Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-03-11
H0 gAU LAW YEY.
The RRore TO Rxpel the Legislative
RePsrters' Assndoaod--I1teresf'
ing Matters in the HoSse and
RAn naA.

ing Matters in the HOWso ana
Senate.
Special Correspondents Of the Republican
DOVES, March l0.-The first round In
the struggle to m zzls the newspaper
cores pondents is at an end, and those
who participated in ii are down Inel
RHrvBIhcAs correspondent, who was
the main object OF the attack, Is on .oP'
The man, who to revenge proper er"a
sfsm, made desperate effort TO Keep
him quiet or sxpel him from the hoor
are cnsgrined because their s'npla
sehenue failed. Bad az the honse OF
has acted in the past,
it has, in this matter at least, deief-
miued to 40. wisely. 1t realized that
the criticisms INDUCED in BY the rep
rsssutatives Of the Republican press
were proper; that the passage OF MT:
R,biusou's resolution as reported
would only have the effect ofs making
matters worse. This was the opinion
Of a majority Of the members. =,
And 80 IT Was shat those back o! the
resolutions were not so eager to-day
10 have it passed. Those who had In
eubated the measure counted noses
The result was not calculated to make
them happy. They found scarce hall
a dozen, including themselves, VINO
wsr. of their way Of thinking. on
this aosoun. the resolution was not
called up to-day and has now been
abandoned. Mr.. Robinson still had
no desire 10 force the resolution 10
vote and put these Young men on tne
Door. II 10 likely had she resolution
been forced yesterday it could NOS nave
passed. II 10 certain II i. had been
called up to day it would have been
defeated, and with q very emphatic
vote, at that.
Satisfaction for outraged members
must wait while longer before IL ges
what it ysarns for. A little longer
mast the wrath Of injured innoesaee
be nursed. The honorable trio VINO
originated the resolution have pat
,h emse.ves in an unenvisble position.
They have been actively making up
SUPPORT, and after three days Of caucus
ling. arguing and button-holding have
lsisnally tailed 10 lead the House into
the most stupendous pieos Of stupidity
yet proposed. ~
All Of these men,--Speaker Williams,
Mr., Jones and Mr.. Robinson;-have
separate grievances. What was said
about the Tilden resolution was the
lstraw which broke the sensitive back
of this trio, and Mr.. Jones was the
man who caught the hardest shot
But " hen he asked for Satisfaction sne
csheg two wers only too eager 70 helE
him obtain all tho satisfaction he de-
sired. The objection Of Speaker Will
llisuas I stated yesterday. Now want tc
say a few words about what is the mat
ter with Mr.. Robinson. He is q pleasan'
person, this Mr.. Robinson, and he cam'
70 me stter the House adjourned yes
terday svsning and We got to talking
about the resolution, which he had In
troduoed at that session. And then hi
t explained his grievance. why yo'
, see" he remarked, "you havs beel
, rather too hard. You were hard Oh
Iold Indian River" (0ld Indian Rive
is a sobeiquet which Mr.. Robinson ha
given himself, as he comes from tina
Hundred. you've called him olt
Peter Robinson he went on, "an'
lhave spoken OF him as sMisfeprssenta
Il tive Robinson in connection with tn
. Derrick Morris business, and hav
called him the divorce saint" An
this Is what Mr.. Robinson in his resd
Tuition styles as "untruthfRl criticism
Iof members"
Il Il was the Honorable Speaker OF th
House who has worked the hardest
get the correspondents expelled. hl
Efforts have been the subject Of muc
remark and not little censure. b
, has sacrificed the dignity Of the cAsi
> before, but this week he has gone
> good piece farther than Re ever did b
i fore; And now let me suggest that b
y devote mere time TO his proper spher'
l. That he stands in need Of this IS al
parent, and / make the suggestion
good faith. On this point let me rela
Is q little incident Of to-day, not ohrol
J, lcled in the regular report OF the pr
k csedings. A Senate amendment to
\ act of interpretations was .,brous'
1t into the House 70. oonourrenc
1t was called up, and member move
Its adoption, when soms one ask
d il it took a two-thirds vote TO adopt
Is the same as was required in an act
~ iucor poratien. The Speaker could n
.g answer, and to add 10 his confusion
fscstious member moved that the ma
ter be postponed until tomorrow
- allow tie Speaker TO post himsel
: Amid smiles, this was adopted.
~ Mr.. Piiling won another victory :
: day. The act to regulate the expend
lures of the New Castle Levy Con
a, was taken up for consideration. II
o, o. Committee on Revised Statutes MAJ
= = an unfavorable report upon Mr.. ri
d lns's bill 10 put in effect the act pas
X ed two years. ago, which provides FOL
qualification Of the expenditures ca
Of year. MIR. Piliing when the bill
% luded to came up, offered an amen
Ill ment providing that the Levy Court
st New Castle county shall publish
February Of each year an itemiz
i'd statement Of all expenditures.
o6 Mr.. VanBurkalow and Register o.
70. posed II, arguing that 1t would be {
expensive and could mot be comp