Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1875-02-24
From the state Capital.

CURRENT TOPICS AT THE STATE HoUsE-No SENATE
YESTERDAY THE RAILROAD QUESTION PRO
poeED INcREAE OF EXPERIMENTATION.
Special Correspondence Of the Commercial.
DOVER, DEL, Feb. 80.
Two members of the Senate met yesterday af
ternoon at o'clock when Speaker Stockley tool
the chair and Senator Causey moved to adjourn
After little fun by those present, in raising
points Of order, the Senate was declared ad
journed until 10 o'clock this morning. In the
House the members were all present
but Representatives Handy and Pyle
from New Castle, and Lambden from
earnest, Mr.. Houston having re oorted:a large
Corporation act for n third reading and final
passage, when Speaker Hocomb suggested that
possibly it might be illegal to pass a bill on an
acknowledged
LEGAL HOLIDAY.
This suggestion led to an animated discussion
between Meesrs. Houston and Broadway, the
former contending that the U. s. Congress
met and PISSED bills not only on legal holidays
but on Sunday also, especially during the late
war. Mr.. Broadaway thought the gentleman was
mistaken, for although Congress-, owing to a
deadlock, might have sat through holiday or
even a Sunday, he did not think any bills were
ever passed on those days. The discussion had
the effect of stopping the reading of bills the
third time, but refusing to adjourn, Niles leg
lister was hunted up and
wAsHINaToN's FAREWELL ADDRESS
was read by Clerk Hazel Several ladies' were
present when the reading was commenced, but
when it closed they were amongst the missing,
and some of the members had slid off into slum-
ber Another motion to ad journ was lost, when
the regular business was resumed and carried on
quite lively for an hour or 30. Col. Baldwin,
who is very much opposed to a division OF New
Castle county, gave notice of a bill to
AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
10 as to secure increased representation, What
that representation il to be like has not yet been
developed, but it is limited that it will consist Of
an additional Senator and two Representatives
for New Castle county. This is very small in
crease, but those, here, who favor it think it
best to take what possibly can be got, without
indulging in wild ideas of u division of the coun-
ty. Your correspondent WAS informed, by gen.
tleman at Middletown yesterday that county di-
vision has got very unpopular there and is daily
growing more 30.
Col. Townsend, of the SUSSEX Journal, is here
and hard at work, and enthusiastic III his efforts
to secure
STATE AID
for some short lines of railroads in Sussex alone
upon their own merits, failing in which he is
willing to have a united effort made and aid
granted to the other two projected new railroads
in the State that wants aid 1t really looks as if
the Coloners picture of Georgetown a great
railroad centre going to be is realized At least
1856 miles of road, much OF it now finished, will
centre there The sentiment in favor of State
Aid is fast growing especially in the lower coun-
ties, but receives very little encouragement from
New Castle.
GATHERED CRUMBS.
A large number OF petitions were presented
yesterday in favor of stringent regulation of
the liquor traffic, also one from SMYRNA for re-
peal of the present license law The village of
st. Georges, which lies half and half respective
ly in Red Lion and Appoqunimink hundreds is
by the recent bill which passed the House all to
be thrown into Red Lion hundred. The bill has
yet to pass the Senate.
A ball was held at the State Capital hotel last
night which some of the members of the Legis-
lature attended.
On Wednesday evening next William r. Nor
ris is to show the Legislature why shooting is
preferable to hanging in capital cases.