Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-19
SENATE TO OFFER
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE MEASURE
Defence Bill as Passed by House
May be Supplanted by
General Measure.
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STATE House.. DOVER MARCH 10.
The indication thus morning ARE that
ho Defence bill. rs passed by tho House,
sll give WAY Ia substitute IN the
Ncnatn. which will eliminate tho Defence
ouncil feature, as far as clothing II with
tutho1ty Is concerned. Various sug-
lcstcd changes in the original bill are
9cinR considered by tho Senate committee
"a REVISED statutes, to which IL had bcen
cfcrrrd The idea seems to bc the sub
-tItutiou of general law. providing for the
inscription of Idlnrs into useful occupa-
'tons. tho enforcement of tho law tn he
n tho hands Of the present State officers,
md 10 apply not only during the war, but
.dsa sitcrward
UOUSE MAY oWECT
The hill IS likely Ia provide. also. for
co-opcratlon with tho Fndcrad government
~ such defence projects rs arr prac-
,icablr IS not unlikely. however, that
any deviation cons,drr~l from the original
ull viii strike spag IN tho House W hIe
many of IT'S supporters ~ the lower branch
l,chrvr. the hll should he modified, IN
slcW oi tho opposition that has developed
"a n. some bclirvc the members 0f The
senate Inlrctcd lolitics into tho matter
teSterdav when they refused to send It IL
loint committee of conference, as pro
f,,scd hy senator Wharton That has
changed tho attitude If quito a number
v hn will have 80 he convinced that any
,irfrnco hill has lot of real merlt before
hoy vote for "
uoUer DEMOCRATS CONFER.
\ conference was hold bv some of the
lause Democrats. today. at which this
ttttuldc manifested itself President Pro
gem barnard Of tho senate. through an
ndcpcndcnt Republican. appears tn havr
waved ms party colleagues. Judging BY
hc stand they have taken
.ltFr ~ TylprNcr
Tho activity Of former ni,rd States
senator ! Frank Alloc about tho loglsla-
I'VE halls during the past fcw DAYS IS
-cgar,icd by many Of the Legislators As
lgnhcaut
senator HofTeckcr has bcen appointed
member ni the revised statutes com
tito uhlch has charge Of the bill. IN
4cc Fl ~enafor Ncbh. who rs sbacrt
.au~r ~ illness
>orHl~G Doing. TO-DAY
Tho committee had conference, last
at ami whrc nothing was actually
ae one 81 tho members said today his
iorstandlng VA. that the committee
lid confer with tho attorneys for both
ases. also with Frank Hall Davis,
.c~Idcnt Fro Tenn Barnards clerk and
K them IA draw a bill as outlined above
lhi. conference NAV take place today.
s., II is doubtful whether the committee
III report the bll TODAY
n has been learned. also. tha the
pendent Republicans havr asked
,nr, RidCcly and James il Hughes 10
Nv Defence bill. which. II IS under
,od viii be- submitted to tho committe
, consideration
NV BILL DRAWN
I, developed at the morning session
the senate that the lawyers actually
rawIng the nov bill werc Mr. Hopc
~ouate attorney Frank Hall DAVIS,
Nlr Ridgclv and MIR Hughes
President Pro Tenn Barnard announced
i hat the revised statutes committee would
meet AZ 30 clock in MIR Hughes
affice. to consider tho bill. which had
-,een drawn This bill really provides for
igld enforcement Of the vagrancy laws
nd also the employment. more generally.
f convict labor
II agreeable to the committee, the bill
nav bc introduced IN the Senate this
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