Daily Republican., 1883-04-07
FOURTH EDITION,
49,
ATTHE STATE CAPITAL.
Giving the Governor the Veto
POwer-Urging the Passage Of the
Local Option Btli.

DOVER, Del, April i, lSS3.--This
morning closed the fourteenth week OF
he present session OF the Legislature,
and rom present indications il will br
two more weeks before they wind up
their affairs. The most important bus
mess vet to be- acted upon is the subject
o. education, over which the members
appear 10 be- all at sea, and no two opiD-
ions are alike and II is doubtful il any
thing will he done in this matter that
will be of any great advantage ~ the
people of this State, Notwithstanding
the numerous promises made at the
Democratic State Convention, and
which clause was embodied in their
platform and the subject proclaimed
from one end of the State to the other
by Democratic orators.
70 give our readers an insight as to
how the Democrats are to redeem their
sworn pledges, We give the substance of
Il recent meeting Of the Educational
committee, when the sutjEt3as it has
been numerous times befo1E was dis
cuS>eh for m hour or moreJ The sub
ie"t Of roiorrd schools heing broached,
the committee endeavored to fix the
sum to he appropriated, when one of
their number favored $500 Gan in
crease OF 300 over the present SUM
another was willing that s., 600 should
be- appropriated. Another stated that
81 800 was sufficient, while still another
was disposed TO be very liberal and
thought 81 900 sufficient
Ihis was all very good as far rs liher-
nlI mt hon a ~ hnr
member of HE Committee arose, and in
a bold manner said he did not feel dis
posed to give them I--n cent, as
they were Incapable Of heing educated
to "A higher standard than they are AT
present, as Gm! had 50 branded them
that they could not attain that prof
cheney in knowledge common among
their white brethren. This is how the
committee have been working for some
time and the whole matter is likely I"
end in smoke. and the colored people
viii have to educate their children as
best they can.
THE WILMINGTON CHARTER
has been ard still is on" of the hardest
questions 10 solve, and there is likely TO
h. trouble ere the bill is passed. In
the hands of u Legislative Committee,
assisted by Il few shrewd Democratic
politicians, who are working for self
interest rather than in the interest
of the citizens Of Wilmington, the char
ter has undergone IA complete rcvuiu-
ton and in lis present shape is 10 more
kr its original self than day is lie
hight. Evidently City Auditor Bail,
City Solicitor Turner, Harry Pcnning-
ton, II. b. Mrlntire and few others
are fixing the whole matter to snit
themselves and the rngster> of the
party.
In this they have been materially as
sisted by Speaker Bates, who l"ld the
members OF the House, while in Com
mittee Of the Whole on the charter, that
the amendments We're good things
and were desired by the majority OF the
citizens of Wilmington. 1t is under.
stood that the City Council will b" down
in a body Oh Tuesday next, and will
meet the committee and protest against
the passage Of the bill in its present
shape 1t is not thought, however,
that the committee will pay any heed
to the voice of Council, as they have
whether the people want it or not.
What The upshot Of the whole affair
will be remains 10 be seen.
LOCAL OPTION.
The local option bill still re-
mains locked up in the hands Of III"
Committee, and as everything is gene
rally done in a quiet manner, II is not
known when il will be reported. The
question i, a sumner to the mem bers OF
the House and they are loath to assume
the responsibility attending it. They
We're in hopes that it would never
reach them, but as they were fooled in
this, they will have to shoulder the
respon fibility and by their votes will
show to the people Just where they
stand.
1t has been said, upon good authority,
that members Of the Delaware Stare
Alliance are daily in receipt of letters
from members of the lower House of
the General Assembly, giving them
their reasons why they cannot vote TO-
t he bill. each letter expressing desire
( hat the members of the Alliance will
rot condemn them for voting against
I he measure. In this they are en-
deavoriug to shirk the responsibility
resting upon them, and by these letters
hope for for .,ivrnrsS from the temper
ance people. A prominent member
told your correspondent that he would
reply to all such letters in II manner
that would throw the responsibility on
I he writer, and that lfth"y voted against
he bill, their names wnrld he on record