Daily Republican., 1889-01-30

House was occupied last evening Dy tne
friends and opponents Of the Marrow
Dyke Ditch Company. The charter OF
this company was granted in 1794. The
lands in question are situated to the
north of the town of New Castle and the
company was formed at the time to drain
these lands. There are about 210 acres
OF marsh land that have been reclaimed
by the company at an expense OF about
$4,000. To do this work an assessment
of t31 an acre has been levied and all the
owners havs paid up except John ID. Jan
vier and Mark M. Cleaver, representing
about fifty acres. The company has
made every effort TO make these TWO pay
but to no avail. A suit is now in the
courts to compel them TO pay and under
II the lands are advertised to be sold to.
morrow. An order has been granted by
the chancellor restraining this sale. The
bill was introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Eckels. Mr.. Eckels' position
in the matter is purely In the position of
doing the fair thing to what he thinks
has raised the value Of the land to about
$i00 an acre.
The bill was about 20 go through on
Thursday last, when Its passage was In
terrupted by letter read by Mr.. Down
ham from Julian d. Jauvier, protesting
that 1t was a scheme to deprive his
father of his rights. The final considera-
tion Of the bill was then postponed until
to-day. At the MEETING last evening the
company was represented by Willard
Sau sbury, ESQ, aud Mr.. Janvier by
Johu FL. Rodney, Esq. Julian ID. Janvier
spoke to the members against the bill,
aud James g. Shaw for II.
Representative sackett will present his
. l hill In a lau daua IN tho furfhar
spread Of the ye.lows among peaches.
The law In many respects resembles the
Michigan law. Mr.. eackett does not
propose to introduce t!s bill until he
hears suggestions from growers all over
the State as to changes In the Michigan
that will conform to this climate. Mr..
Sackett desires to make his act 30 strong
that 1t will entirely drive out OF the Slate
this pest to Delaware's aple product.
II the people oi the districts where the
ravages OF the p'st have done the most
damsge do not desire to have the law to
apply to them, 1t will be restricted 10 that
part Of the State south of line drawn
from FELTON, to Frederiea.
The frat thing in the way OF a Con-
stitutional Convention was offered by
Mr.. Eckels in the House yesterday morn
T ing. The act provides for the election Of
delegates, to be held on the second
, fues1ay of October; 10 elect delegates
to a convention to he held on the second
, Tuesday in December. The bill gives
elgh teen delegates to New Castle and
= Sussex Counties aud fourteen to Kent
, divided as follows: Each hundred IN
! this State except Wilmington TO have one
delegate and Wilmington three. IL
the county at large five delegates art
TO be e,ected, but no one person Is tt
20 te fer more than three of the five dele
: gates at large, the object OF this belDf
to secure as near as possible non-partt
san convention. The bill is supposed Il
/ represent the sentiment of the indcpen-
a dent Democratic element, and does no
/. receive much support from among th'
conservative Democrats, the featur
4 most particularly objected to being thu
!. division of the delegates in the yariou
v counties. The bill 10 received with mucl
1 favor from among the Republicans, bu
. 1t is not likely that IL will receive muc
/ encouragement from their side Of til
s House.
A bill will be presented I'm few day
from that side and offered to the con
slderatian of the whole body, without re
gard to party, and consideration aske
l. on . non partisan basis. .=
s The Republicans propose to take pa
a propose to m axe any political capital ou
o of question In which the interests Of tn
. whole people of the State are involved.
. The question of State Treasurer ant
). State Auditor lies dormant at present
: and bids fair to do so for tome time t,
o come. The confrees have not yet had
|. meeting, and there is no likelihood tha
+ they will reach any agreement when the
. cyme together. The Democrats hav
4 taken determined stand In the mat or
and there is some prospect that the Re
! publicans will do the same thing. Tn
. action Of the Senate In refusing to con
i irm, for partisan reasons, is severely con
! demned by the Republicans. They holt
that the Senate is precisely in the sam
a position as the United States Senate, ant
that it has no moral right to refuse Il
q confirm the House nominees, as they ar
both well qualified men.
i The visit to the Almshouse will b,
Il made next Friday; the members viii
leave here on the 10. 40 a. m. train. Upoi
their arrival they will be elegantly enter
tanned by the Trustees. 1t is hoped tina
hey will see their wav clear to adopt th,
. suggestio OF the NV Castle count,
= people. The members at present feel de
n cidedly In favor of the project and ther,
1 is every reason to believe that they will
3 feel 10 better humor after their visit OIL
Z, next Friday and see the excellent condi
e on of things at the Insane Asylum. Tn
5 Divorce Committee heard six cases yes
! teiday afternoon, all merritorious case
t and granted all of them The examina
I tions we're conducted carefully, and 1t 1
safe TO say that no one went through tina
9 did not deserve to- All the bills passe,
e upon went through the bodies in whicl
e they originated alter the meeting OF the
3 committee.
r The regular proceedings In detail ar,
1 as follows:
i On motion of Senator Richardson
!, House Joint resolution In relation b
!. Kent Island was passed, and Senator
! Richardson and Collins appointed a com
init ee on the part of the Senate.
Read first time: Act to incorporate tn
Brownson Library Associations; act t,
, amend the act to incorporate the Vul
canized Fibre Company; act to unit,
school districts Nos. 175 and l75I< Ii
5 sussex County.
d Passed: Act to change the course of
public road In Sussex County.
!. Senator Collins gave notice of an act Il
5 incorporate the N. X. johnson Company
l On motion of Senator Ferguson tn,
House joint resolution In relation I,
placing sewer pipes in the State Hous
was passed.
j.. ON motion Senator Donahoe was addet
n to the Co onmittee on Centennial Celebra
ton of the Inauguration OF Washin ton
: Passed: An act to diverse Ida Weigh
o wight and +. b. Weighwight.
!, Passed-Ac to incorporate the Della
| Warp litU Rui ding and Loan Aaaocia tIoT