Daily Republican., 1881-04-01
FOURTH EDITION.
STATE LAW.MAkING.
The Nenate Thinks Twice and Does
q Good Thing-The snip Canal
Passage Of Important Measures.

q Good Thing The snip Canal
Passage of Important Measures.
Special Correspondence oi the Republican.
DOVER, March 3l.-Happy Holmes of
Milford. He now goes TO haunt the
lobby ofthe Senate, His bill for divorce
passed the Housr this afternoon after a
sharp debate, and a few minutes at
terwards il was read in the Senate.
! Holmes has been a standing institution
around the State liouS this winter,
He came here on the evening of the scs-
sion's second day. and about the first
person he struck was your corrrSpon-
dent as he was walking down the corri-
dor. ''l'm Holmes, Of Milford said he
rushingnp under tn cimprcSsion hat llr
was addressing a member, and thrust
ing an eager finger through a buttonhor
of the correspondents coat. II IN
Holmes, Of Milford, and want di-
vorc",' he went on. 'and YOU II S'C
me good bit this winter, And sur"
enough he has hGn seen "a good bit,
He has haunted the lobby day after day,
He has turned up when the Ious" was
in session aS regularly ~ the clock
struck ten and three, and al night he
has followed the Divorce Committee
around until even divorce Saint Rob
inson has felt worried and put uul The
fight over the case reminds III" very
forcbly OF the celebrated Randall cas-"
of 1871 The only flaw in III" rOnpari
son i that money and champagne have
not characterized frugal Mr. Holmes
cndcavors, a. they did those Of III" rol.
licking EOl, Randall
CLIprINU rBE LloUOH BlLIr
Obnoxious Section II, OF the Lo'al
Option bill : substitute, has been strick-
ont of The senate. and the 'dlrtat ".
whoever hr NAV bc. j. not 20 he dirta
tor, after all At the morning session
to-day the Senate by a unanimous N"'"
moved 10 reconsider the yut" 10y which
he substitute passed Yesterday, and il
was Laid ON the table until the after
noon session. Then the section in ullr~-
tion WAS stricken ont by u unanimous
vote. and the bill in this amended form
WAS passed, and now goes Ia the House.
The Scnatr did not haNr a clear under
standing Of what Section II really
meant, but II only needed an cSpl.iUa-
nation of the tru" inwardncSs of what
had prompted il Ia mr incorporated in
hc bill to MAKE thar body only too gEId
Ia correct blundcr. and Ia prevent be
coming mad' party too piece Of spite,
intended 10 injurc Duv"r'S new forty
thousand dollar hotel,
TIN Sulr CANAL PROJECT,
The act 10 incorporate Chesapeake
and Delaware ship canal was faN"rahiy
reported in the llu4lSc to-day and mI.Ir'
Il special order tor Tuesday next at
O'Clock Mr. Bland. pl liaitimur". is
here representing the business men at
that CITY, and lhrFr is no doubt ul the
passage Of the bill through the House.
II cunt'mplat"~ u great improvement,
and neither the Maryland nor Delaware
gentlemen named ~ inrorIDrltucN hAN"
any interest in ihr matter, II prov idr>
Tor the turning over To- lin" | nltrd
States ,rt The charter trrr 81 ANY time
when nn" ut the two routes ~ 'rl"rinIu-
I'd upon. Unlike tn" ~I"ruht,N" canal
charter ot Iudr' Catch >. Layton.
which WAS passed, this viii .h""t prac-
tiIal uSr in cuuurCiIun with thr tuN-
rrumrut Improvement.
Senator salisbury. who has found
that hr could drop his work, A. CHAIR
man al the senate CuInm!rtrr on trlNi
lrcr~ and Elections al Washingt"u, "t
indin. ont how new W>paprr> get their
news. long enough ~ come home Tor
day. i- mrddiing win the work h the
Legislature, Just a~ III" rest ~ tn"
SauIshurirN have been doing all >">-
sion Ne j. uppuSrd tu the canal pro
jrct. Herr. are his objections rs | h",ird
him give them last night" Tam against
II on general principles, and th"M |
don't think the canal would h' worth as
nuch ~ thu ground il would or"upS
lMruGrA<T MEASURES rhsSIIr.
The trSt thin. done in tn" Ilor"- to-
daN was the passage ui IN" Militia bill
IN amrudrd. giving the SAl" Militia
81 200 Der year This is less llrau Il per
cent. intpr,.St an the S2l ,UUH gwen the
State by the General Government Tor
the equipment ut the militia. An
amendment /" give but per cent. int
rest on thu sum was lost. The hill was
read iWirr in the Senate and referred
in the afternoon. The Srnat" Joint cCs4-
utionS with reference to funding the
States louu to the i. X Il. and Is. y +.
railroads in per cent bonds were con
currtd in. after the j. Il j. r"SolM ion
had been amended by Mr.. bradford 81
that il shall not 20 into effect until the
holders Of the second mur;Eagr hrod'
I for S2iU, 900 enter into ;tn agreement t.
accept I wrr cent interest uu thu>' IL.
! tStmVp,>-
! The ilou,c passed other bills H. t"I,
lows. in relation 10 the State GhrWl~t
/ To Incorporate the streets Wf New Castle
to tiv"rcr Smnfrl Tippct Ia ruahlr III,
Delaware Railroad IT, build a br,dg,
over Auruarkill creek inCurI Nr;aln.
the At'autiv X taTribian rritu>p >pprtatint
Company tu incorporate The kuna
Charlottesville prutrctory # Wilmington
10 thr last hill an amendment va,
adopted. limiting the property t. IT
held e. SO .tNh,
Thy Senate passed an dct Ia iilow III,
State Superintendent ot Free schools al
assistant aI Il salary ui $500 II ais,
passed the act in relation tu school take
and acts to Incorporates the ioll0Gn.
Companies The Dover River Improve
mrnt Company the 81. Jones Rive
Improvement CoInp;siy Ihr Capell
Hardware Company :; the Culbpths
Ditch Company tn" FrankGord eSstt
planting Company the Duck Grecl
Improvement Company,
In the Senate, House bills relating Il
the streets of New Castle and concern
lug the Camden camp ground wcr
read a first time.
The House killed the bills tn divorc
L. \. and s. {, Baxter, and to Il
low newspaper men Access tothe Lev
Court, minute books. The diNorc
petition OF Gcorpcanna Hadlcy was fay
orably reported upon. The House pas
. ed the Senate bill to relieve the Clerk {
the Peace from appointing deputy t'
Wilmington,
'Ehe Gsasew Small pON.