The daily gazette., 1879-03-18
FOURTH EDITION
STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP.

FACTURE vINDICATIONs-A YOUNG
CORRESPONDENT CoMPRoMIsK-LI.
QUoR LEaTsLATIoN-THE REMOVAL OF
THE COURT HOUsE-wnY MRS. sIhP-
| SON GOT DIVORCE.
Specially reported for the Gazette.
DOVER, Del, March 1s, 1879.
The young romanclst of the Republican
("the most noted young M an in Della
ware, y has been putting his foot in 1t
again. In Fridays Republican he pub
lished statement in relation to few
remarks made by Mr.. Dean about the
much-talked of and now thread bare ba:.-
quet, that for time yesterday bid fair
to give him little unenviable notOriety
upon The floor of the House. The alleged
remarks we're sad to have taken Jlsce
last Wednesday, while the House was in
Committee of the Whole upon the IL
quor question. In reality they were
made Tuesday. The enterprising cor
respondent, while the discussion WAS
going on, was not on hand, but follow
ing the longings of his heart was peram-
bulating out towards Shakespeare's mill
pond in search of marsh violets with his
Dover dulcinia. He knew nothing of
what Mr.. Dean had said until day or
two afterwards. when your correspon-
dent casually alluded to it in converse.
tion with him.
Now II is unfortunate for the Repu BIZ
can that Mr.. Dean is member of the
present General Assembly. 1t has boil
stored him up, so to speak, all the time,
and between Mr.. ID. and the editor there
has been a sort of feast of reason and
flow OF soul ever since the session COM
menced. And 50, rs soon as the young
CORES >pondeut heard that Mr. Dean had
mentioned the banquet, he thought that
this was good OPP ortunity to pail Oft
vindication of his slanderous aIticle by
simply credtiug Mr.. Dean with saying
that he, the young correspondent, had
told the truth. Mr.. Dean, you know,
would brook such sly action ON his part
without com planning.
| And SO he at once sat down, and
f from hls vivid Imagination speedily
evolved speech, with copious extracts
in quotation marks and frequen be-
stowal OF such expressions as "au earnest
look upon the members, aud "a sweep
ing glance lpon the lobby" TO make 1t
= appear real and graphic. He made Mr..
0 Dean allude to his account of the ban
n quet, but did not exactly make hlin say
9 that the report was correct, ami
= t.en went on TO make him (Mr. Dean
;, say great deal more than he gave utter
ance 10. But he did not stop here
J. He went further and said that "Mr. Dean
was aided in this aggressive acIion by
e Representative Fooks, OF SUSSEX" This
I was where the young correspondent, who
n can so aptly manuf ,cture speech at any
time, "put his foot in it," as will be seen
- further on.
. When this letter was sent up TO the
II Republican office there was doub less
= * eat rel icing. Indeed rumor has il
e that there was absolute happiness. So
much gladness prevailed that the aged
ex-pedagogur who is vaguely supposed
by inexperienced and uhsuspecting peo-
n pie to be a journalist, overfowrd with a
- Jubllant piece, in which, after repeating
"a ~ Tor the thlriieth time, his lying statement
W. that the GAZETTE correspondent was
a drunk, he said that he and his young re-
n porter We're fully vindicated, "as those
-, who stick to the truth God save the
" marx y always are" Ju,t et me say, that
in my opinion, If the simple stateme mt
as that the Repubhsdn man reported the
le banquet Is "A complete vinuicatiun, il
re musthave been vindicated long sgowhen
ID the day after the scurrlous letter ap-
peared, Mr.. Dean himself arose with a
~ lnoton TO .xpei this same young man
y from his seat in the House, for making
J. untrue statements about the members.
l. When the mem bers arrived to-day and
p Mr.. Fooks was shown Fridays Republi
l. can he at once denounced the statement
l. made in the letter that he aided Mr.. Dean
IL his banquet speech, and the exultaut
editorial that his speech had made wrong
| u fnHl lx f.lA "A
n -d hi, Intention OF rising to a question OF
ae privilege in the House and brand them
I'd TO be so. The young correspondent
V. heard Of this and with fear and trembling
ia approached Mr.. Fooks and requesting
him TO not make such "A denial, promised
TO correct and clear up matters in hi.
journal to-day Mr.. Fooks consented tc
these terms and to-day ] suspect there
ot VIII be considerable drawing in of horn
by Mr.. Hersey, in relation 10 the "vin
VI dlcation" OF h paper and tomorrow
nd comfortable amount of low abuse aut
e. hes at your humble servant.
,r MORE LEGISLATION ON LIQUOR.
r. sad some time ago that in all proba
le hiliy the defeat OF the hquor bll woui,
as not end legislation upon his subject an,
"a yesterday IN the House Mr.. Conway i0
troduc Il an act TO Supplements and ame II,
us the present law. 1t makes three changes
ne 1 u' IISt GIVES nOltl keepers the prlvllep
tic oil selling hquor IN quantities of one quar-
or less. The act further does away witt
~ the discretionary power on the part O
'ut The bench in granting license, and pro
IL vides that the Judge shall grant licens
an to all parties compiling with the law i
making application. ltal,o prevents tn
M State Attorney from finding "a noUe pr0
or in any case of Indictment for illegaiI
I'D selling liquor.
it In the Senate yesterday when Senate
ad horter, who Is chairman of the ID
Vorce Committee, was busy with bust
n ness OF a marital nature, Mr. Denne
X asked him II he knew for certain thai
ed bill 10 divorce Aume e. Simpson fror
her husband had passed.
'er 81 have II SO marked in my book" Il
ate answered, "why SOP"
IN. go, well, because she married anoth,
fellow last week, answered Mr. ID .nne
There was laughter al this, an with b
= keen appreciation of "A joke Mr.. Sharp
arose and made motion ihai the Sena
pass resolution censuring the Nj
Simpson that used to be, fJr not lnvitlr
the Divorce Committee to the 1eddln,
Y More laughter)
COURT HOUSE REMOVAL.
"e' The question of moving the Cou
House TO Wilmington is paramount
- ~ ~ Farg L.. Il.