The daily gazette., 1883-03-20
FOUR FORINEW CASTLE.
REPRESENT ITloN TO COME
UP IN THEHOUSE TO-DAY.
A SORT OF ISoAL OPTION BILL.
The Charter Of tlp Fruit Exchange Intro
duced I'm the SeAte Yesterday-The New
Castle Almshoue Loan.
rsnecinl correapI1Aence of The Garette.


lists who work on Iaturday night to get
Sunday paper reaS for the press are Codes
creatures-made p the recent Conferenc,
that the Delaware Legislature was owneC
body and breechesby the whisky interests
and that on that kfound no relief can b,
expected, local Q1tion bill is to be intro
duced. Notice ofthe bill was given by Mr.
Lowe yesterday, AID it will be introduced
to-day. The bill is in the handwriting o
Rev. j. H. Caldwell of this place, and we,
prepared after consultation with Rev. Rober
w. Todd. The titleis to this effect; "An act
to ascertain the sentiment Of the voters o
the State of Delaware on the question of q
local option law fol the suppression of the
traffic In intoxicating liquors as beverage. y
The bill reads like his
SECTION l. BE IL enacted by the Senate and
| House Of Representatives Of the State of Della
| ware in General Assembly met That at the
| General Election hIid In November, 1884, II
shall be lawful for TIE electors to have printed
/ or written upon tleir ballots "FOr a Local
| Option law" or AGAINST Local Option law .
| SEC. 2. The inspectors and Judges OF said
| election shall take eareful account of the mum.
Der Of ballots for AMI against local option law;
| and shall certify tlbreto In the usual form Ia
| the Governor of th State Of Delaware. who
| shall, at the Genera Assembly next ensuing
| In special, make aduly attested statement OF
the result Of the loca option vote in the several
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| SEC. 3. The sentimsnt and desire of the voters
Of the State Of Delaware, expressed, ascertained
and certified to the General Assembly, as pro.
| vlded for In Sectionsl and 2, shall have lawful
force and effect and y regarded and respected
as a petition to the Legislature of Delaware
| from the voters Of thtsaid State as expressing
their will on the subject Of the enactment Of a
law, submitting the snestiOn of q licensed sale
OF intoxicating liqulrs as a beverage to the
voters of the several tOunties.
The bill isn't exafly a local option law.
1t is rather a peculiar document anyhow.
About all In 1t is that It contemplates the
rather unnecessary operation of legalizing
the sovereign right b petition-a thing that
everybody seems to have-even the oyster
men of New Jersey
DELAwARE's FRUIT EXCHANGE.
Speaker Cooper Introduced In the Senate
to-day bill to Incorporate the Delaware
Fruit Exchange. The incorporators are j.
G. Brown, John j. kossa, Z. II. Bancroft,
E. X. Cochran, William P. Corsa, John P.
Almond, George w Bush, j. d. Sisler, j.
7. Heald, William bean, DR.. Henry Ridg-
ley, Robert } Reynolds, s. B. Cooper, E.
L. Martin, James Williams and others.
With such men at ie head the thing ought
to be a success. The object of the corpora
ton is to establish an exchange in Whining.
ton or elsewhere, fo- the disposal of green,
evaporated, canned or dried fruits, vegeta-
bles, poultry, etc. The capital stock shall
not exceed 100000 The price of shares
shall be $50 esASsa. 1he business shall be
managed by not less than seven nor more
than thirteen directors. The Board of Dl-
rectors shall appoint inspectors of fruits at
any point of shipment, who shall be sworn
before entering upon their duties. The act
is declared to be Of private nature.
Great interest is taken In this movement
by fruit growers and farmers generally
down the State, and the members Of the sew
eral oranges are particularly earnest in ad-
vocating its passage.
IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
About the most important piece of work
which the Senate did yesterday was the pass
age of the bill to authorize the New Castle
county Trustees of the Poor to borrow
$500, 900. The sum Is big enough to take
ones breath away almost. Part of this, a
small part though, is to be used in paving
off the present Indebtedness of the Trustees
which has been steadily piling up in some
way not explained, ever since the farm neal
New Castle was bought years ago for an
Almshouse. The balance is to be used in
building the new Almshouse Mr.. Cum.
minis, counsel for the Trustees, explains to
me that such large sum is necessary now
poorhouse property 10 West Wilmington fol
some time, and the money il
needed at once, and that the cost
of the debt for the new Almshouse
will be less what that property brings. Sc
this explains the excessive amount asked for
to certain extent. The other bills which
passed the Senate yesterday were the House
bills amending the charter of Milford and
| incorporating Fidelity Lodge, No. 25, I. o.
o. F. of Frankford. A petition was read
from Is citizens of New Castle county, ask
ing for local option law. Mr.. Belts gave
notice of an act to Incorporate the Shipley
Street Sewer Company; Mr. Cooper of an
act to amend chapter AT, volume XIV.
Laws of Delaware, rdating to chattel mort
cages, and Mr.. Roe of an act to amend
ware. A communication from Chancellor
salisbury, in reference to the Potter estate
left In trust for the tenefit of the poor oi
Kent county, was read. The document re-
| quested that before ihe House bill to apply
1t to the schools WAS passed that N. B
Smithers, Esq, be heard on the subject, and
! on motion of Mr.. Cooper a committee oi
three, consisting of Nessrs. Cooper, Caven-
der and Houston, we're appointed to wai
on Mr.. Smithers and request him to make q
| statement before the Senate this evening.
WORK IN THE HOUSE.
In the House, yesterday, bills were intro
duced as follows; For the relief of Benjamin
+. @. Rothwell and others, incorporating
Mispillion Conclave, l. o. H.; amending
Section IA, Chapter 80, Revised Code, (pro
viding by Judgment by default against gar
nishees; for the collection of road taxes IL
New Castle county; defining legal fence
relating to the collection Of road taxes II
New Castle county; Senate bills, divorcing
John G. and Louisa Creadick; regulating
the practice of pharmacy; consolidating
Lewes schools; amend Chapter 14S, Volume
| 10, Laws of Delaware Increasing salaries o.
the coroner and coroner's physician of New
Castle county; divorcing Louisa and VIM
A. Cummins. The following bills were
passed: House bills, changing the course O.
a road in Broad Greek hundred; stock Law
for district As, Sussex House bill, extend
| ing State street, Dover, across Shakespear'I
mill-pond to the Smyrna road. Notice wal
given of the following new bills: By Mr.
Watson, incorporating the Milford Library
Association; by Mr.. Temple, to incorporate
the Clayton Fruit Company; by Mr.. Justis
to appoint an additional constable In Chris
tiana hundred.
| INCREASED REPRESENTATION.
| Mr.. Justis, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Increased Representation told th,
GAZETTE correspondent last night that h,
would probably report the bill to the HousI
to-day. The bill as decided upon by th,
committee, Mr.. Justis said, only gives al
increase of five representatives to New Castl,
county, increases the number of Senators te
| four from each county. Wilmington is tC
have four representatives and two Senator
all the time and is to vote for them sepa