The daily gazette., 1883-02-07
A DOUBTFUL OUTLOOK.
NEW CASTLES SHOW FOR
REPRESENTATION.
KENT AND SUSSEX COMBINING.
A secret Committee Caucus That Causes
Now Castle Members to Look Gloomy
General Legislative Proceedings.
Especial correspondence OF the Gazette.

held its tirst meeting last night. The com
mittee hae before 1t the bill Of Speaker Bate
and the opinions Of the Chief Justice, tn,
Chancellor and the three associate judges
The opinion of the Chief Justice and Judg,
Wootten Is that the Legislature can increase
the number of members unequally, but can
not apportion them, that of the Chancellor
and Judge Houston that they can do neither
and that of Judge Wales that they can dc
both.
Before the committee met the members ot
Kent and Sussex held q caucus, to the sur.
prise of the New Castle members. Ex.
actly what action was taken could not be
learned further than that they pledged all
| present to the deepest seeresy, They, how
ever, decided that they would only vote for
a constitutional amendment which would
| give New Castle an increase of about four.
This was,concluded upon after a talk lasting
nearly three quarters of an hour, and, / am
| informed, that the sentiment generally ex-
pressed looked to that end, although there
was some division of opinion as to the mode
in which the increase should be made, when
| The caucus concluded.
With misgivings the New Castle members
OF the committee went into the meeting at 8
| o'clock. 1t lasted until nearly 10, and when
| they came out, it was learned that they had
| followed the example of the caueuses and
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| serve secresy inyiolate. The appearance of
Messrs. Justis and Cooch, the New Castle
members on part Of the House, was not
such as to inspire hope, and while nothing
| as to the proceedings is known it may be
safely set down that the result of the first
meeting is not such as to call for congratu-
lation from Wilmington people. A member
of the committee states that there was such
wide diversion of views between the
| New CASTLE and lower cGanty gentlemen
that 1t was impossible to arrive at anything q
| definite, and the committee adjourned to
| meet at the call of the chairman. think
the whole meeting can be summed up thus
| The New Castle members asked for the in
crease named in Mr.. Bates bill or something
nearly this. The Kent and Sussex men
could not see It in that light. The New
Castle members asked for direct enactment
by the Legislature and the Kent and Sussex
men could not see that In that light either
So that was the end of It and the meeting
ended, having failed to do anything at ALL
So, day by day, 1t is becoming clearer that
New Castle county is going to have a hard
road TO traverse with forlorn hope ahead.
The question viii, however, be carefully
considered, though there does not seem to
be any probability of getting anything by
direct legislative enactment. If Whining
ton does not move in the matter pretty soon
there will be no hope of securing an increase
ether than by Constitutional amendment or
convention. The Indifference of her people
Is matter of much remark here. under
stand, however, that the City Council will
Its next meeting pass series of resolutions
In favor of fair representation.
TALK ON IMMIGRATION,
The House In committee Of the whole,
with Mr.. Justis in the chair, this afternoon
discussed the Senate bill providing for the
appointment of Commissioner of Immi-
grafton, but failed to reach any definite un-
derstanding. The general drift of discus
sion was In favor of the appointment of
these commissioners, one from each county,
without salary, and these to appoint sec
retary or executive officer, whom they
are to salary, and of the in
crease of the appropriation of from
81, 900 to $1,000 instead of 1900, as
provided for at present. Mr.. Bates spoke at
some length, and with force, upon the i'm
portanee of the bill, and said that it was
certainly thing which demanded an ap-
preparation in excess of the present small
sum. He, with others, was in favor of
having the money placed in the hands of the
Governor to be expended upon his order and
at his discretion. Dr. Watson, Mr.. Cooch,
Mr.. Comegys, DIR. Crawford and number
Of other members spoke on the matter and
all agreed that there should be three COM
missions. The committee arose with leave
to sit again this afternoon.
Mr.. Cavender's bill to amend the act
authorizing the appointment OF q State
| chemist will repeal the present law and sub
stitute an entirely new one. 1t will provide
for two analyses of fertilizers made and sold
In the State instead of one as at present,
but IT will not greatly increase the duties of
I ha OH ct In hat will
necessitate the making of two reports. Now
there is an analysis made In the summer,
of fertilizers to be sold In the fall for wheat,
etc samples being sent by the manuiact-
| urers themselves, and samples also being
selected privately by members of the Levy
Court. The new bill will make an analysis
of fertilizers for spring use necessary, as
well as those to be used In the fall
Mr. Justis eontemplates bill, which he
will soon introduce, to make all incorpated
/ towns pay for maintaining their own streets
and to relieve the road commissioners from
locking after the roads within the limits of
| those towns. As at present the hundreds
/ pay for the roads In the town.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day notices of bills were
| given as follows /:
By Mr.. Cooch-To allow the p, W. q B.
railroad to construct a branch line from
| State Road Station TO Wilmington. By DR..
| Crawford-To authorize the borrowing of
money by school district No. 81 of New
| Castle county. By Mr.. Williams-To re-
peal Chapter 1876, Volume 10, Delaware
Laws, relating to the matchmaking of the
streets of Dover. By Mr.. Lowe-To amend
the oyster law. By Mr.. sutton-To amend
Section SO, Chapter 80, Revised Code. By
| DIR. Watson In relation to the free schools
| of Kent county.
| Mr.. Sutton introduced a bill for the build
| ing of new school house In Delaware City,
and the sale of the old one, and Mr..
| Comegys an act to incorporate the
Capelle Hardware Company and Speaker
| Bates the bill to authorize the Mayor and
Council of Wilmington to borrow $50, 900.
Mr.. Messick presented petition for aud a
remonstrance against stock law for dis
trict 81 Sussex county, and a petition from
Thomas g. Sharp for divorce from his wife
Martha P. Sharp,
The Senate bill Incorporating the River
Front Land Improvement Company, after
being amended SO as not to give authority
for the bridging of navigable streams and
having the pbraseology of one or two sen
tences modified In an unimportant manner
was passed
Other bills were passed as follows House
bills TO incorporate the Young Mems Dem
ocratie Club of Wilmington; limiting the
amount OF road tax TO be collected In Chris
tiana hundred dividing North Christians
hundred into two elee tive districtsl amend