Evening journal., 1923-01-12
SNAGS IN PLAN
OF DEMOCRATS
(ContInued Frofh FIrst Pagel

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penses including those for the oper
alton of the public schools
Richard r. Kenney OF Dover wa
chairman OF the conference an'
William T.. valiant, Of Georgetown
secretary. Other members OF th'
advisory committee who attended
the meeting were Charles =. Saylor
OF Wilmington. representing Timothy
!. Mooney; James H.. Hughes. o
Dover, and Andrew j. Lynch. oI
Georgetown.
The 50 Ming fee again was dis
cussed II was almost the general
opinion that the filing fee law should
be repealed. but most of those at
the conference were OF the opinion
that something should be found ia
raise revenue to take its place. one
of the suggestions was for The levy
ing of "A caEitation tax of 81 on each
adult man and woman in the state.
A suggestion was made that the
exemption for married men tn the
income tax law be reduced from
$1,000 TO $1,000, but this suggestion
did not meet with the approval OF
many members and no action was
taken
The budget committee meeting
and the Democratic conference took
up practically the entire Legislative
day, and little other business was
transacted As matter of fact,
there Is little business on the calen-
dars Bills are slower coming into
the House than ever before. At the
time Of~recess yesterday there were
but three bill Onl the House calen-
dar, other than the % amendments
to the school law.
The House. by request, returned
to the Senate, two Senate bills passed
on "Wednesday by the Senate. Slight
errors We're found in the bills,
which will he corrected. The vote
by which the bills were passed was
reconsidered by the Senate and they
were recommitted to the Revised
Statutes cOmmitte. one bill Is rela-
tive to appeals from the Common
Pleas Court Of New Castle county,
and the other is to amend the law
relative to automobile dealers
licenses.
These Senate bills were reported
favorably by the Senate Revised
Statutes committee. amending the
to provide for a capita
ton tax; increasing the penalty
for violating the narcotic drug act
and making the teaching of the Con-
stituuon of the United states in the
public and private schools c0mpul-
sorry.
la the House Representative Bro
gan Introduced a bill authorizing
Charles H. Lippincott, Of Whining
ton. former Receiver of Taxes and
County Treasurer for New Castle
county. to collect unpaid taxes for
the wears 1917 to 1920, inclusive. 1t
also authorizes the Levy Court 10
employ a clerk 90 assist Mr. Lippin-
colt. the court to pay both Mr.. LIP
pincott and the clerk compensation
il may deem proper. Mr. L,ppine"tt'
1t is said, has been paying clerk
himself To do this work.
The budget committee concluded
its preliminary work a; session
here this afternoon preparatory to
the opening OF the hearings on the
budget Monday. The entire COM
plete schedule Of hearings was rat
flied.
Mrs. Julia AshbroOk, representing
the Delaware tuberculosis COmmis-
sion at the invitation OF one of the
members attended the meeting. She
al
son. secretary OF the cnmmittee. what
she thought about the proposed
merger OF some OF the welfare and
charitable work OF the state. She
said the tuberculosis commission was
not opposing the proposed new COM
II assured that the present
can be maintained. but she
aid not think the mothers pension
commission should 20 into the mer-
ger. The tuberculosis commission
will have II hearing before the COM
mittee next Thursday but Mrs. Ash
brook remarked she did not think
90 minutes. the time allotted. would
he sufficient.
Mr. Nelson caused an outburst Of
laughter when he apparently jok
ngly remarked TO Mrs. Ashbrook: |
4 wish YOU would write a concina-
Tory letter to my wife as YOU got me |
IN bad over that card you sent me at |
Christmas"
Chairman Collins also laughingly |
Yes, YOU got me in
bad too"
senator Viven said: My w+fe ap- |
,reciated IL and thought IL was very |
nice"
II appears that Mrs Ashhrook /.
sent Christmas cards to all the 4
members Of the Legislature. She (
aid. in answer TO MIR. Nelson: /
Well. YOU can tell your wife | am /
married and have two children. so
t is all right"