The daily gazette., 1879-03-19
MAI sCH 1870.
THE CouRr House REMOVAL Bill

"A large delegation of citizens were at
Dover yesterday, hoping and expecting
to witness the passage Of the bill now
before the House for the removal of the
county-seat TO this city, and containing
authority to build a new Courthouse,
temporary prison and county offices here.
A delegation of Office holders was there
from New Castle also. The latter were
there to urge the defeat of the bill, al
though the original bill had been sent
from there asking for the authority to
borrow 100000 to build new Court
house there Had this bill not been
sent to the General Assembly We doubt
whether anybody would have proposed
the erection of new buildings for two
years to come at least. But this started
the ball ,and the Wilmington people being
long ago dis gusted with the present ar
rangement, determined that they would
make an effort and at least test the ques-
tion as to whether they had any standing
before the Legislature that their num-
bers and their revenues to the State ell
titled them TO, or whether it was not
terrible misfortune that the Pennsylva-
mia line were not mile south of them
instead OF a half dozen miles north of
them, 80 great appears the prejudice
against our city within our State, and
even in our own county. A Whining
ton mechanic has little show, (and our
population is composed Of mechanics
So great has been this feeling that one
OF the Sspators,we think very truthfully,
remarked before the passage Of the bill
through the Senate, that the whole op-
position grew out of prejudice TO Will
mington, and once the Courthouse was
erected there the change would become
more popular every day, and very soon
the whole State would wonder that any
disnlereste d party had ever opposed it
at all.
Those of our citizens who were at Do
yer yesterday hoped to influence by
their presence the passage of the bill, and
TO contra dict In person the numerous er-
roheous statements that had been put III
circulation over the county. They ex.
pecled Of course to see the bin passed
but they were singularly disappointed. -
BY an unfortunate neglect the bill hat
never been ordered to be printed. A mo
ton to print five hundred copies of it wa
put by its opponents, and it was carrie,
by vote of 10 to 8. The bill shoult
have been printed long ago. or cous,
the members from Kent and Sussex would
not object TO this, although majority o.
the members of this county voted against
1t, and were favorable TO the immediate
passage of the bill. The further copside.
ration of the bill was then pos poned
until Thursday, at 3 p. M, when it will
be taken up and, we presume, passed, as
several members who voted to print the
bill have said they would vote for it.
As general rule the members from
the lower counties, in matter of thi
kind, cast their yotes with The maiorit,
OF the delegates from the county wher,
the improvement is asked for. The New
Castle county members favorable to TIN
bill are Aessrs. Chandler, Doran, Dean
Riggs an q W W.re-5. Opposed to it
Messrs. Cochran and Lambson-2. Ii
the SenaLe, when the bill was frs
brought up, Messrs. McWhorter an,
Sharpley voted for it and Mr.. Coco
against IL; but on its passage in the Sen
ate MIR. Cooch did not vote against it, W
therefore count him as asserting, as W
know be prefers the new Courthouse t
be in Wilmington, if built at all. TIL
whole delegation in the General Assem-
bly, from this county therefore stant
eight for the bill and t,oo against it. Fo
the bill, we have Senators Sharple,
Cooch and McWhorter, and Represents
tves Chandler, Doran, Dean, Riggs an
Wares Opposed to the bill, Repre-
sentatives Lambson and Cochran-2.
Under the circumstances we cannt
d)ubt how the gentlemen in the Hous
from the lower counties will vote. The
will mostly vote for it, and the bill wi
pass 1t can only be defeated by amen,
ments ard tilibustering, and we do N,
see any disposition 10 do this, nor III
any unf ir means been developed. NJ
Cochran had an undoubtsd right to NAL
the motion to print, and we are only su
prised that so important a bill had II
been printed long before.
THE LONG EDITORIAL Of the Rem
licdn of yesterday, charging the Dem
cratic Senators and Representatives, W
nnw now have a coutrnllinU majority