Smyrna times., 1877-01-17
For the iSmgrHd Times.
The Legislature,
Re-e(ect'on Of Hon. Ell Salisbury to tic United
States Senate. The claims Of .Susscr, Hcnt
and Nc,o Castle Counties A Ttfrtfc
Fight Jetoeen the Three Counties.
Personal Matters.
DOVER, DEL, january 10th, 1877.

Last evening the two branches of Legis-
lature met in caucus in the House. and hy
rising vote nominated Hon. Eli Salisbury
Tor second term in the United States
Senate. To-day the vote was taken yira rocf
III the Senate and House on his election
and lie was declared the unanimous choice
OF those two bodies. 1t had been expected
before the Legislature convened that there
would be some opposition. The name of
Charles b. Lore, of Wilmington, having
been casually mentioned in connection with
the office, and some from the lower part of
the State spoke of the nomination of
candidate from that section, but there was
not the least intimation of it either in the
caucus or in the election to-day, and the
nomination and election Of Mr.. SALISBURY
were both unanimous.
! The session has not progressed to a
length sufficient to warrant the develop
ment OF any very important legislation
That which has been done are minor affairs
to what we are told is yet to come. The
three counties have touched upon those
matters which interest them the most.
New Castle has paid attention to the fisher.
mems interests, and bill offered bv Mr..
| Bird, repeating the license of fishermen.
has passed the House. and this afternoon
was sent back to the House as non con.
CURED in by the Senate. The New Castle
delegates contend that this law is not only
| oppressive to the fishermen. inilictiEu an
enormous tax, but is a burthen to the State.
four Commissioners having been appointed
10y the last Legislature to collect the tax.
and their pay fixed at five dollars for each
day they served. These will present a
Il claim to this Legislature for two hundred
| dollars each, and during the time they have
served there has been about fifty dollars OF
! the tax collected. The spirit of retrencll-
mPnt contained i'll the law to repeal the
license, can he easily seen and appreciated
| by what has been stated
Sussex and Kent counties are anxious to
have the dog tax repealed. In this Nj.
Burnite of FELTON, takes the leading part
for Kent county and Mr.. Thompson of
| Concord, makes the war Tor Sussex county
! They state that the tax is not more than
one-quarter collected, and that the tax
@atherers regard ii as the least of their
! duties. The bills have not passed the
| House yet, but a desperate effort will be
made to have the dog tax become a dead
letter. Sussex county is also very much
interested in bill to repeal the bill offer
! ing Il premium for hawk and owl scalps.
But the delegation from that county are
somewhat divided on this and when Mr..
Morris insisted on the bill last week there
was ut once Il row among the members from
! honest old Sussex that threatened the
| destruction OF the harmony of the lelegu.
ton. But the cauldron ceased boiling.
when a motion was made and carried to
postpone its further consideration until
| Thursday Of this week
There are faint rumors occasionally
that there will be an effort made at this
llr.- I.r.tN,
the old State aid question The pulse Of
neither House has been felt upon the
subject, but a conversation that your cor
respondent had with one or two who are
known to be favorable to such bill. con
vinces him that it will be brought before
the present Legislature. The road now
spoken of by the State aid men as the one
that they would ask an appropriation of
100000 for, wauld be called the Bay Shore
road. 1t would start at Milford, and extend
as far as S;nyrna, to which point subscrip-
tions from the Philadelphia & Reading
road would build an extension, to connect
with the Bay Shore. Subscriptions from
the junction Il Brcakwater road would
extend that road to Milford. there to
connect with the proposed new road. In
this way they state that they would have a
direct line Of railroad from Phladelphia to
Lrwss and giving railroad conveniences to
many important places that are now off the
line of railroads. 1t is thought that any
effort to Introduce the question at this ses.
sion of the Legislature will meet with a
violent opposition, but those in favor Of it
are determined, and it will undoubtedly
form part of this Legislatures delbcra-
tons
Representative Salisbury appeared ycs.
! nd hiaN
Slaughter of Kent is still absent, and it is
thought that his illness is such he will not
he able to appear in the House this session
Representative Killgore Of New Castle
county continues very i'll, and his friends
state that he will not he able to attend the
present session. Senator CIusey is still
suffering from injuries received by a fall
and will not be able to appear in the Senate
for several weeks. Senator Dennev is a
| quiet steady worker and is a useful member
) of the body to which he is attached
The most terrific fight Of the session took
ace this afternoon in the House. 1t wa.
upon joint resolution authorizing the
( Adjutant General Of the State to proceed
, to Washington and establish the claim o
!. the State for SIG, 6,739 so against the United
States Government, which is said to tie il
the United States Treasury to the credit o
? like to have converted into cash. SUISSE,
r pleaded retrenchment, and moved first it
reference to committees; failing in thi
they moved to adjourn, and beaten in thi
r they moved its indefinite postponemen
and the defeat Of this provoked the wratl
, of old Sussex, and Mr.. Morris from tha
county moved an adjournment again. Thi
failed, and Mr.. Cochran, of Middletowi
galantly fought the cause of the resolution
and it rushed through with amendment
tackled on, so quickly that even the New
Castle delegates wore surprised at thei
victory. If it passes through the Senat
D the Adjutant General will 60 to Washing
IS ton.
!. Mr.. Denney has introduced bill for tn
incorporation of the Worden Manufactur
rs ing Company Of your town. He has ais
: introduced an amendment to the law 70
d the protection Of muskrats. 1t proposes t.
! y abolish the trapping process. Mr.. Ilol
d comb has introduced a bill in the House t.
y regulate the advertising of sheriffsale
y proposes to let the sheriff designate tn
nt newspapers. The present law requires hin
= = to advertise in the paper having the larges