Evening journal., 1889-04-09
IARpY LEGISLATORS.

and can't be done. If it is attempted the
Legislators will simply be leaving undone
work that has been accumulated By the
slow work of weeks and which has as
much right to be attended to as anv
work that was completed during the first
week. AS it is, it will take the hustling
of the last few days of the session to
complete the work now on hand. There
is no reason or sense in such a condition
of affairs existing The members of the
House have not attended to their duties.
On Mondays and Fridays there are rarely
more than quorum present,
thus leaving only three days in
which all kinds of work can be attended
to- On two of these days, Tuesdays and
Thursdays, the divorce committee meets
and occupies the entire noon recess, thus
leaving very little time for committee
work. These are the reasons and the
only reasons that this session of the
Legislature bids fair to be the longest
since the war AS to the expense of this
session it will be simply enormous, and
nobody viii be able to explain it. The
station cry bill of Detre and Blackburn of
Philadelphia, is going to be beautiful
sum and the printing bill will be ten
times larger than ever before. There
have been more appropriations made for
different objects by this session than any
previous session.
THE BIENNIAL ELECTION BILL.
Senator Donahoes biennial election bill
is going to meet with opposition. Coun
Gilman Quinn, Chambers and Dillon will
be down to omorrow afternoon and endea-
vor to impress upon the statesmen the
necessity of defeating the bill. They may
be successful in their work, but the re-
suit is not unlikely to be dear to them in
the end. That bill will pass this session
of the General Assembly as presented or
none of a similar nature will ever see
the light of day The bill was carefully
drawn and with a regard to what was
considered the best interests of all par
ties concerned The bill was drawn
by well-known attorney very carefully
and it passed the Senate without a dis
senting voice, and that is the way il
should be received in the House.
The members of the House were late
in arriving and they did not go into ses-
sion until nearly 8 o'clock. From the ap-
pearance Of the notices in the proceedings
one would think that an immense amount
oi business of great Importance was to be
presented, but to day was the last for the
receipt of new business and the members
availed themselves of number of tenta-
tive titles in order to bring new business
in later on. The Senate transacted but
little business and that mostly of unim-
portant character. The regular proceed.
ings are as follows:
sENATE-MoNDAY AFTERNOON.
Sen ate met at O. 10 p. m.
Notice: By Senator Bacon, to i'm
prove certain roads in Sussex county; bv
Mr.. Collins an act to incorporate the
Beaver Dam Ditch Company
introduced By Senator Donahoe an
ac. to authorize the laying out Of new
public road to revise and consolidate the
statutes of the city of Wilmington.
Notice: BY Senator Richardson, act in
relation to the clerk of the peace in Kent
county; act in relation to the Diamond
State Insurance Company; act in relation
to school district No. 100, in Kent county
by Senator Donahoe, an act in.relation to
municipal taxes an act to consolidate
school districts Nos, 40 and 81 an act to
amend chapter s, volume 1S; an act to
repeal chapter 1S9, volume 49,
Passed Bill to amend chapter 537,
volume rs.
Introduced: By Senator Dorman. an
act to procure the purity Of elections
copies ordered printed
HOUsE-MONDAY AFTERNOON.
There not.being quorum present at 3
p. m, the Speaker declared the House
adjourned to 5 p. m.
House reassembled at 5.15 D. m.
Notice: BY Mr.. Sackett to transfer
Henry W. Stuart's farm to district S5,
Sussex; to compensate South Milford
public schools for the use of the building
for election purposes; for the draining
of certain lowlands in Cedar Creek hun
dred by Mr.. Hynson, in relation To
school taxes; by Mr.. Masten. TO reincor
porate the Beaver Dam Branch Ditch
Company; by Mr.. Armstrong, to incor
porate the Delaware Land and Improve
ment Company for improvement of pub
lie highways and bridges; for the preser-
vation of the electric franchise; to ex-
tend the franchises of municipalities; to
protect fur bearing animals; to
encourage the improvement Of live stock
to promote the dairy interests of New
Castle county; to discourage offense;
against private property; by Mr.. Morgan
to transfer farm to district 65. Sussex
I for public road in Nanticoke hundred
in relation to encampments of gypsies
by Mr. Wallace. to authorize the Lew
Court to accept part of a road in Balti
5 more hundred: by w. e. Davis, to di
vorce George and Mary Smith; to ascer
5 tain the sense of the qualified voters o.
the several counties in regard to the sal,
Of intoxicating liquors; by Mr.. Clark, t
prevent pool selling and gambling; t,
: promote purity of elections; to amen,
4 the liquor law; to regulate work on th
5 public roads of Kent county; relating L
+ the Kenton public school to incorporate
} the Walker Branch Ditch Company; b.
r Mr. Downham, to unite district
{ 81 and 139, Sussex; 70 estab
D lish board of education 70
Z Frankford; to divorce Mahitable ant
I Johnson Ihompson by Mr.. Short, t
1 incorporate ditch company in Days
= borough hundred; by Mr. Gray, to incoI
4 porate Excelsior Lodge, X. Of p; t
incorporate the Alvan r. Morrison Bridg
and Wharf Company; to incorporate tn
Academy improvement Manufacture
b and Transportation Company; to incol
q porate the Dolphin Tannery TO amen
G section 4, chapter 562, volume IA; to rt
r new the charter of Morning Star Lodge
Y to authorize the New Castle recorder {
# deeds to make cert iin indices; for tn
/ further relief of district g. Brandywin
S hundred; by r. A. Davis, in relation
landlord and tenant in relation to attacl
ments; in relation to garnishees in reli
lation to legal advertisements in relatio
= to moving day in Kent county: by NJ
y Wallace, to give women the right to voi
!, in towns at school elections.
y introduced: BY Mr. Wallace to inco
4 porate the Sandy Branch Ditch Compan