The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-28
Third EDITION.
,ndcnce of the RErupLIcAN.


Down. Fob. 2s.-The Senate planted
Ioih OF lis commissioner bills In COM
Ioiftce Yesterday. These are, of course,
lilo New Castle three commissioner
Y Hnd the Sussex five commissioner
bills. ihs committee TO which they
were conaigned IS that ON cities and
towns which originally consisted of
Senators Ross, Williams ana McMul-
. Ian but which was enlarged few
K weeks since by the addition OF senator
Milling and Speaker Donahoe. You
N Viii notice that tho committee stands
three Democratic to two Republican.
h but one OF those Democrats at least
will see that neither OF these bills is
made more partisan than it now Is.
% IL As predicted In the REPuBIlcAN last
uIcht the subject OF n commission Ter
'4 Kent County Is taking root. Yesterday
X nfternoun tho REPUBLICAN cores
pontlent put the question squnrely at
Senator Williams.
.What do you think OF a commission
for Kent County, SENATOR
.. IN I'm heartily IN favor OF all i'm
rfoteIGenss.n replied Senator WI
X hams, and II Is well-known tia. Senator
Wililams believes that County Commits
slOns arc improvements over Levy
Courts. a Commission for Kent
County, whose Levy Court Is Deuio-
cratic by seven TO two, Is something
teat ihs Democracy did not contem-
Mate when they started the Commits
~ sioner business. and they don't take TO
e 81 kindly. While convcr5ing with
SENATOR Williams, the correspondent
ais0 asked him us to the remark at
tfibuted to hun, that lie had said we
want this matter changed Soas to turn
e Raj a Gals out" The s IL ltor n /
mltted that he hlld used the term, but
& sitnuIy. in u casrul way. He had been
~ talking with Sussex County dele5a-
fiipn on the subject of dividing the Su5-
sex hundreds. and he enphaiically
stated lac would not vote for the hun
died division scheme. But said he
L. Iurfllcr, III these Republicans are
Nuiity OF all these outIag9s you credit
thcm with, why not abolish the whole
Court and turn the id rasc1lS out.
Then The Commissioner bill followed.
This Was all.
Its rather amusing to recollect all
IL. HE trouble and Hurry that were taken
With The Hundred division schemes OF
&uSs,ex, and the~FiVe Commissioner
hill pf New Castle by the ward work
efs, und then TO remember how badly
they were left. You don't sec any of
tbs wiie-pullera down here now at
work on the bills. They have no charm
for them now.
lbe Senate knocked another divorce
ease sky high yesterday morning. The
Hill was to divorce Edward Peter from
Enllie v. liarnlsli. Edward Il. came
WI some weeks ago and awore like u
little man that S;lllie was an awful
N0man: that she deserted him most
frteily and left him TO the chilling
comforts oil bachelorhood, after she
hal swore to love, houur and obey;
that size wouldn't cook his meals make
l,ia Ieds or sew the buttons on lIIe
shirt. That lac ditlnt know where SHE
was, but thought she was roaihuS
round this wild world somewhere vita
his infant boy,
This was all heurtr1udBg tn 10 sure
md tllucunmitt2r agreed with Edward
Peterthat SalliV Veronica Was hard
hearted and cruel woman and that
Edward Peters lite should not be
longer cIouded with the sllntuw OF a
forfeited marriage bond.
hut Mrs. Shllic read OF the marriage
prDceedings in a newspaper ana With
her babe in her arms she came down
and told her side OF the cnse. II
placed Edward Peter in a bad light,
and When the clerk of the COMMITTEES
drew up her statement Yesterday
morning and Senator McMuilen al
ministeled IN oath 10 her as to the
truth OF il. Edward Peters divorce
Case WAS dcfuutt,
M The Wilmington Wheel Clubs char
n Ter passed the House yesterday ana
IN a few DAYS The Wilmington cyclers
will lie legally incorporated.
lir. EisrnlTey brought in bill Yes
kerlay that s"ttles a long -diep tie
qnestipn- Though hundreds OF dol
4 lar iaVe bern lost hyg clerks Ul schu3
VI tiislricis, especially in the country dis
fricis3 pucIstiug their collections, Il
has always been impisi=iOir to pass 1
Law compelling these gentry To Civ,
bon,s The duties ot clerk III /
counlry school district ac very ohef
uus, ana yet no siIlary Is htHlrhed u
the position. Hence il is dlilieHl
nlways to secure competent clerks
So ntcnbcrs who are Interested II
county school districts have Away
fought lard against amy law com
Melting these clerks to bond. But Mi
Eisenbisys ill simply makes an.
er,sokatiues,s IN Il school clerk Il misda
meanor. and this will hold over linen
the threat Of line and Imprisonment
they lypothecnte any funds, MI
Edsenbley has another bill which VII
compel pruihonOtnries 10 keep Ialtl
ful reeord Of ali law books they dts
pose OF.
Mr.. EIkinton's Lill 10 allow New Gas
Gle city to borrow 5l;i,000 To fix up ii
school HOUSES was read IN tho uous
Yesterday AFTERNOON.
Tho House yesterday aGtcrnpo
adopted joint resolution appointing
q Joint committee To make arranst
ments to take the Legislature t
Washington on Tuesday next lii
House committee, Messrs, 1utson an
Ridgely, was appointed, and then III
iolnt resolution was hurried into til
Senate. But here it struck IL snat
The Senatorial suluns We're ready t
adopt IL providing hey knew that Ill
~ railroad company had sent an inviti
ton to transport them, but tile