Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-02-17
DELAWARE JOURNAL.
VIII. aal l..EH aHHN:
Tuesday, February Al, 1929.

TO Correspondents. We have received several commune
cations mall upon subject which requires mature consid
Grafton. We tlnk the publication of hem noD, would be
premature Their contents however, will be overlooked
Or forgotten.
The Legislature of this State, learn, to have adj
iourned last evening
The bill repeating the militia fines has become law. We
understand by the provisions the law the fines incur
red in 1927 established and those of 1928 RENTED
The bill imposing tax duty the of glnets in the
River Delaware has also become law.
readers will doubt be pleased to hear, that the bill
giving people this State the choice of electors of Pres
ient, and yice-Presiden by general ticket became law
Friday last
We copy to-day Dialogue the subject of Sunday mails
which recommend the careful peusa of those who have
read Mr. Senator Johnsons famous Report
We learn from Dover that Bill has passed both Houses,
granting charter Company for the culture and manuac-
tme of slk-Capital $4,000 We hope the stock will be
readily subscribed offers fair prospect Of profit to those
who embark in it Besides, it will be matter of great I'M
portance this State, to he the first in the Union TO in
this business which anticipate will at no distant day
cupy large share of public attention Mr.. E Mauy, gen.
teman of this place. we'll acquainted with the subject is the
chief promoter of this
General Jackson, the President elect, arrived at Washing
ton Wednesday morning last, at 10 O'Clock, escorted by
the Central jackson Committee and proceeded to Gadsbys
hotel where of had been prepared for him. On
the same day the votes President and Vice President
counted in joint meeting of both houses of Congress- The
reader will find the proceedings underline Congressional head
At O'clock sautes of artillery fired i'll honor of the Cen
erals arrival, which repeated at sunset
Congress. In the Senate, Wednesday,, Mr. Chambers,
from the Select Committee which the subject REFEREED
reported bill for the relief those citizens who have suffer-
ed by French spoaons committed prioto the year 1900
1t will be seen in the of proceedings in the House
Representatives the occasion of counting the votes of
President Wire President, that when the event
nounced there cappng of hands in the gallery, and
the Speaker ordered to be cleared consequence of this
indecent behaviour The National Journal in reference to
this circumstance States that after the order had been ssued
some members of ndecorous out
from their seats, don't boys and the Speaker seemed
acguesce in the propety of this interference for the pro-
ceedngs of the house continued, and it not until after
suggestion was subsequently made by Mr.. Stos that the
order was enforced The conduct of the members accord
ing this statement deserving OF the censre Of the
chair than that of the gallery genemen-though either was
sufficiently disgacefu The reader OF Scotts Life Of Napo-
eon will find the proceedings of the National Convention
of France many parallel instances of the interference of the
galleries encouraged and invited by the members the floor
He will find too the agency thus encouraged and nvi-
ted by oveawing the majority of that Assembly, was one
main of the crying enormites of the Revolution
We ndn the paper, the following paragraph from the
Washington Telegraph in reference the circumstance
The clearing of the Galleries. Perhaps no fact could
more strongly mark the difference between the election of 1926
and that of 1925 than the stated in OF the Con
gressional proceedings of yesterday 1t will be recoeced
that when the election ofJohn @ Adams announced Mr.
Clay ordered galleries Of the house to be cleared because
the spectators Kissed Yesterday the Vice President ordered
the galleries to be cleared because they aplaud the cleo
ton of the peoples candidates"
There absudy in this passage, which together with
characteristic eonty renders it worthy of passing re-
mark The object to cxa the present dominant party and
70 shew them off as more decided and impartial friends of
der than their opponents because they punished their
friends who were appsaurs, while Mr. Clay only pun
shed his opponents in sending off the hissers Now it ap
pears TO u.s. obe quite merorou to punish those who
hiss as those who applaud but the glazing absurdty in the
whole thing obvious fact that these volaos of order
on both occasions the hssers and apauders were Jackson
men.
On Friday last Mr. A. Smythes resolution to amend the
Constitution, again up for discussion in the House
Representatives. The debate concluded by MT VIRGIN
Of Ohio who in the close of his remarks observed:
"If there was any management the part of the House,
influence election of President need back SO m
as 1925 He thought he could find in instances gilmore recen
date evidence of the strongest character call for the inter
position of guards He had before referred confidential let
which had been circulated this house. He had the orr
gnal draft of this letter his desk, which open
the inspection members He would not take it upon him
self to pronounce the handwriting but gentlemen cout
see it and Judge for themselves He adverted another
ter which he had SEEM
We fnd in the National Journal of Saturday, the following
explanation of Mr. Wrights alusion:
II will be seen on reference abstract OF the r.
marks made by Mr.. Wright, yesterday, in the House
Representatives, upon the amendment to the Consuto