Daily Republican., 1879-03-18
FROM OUR CAPITAL.

a CosnprOaise Temperance Meas
urs-The present statute 70 b.
Amended:COurt hOuse Remova
A working LObby-A CORstitu
tiOnal Amendment before tho As
sembly-The state Debt 10 be Re
funded.
Special Correspondence ofthe Republican.
DOVER, Del, March l7th, 10.
To-day Mr.. Conaway introduced in
the House bill supplementary to the
act entitled "an act regulating the sale
of Intoxicating liquors" 1t provides
that section ten of the act regulating
the sale Of intoxicating liquors passed
at Dover, April 10th, 1873, be and the
same is hereby amended by striking
out the words "in less quantities than
oLe quart to be drunk" in the second
and third lines of said section, and in
serting in lieu thereof til. words: ''in
quantities OF one quart or less which
may or may not be drunk
Also "that section twelve Of said act
bs and the same is hereby stricken out
and that the following words, to wit, be
inserted in lieu thereof: Section II,
when the court shall bs satisfied that
the applicant has strictly complied with
the req uirements of section eleven OF
this act, the said court shall endorse
the word approved" on the applica.
tion and sign the same with the date of
approval. If the court shall discover
that the requirements of the law as
laid down in the section aforesaid have
not been complied with by the appli-
cant, the said court shall endorse on
the application the words mot ap-
proved" 1t shall be the duty Of the
clerk Of the Peace Immediately after
any such application has been approx
ed to issue proper license to said ap,
plicant for the term of one year from
the date of approval in the same man
ner AZ is now DONE" also !" That all
and every indictment hereafter found
for any violation of the act to which
this is supplement shall be
tried unless the party defendant shall
plead guilty"
The bill has been offered as a compro-
mise measure and is expected to mol
lily whatever feeling may have iisen
among the temperance people over the
summary manner in which their local
option bill was disposed OF. Its passage
is assured.
COURT HOUSE REMOVAL.
The lobby over this measure is one
of the most thorough one that has been
known in the capital for SEINE time.
This evening the House chamber is fill
ed, and nothing is talked of but court
house removal. Wilmington's side of
the question is most ably represented
while New Castle is not less SO. Among
those from the former city are:
Joshua 7. Heald, Charles B. Lore,
Esq, Joshua Maris, Esq, Themas NJ.
Ogle, Henry c. Turner, Esq, George
Lobdell, Levi c. Bird, Esq, Mahlon
Childs, C. F. Thomas, Allan Ruth, J.
l.. Carpenter, Walter Cummins, Esq,
Chas. Rumford, Esq, Anthony Higgins,
Esq, U. s. District Attorney, William
c. Spruance, Henry R. DUPONT, Esq,
John O'Byrne, Esq, Benz. Nislds, Esq
James Bradford, Archiebold Given,
Caesar Rodney, Ex,Secrstary Of State,
Ignatius c. Grubb, DR.. L. P. Bush,
George s. Capelle, Levi H. Bertolette,
ESD, Edward &. Bradford Jr., Esq,
DR.. Shortlidge, George M. Bates, Esq,
and Austin Harrington, Esq.
is aitive and working with every energy
of their natures. The gentlemen are
George Gray, Esq, William Herbert,
John B. Rodney, Esq, Thomas Hol-
comb, Esq, George Maxwell, Jr., Alex
ander b. Cooper, Esq, Richard Cooper,
Esq. and DR.. John Black.
The Wilmington men think the time
for work has come and they are conse-
quently taking advantage of every
means that can be used for the con-
summation of the one grand end, the
final passage Of the court house bill.
The New Castle men are equally as
determined. They are being fortified
by remonstrances which are gotten up
under the Impression that in case of
removal a burden of $3.50, 900 would
be saddled upon the people. This is
their strong point, and they are making
every use of it. To refute this, at 50
late an hour as nine o'clock, the viii.
mington men armed themselves with
circulars bearing the following which
were distributed among the members.
In answer to the statement that the
proposed new Court House and County
Buildings for New Castle County if
built in Wilmington, would cost $780,
600, we the undersigned builders, con-
tractors, and mechanics of New Castle
County, hereby declare that the said
Court House aud County Buildings as
provided for in the bill now pending
before the General Assembly, t.at is to
say, of brick with stone base and trim
mings, in dimensions two stories high
and at least twice the size on the ground,
if necessary, of the new Kent County
Court House, in modern style, substan-
tal in every respect, as well construct
cd in all its details as any building in
the State, and with all the county Off
ces therein, thoroughly tire-proof, can
be erected for a sum of money not ex-
ceeding 100000, including therein Il
]ail as provided for in the bill.
And further, we or any of us will ac-
cept contract to furnish all materials
and erect said buildings at that price,
and we stand ready to-day to give am-
pie security to make the above offer
Geo. G. Lobdell, A. Given, Thos. NJ.
Ogle, Jas. Bradford, Milton Lackey,
VIM. McMenamin, Jos. l.. Carpenter,
Jr., James H. Beggs, Allen Ruth.