Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-12
DEMOCRATS HOPE
TO FIND COST OF
STATE GOVERNMENT
They Will Then Agree on Plans
for Securing Required
Revenue.
FILING FEE IN DISPUTE
Special pipps,ch From Every Evening
stan Correspondent
Nv William J. McNcy.

State HOUSE. Dover. Jan. IL
N.n,l,c,,s Of the steering comrnitiee
uf the lIots.. and 81 the Senate yes
tor,lay afternoon had "A long confer
.pre with the members ~ tho Demo
cratic state Advisory Committee rela-
1--we to tho Legislative program ot the
p,snocrsrc m,ior1ty In the GenerNi
Assembly,. which ia - lie Introduced
al THE ssasion but only a general d's-
,uss.ion WIS held and nothing definite
wac agreed upcn. although such CON
f.renre,a are 90 ~ held from time tn
time until such billie as tho party
leaders believe advisable 90 offer have
been completed and passed by the Leg
stature
FORMER United states Senator ".
v ksnney. 80 nover. presided at the
meeting ana william r. Valiant of
georre,~wn. Vac the secretary The
chief ef,doavcr " tho caucus was 20
h,vo al tho fnem',ers ~ both branches
az the General Assembly understand
thsf th, nrri ard one ~ tho mosi
Inlnnrihnt things 200 d. done II they
are 90 rot into cde"t the economic
prarrnm me PARTY hRs promised the
prouio of che state 10 tn determine
lusi how much money - is EoinE 10
fouuIro to properly operate tho ma
snIu,rN eft government On Delaware
OH an efficient and c'mpetent hasis
aoi in o. iurlncsa Nho manner. but q;
the Same time without Tho terrin'
overhead waste AND eNtraNagan"e
which have prevailed under Repuhl-
can rule
once this fa.f h1s hoen established
thon tho thing tr do - to determine
what revenues ave ueoss'arv and how
th,y are Co 700 derived including the
money that VIII l,s essential for prop
o. AVID economic administering ~ tho
am,it,s ~ che state Department ~
ts,,,,n, instr,irtion Or,~N the frat Idea
has i,cer aetflcd .' WAS tho belief ~
All tho mon preeert o. the meeting. %
viii hr comparatively easv matter
te s,ive mo so,,,nd prchlem and IN
dolng th.e thev arr confident they viii
o. able a. arrive 90 an answer thai
wfi MT entail any obnoxious burdens
uton tho perrla - the state I'm the
WAY off dH,grocsh'e and excessive
ftN,a
ID Tho CONCENTRATION of those rroh
f.us t Naa inevitable that tho 81 NJ
ma f,o should ,one to the fr0u'. IL
dp,alono.i that there arr e1me of tho
nstultv wepiherp ~ the Legislature
WIN afo ~ favor - the fnnE fee and
e.re who ara opposei 80 u hut al
I.reo tnlt NJ ~ should - eliminated
tl...s should te e.,methlng devised tina,
N.I ,aks its place The Consensus NJ
opiuon appeared - he that the "
"A ~ ftasf b. not - Questionable
a. tho re.stlenta % any pert NJ the
state bat thai the chtsf c.use ~ al
che cnnt~nt'rn erri c>ou;,e - che
n,anner in w'Nch A. |. erforced 90
rotisNv fho al ing ~ 81 inoome return
9th f 80 foe fo register was Doom
90 equally uhI.,f enable and soqn'
uouii,ors fa,I t Gas tsN ~ - upon
.terv adult ~ dent - nelavar'
would arouse loae protest than doe'
ho present TAN under go rreeen'
ONO and mcth.si 81 collie. ou pc.
s,u ~ o. wha' thc majority intends
do about thr arne GOO v-as deferrr',
81 thc present n e. understood how
,sr hiU har hoon prepared FOR "a
h.luon hut vnrtr.r THE hill pro
oeos anything 'n its place - no
'rnwn
There vas also some Ira, ussi oI
fs'ailvo so a reduction 90 me ircom'
Vomnf'o0 fur rnclc men from s. oo
.l 81 600 lut ta's was ouiv touche,
nnr .1 rafrin' way ana NJ dcctsuoi
vaa lrrivsd 20 relative to this matter
'ruuh can minority memhers ~ botl
-arlhos a. rrt re. sh che manner 81
hIrh tfo majority members ar
coping fhom I thc dark relative &
lor pror,~ci 'ocis ativc prigram r
afo che Bepub can members kn0v
cthinr ~ sry bills to g. offered ant,
nov srs Submitted on the floor and
understood The majority does no
tiond thst they shall know any
hoaf their proposed measures unit
1oN are prepared and suhmitt "a .
hr senate or House Thir 4 deemc
.rnpcr and essential. for the Demo
rate party has prr-r.sed the peopl
~ 'hc state az scrnorrlic program q
krs'atlcn sni tN.y intend 20 glve
fn them enc ~ d~r,~~ Tor the Tart
whatever cre.'-; here may he accruin
rom sam, and they a. not prnpos
hat tho ninority shall have the OF
ortunfty Ga deprive them ~ this cred