Daily Republican., 1879-03-14
THl4sD EDITlO
Fx.n Oum CAPITAk..

p0biican's Report or the Ranq uet
Coming to the Surface isla.
tive Gossip.
Special TO rrespendence Of the Republican.
Dover, DEL, March l4th, '79.
Dover il in q furor of excitement.
As Is we'll known this evening is the &C.
casisn of the grand Legislative ball. As
somblyaen having daughters have
them here as participants, while those
not blessed with such pieces Of house.
hold ornaments. are playing the agree
Abl. to some Que elses gentle offspring.
Extraordinary efforts being made to
make this an unusual attempt, public
interest has been strung to such ten
sion that nothing short Of an affair up
on AN unprecedented scale would have
satisfied general expectation.
In matters Of detail. 1t satisfied in fact,
even surpassed this general interest,
and was universally accredited as be-
ing one of the inost successful affairs
ever held in the capital. The floor
managers were Senator Harry Sharp
ley, II. II. Colclazer, Esq, Repres .nta-
tive Isaac N Fooks, and j. Judson
Green, Esq As last as the ladies' ar
rived they were placed in the care of
a reception committee As follows: Ssna-
tors J. w. COoch aud c. +. Rust, Re-
presentatives Giles and Lam bsop, Minos
Conway and Clement c. Hearn.
The toilets were exquisite; and for
costiiness and beauty exceeded those
worn upon similar occasions. Among
those present were Miss Annie Fisher,
Miss Carrie Eckles, Miss Lizzie penne-
we'll, Nita Walker, Miss Annie Penne.
we'll, daughter Of the Senator from Do
yer, Miss Minnie Jester, who by the
way was the young lady crowned tho
queen OF Love and Beauty" at the
State Fair Tournament, held at Dover
last season Mrs. Richard Harrington,
Mrs. Cul breth, aud Miss Annie John
son.
There are quite q large number of
strangers present. Among those from
Wilmington taking an..active part, are
Major 5. III. Macsllister, Walter Cum
minis, Esq, Henry C. Turner, ESQ,
Co. John c. Farra. Among the celeb.
rifles, are: Judge Houston, Speakers
Harrington and Chandler, State Treas
urer Robert J. Reynolds, and Col. John
Paynter of Georgetown.
At 1870 a. III. the intermssion took
place, aud the participants, numbering
between one and two hundred per-
sons, repaired to the Capitol HOTEL
Here was spread table filled TO jts ut
most. Upon each end and in its centre
were raised pyramids of fruit, to the
height of four feet.
Everything that a sensitive palate
could suggest was provided, and 6eirg
arranged with Col. Fountains proverb
ial ideas of propriety, made it dou bly,
tempting. After the participants had
satisfied themselves they returned h.
the capital where the dancing was CON
tinued until day break. The ball was
asUocess in every particular and the
committee deserve all praise for the ef.
fective manner in which they had per.
fOrmed their duties.
AoRA1ry--THE LEGISLATURE BANQUET.
The temperance question is Ultimate
ly settled for the session, notwithstaud-
ing the prevalence Of the idea that no.
tice had been given on the ifth instant
Of bill tending to the abrogation of|
the evils produced by intemperance.
This, however, is an error. No such
notice was given, and the impression
that has gone forth to the effect that
another effort would be made by the
temperance champions is based upon
this erroneous conclusion.
TO morrow amendments will be of.
Tered, We have the wor. of one of the
members for the assertion, which will
change materially the present statutes
relating to sale of intoxicating liquors.
These, it is said are those reccomm4n-
ded by the dealers of Wilmington and
one of said amendments provides thatl
ths court shall grant applications thus
wholly removing from the Bench the
discretionary power which it now has.
The tact ofthe temp rance men being
unsuccessful does not lie in lack ofl
spirit or interest on their part, but
can be charged to the backwardness of |
the members to legislate upon sub i
lect which is IS they assert, already
oVerburdened with too much legisla-
tion. Mr.. Dean and Herbert worked
psrsis . y and not without ef, ct. We
venture to assert that for eruldition,
pungency ana efficacy, Mr.. Deans
speeches surpassed many delivered by
veteran antiintemperance agita,ors
lie dwelt upon facts, which be-
cause of their fami iarity were recogniz-
cd by their opponent as truth undispu-
table. He came down from a genera!
Of the matter and began
skirmishing among individual weak 1
nesses. 'les' said he. "you gentle g,
men of the Legislature know well the :
effect of intemperauCe. You have no =
iced it, and noticed quite lately too" I
said he significantly, "much has been
said of legislative banquet reported
by one Of our reporters, (he REPUBLI-
AN correspondeft) which was stigma +
lied by this body as being untrue. If
hat was untrue | will state what are
acts. was there at that banqueting =
able, and what saw disgusted and sick
,ned me.
stayed untilimy disgust got the bet
.er of me and left. saw al that Ia
Die young boys yet in their teens, with
aces flushed, and their eyes sparkling Z
with an unnatural light-the effects OF
le ebauchery; and with voices boisterous
md unsteady join i'll toast "Let us
AXE a drink" That sentiment was !
frank to with such persistent regulari- -
y at the close of every toast that these
,oung men, with others somewhat their
,lders, had to be led from the room.
Mr.. Dean hestated and looked