The daily gazette., 1879-03-31

A vote of thanks was then rendered to
the reporters Of the GAzETTE, Emery
Etentny and Republicda,l and was re-
sponded to by MIR. Arlhur f., Francis Of
the last named Journal, in an able and
friendly manner. The reporters werea
class, he said, who seldom spoke, their
business being to listen and take notes
whifs Others DID tile talking. He CON-
piimented the members and expressed
The hope that he could be with b,,n two
years hence. The House then adjourned
sine die.
IN THE SENATE. "'' ~
Meanwhile, the Senate was moving
along slowly toward'tts close, and while
not having this lively time with business
which the House had had, was going
more deliberately. A resoidtiou was
drawn up and adopted on motion of Sen
ator Sharpley, thanking the Speaker.-
and eloquent address, quite rs much out
Of The way as Speaker Ghandle was. -
All compliments, be said were pleas ng,
and this one coming from those whose
sincerity and XII kindue5sl had stood the test
Of threa months constant Intercourse, ,he
knew WAS earnest and heartfelt. The
session had been pleasant and ffaf lIad
its even tenor disturbed by no un kind
word or deed. He attributed much OF
the sessions pleasantness 10 the courtesy,
| Kindness and accommodating spj mt OF
the members, whose .n4mory be would
ever cherish. After few more remarks
he declared the Senate adjourfed' wish.
out day appoi..tBd TO meet. .bDOr.r.
Thus closed tue session Of Delaware'S s
| General Assembly Of 1879 lAndln JUS
tiee to its mem bers he IT. said that what
few mistakes it has made have been
those of omission solely. Those mistakes
have been few. Nearly every tntasure
| that cAuie up which had the mvrits OF
meeting the ideas Of the people of the
State was passed without oppositiUn.- -
And wlllle the sessio Ia has not been COM
| plete n it, results it has been as much if
not more so than the bi-aurtial meetings
of the LegislAture usually are. The peo.
pie have but little cause to complain and
much to compliment themselves upon,
for nothing CT account has been done
that will conflict with their interests and
much that will be copducive of economy.
The Sehat4 liz acknowledged 70 be the
btst that ever blsd in this State
| The gravest and greatest mistake that
| has been made wis the failure ON tlie
| part of the SeBateyto pass the. bill to aii-
| thoriZe the conversion of the State debt
into bonds bearing 4 per cent. interest
| this bill IJassed the Il ouse OF Hepresen-
tatiyes with some di tiiculty and was kill
ell in the Senate with a majority of three
voting In the negative. Shortly attsI
tliis,l Mr.. Sharpley moved to reconsider
but the motion was lost and the bill Wiz
tnally killed. That was on FRIDAY. This
morning Mr.. Rust moved to reconsider
the bill, but it wss decided that previ.
eus motion of d similar nature having
heen made and lost, the bill could not
come up without universal conseht-
There is no doubt that had the bi Il come
before the Senate to-day it wonM have
passed. i have the words of Messrs.
! Cooch, dcWhorter, Conoway, Rust,
Sharpley, Hopkins and the Speaker, thai
they would have voted for It. Only Mr..
Pennewill and Mr.. Denney would have
made opposition. ..- ...f ....t.,.
| NOTES AND GOSSIP, .-,......,
Duting DR.. Chandler's Speakership
| the House was called to order every day
within 30 seconds of the proper time he
las never vacated the chair, and his de
cislon has only been appealed from once
and that time il was sustained "by
large majority" as Micawbsr would say
The session of 1873 consumed S3 days
that of 1877, a5 days, and the one just
completed, "a days. ...'...,. .,,....f