Evening journal., 1921-01-25
KEEPING TAB ON
STATES MONEY
Senator Alice Introduces
Bills to Repeal Three
Appropriations
AIMS TO DO AWAY
WITH COMMISSIONS
Stan Correspondent.

stan Correspondent.
DOVER. Jan. Ex-senator Alice in
troduoed in the Senate yesterday af-
ternoon three measures TO repeal
laws making annual appropriations
amounting 20 $4,000 10 the State Live
STOCK sanitary Board. One would re-
peal the law aplropriating $4,000 an
nuafly 70 be used for reimbursing
owners OF cattle that have been con-
demned because OF being tubercular:
another would repeal the law appro-
priating $4,000 10 the same board
lor auu-hog cholera serum and virus
ana tne third repeats what Senator
Mlee Termed a wartime act ammo
board
Senator Alice also Introduced a bin
70 repeal the law creating the State
council Of Defense, that being a
wartime measure.
bills made a statement to the Senate.
- said Il was in line with what he
ippOses 30 do during this session and
uldt IS 10 present repeaers TO do
away With numerous Of the more
ulan 100 commissions functOning un-
der state acts. lie said some pooule
seem 10 have the impression that The
only monies paid out OF the state
treasury are under bilis passed by the
legislature In session. This, he said
Is wrong, as there are laws on the
statute books providing for annual
appropriations 10 various commissions
mat have been there for years. The
Dover senator said he thought the
TWO houses OF this Legislature should
know about these appropriations and
their merits.
Senator Alice made plain that he
may not insist that The appproppria-
lions ne refers 10 be wiped out en-
l tirely. as some may be worthy. but
many probably should be cut down
and at any rate the Legislature should
nave o1anoe 10 consider them and
mose interested II they desire can ap-
pear before the Legislature and pre-
sent their claims
Women For Direct Primaries.
MISS Jeanette Eckman Of Whining
ton. MIS-. Henry Ridgely and Mrs. r.
l. Holiday OF Dover, and Mrs. Mar
shall Derby OF WOOd5ide, appeared
before the Revised Statutes commit
tee OF the Senate yesterday afternoon
In opposition to Senator Palmers bill
70 exempt Kent and Sussex counties
from the provisions Of the primary
election law. Miss Eckman and Mrs.
Rldgely urged that the law be not
Repealed until the women voters are
given an opportunity 10 give II a
trial.
Former Insurance Commissioner
ThUnas n. Wilson appeared before
the committee in behalf Of the re-
pedler.
Senator Palmer, father OF the re-
pealer, said the law has been a fail
ure In the lower counties and that Il
Is difficult 10 get good men TO come
out as candidates and run for office
He said II would be in the interests
Of good government and clean poll
tics 10 return to the county oonven-
tl0n system.
senator Alice, chairman OF TN
committee, said the administration OF
the direct primary law has been 8
joke. He said the parties don't gel
the best men 10 run for offlce undei
u. and that I'm certain localities tls
operations Of the law places the con.
troll Of nominations in the hands oi
undesirable elements.
Mrs. Ridgely replied that n that Il
true 10 is a reproach 10 the voters.
Senator Alice introduced a bill II
the Senate authorizing the Council
OF Dover 10 issue bonds 10 IN,
amount Of 10000 10 improve th'
water aud light plants. The bill pro
Vides for a referendum 10 be taker
on II before the bonds are issued.
Initiative and Referendum.
Representative Brown yesterda,
afternoon introduced in the Hous'
the biennial bill amending the Stat
constitution by providing for tn
initiative and referendum. This bill
would give 10 the people the right 4
propose laws and amendments TO tn
constitution and 10 enact or rejec
the same at the polls, and also re
serves the right for the people a
their option to approve or reject a
the polls any act or resolution o
islature.
The initiative feature OF the bill
provides that any law proposed b
retltion OF not less than 5000 quail
fed voters OF the state or any con
etitutional amendment proposed b.
not less than 5000 voters by petition
and filed with the Secretary Of stat
not less than four months before an
state election. shall be submitted I
the voters at that election, and II ap
proved by a majority Of The voter'
shall take effect at once. A petiuo
signed by 1000 voters and presente
TO the secretary OF State ten day
before the session OF the Legislator
would make Vt compulsory Tor IN
Legislature 10 act on any measure o
amendment specified in the petition
II defeated by the Legislature O
passed and then vetoed by the gov
ernOr. the measure would have to b
4 placed on the ballot at the next stat
4 election 20 be voted on by the voter
Under the referendum feature {
the bill no act or resolution passe
by the Legislature would become