Evening journal., 1915-03-12
LEGISLATURE BUSY
ON LIQUOR bills
One is Passed and Two
Killed on Last Day
of Session
SPEAKER GRANTLAND
PLEADS FOR HARMONY

i Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, Del,
March 12.-By a vote of Is yeas to
4 13 nays the House started in on its
last day for general business this
morning by defeating Representative
Letherbury's bill to provide for
boards Of assessment of three mem
bers for New Castle and Sussex coun-
ties. The first boards would be ap-
pointed by Governor Miller, and their
successors would be named by the
Levy Courts. not more than two mem
bers to be of the some political party
Messrs. Dickey, Hance and Webster
voted with Democrats aaginst- the
bill
Mr.. Lotherbury and Daniel ]. Lay
ton, 5r., explained and advocated tho
bill.
The Senate passed Senator
Mitchells bill to increase from $500
TO $500 the amount that may be raised
by taxation by Frankford.
The Senate passed Representative
Rash's bill providing that the books
of qualified voters in Wilmington may
be retained by the department of cleo
tions for forty days after primaries
so that the books will not have to be
copied
Representative Carey's bill to ap-
propriate $4,000 for building and
equipping a Kent county hospital in
Dover, on condition that the residents
OF the town raise a like amount. and
also to appropriate S5 900 annually for
maintenance of such hospital. was de-
feated by the Senate. after il had been
advocated by Senators Wharton Bar
nard and Furniss and Senate Chaplain
Gunby. The vote was 10 yeas to 5
nays.
Senator Wharton changed his vote to
NO for reconsideration.
AT the close of the morning session
OF the Housed Speaker Grantland, talk
ing from the chair, said:
1T is going to be a hard day. / wish
the members would realize this and try
and hold your tempers. We will try to
see that everybody gets square deal.
We will have every bill acted on that
has been reported out If possible"
Action on Liquor Bill.
One bill advocated in behalf Of men
in the liquor business was passed by
the House this morning and two 9TH
ers that they desired we're defeated.
} The measure passed was Represen-
tative Rash's providing that signers
J OF remonstrances against licenses
shall be residents of the ward OF
school district I'm which the saloon OF
hotel remonstranced against Is To-
q Gated. II was passed by Is yeas tc
= 10 nays.
The two bills defeated were Rep.
4 resentative Rashs bill providing tha
! after a license 10 sell liquor has beer
granted to a dealer he shall not be
required TO submit another signed ap-
plication so long as his place of bust
ness remains in the same location
and Representative Rash's bill pro-
viding that a minor who buys or at
tempts TO buy liquor and the person
who induces minor TO buy or at
tempt to buy liquor shall be equally
liable with the person who sells the
liquor to such minor.
Representatives Rash and Elliott ad
vocated the bill requiring signers of re
monstrances to be residents of the dis
trict in which the saloon attacked is 10
Gated. They thought such a plan onl,
, fair.
, J. Bibb Mills, Anti-Saloon League at
torney, of Baltimore, protested agains
the bills in behalf of Caleb H. Burchena
for the Law and Order Society. n
o pointed ont that a man might live acros
! the street from saloon demonstrate
against. but be in another district o
ward and could not sign. He main
tained the present law is sufficient,
providing that remonstrants shall resid
+ in the neighborhood.
o Representative Downward asked j
= il would be fair for a man living IL
4 one part of town to sign a remon
a STRANGE against a saloon in another
end Of the town.
y Mr.. Mills replied that such is no
n done now.
+ The vote on the bill was:
Yeas -Messrs. Allen, Bender. Cub
S bage, Daley. Dickey. Elliott. Hall
v Hoch, Jones. Kennedy, Letherburl
i Lingo Rash, Richards, Roach, Ssuls
!. bury. Vaughan, Webster-1S.
A. Nays-Messrs. Daisey, Davis. Dono
n van, Downward. Hastings, Hill Ma
a brey. Milbourne, Salevan, Schwatka
oh'AA - NnAlahiof RHtdhtA dldhAidl
N -13.
r Not votine-Messrs Hance an
Carey.
g Absent-Messrs Evans and War
10 rington.
& Rash Explains Bill.
= Representative Rash also spoke i
= behalf Of his bill providing that whe
II an application for liquor license ha
once been properly signed and Il
d cense granted on il, no further signe
n application shall be necessary. foims
application for renewal being requir
n ed annually.
q This is another of these goo
J. bills" remarked Mr.. Rash. in calm
II N up. He said II was favored by 1--WE
thinking dry people as well as thos
10 classcd as wet. who did not think
Id necessary for a signed application I
orty that you can't tcil?" asked NJ
y Bali
"a NO." replied Mr.. Giraldi
tQ "HQW many ufceoa Of pr,nrrt.. 4