Evening journal., 1889-03-14
CONVENTION TO-DAY.
The Republican Members
Whipped Into Line.
ELEVENTH AND MONROE STREETS.
Senator Donahoe's Position on the Tenth
Street Bill-More Boundary and Insane
ysegislation- The AddicIss Bill.
Stan Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.

DOVER, March 13.-The opposition
to the Tenth street widening bill have
felt called upon to criticise Senator Don
,ahoe for pushing the bill In the Senate.
These people do not know what they are
talking about. When the bill came
down here, 1t came with the Endorsement
of the Board of Trade and Of the CITY
Councils Committee. A meeting was
held in the parlor, and it was stated un-
qualihedly that there was no objection to
the measure. Senator Donahoe had
the -bill pushed TO second
reading and then allowed it to remain IN
committee for couple of weeks
before any action was taken, in order to
allow any objectors to appear. None ap-
peared In order to serve notice upon
those opposed to the bill he had the SEN
ate to pass IT, Then, as was expected,
the storm came, and some Of the very
men who claimed to be in favor Of the
bill at first. are now the noisiest about 1t
The bin will be defeated beyond doubt
and those who are friendly to it, and
who originally had it presented, have
but one course open to them and that is
to secure its withdrawal There never
has been any sincerity back of the bill
outside Of few people who are to be
directly benefited by the Improvement
FREE SCHOOLS OF DELAWARE.
Representative Downham introduced
IAN act IN relation to the free schools Of
this state in the House to-day The bill
is very voluminous covering twenty six
pages of legal cap and divided into thirty
six Sc ctions. 1t makes number Of
changes in the school system Of the state
in fact almost entirely reorganizing 1t.
The bill follows in great many particu-
lars the report of Prof "A. N. Raub Of
the State Board of Education Section /,
establishes a Board Of Education consist
ing of the President Of Delaware College,
the auditor of accounts and the three
county superintendents. The annual
meetings of the board are to be held in
January and September in each
year at Dover. The board is given
power to make bylaws and
do most every .hing that will be
necessary to carry into execution proper
control of the schools. The bill pro
yides for the hundred system of schools
throughout the state with the exception
OF the city of Wilmington. This provis-
ion will meet with the strongest opposi-
tion which will come principally from the
incorporated districts. The hundred
system provides for the graded and
high schools The act contains many
mentuous provisions and is in line with
progress in education. There are some
features that it possibly would do we'll
at the present time to leave out. but the
bill as the whole should be adopted. The
friends of education in the state are
thoroughly hopeful that some good may
come out Of the House and IL see its way
clear TO pass the bill The hundred sys-
tenn against which there is the most
objection has worked most excellent
results where tried in other states.
BOUNDARY LEGISLATION.
General Armstrong gave notice to-day
Of another meas nre. 1t in many respects
resembles the bill which Senator Donahoe
las IN charge The main point Of differ.
-ence being that this act authorizes the
appointment Of the commissioners by the
governor. and the other bill names the
commissioners. The act recltes that the
lines have been lost and their position is
being forgotten by many people. John
q. jackson is interested in the present
bill and has thorough knowledge Of the
subject.
BOILER INSPECTION.
Representative Biggs reported sub.
stitute TO his boiler inspection bill The
substitute was drawn by Colonel +. I.
Cooper at the request of the committee
on revised statutes and is very com
plete measure The substitute was
adopted and the bill viii come up for
third reading some time this week. The
act only applies to New Castle and Kent
counties. Under II the governor is TO
appoint an inspector In each OF the
counties, to hold their offices for a term
of two years 1t defines what a
proper boiler should be. The inspectors
shall examine persons who desire to be
engineers and grant them certificates. II
provides that they shall be persons of
experience. The last section provides
that the act shall not apply TO the city OF
Wilmington or TO any locomotives, steam
vessels OF boats whatever in the state.
INSANE LEGISLATION.
The state insane VIII be taken care of
If the amount of legislation introduced is
any indication Of what is to come The
State Insane Asylum project is In statu
quo. and pending it three bills in relation
70 the insane have been introduced two
OF them having been presented today.
The bill introduced By Representative
Short provides that in case the families
OF insane persons are unable to take care
OF their unfortunates the county shall do
1T. Representative Whitemans act has
bearing upon present legislation. Form
eriy certain number Of persons were
sent out Of the state to insane easylums.
Two years ago it was made discretionary
with the governor TO send the insane
persons out of the state or to send them
20 the New Castle county asylum. Mr..
Whiteman's act makes this compulsory
upon the governor to send these patients
to the insane asylums Of the various
counties. Considerable of this legislation
is offered in view of the fact that the
delay in the state asylum project looks
ominous and the members feel that some
thing should be done for the insane Of
the state.
DIVORCE LEGISLATION.
Representative Lodge gave notice to.
day OF an act TO prevent fraudulent
divorces The main purpose of the act is
TO prevent persons residing out Of the
state from procuring divorces, The act
confines the jurisdiction Of the courts TO
where both parties are domiciled in the
state when the suit was commenced
where the plaintiff was domiciled in the
state when the action was commenced
and the defendent has been sued with
process and lastly where ono of the
parties were domiciled in the state at the
commencement and where one or the
other of them actually resided within this
state for one year next preceding the
commencement Of the action.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
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