Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-12
Bic FIGHT TO STOP
OUTSIDE BUSINESS
At LEGISLATURE
Resolution to Shut the Doors
Favored by the House. After
a Lively Contest.
RESULT is STILL IN DOUBT
sIs,iai Dispatch to Every Evening

TAI lfieNaitH To ffNtIN fNtninE
state House. Dover. March u Al
- ncawarcs resources. human and in
animate will bc available for national
,rfrncc under the absolute control of a
state Council of Defence provided a
lall introduced IN the House OF Repre-
yntatlvcs. today, hy Speaker Hcrvcv
r Hall becomes q law
The text ot the law is printed elsewhere,
This hll incorporates everything in
The governors call for the special session
cNccpt JOINT resolution ratifying Prohl-
lpnon amendment 90 the Federal Con
stitutinn. which WAS placed IN the hands
IT REPRESENTATIVE BurrIs. for introduc-
uuu IN the House today
ponRs OPENED ron BUsINEs>
Nsidr from the Defence Council bull
spd the Prohibition resolution. IT IS pro
posed bv Representative Connolly 70
Introduce a Wilmington Paid Fire De
partmput blll and by Representative
NcNabh to put IN an Income Tax Amend :
mcnt hill rs there IS quite strong
sentiment IN both houses III favor oi
both measures, they may hc admitted
with the hope of restricting everything
else. though the dry people hnt At =
statewide Prohibition hlll # the door y
opened for business outside of the GOV !
Crnur recommendations
vow To srQI THt RU-H
Rut no business excerpt that contained
~ tho governor prncl3mation " Ill hC CON
sldcrcd az tho present extra session unless
there Is change u( sentiment provided
the senate concurS IN = concurrent Tcsoiu-
tlon adoptcd IN the House. today. to that
,d dcCt Il Was passed, however. only after
, httcr fight hy q vote of y to ;. those
opposing hcrng Mcssrs Cross, Down
uard. NcNahh, rritchctt and Rash IN
amendment ~ open the door to other
business was lost hv a vote of III to Is.
those voting N the affirmative being
Ilovcc. Connolly. Cross. Downward III
lson. Grccn. Hutchinson. Jones NcNabh.
Poet prrttyman, Frltchctt Rash, Swaync.
Welsh and Speaker tall
After tho resolution had been intro
duccd. Representative Mc\abh wanted
tho door opened 60 consider the bill
paSsed al tho last session. increasing tho
nav of New Castle court baillffs from
SIS to $50 q month. which got lost Also,
:, hIll amending the Blue laws IN Kent
county and 10 amend the Income Tax
Law. which he thought was a war measure,
but which the speaker did not so consider.
Mr. NcNabb said he understood "all the
duck, were gotten N . row before the
rNtra session was called
Mr. Connolly suggested that the resoiu-
tIon read 81 as to also include other war
measures. the House to be the judge
Nir Downward wanted the door opened
tor the amerlcanizatIon, Income Tax and
BalIlf bills
Mr. Gross spoke Tor amending the In
come Tax bill as dld also Mr. Rash
y il seemed impossible to reach an
T. rq.pt~cI 4hof
action be deferred until 3 O'Clock this
afternoon.
F>RMERs WANT 10 DUN
This was vigorously opposed bv MessrS
Bovcc and Burris. who objected to delay,
Nr Burris also protesting against open
ing the door
Mr. Downward agreed with Mr. Jones
The steam roller coming down
,aid Mr. Nc\ahh and vou cant duck
II The farmers are IN the aScendency and
They want 10 duck the income tax.
The motion to postpone action was lost
~ q vote uf : 70 20. thc following voting
tor II Connolly Cross Downward, Jones.
Nc\abh Prtchctt. Rash and Welsh.
Next Mr. Connolly offered his amend
mcnt 10 open The door to aiI war measures.
Mr Burrls opposed opening the door.
Tins action shutting OF business out
side of the call has shattered the hopes OF
those who had cards up their sleeves
and Il means that the business Is likely
10 end by the end Of tho week
SHOUT oF GRAFT
Representative McNabh shouted
graft while the House Was IN the act Of
passing a resolution authorizing each
member 10 receive supplies up to $40.
Mr. Burrls pointed out that it was not
necessary for any member 10 take any
supplies
sENATE MAY OPEN DOOR.
While the feeling seems to be that the
senate Will. like the House, restrict
business Ia that mentioned IN the Gov
crnor call when President pro TEN
Barnardwas asked about the matter he SAID
10 Is moi unlikely the Senate Will open the
door a. there Is much sentiment ID that
behalf
several mcmbeTs having bills they want
considered The Senate transacted no
business tins morning