Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-01

What effect, politically or otherwise
hess dlgnifled and important bodies have
had or may have on the SolOns OF Delawar
in General Assembly met is a question ye'
70 BE- answered, as no visible ripple is per
'eptable in the current OF legislation, pro
br con on any measure.
Immediately after their arrival aud reg
stering at the Capitol Hotel, an adjourn
nent was made to the Capitol Building
md there, In the Senate chamber "lockef
Up" meeting was held. To this msetiup
/ special, private invitation was extended
n all the Democratic members of both
HOUSES, who very generally attended to
,ten TO the explanation" of the wrong
nd injustice Of your city government.
In this session of the Senate the onl,
subject that appeared worthy of argumen
" debate was on the bill incorporating III
Delaware and Chester County Railroad.
which ls the Wilmington aud Wester
Railroad. 1t required considerable assn
rance Of the justice of the claim, and ey
plnnailon ahout the name Of the road II
question. The original bill wac TO charte
the Delaware and Chester County Rail
road, but tire amendatory bill changed tn
name TO the Wilmington Il Western, an
through mistake or neglect Of the late
clerk he failed to change the title OF the
bill. That Is all. The incredulous were
convinced, and the bill passed, and nov
he Wilmington and Western Railroad Co.
can % ahead, Issue it, million and a-halt
Of bonds, and build its extension to the
Susquehauna as soon as 1t likes, or can.
In the session this afternoon the question
Of disputed jurisdiction over the Delaware
river by the States Of Delaware and New
Jersey, was brought up by the report OF
the committee 10 the way Of bill pro.
DOSING II mode of final settlement. Thr
bill provides for six commissioners, thre'
from each State, and namlng Col VIM. G.
Whiteley, John Comegys and Edward
Martin on The part Of Delaware, to make
IL report to the Legislature OF both States
their final decision, and further authorizes
that the subject shall be duly advertised
'or six months, and appropriates $500 for
services by said commissioners. The prop
'sition seems faiT enough, aud may it
succeed.
The calling of the yeas and nays wa,
required TO bring Senator Records motor
to give his bill, Increasing the per diem oil
members, Il second reading. There we.
three negative votes.
The Senate Chamber this afternoon was
Traced with the presence of several OF
Dover's fair sex, entering in the midst Of
An explanatory address being made b,
speaker Leslie, who bore the smiling gazt
Of the fair ones with a sereneuess becom-
ing q hero, a gentleman, and a scholar.
The House this afternoon reconsiderd
Mr.. Lewis Thompson's bill to exempt
from execution process certain articles Of
personal property. 1t is again upon a
second reading with amendments, reduc-
luz the amount to fifty dollars.
This body has made at least one step
forward In the right way, in unanimously
adopting a Joint resolution urging our
Senators and Representatives in Congress,
20 support the Agricultural College bill,
and the Common School bill before Con-
gress last session, and now in the hands
Of proper committees, to be presented,
probably, sometime next week.
The explanation " was enlarged upon
at considerable length, and appears to
have come from the Council body. In
corroboratiom of their statements a petit
| tlon. signed by some six hundred citizeus
of Wilmington, who feel the great respon-
sibility Of the affairs Of government, pray
| for the appointment Of police commits
| sion'r5 and water commissioners to rule
| the future destiuies of those departments,
which is yet 10 be presented formally to
this body. What the probable weight Of
! this petition will be on the subject would
be unsafe TO estimate, considering the pc
clliar and strange freaks Of supper" and
''lower' Democracy - the ways of the
transgressOr are hard, as those Of the
] heather Chiuee are peculiar. Further de
velopments will not probably be made
before the earlier part Of next week. A
word of the citizens committee, of which
| Col. Whi'eley seems 10 be the leader,
These gentlemen are more reasonable, and
it Is understood that they, desiring regula-
| tiou, at the same time oppose the Leeisla
ture's interference in the matter Of city
affairs as regards the appointments above
named.
In the House, this'morning, the bushes:
amounted to the considering and passing
three OF four bills of no special Importance
bnt spread out into understanding the
nature OF the question:" in generalisti'
manner that was tiresome and tedious
The morning session of the Senate was
rs the proceedings will show, nm activ'
one, in which quite an amount Of business
was transacted In little over an hour
time.