Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-04-01
TIE REaULI4 OF THE LEGI4LATURE-1R-
PUBLICAN NEASuREs or REFORM ADOPT
I'D UNDER OOMPULSIOM.

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Ths jnst-a adjourned Legislature produced con-
good work, and some that IL quite TO
its di.credik It voted down several bad .propo-
sitions, aud omitted or refused to approve some
other measures demanded alike by the public in.
tsrests and the commonest principles Of Justice.
On the whole, its good work and its negation Of
bad measures predominant in the scale, and to
moderate limit it deserves the thanks Of the
people. It Wac Al improvement, certainly, on
come OF its predecessors II responded more to
the demands Of enlightened public sentiment,
and conceded greater measure Of true amend
ment in our laws than any Legislature which
has sat At Dover for years
Amongst its good results We count the amend-
cd public school law, the general incorporation
act the act in relation to colored school taxa
ton, the repeal Of the mortgage tax and wages
attachment, it's appropriation to the Centennial,
andssperhAps other measures, which, at this NOM
.ent, do not occur to us. All these, in our judg-
ment, will result to the benefit Of the people.
We hope to see the public schools enter now
upon > career Of Improvement. The new law is
far from perfection. but it starts the work. The
general incorporation act is also criticised freely,
but 1t ia great step in the right direction. 1t
will facilitate the processes Of legitimate bust
nsss, and remove from the Legislature = volume
of routine work which has heretofore occupied
its time, day after day and week after week, at
every session. The act concerning colored
schools is, in theory, faulty, yet We hope to see
good resulting from it. The education OF the
colored children will, we believe, be helped for
ward, and for the present its practical results
will probably be ~ great and as valuable to the
colored people rs could be obtained by any other
measure
Among the refusals which did the Legislature
credit everybody should and most people will
count the defeat Of the bill to divide the school
funds of this city, according to color, the defeat
Of the bill intended to nullify tho United States
enforcement laws, and the same disposition Of
the partial repeal Of the Exemption Act. A
large body of the people approve the defeat of
the State Aid bill, the free license law and the
county division proposition, though all of them
were earnestly urged, and their loss is sincerely
regretted by many
30 far, however, as the Legislature went in
the right direction, truth compes us to say that
it simply followed the road which the Republi-
can party Of Delaware has from time to time
pointed out 1t has been engaged on Rspubli.
eau work. The improvement of the ,hools and
the repeal OF the attachment law were measures
distinctly and earnestly called for nv tbe Re.
publicans, in their last State Convention and
in previous ones, while they were not 80 called
for by the Democrats; their Conventions have
been silent in regard to both. 1t was the
pressure Of public opinion, which the
Republican organization has given vote,
to, which obliged the Legislature to conced.
these progressive and reformatorv measures a,f
il there had been no sucb orosnization. 10 III.
Republicans of Delaware did not utand a firm,
courageous. intellieen. and .ogrousv. n,;,or;.r
it il open to the pravest dopbt whsther an, -
tho crelitabla leeislatio, Which wo hs,o ,.on
toned would have beep nossed AZ all r, ia ,hs
DEVELOPMENT Of Repnblicsn nolicv r, !.
the epactinr Of Renub,csp n,irc,Ios
The Legislature has not been worlips ont N.
Democratic platform Init that of the Rsnrh,;cor
marty. and tle crea,t ~, .vor, s,o, 80 H. -
gress made ia mainly and primarily d,o IN N.
latter
EspecialIv nra tbess ren,or Ls tr,o Il, uo,,,u, -
the unreasonable increase in the utrenath nd
energy " th which eoual representation ia AZ.
manded That claim nj tho ,,oor,. =, NJ, a.,
tia county WAS ,ever a, ,,;,oror. -, 49,.
They begin IN ba 4, esr,os, .na ,ho 81.
of Kent and sussex ora for w.
first time, giving close attention 10 tha s,hioo,
MANY OF tlem-we might aorbt,ouu nov n,ost a,
them-concede at least ;,cre,ao ~ ro,,rasa,,,.
ton, il not equality. and bv ths time snot,,ar
Legislature assemblies tho door IN i,s,;o, -
partially opened, will swing pnon its bincos ha'
fore the clamors of the neon,e sucb q ros,,I,
wil, ha ara s,,,o.t art;uo,.. ~, ~
brought to bear bv the Re,ub,;ca, oro.n;zatio,,
Since 1896, IT has occu,ied ,he erm.., hoIIoa,
ground on the opaat;on aud nov, ~, .,,s a.
traction n, color rro;raoo 4, ,ad;,,, 49,. 49,.
politic, tha ersct ~ hi, dotor,,,,,,e, .,,s go
sve nolicv ba,;nu 10 s,,oar rLa Do,,,asa,s ~
tho s,.t. too, H. ,,uoas,,-a r, "
seoronoo -, 80, ,a,,aaa,a -. "' .lo W.,
party IN their front, very nearly as strong 81
their own, having Equality of Representation
inscribed on its banners, has obliged then