Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-13
FROM DOVER.

FIAP-DooDLE RESOLUTIONS sQUELCHED-TuE Po-
LICE JoB-THE SHIP CANAL soHEMR-wILMINd-
ToNIAEs AND WHAT THEY WANT.
Special Correspondence Of tie Commercial
Dover. Feb. IL.
There was quite ripple OF interest in the
House, this morning, over some resolutions of
what is called the 1ap-doodle" sort, offered by
Mr. Wilds, of Kent, instructing the Senators and
Representatives from this State, in Congress-, to
vote against MIR. Summers Civil Rights Bill.
They included long string of a. gitteriug gem
eralties' on the subject OF amalgamation social
equality colored men in Office, &c., &c. 10 the
great credit of the Legislature, and the State the
House finally voted to indefinitely postpone the
resolutions, and they were accordingly sqelche /,
in that way.
Brief speeches were made by Messrs Silver
Mars, Lewis Thompson. Martin, and Hickman,
il favor of indefinitely postponing, but no one
rose to defend the resolutions, or oppose the
pOstpOnement. Messrs, Martin, and Hickman
are Democrats, of the Sussex delegation, and
their argument against adopting tho resolu-
ton was thatthey were out of order and useless
at this time, bong only calculated TO mar the
harmony of the further proceedings of the Leg
isatnre, while serving no useful puropose. The
motion 10 postpoue was finally carried by vote
OF II to ., the affirmative Containing the Re-
publlcans, and Mossrs. Martin. DIR. Thompson
Holland, Hickman, and Van Gasken.
The bill referring to the police ystem OF Will
mington made IT'D appearance in the Senate, this
afternoon, introduced by Speaker Lesley. 1t
puts the whole control OF appointments III the
hands Of tho Mayor, repeating the confirming
power of the Counci and providing that no
officer shall be removed, except by II two-thrds
vote Of the Council This bnl may pass the
Senate, (and you may be assured DR.. Lesley viii
spare no otolt to accomplish the RESULT but l.
have better opinion OF the members Of the
House.
The Ship Canal bill has been reported back
from the Senate Committee on Corporations, III
an amended FORM giving 1t the ordinary form
OF an Incorporation Act The amendment has
been approved by the Senate. and the bill made
Especial order for Friday morning. at half past
o'clock The precise feeling of members in
regard to it is hard to ascertain, and ON the
whole has a sort OF mysterious air. The friends
OF the project, however, claim that it will got
the necessary two thirds in the Senate, and that
NOT more than two members will vote against It,.
Mr smith, the vigilant and energetic nttorney
VINO has been working up the bill, il still here,
and 80 also is Andrew G. Gray, he President of
the Old Canal Co., whose influence ID agains.
the bill
Quite number Of Wilmingtonians were in
Town, to-day. Ex-Sherff Armstrong, /. O. Grubb,
archie Given, VIM. Bright, Jesse sharpe, b. q.
feafcei and one or two Others represented the
democratic wing. Given is down to see what
chance he has TO recover his $4,000, hne, through
bill directing the Levy Court of New CASTLE
county to pay over to him that amount Tho
project was pressed upon the Democr ltIc MEM
peIS as party measure" and Mr. Given was
Ielresehted as suffering martyr, who deserved
SZ0UO worth Of political ointment
James Bradford, George s. Capello, and Z. I.
warner were also here, representing the Board
9i Trade, and urging the attention Of mem
oers, the modification Of the Usury Law, and the
amendment OF the Constitution, to enable the
Legislature to pass general Incorporation Act
morrow. Jay