Smyrna times., 1891-01-28

ID were IN favor of having a separate col
IL lege for negro:students.
d After recess, the House Joint resOlu.
tlon' appropriating 5000 to the Society
e Tor the Prevention of cruelty to Chill
dren was read and referred to tn,
Committee on Claims.
a IMPORTANT MEASURES
There are four important measures
y before the Legislature at present.
1hey are the act calling special cleo.
ton to ascertain the sense of the neo.
+ pie upon calling constitutional con.
Ventlon, the five commissioners bill
Tor New Castle county, and the acts to
dlVlde Cedar Creek and Little Creek
hundreds, in Sussex counties, increas.
ing the number of Levy Courtmen
from thirteen to fifteen and thereby
giving them control of the Levy Court.
The Constitutional Convention bill
will not be rushed, but it will undoubt-
edly be passed as it stands now. in
conformity with article tx. The Re-
publicans will probably offer amend
ments covering all salient points of
their bill defeated by the Democratic
Senate at the last session.
The Five Commissioners bill will
pass the hOnse and Senate next week.
The Sussex county bills will meet
with strong opposition but will proba-
bly, be passed. There is more doubt
concerning these bills than any of the
others. The Democrats of Sussex
comfy will make strong fight for
their passage but the result is in doubt.
OTHER MATTERS.
There are 95 divorce cases in sight
according to the latest count.
Representative Higgins put through |
joint resolution inviting Chief Justice
Comegys to address the General Assem-
Dly on divorce Legislation" but af-
terwards withdrew the same when in.
formed that such request would be
considered inexpedient by the chiefius-
tlce for satisfactory reasons. The
chief justice is convinced that the di-
vorce laws should be so amended as to
provide for jury trials in certain cases.
and that legislative divorces should be
held in such restraint as to affect ne
little as possible the validity and sa
credness of the marriage ties.
Frank Whelan, legislative reporter
for the Wilmington lIorning Mems and
Republican has been made clerk of the
divorce committee.
George Carter, staff correspondent
of the Wilmington EUeninq Journal
mas been made reading clerk by clerk
Hearn.
George P. Phillips, sergeant-at.arms
IN the House, has been made deputy
coroner of Sussex county by Coroner
Donovan.
There was little to break the monot-
ony of the Senate session Thursday NOR
ming. Even an invitation to attend a
funeral, says the correspondent of the I
Evening Journal, would have been a
relief.
The Myers voting machine bill was .
given notice of by Mr.. Hutson. It f
provides for the use of the machine at 7
elections held in Delaware. This ma 7
chine has made favorable impression t
upon the legislators, the only objection
that is urged against it being that it is s.
too fair for the political methods of the Ii
present day. +
Mr. Higgins gave notice of a bill to Ii
amend the divorce laws of the state. h
This is bill being prepared by Chief a
Justice Comegys, to take the power of II
ilvorce from the Legislature and throw +,
into the superior court. The proyi- nj
ions of the bill will be such as to make
liVorce possible to poor people in the a,
ourts' 1t will provide that in case of
mPecuniOsity, theapplicant for divorce GO
hall have proper counsel assigned bv h,
he court, and thus make a proper
OnsideratiOn of the case possible. a,
The Odd Fellows are making good cl
se ofthis session to renew their char Il,
ers. Several have been introduced
lready, and there are more to follow. q
Mr.. Williams offered joint resolu-
on having for its purpose the appoint -,
lent of a committee to make radical -
hanges in the ventilation and conven-
'uces of the State House. 1t was ad- T,
pied, and Mr.. Richardson Was appoin- m,
ID the committee on the part of the
enate.
The bill to call special election to -,
'cfrtain the sense ofthe people upon To
Hing a constitutional convention, was
He'd up by Mr.. Williams and referred -,
a special joint committee. r.