Evening journal., 1917-02-10

the latter part OF week after next.
Liquor Shipment Bill
The substitute bill restricting the
shipments Of liquor into dry territory
of the State, which was reported favor
ably by the temperance committee Of
the House yesterday, was supported BY
Eve Of the seven member. of the com
mitteo The substitute bill eliminates
two features Of the original bill. One
Of these was the clause that required
the attorney general TO accept the as
sistance of counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League in prosecuting violations of the
law. and the other objection removed
was clause that would allow arrests
of suspected violators without war
rant. Members of the committee who
voted to report the bill favorably YES
terday were Chairman Loose, Killen
Green, DAILY and Hutchinson. Representa-
tives Cross and Pickett voted against
favorable report. The indications arc
that The amended bill will pass both
branches. II viii probably come up for
a vote in the House early next week.
II was rumOred in the House Yesterday
afternoon that an attempt would be
made TO pass the bill under a suspen-
sion Of rules The rumor reached the
Senate and several senators came 10 tho
House chamber TO watch the vote.
Chairman Loose, Of the Temperance COM
mittee stated there was no truth in
such n report.
The House temperance committee has
also been considering the bottle law re-
pealer, but has taken no action on it
as yet. Some members of the commit
tee have presented the argument that
this repeater would turn over TO the
Wholesale liquor dealers certain business
that Il now being done by the retailer
4 the selling of liquor in quantities of a
! quart or less. Some Of the "d'ry' mem.
hers Of the committee have requested
Robert G. Harman. advisory counsel L
the House. to give the committee an
opinion on the matter early next week
The rural New Castle resubmission
petition calling for a vote at the gen.
eral election next year had not beer
! presented TO the Legislature when an
adjournment was taken yesterday and
the Rev. =. c. Prettvman. superin-
tendent Of the Anti-Saloon League
would not make any positive state.
ment as TO when IL will be presented
One Senator has threatened TO take
his name from the petition unless Il
is presented soon. He may ask fol
his name to come off on Monday Il
the petition is not presented. The
! proposed bill calling for a specia
election on the liquor question in
both Wilmington and rural New Cas-.
tie county will have to go in nexi
week II presented at all. Mr.. Pretty.
man says the bill will be presented
There is much objection to such bill
because Of the heavy expense Of hold
ing q special election. and also be-
cause a majority Of the Wilmington
members have not signed up for such
resubmissiOn..
Fight Fishing License Repeater.
Another bill that is attracting con
siderable interest is one introduced In
the House by Representative Ellison
of Red Lion hundred, to exempt non
residents from paying a license fol
fishing in the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal It is claimed that the
payment of license has kept many
lovers OF the sport from outside OF the
State away from the canal and con
sequently the merchants OF Delawar,
} City and st. Georges are losing bust
ness by the law. Representative
Bender introduced the same bill tw'
; years ago and after hard fight
, passed the House. but was killed Il