Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-03
OUR DOVER LETTER.

DOVER, April Isl, 1878.
The warm, ballny weather with which Apri
has madefts debut, causes some OF our Legsla-
rive folks to sigh for the time to come when
they can abandon the mentally laborlous pur.
suit of law making for the people, and resume
the more natural and healthy ayocaton of till
ing the soil.
The time OF adjournment, draws near, and
the House accordingly holds night sessions and
meets an hour earlier in the morning. The
people are beginning to understand this sort OF
nonsense pretty well, as the extra time Is only
wasted in needless specch-making, and having
"matters more fully explained" The time fol
the all-important issue OF sine die adjournment
is fixed, Understandings, iar April 18th. 1t will
Jake the time up to that date TO finish up
dils business now in hand.
Senator Riddles Constitutional Amendment
(which earlier in the session, met with an un-
timely death, has been resuscitated, and passed
by the Senate. The amendment reads as fol-
lows Add 10 Section 18th the following; "Sub-
ject to the provisions aforesaid, the Legislature
shall have power to enact a General Ircorpora
zion for religious, charitable, literary, and man
2fsGuring purposes, for the preservation of an
imal and vegetable food, building and loan As
'ociations, aud for draining low lands, aud nc
80. >uipt shall be made In such Act, Or other
s;ss 20 limit OF qualify the power of revo
cation n ~'eH ~ LUZ '''s'''''''' :" ''''' 'ee
ton" .,u, T., al .,.,,,,,,, ,,. a..
o,,,an5,,'an, II las had hard time KILLED once,
Reconstructed. anu finally got through the Sc
nate by n vote of s. X TO th.ee--not vote Il
spa,e. We hope it WI not, at least, prove g
failure" If passed by Il. House, tue amend
ment will have to be appro, ed ny Tue governor
and receive u three.four vo e ih each prahci
of the next Legislature, before L ecoinng par
of the Constitution. 1t is scarcely nheiy, now
ever. that there will be opposition IN Inc mex
Legislature, while the Governor Is In favor o
General incorporation law. The sessions o
the Legislature now cost the State about $50,
900 each, while more than half the time is now
occupied with bills to incorporate building 9nt
Loan Associations societies, unatterable names
with all the letters In the alphabet attached
sometimes ditch company comes along, or al
enterprisng manufacturer wishes to get him.
self incorporated, aud the stream OF this dull
uniuteresting, and monotonous business con
times more or less all the session. The Gen
eral Divorce Law will send all the disconsolat
husbands and wives to the courts to get unhine
ed. and a General Incorporation Law, in add
tion will reduce The time Of the session to fiv
or six weeks.
The time of the session yesterday and tO-da
has been taken up generally in the eonslserill
of such bills.
To-day, the ouly matter worthy OF note, wa
the question of granting charter, to the Doy
er& Rehoboth Air line Railroad. The hi
was called up in the Heuse this afternoon, an
after Il number OF speeches had been madt
tie vote was taken, aud the bill lost by vol
ofI0 To Al. 1t was afterwards reconsider
and made a special order OF business f
Thursday, at o'clock, =. M.
The compliments of the New Jersey al
Delaware Central Railroad Company, were e
tsnded. last evening, to the members Of u
Legislature, members Of the press, and nur
Der Of other friends. Ice cream, cake and WI
were served up in abundance, at the Capt.
Hotel, and speeches were made and applaude
toasts made and respon ded to, and good til
was had by all present. May the Nd ID.
X. X, be successful enterprise. KENT