Evening journal., 1888-12-12
LAST EDITION
CHANGERS IN SESSION.


The Annual Meeting Begun at Dover Yes
'erday-The Committees Appointed
Masters Address.
By Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Dec 12-Delegates from
upwards of thirty subordinate Oranges
reported at the opening session of the
annual meeting of the State Grange il
the hall of the House Of Representatives
here yesterday afternoon. The hall was
handsomely decorated with agricultural
emblems sheaves of golden wheat were
sandwiched in between the desks. flowers
and vegetables were placed here
and there with artistic effect, and
pile of yellow corn adorned the clerk S
desk in front of the speakers chair.
John He'd of FELTON,, overseer, presided,
and the following officers occupied their
respective positions: steward, A. X.
Cole; assistant steward, William P.
Peach; chaplain, J. w. Day; treasurer.
Thomas II. Riggin; secretary, George A.
Jones; gate-keeper, II. d. Learned: ceres.
Alice r. Brown; pomona, Anna Heyd ;
hora, Phoebe j. Riggin; stewardess. Han
nah 4. Day and John G. Higgins and e.
Ii. Bancroft of the executive committee
A. A. Brown, master of the grange.
IGDUrl.
which was very complete and lengthy
document, was read by the secretary
After cOngratulating the members
Master Brown gives statistics, showing
that the membership Of the grange has
increased during the past year in an un
precedented manner, and is to-day more
prosperous than ever before. On the
subject of education the repsrt saws
The power Of allowing the people to dc.
eide IN their respective districts once a
year whether they will maintain school
that year or not should be revoked and
general law compelling at least
nine months school in every dis
trict enacted. The attendance upon pub
lie schools should also be made obligatory
Tor at least three months of each year
The present method of taxation for school
purposes is stigma and a reproach upon
the intelligence of our people, and is so
unjust that it should not be tolerated
another moment. In fact our whole svs-
tenn should be revised and such reforms
lnaugurated as would insure to our people
increased educational facilities Another
important feature in this educational
work, and which in my opinion should be
made part of the common school system,
is that of an industrial or manual train
ing department
The Agricultural College and recently
established Agricultural Experiment
Station at Newark are touched upon by
the reprint in these words: 81 have
carefully watched tho work Of this insti
tuition the past year and so far have been
unable to recognize any substantial
evidence that the agricultural interests
of the state would derive any more benefit
from the college in its improved and en-
larged sphere than formerly neither
have any reason to change my recon-
mendations of a year ago Until Della
ware College shall be managed and con
trolled by agriculturists, in the interest
of agriculture, and her experiments con
Quoted in parts of the state where they
will benefit by far the large majority of
our people, | can see no possible benefit
that the institution is to us.
On the subject of State Legislation
needed" the report strongly urges tho
necessity of remodeled constitution
saying: The present constitution
adopted fifty years ago, no doubt admir-
ably met the wants Of the people Of that
day and perhaps for many years there
after, but to the people of the present
and the requirements of this age, is
wholly inadequate to meet our wants
and should be revised in accordance with
the demands Of progress, and intelli
gence.
Increased powers for the State Board
of Agriculture is asked for, and a sug-