Evening journal., 1919-03-10
KENT RIPPER"
BILLS DOOMED
IN Legislature
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is so framed that at the expiration Of
the terms OF the present Levy Cour;
men, whether they are ripped" out Of
Office or allowed TO servs out their
terms, the Republicans cf Kent County,
although in a minority. would be sure
OF two out of the .hree Levy Court
| commissioners provided for in the new
bin The districts are divided 10 as
sure the Republican control, the
Democrats contend
AZ the caucus OF the Democratic
members, which was attended by state
Chairman Harry Y. Graham, il was de-
cided to "stand pat" and not 10 vote
for any bill carrying an appropriation
that will require q lwo-thirds or three
fourlhs vote Of the two houses. The
Democrats demand that the Kent County
"rippers" either be called up and de-
feated or be Withdrawn from the cal
endar before they viii support apprO-
priation bills. The Democratic MEM
bcrs also decided to employ Henry II.
Isaacs. Of Wilmington as their personal
counsel, claiming that the majority had
refused TO allow them counsel
The Democrats laugh at the sugges-
ton that a compromise be made on the
"rppers" without the Republicans re-
moving the objectionable feature rela-
tive TO- the division Of the proposed |
three districts United States Senator I
L. Heisler Ball was in Dover today and ,
while he did not attend the Republican /
caucus he conferred with many MEM /
bers.
10 was reported this morning that
The stand taken by Il /
certain faction in the Senate relative
to trying to pass the Kent County rip
per- bills. those bill have no chance Of
even passing that body and less chance
OF passing the House should they ever
reach there
Il requires at least nine votes in the
Senate TO pass the "rippers." Il was
learned today that at no time. includ-
ing the present, have the advocates |
ever had more than eight votes and /
probably never more than seven votes I
in favor Of the "rippers," regardless OF /
the fact that some advocates of the |
bills have been holding UP legislation, |
thereby costing the state thousands Of
dollars. in an effort 10 secure sufficient I
support TO put them over. 70 is de-
clared at this time that they can never /,
secure this support and in their effort |
TO do so. they have continued practi-
eally all The important legislation to the
last two weeks Of the calendar.
"The advocates Of the Kent county
-ippers can never secure the support to
PASS the bills. They are simply delay
ng the day Of their defeat and in doing
20. are holding up legislation at the eX-
)ense Of the state, stated a Republican
member this morning, in discussing the
nattere
Il was learned early this afternoon
hat the Republican members i'm their
aucus had suggested another division
" the proposed three Levy Court dis
riots in Kent County but that it was
10 more acceptable TO the Democrats
han The first bill
f. II. Mack, superintendent OF the
,arks. Henry +. Maicr, Of the street
md Sewer Department. C. C.. Killcn OF
he Chamber Of Commerce and Charles
T. Grubb, New Castle County engineer.
his morning appeared before the mu-
licipal committee of the House in adj
.ocacy OF the Wilmington Metropoli-
an Planning Commission bill
In the senate carly this afternoon on
notion of senator Alice the bill iO re-
,rganze The Kent County Levy Court
ripper bill) was recOmmilted 90 COM
nitiee This is evidently TO carry out
made at the caucus this
morning for a revision OF the proposed