Smyrna times., 1879-01-29
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The Legislature.
DOVER, DEL, January %, Is

DOVER, DEL, January 20, 1919.
Since the Inauguration and the Thursday
caucus there has settled down decided
calm at the capital which threatens to con-
tinue. Business moves but slowly and un-
less new matter is soon brought up the
Assembly will be at a loss for something to
do.
The Townsend affair was settled as was
agreed upon early in the week, Mr..
Townsend pleading guilty and the Legisla.
ture passed a resolution requesting the
Governor to remove him. Of course all this
was not done without some satisfactory
arrangement to Mr. Townsend. His counsel
obtained letter from the petitioners against
him and his bondsmen requesting the
Governor to retain him in Office so long as
he remained sober. AS it was understood
that Governor Hall had assented to this
arrangement, the matter seems to have
been pretty we'll settled at least so far as
the Legislature is concerned. Interest in
the investigation has entirely subsidized.
There has been nothing in the Legisla-
ture of general interest during the week.
| The Secretary of the State made a report
as to the condition of the Contingent Fund
as follows: Amount appropriated in 1877,
500. Expended for 1877, 1852. .55 expended
for 1873, $l05.74; expended to Jan. 20,
| 1879, S7l.75. Balance on hand Jan. 9th,
| $270.55. Due the State, $S00.59.
Mr.. Z. S. Cochran presented yesterday
the following memorial and it together
with all matter pertaining to railroads was
referred to the following committee: Messrs.s
Cochran, Hall, Cannon, Denney and Rust.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representative
WHEREAS From Jersey City. the New York Central
Railroad has offered to carry car loads fruit erriage
included at three CD cents per ton per mile against
| by the p w. & b. and p railroads. a difference
amounting in total since 1868, of over two (2) million
| dollars, exacted from the now impoverished fruit
WHEREAS The Bound Brook railroad has made a
favorable offer for the fruit transportation and has
| now effected southern communication, and re-
| ceive almost directly from Delaware corporation
we agreed that no insuperabe obstacles prevent
a reduction in our treights; and
WHEREAS, correction of the determinations
against fruit growers. by the highest and most Oner
GUS charges practiced by the p. W. & b. Co., is
sary for the continuance of the general business by
| land carriage and fully warranted by the great re-
| ductiOns in railroad expenses; and
| WHEREAS. The great determinations against all
Delawareans, as exercised, is power greater than
possessed by any class of nobility under other form:
of government and too great to be permitted to be
exercised by any class of citizens:
Therefore, We respectfully petition your honorable
bodies to take the matter into your deliberations and
provide some remedy for the existing great evil
which your memoraliss and others suffer either by
the appointment of railroad commissioners or super
yisors with vistatoral powers or in such other way
as your wisdom may direct.
This is an attack on the Delaware anC
P, W. & B. Railroads and decided effor
will be made to get some legislation through
which will compel the railroad companies
to acceed to the demand for lower rates
but the lawyers are all pretty we'll agreed
that the charter of the Delaware road is to-
j strong for the Legislature to get at 1t j
e suggested by some of the fruit growers tina
= the present $4,000 tax on the roads be re
duced to $4,000 and some abatemen
asked for on this account. A conference
e with both the railroad company and tn
/ fruit growers is proposed to be held befor
O the Committee on Tuesday Of next week
Temperance resolutions are being sent il
by the armful and on Thursday there is t
Q be Temperance Convention in the Cour
n House Hall at which the Assembly ha
= been asked to be present. The House re
ceived the invitatation with thanks and tn
;, Senate said nothing 1t is probable tina
IS most of the members will attend. Som
o change will be made in the present liquc
a law, but there will, should say, be littI
;, chance of the passage of q radical chang
= in the State policy in regard to liquc
IL licences.
The Governor to-day appointed Lewis