIl Crew."
Senator Gormley is being urged by
railroad men to press for passage his
, bill requiring railroad companies tC
enlarge the crews OF trains accord.
, ing to the length of the train. a
, minimum crew would consist OF five
, men for passenger or freight train
! The bill is tied up i'm the Senate com.
mittee on public buildings and high
ways. and somebody facetiously re-
y marked that "the switch mas been
. thrown
, Following the inspection of tn,
/ New Castle County Workhousa. som,
interest has been manifested as Z,
what Will be done with Senator An
\ dersons bin 10 empower Sussex ooun
I ty 10 employ it's prisoners on tho
D county roads instead of sending then
{ to the wOrkhouse at Greenbank.
q Interest in WOrkhouse.
Many Of the Sussex members. al
2 well rs those from Kent were mucl
4 impressed with the workhouse and iti
system, for it was revelation Il
= them. II was far superior 10 the oil,
r jail system with which they wcrl
e familiar down the State Usually
d visit of the down-State legislators Il
- the workhouse wins them over to III
o plan Of sending long-term prisoner
there.
Two of the Sussex Assemblymer
a however. have let it be known tina
= they were not pleased at seein
J. a white man prisoner. sent from thei
e own community. at work between tw
e colored prisoners i'm the machines i
e the workhouse clothing shop. The
e thought the whites and blacks shoul
be kept in separate gangs.
Good Roads Plans.
Good roads legislation is bound Il
= come to the front now. The Senat
- and House have I'm committee tn
= letter Of General T. Coleman DUPONT
asking that the boulevard corpora
I tions law be repealed or amended 81
that he can go ahead with construc
tion of the road There is quie
p agitation among opponents of tn
o boulevard project for the repeal O
the law under which it is propose
e to build the DUPONT highway. At tn
+ same time Senator Ewing, Senate
p Walls and Representative Owens hav
= given notices Of bills TO empower th
State TO borrow up TO one millio
dollars for the construction of a high
way from the northern to the South
ern boundary of the State
Before such a law can be passe
TO stand the constitutional test. how
ever, 1t Will be necessary 10 amen
the State Constitution. which at pre-
sent prohibits the State from layin
1 out or constructing highways O
\ roads Two years ago Senator Char
les r. Miller, now Governor. introdut
ed an amendment to permit the Stat
to lay out and build roads in a State
Ions or Statewide chain. and it wa
passed. II also must be passed by tn
present Legislature to become effec
tive. Representative Mooney alread
has introduced the amendment an
I Senator Ewing also introduced in III
| Senate.
| After the amendment is adopted tn
state can pass bill sanctionine
big bond issue for the construction ,
a highway. There are some men
bers. however, who ask pertinently
What is the use OF the State spen,
ing S750,000 for a road running II
length when Gerenal dupont stant
willing. and has been for two wear
TO construct and give 10 the state
road better than IL is proposed n
State shall build with borrowe
money and which the state mu
maintain in years TO come, as well I
pay back the cost of constructions"
Bills I'm Committee.
The initiative and referendu
amendment to the State constitutio
the child labor bill and the Chi
Labor Commission bill are yet in cor
mittees and may remain there awhil
| The bin to fix a salary for the iud,
of the Wilmington Juvenile Court al
also increasing the pay of the prob
ton officer and giving HIM assistan
has not arrived here as yet VIII,
it gets here an effort will be made
abolish the court and vest its powe
either in the Judge or deputy iudl