Evening journal., 1889-04-06

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stan Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, April 5-The fifteenth
week of the session closes to-day with
power of work on hand. In the House
there are over one hundred and fifty bills
in committee and about fifty waiting pas
sage. The Senate is well up in its work.
New business will stop after Monday and
there is not much likelihood that the
resolution to receive no more new busi-
ness viii be rescinded. From that time
on the. work ahead is the greatest It
has ever been at any previous session OF
the General Assembly. There is very
little talk of an adjournment, but the
opinion seems general now that u Will
not take place before May 3, at the ear
hest. This will make the longest session
of the Assembly ever held. There has
been more routine business before the
Legislature than at any previous session.
Much Of that business properly should
never occupy their attention, such
as road and ditch laws. transfer of school
property and divorce bills. The divorces
Of this session have been truly scandal
Gus. Up to date there have been ninety
six cases introduced in both Houses and
Of this number about sixty have been
passed, the greatest number ever
known.
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
Senator Donahoe introduced the first
bin to made sensible arrangement Of
the city elections this morning The bill
passed the Senate at the morning ses-
sion. 1t provides that after June 30, 1890,
Council shall be composed of president
and twelve members The terms Of office
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extended until June 80, 1890. There is TO
be city election in that year and the
places of councilmen whose terms expire
that year are not to be filed. The term
Of the present president is extended to
July /, 1891. and he together with the
members of Council elected the first Sat
urday in June, 1889 shall form Council
from June 30, 1890, to July, 1891 and
every two years thereaftera president and
twelve members are to be elected, When
the number Of couneilmen is reduced to
thirteen, seven Is TO constitute quorum.
The terms of the city treasurer, city
auditor and city solicitor are each to be
elected by the people every two years
from July 1891. When the term Of the
present city solicitor expires in 1890 a
successor is to be elected for one year.
Council is not to receive over $50 a month
as salary This provision, however, does
not affect the salaries of the president of
Council and chairman of the committees
on Finance, Law and Public Buildings.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Pilling- Bradford scheme for
county commissioners made its appear
ance this morning in the House. The
bin provides for three county commits.
sioners instead of the present Levy
Court. These commissioners are to be
elected on general ticket. No person is
to vote for more than two members.
One member is TO come from the hun.
dreds of Brandywine, Wilmington
and Christiana, another from Mill
Creek, White Clay Creek, New Castle
and Pencader, and the third from Red
Lion, ST Georges, Appoquinimink and
Blackhird hundreds. The Levy Court
commissioners who are to be elected next
year shall hold over to January /, 1893
The county commissioners who are to
supersede them, shall be chosen at the
general election Of 1892 and quadrien-
fill all vacancies. This bill will not pass
ANTI CHICAGO BEEF.
Representative Whiteman generally
manages to take good care of his bill and
his work on the Chicago beef matter is
no exception to the rule The bill Is beat
now and no one knows this better than
Mr. Whiteman. He is however playing a
shrewd game to pass his bill He is going
around among the members and max
ing personal appeal for his bill Sew
eral of the members who are anxious TO
furnish Mr. Whiteman with a little capi
l. a.
to vote for the bill with the idea that the
Senate will XIII II. The latter body will
kill it there is no doubt, but the friends
to present to the Senate
TO the effect that il would be bad politics
to kill the bill. Representative Lodge,
whose head is generally level on about
everything comes up. viii fight the bill
all he knows how. He is loaded up on
the unconstitutionality Of the measure
Mr.. Lodge has displayed ever since the
session opened sound Judgment that has
won for him great respect. Modest and
retiring in his manner, his speeches have
been gems Of good common sense and
have not been delivered with that self
assurance and egotism that one fire.
quently sees ia young members of
deliberative bodies.
THE PRIcKETT BILL.
The Prickett monstrosity is to be the
order for Wednesday next, and another
entire day viii be wasted in delibe-ating
over its provisions and your corresp pond.
ent has reason to believe that it will moi
pass in anything like its present shape
The friends of the measure are vigor
ously plying the party whip, but there
are at least four members who will be
brought into the fold from present indi
cations. II is not unlikely that a bill
viii pass the House that viii do nothing
beyond raising the Incense fee in vii
mington to $500.
The regular proceedings are as fol
lows:
sENATE-FRIDAY MORNING.
Senate met at II. a. m.
Introduced BY Senator Moore. Hons
bills to transfer the farm of N. +. War
rem from district 0, to united district
315 and 1851. Sussex; to divorce Nary F
Barrett and James j. Barrett; to Law
private road ia Indian River hundred
by Senator Bacon, House bill to protec
the peach orchards Of lower Delawar
from the disease known as peach yellows
Tread by title); by Senator Donahoe, Ser
ate bill to enable the governor to appoin
two additional notaries public for th
city Of Wilmington to repeal section Is:
chapter 68 Revised Code.
Notice given: By Senator FergusoH
an act to consolidate districts ST an
1856, New Castle county; an act I
amend section 4, chapter 314, volume l.
by Senator Dcnahoe, a supplement I