Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
TO
Be RESTRICTED
House Members TO Pass on Each
Bills Scope Before Con-
sidering II.
sta, Correspondence Of Every Evening


Ry n vote of l. to 20 the House oi
REPRESENTATIVES,, at the afternoon session
Yesterday. declined 10 sustain a ruling
made nv Speaker Hall on Monday. that
i was the duty of the Houses 10 consider
oil hills and resolutions which had be en-
,assed before the concurrent restricting
resolution became effective. This rnsolu-
tion restricted business to that contained
IN tbe governors proclamation convon-
ing the session, and, whilo II was passed
bv both houses last week, it was not
effective until yesterday morning. when
II WAS signed by the governor
The Speakers ruling on Monday,
referred To above. was made with view
fo placing the matter squarcly before the
House, 50 that there could bc n mutual
understanding. because some of the pend
ing bills, and Others that members had
ready In offer were considered by those in
tcrested To be of sufficient importance Ia
demand attention. At the sarnc time the
rreponderance of sentiment was for adj
Ioinment sine die rs soon as tho governor \
program was disposed OF.
Tho Speaker had hoped, III making tho
ruling, that it would bc challenged and
either sustained or ovcrrulCd by vote, but
i was not, at the time 1t was made, every
member. by his silence. asserting. lcstor-
dav however. tho ISSUE Was forced by
MI. Poet. who mado it clear that IN appeal
lug from the chair ruling he meant no
reflactlon on the Speaker. Others spoke
in like manner and the speaker SAID he did
not consider it a reflection. but desire ON
The part of tho House of relieving hum ct
deciding tho matter. Mter the appeal
had been sustained tho char rule that.
until tho close of the session. IT Will hc the
duty of the House to pass upon every hll
coming up, before acting on II, and decide
whether IT. conforms TO the spITlt oi the
governors proclamation. Following was
the vote to sustain the original ruling oi
the chair, which if carried, would have
cleared the way for disposlng OF all moa-
sures now pending:
Yeas-NossrS Connolly. ross. Culver.
DAILY. Downward. Jones Marvel
McNabh. Rash, Tindal a.. Itch IL.
Navs- -Messrv. Ahorn. ior.C. Buck
incham. Rurris. Chapman, Ellison. Green,
Gregg. Gruwcll y G. Hall, Hutchinson,
Kersev. kilIcn, Lewis, NessiCk. Pcet,
prettyman. Swain. Tarhurton and Web
gtcr 30.
Absent -pritebett
The vote on tho ruling was preclpitatcd
hy MIR. Peet presenting bill 10 enable
Milford to raise more money han
present allowed for school purposes After
"A long discussion II was decided. by the
following vote. not 10 consider tn bill, on
the ground that /, was not war M asur
Ycas-Nlessrs Connolly. Cross, Down
ward. ID. c. Hall, Marvel, McNahh, Peet
and the Speakers.
Navs-Messrs Ahern, Boycc, Buck
ingharn. Burris. Chapman, Culver, DAILY,
Ellison, Green, Gregg, Hutchinson, Jones.
kersey, killen, Lewis, Loose, Prettyman.
Rash Swain. Tarbtirton Tlndall and
Webster-22.
After Mr. Peet had asked leave to in
troduce the Milford bill, Speaker Hall
ruled that. under the restricting resolution,
tho members would have TO decide whether
a bill offered came under the governors 9
proclamation. Mr. Peet said there are
war measures that should be considered,
one of which is the school question, In
Milford for instance, tho amount Of
money 10 be raised is restricted by laws
enac'cd when the prcsen conditions could
no, be forseen Unless more money can
he raised the teachers cannot be tam q
Mir. Rash want q to know wh ther IT
embodied the teachers Of Wilmington,
Each place, Mir. Pect said, would require
special Legislation TO correct the school
troubles. In Milford the expenses have
increased wonderfully and in Wilmington
there IS an influx OF children which Is
causing embarrassment
Mr.. Rovce said the House had decided
To restrict its business to the requirements
Of the governor 5 proclamation, We arc
called hcra for a special purpose, be said.
What would these schools or other things
have done if tn, special session bad no<
been held
Mr.. Connolly said he had hlll to auth
orize the State to buy 100000 worth of
Liberty bonds. He considered that a war
measure and he was willing To 50 COnstruc
Mr.. Peets bill The House decided, by a
vote of 23 to s, To refuse to consider the
bin.
Mr.. Peet Immediately appealed from
Speaker Halls ruling of Monday that
bills to be considered would be restricted
to those introduced before the restricting
concurrent resolution became effective |
This brought MIR McNabb 10 his feet in |
protest against the appeal, which he said |
was injecting politics in the matter He |
urged consideration OF his hill amending |
the income tax law. which had been in |
committee several days. He was supported |
hv Mr.. Downward who thought the |
Speaker had ruled right
Mr.. Peet said there was no party lineup |
in the matter He had thought, however, |
that all further consideration of irrelevant |
bills when the concurrent resolution be |
came effective. II developed that the con- !
current resolution became effective yester- |
day morning, when ii was signed by the !
governor.
Speaking Of war bills. Mr.. Burris said !
Why we spent an hour or two this morn
ing an discussing a Wilmington fire de-
partmont bill. which had no more to do
with the war than the passage of Venus TO
tho hat tchlng of tadpoles He thought
AL irrelevant business should be excluded |
II would remain for the House TO pass |
Judgment Un each bill
Alr Connolly called attention to the |
liouse rules. which prohibit debate on an |
appeal from ruling of tho chair
Speaker Hall SAID he wanted the appeal |
debated The House had decided that |
business taken IN the interview should be |
considered.
After the chair had been overruIed. |
Speaker Hall said the House was left |
10 act without q ruling in the matter and |
each bill would have 10 he passed upon |
hv the House IN decide whether II is a |
war measure before 1t Is considered
Mr. McNabb said he would call up his |
income tax amendment bill today and |
wanted il voted on, so that each member |
rould be placed on record
The Senate revised statutes committee