The daily gazette., 1879-03-12
SECOND EDITION
State Capital Gossip.

State Capital Gossip.
The Court House Remoudl Bill Be
comes Strong and Lusty Infant
Its Passage by the Sendte-How the
House Stdnds-Min0r Notes.
Special Correspondence Of GAZETTE.
DOVER, Del, March IL, 1879.
The Wilmingtonlans, who are here In
the interest of the court house removal
bill, woe radiant smiles upon their faces
yesterday afternoon, because the bill had
passed the Senate. 1t will be RENE m
b.red that the subject was postponed to
yesterd ay from last week. On Monday
night number of the influential citizens
of Wilmington came down and com
menced a genuine campaign Of lobbying
assisted by the young Senator from
Brandywine Hid. This was kept up yes
terday morning with awful vigor, but
when the subject came up in the Senate
the supporters of the bill were not quite
certain of its success Senator Nc
Whorter, by his strong support of the
measure, caused great surprise, he being
looked upon as one of its opponents. He
will certainly lose nothing by the course
he took. Senator Sharpley also was
strongly in Its favor. Senator Cooch was
the only one who hung fire. He was moi
opposed to the bill exactly, but was in
favor of postponement until he could
ia TX with the Levy Court men and find
out what they intended to do in the mat
ter of repairing the old building. Then
the bill finally passed-not "unanimou g.
ly," as described In my brief telegram
yesterday afternoon, because Senator
Cooch did not vote for 1t, but without a
dissenting vote. The Wilmington gen.
tlemen, who had all the time been on
the anxious bench, looked extremely re-
joiced, and for some time after the ad-
journment there was quite a scene of
happy excitement around the corridors
and In front of the State House.
1t Is thought that the lions part of the
battle for the bill has thus been fought
by Its passage through the Senate; but
there is In reality some doubt as to the
bill going through the House any easier
than 1t did through the Senate. Indeed
it is quite likely chat a very decided op-
position will raise up in the last men,
toned body. 1t is argued that the
House being larger body than the SEN
ate, will be harder to control, and that
one opposing vote will only count a little
in the Senate; but for all that this argu-
ment is hike the poomerang-it strikes
both ways.
In one parti cular the House will act
like the Senate.
1t will vote with the majority of the
New Castle members. The gentlemen
from Kent and Sussex look on the sub
ject az "none of their funeral" and will
be influenced by the votes of the New
Castle delegation. / talked with all of
them last night in order to find out how
the matter stood with them.
Mr.. Ware is, of course, favorable. In
deed 1t is almostsuperfluous for me to say
so. He has been and still is, untiring In
his efforts to help the measure along, and
when it comes to vote, he will with
ballot and voice give it aid.
Mr.. Dean, with his usual candor and
fairness says that the bill is good. He
will do his level best to secure its pas
sage.
Mr.. Doran earnestly supports it. All his
constituents lat least all from his Hun
dred) wish the seat of justice moved to
Wilmington and he viii vote favorably.
Mr.. Riggs can also be put down as a
pleased with the bill, though 1
have not his positive authority to say that
he is such. Any way he is not violently
opposed and has frequently remarked to
others, that the removal should be made
at once. His vote will give the bill ma
jority of the New Castle delegation.
On the other hand, there are members
who are bitterly opposed. And none
more so than Representative Giles
Lamson from New Castle. You may rest
assured that if he can defeat the bill he
will do it, and there are but few men who
can but applaud him. and fewer still who
were they similarly fixed would not do
likewise.
Mr.. Cochran is another who is opposed
and will exert considerable influence
against it.
AS to Speaker Chandler he has not ex-
pressed himself as either opposed or IA
vorable. His position can be better de.
scribed in his own words "The people
of my Hundred are opposed to building
a new Court House at present, butif such
a thing is done they are in favor of bring
ing it to Wilmington.
BRIEF MENTION.
Arrangements are almost completed
for the grand Legislative Hop to be
given tomorrow night in the State
House. 1t will be brilliant affair. Six
hundred invitations have been issued.
The Insurance bill passed the Senate
yesterday and was read in the House the
first time.
The famous stock law for Mlllsboro
which "Repr preventative" Dodd has been
lighting with all his might was killed in
the Senate yesterday. ItIwas passed by
the House two eeks ago.
A YOUNG MANS COSTLY RE-