Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-31

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provide for deposition of such arms a
have become worthless.
The chair announced the committs
t on part of the senate. Messrs. McWhor
ter and p.nn.w.lI. Al 4 o'clock Tn,
Senate adjourned rntil o'clock to-mor
row morning.
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, The House met at the usual hour.
Mr.. Cannon offered joint resolution,
appointing Richard X. Kenn-y Stat.
Librarian and custodian of the State
3 and Capitol building, and he moved II.
adoption with appending resolution ~.
lating to the duties of the position.
Mr.. Dean opposed that portion of the
resolution which gave law students in.
, discriminate use Of the volumes of the
library. He thought the judges should
be the proper ones to have control over
the books, and in view of proposed
anendmeht 10 the resolution moved 1t
90 iaid Oh the taoie ier the present,
wnich was adopted.
mr. eoiiins presented JOINT resolu'
lion appointing q committees OF nve, two
on the part OF the Senate and three on
the part OF the House TO take into con.
siderat'oh tne advisaoiLty OF making
the once OF Coroner OF New Castle coun-
salarled once. Messrs. Lambson,
Riggs ana Dorah were appointed said
committee.
Dill 10 prevent live stock running at
large IN school district No. l37, Sussex
county, was introduced.
Inc OIL 10 incorporate the Jefferson
Denoeratic CluD, OF wilmington, was
read oy utis ana referred to committee
on corporations.
MT. ware gave notice OF the lntrodnc-
ton OF bill entitled an act to incorpo'
raas the heheral steamship Company.
Inc bill 70 prevent live stock from
running AT large IN school district No.
81 OF New Castle County was taken up
ana passed.
Mr.. Dean offered a resolution ap-
pointing COMMITTEES of three members
OF the House OF Representatives
for the purpose Of ascertaining the
amendment Of the fees and allow
ances received by the Sheriff, Clerk. of
the Peace Prothonatary, Registrar of
Wills and Recorder Of Deeds in and for
New Castle County.
The second resolution provided for
the sumnoning OF witness and sending
for papers.
Mr.. Cochran stated that he would op.
pose the resolution on several grounds.
First, because Of its irregularity. He
stated that petitions had been circula-
tea ior some weeks BACK Tor the pur-
pose OF obtaining signatures upon which
10 base this resolution. AS these petit
tlohS had not been read before the
house. ne thought the resolution rather
nasty. lie opposed II, secondly because
u was irauSht win trouble and ex-
pehse 10 the state, ana no good could
possibly come from 1t. II this would
oe commenced there Is no telling where
IL would ehd, besides 1t would be
reflection upon these officers. Those
VINO want TINS investigation are men
out OF the other party. II shall advo-
cate reform and retrenchment. 'said he,
but there Is such thing as being
penhy-~lse anu pound-foolish; and
again, 1t Will I'M qre the party OF which
We are the humble representatives.
come INTO this oody as member rep
resenting the interest OF the whole peo-
pie, but yet when that party is attack
ed then am party man to the hilt
VIII night and oppose anything that
will injure that party.
Mr.. Dean thooght fit to introduce
this resolution for the PURPOSE of asc.r-
tanning the amount of fees of the above
mentioned officers. He didn't cont.m
plate such dire results as Mr., Cochran
Imagined. 1t would bring no discr.d-
it upon any of the officers if thew are
all right. As an evidence of what NAV
be expected when a person goes to
those officers he said that tn. Clark of
the Peace on one occasion actually refus.
ed information which h. .asdntv hound
should have given. This instance was
one when the reporters of the Whining
ton press appealed to him that intorma-
ton which they desired which was in
his Office was withheld. As an excuse t
he said the written order from the
Chief Justice, with which the reporters
were armed, was not made upon the
bench, and therefore it was not binding
upon him. In regard to the charge that
all desiring the investigation were Re.
pubIicans, he stated that those who had
to him Of the matter were
men Of the Democratic party and the \