Evening journal., 1889-01-30
PROCEEDING. Az DOVES.


Dvxe nitch Pili occupied ne attention Of +
he members 81 both houses. la.st evening. s
"a tie House chamber The Marrow +
psle di1ch 5 i0cated ia he town Of Now
Castle 81 the oatsA3rts OK he town. fha ,
property Comprises 3tts acres q valuable
pto.serty valued aAi tRe ,yai, from S1uu o
Sd 600 ap acre. 20 Improve This marsh
aud reclaim IL about Su.QJ0 or
81 oa0 has been expended. All the gvu-
efs OK ths 1aszsh laqe paid in thee taxes
assessed nealsn this impr0Veunena ex
ceptJ Cha p 5anyier and MARK N. Cisayer
who own about fifty aores fhe other
DensueEs 81 tne COMPANY have dome
AL in tnelf bowen to compel these to pay
and 'a suit "a court has been la progress
for some tiina with this end in view.
The bill was introduced Ia the House by
Represeniatiee Eeiiiss In a spirit of fair
ness 10, tlio oiaer owners. The bill was
ab0ut 10 70 shrcagh on Thursday last
when ts Passage was interrupted by
letter read 81 Mr.. Downham from John
d. Ianvier The FINAL consideration Of
the BIZ was then postponed until TO day. |
Last eversuz Willard salisbury, Esq, |
presentsG the case of the company and |
John Il. Rooney, Esq, that of the two
90 ee6LnS marsh owners, Mr.. Janvier
and James 6. Shaw also addressed the
members.
PEACH yELLoYs.
Representative Saekett gave notice
yesterday Of his act to prevent the spread
sf the peach yellows. The act, as stated
IN the JOURNAL on Saturday last, will in
many respects resemble the Michigan
laws Mr. Sackett does not propose to
introduce his bill until he hears sugges-
tions from growers all over the state as
to changes in the Michigan act that win
conform to this climate Mr.. Sackett de-
sires to make his act so strong that IL
will entirely drive out this destroyer of
Delaware's choice fruit 1t is not pro
posed to have the law apply to those dis
tricts in Kent county where such great
ravages have already been made unless
the people OF Kent county desire t. II
is proposed 20 have the law apply to all
the territory south Of line running
from FELTON, and Frederick IL is esti-
mated that thousands and thousands of
dollars have been lost by this evil and
there is every likelihood that a bill will
be passed after the character proposed by
Mr. Sackett The members are willing
to go to any moderate expense to stamp
out the evil.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Representative Eckles fred off the
first gun for constitutional convention
The bill introduced by Mr. Eckles is the
same that WAS mentioned a few days
ago in these columns. The act provides
for an election to be held on the second
Tuesday in October to elect delegates TO
a convention TO be held on the second
Tuesday in December The bill gives
eighteen delegates TO New Castle and
SUSSEX counties and fourteen 10 Kent
divided as follows each hundred in the
state except Wilmington to have one
delegate and Wilmington three In the
county at large there are to be FIVE dele
gates. In order more effectually TO Sc
cure a non. partisan convention no person
is to vote for more than three of the five
delegates at large. IL is not likely that
the bin will receive more than
two readings in the House. II contains
many features that are Objectionable and
ahich will meet with opposition from
Goth sides Of the House Kent county
win object most seriously to the cutting
Of their number down and it will take
considerable argument TO prove to them
the consistency that reduces their mum
Der and gives Sussex an equal delegation
with New Castle Then there Is much
objection 10 the giving of one delegate "a
Dover and New Castle hundreds Then
on the other hand the Democrats do not
see the party policy in reducing the dele
cation in the Democratic county of Kent
and Increasing It in the doubtful county
OF Sussex. The Senate Democrats also
fail TO see that il changes the position
taken by them IN the joint convention
of January g Il is understood that the
Democrats have another bin that will
state their position and which viii be
presented in a few days
Notwithstanding tine alleged non-par.
tisan stand OF the Republicans. they main
tain about their proposed bill an air of
mystery thai Is decidedly suspicious.
Their bin Is prepared beyond doubt,
but no one outside the charmed circle
that surrounds Mr. Downham is In the
secret. Whenever that gentleman is
approached by anyone in relation to the
bill he closes like clam and wisely
shakes his head and says Notice Of il
will be given in due time There il
probably some truth in the idea that ha,
been advanced that the Republicans vii
wait until an Democratic bills are intro
duced and then launch theirs, and then j
enough Democratic votes can be secures
in the Senate TO pass the bill they viii
Jump in and claim an the credit and max
their campaign ON it two years iron
nov.
TREASURER AND AUDITOR.
The conferes on the question of stat
treasurer and state auditor have not We
met, and there is no likelihood that the
will reach any agreement when they d
come together. The Democrats hay
stated their position and they propose I
stand by IT, The Republicans are in
peculiar position. Some of them desh
to be let down easy, and are in favor q
sending in two Democrats other tina
Herbert and BOyce and giving the Senai
a chance to reject them and then final
come to Herbert and Boyce. On II
other hand there Is not the same love an
peace among the Republicans that 70
merly existed. and that section in whic
Mr. Maui Is prominent are in favor
never adiourning while the matter is
its present position A funn
feature about the matter is til
action of Dover's postmaster Il
has decided not % furnish any more po
tage stamps 10 the members until stat
treasurer is elected. He does not propo.
so run any risks by making himself r
sponsible 20 the government
THE VISIT TO THE AIMsHoUsE.
Both bodies decided yesterday mornin
to 90 to the almshouse on the 10. As ira
on Friday next. A number of promine
men.from these two counties are expect
70 arcornpauv tho unemhars 3 Until n