Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-22

canvass the vote for governor, which
Speaker Donahoe did not forget thi:
time, brought out piece of news-the
official Prohibition vote of the State
The returns by counties were as follows
For Robert j. Reynolds, D.-New
Castle county, 9,078; Kent, 1856
Sussex, 4,867; total State, 1891.
For Harry A. Richardson, R.-New
Castle, 9,401; Kent, 3,598; Sussex, 1850
total State, 1928.
Plurality for Reynolds. 543.
For William T.. Kellum, P.-New
Castle, l07; Kent, 4s; Sussex, 83; total
State, 23S.
Which having been duly ascertained,
Speaker Donahoe, as presiding officer
'of the joint session, made proclamation
that Robert j. Reynolds, having re
ceived majority of the votes cast for
governor on the 4th of November last,
81 hereby declare him to have been
elected governor of the State of Della
ware for the constitutional term of four
years from the third Tuesday of January
instant"
After the joint session this evening
Speaker Sirinan, calling Mr.. Ridgeley to
the chair took the floor and gave notice
of the anticipated measure to divide
Little Creek hundred, Sussex county,
into two hundreds, to be named East
and West Little Creek, respectively
This is the twin brother to the Cedar
Creek bill, of which notice was given
last week; the most conspicuous purpose
of the two being to legislate the Sussex
levy court into Democratic control
Each new hundred which may be thus
created would carry with it the appoint
ment by the governor, for the unexpired
term, of another levy court commits
sioner-which would change the COM
!plexion of that body from one Republi-
can to one Democratic majority. There
are indications that this legislation will
also run aground before 1t gets very far
on its way towards contamination.
Dover, Jan. 20.-The so-caled and
somewhat notorious Five Commissioners
bill was given two readings in the
House this afternoon and referred TO the
revised states--the first and only House
bill to reach a committee thus far. Said
committee is composed of Messrs Hut
son, Hickman, Smith, Attix and West.
In the Senate a duplicate of the same
measure was given second reading and
referred to the committee on cities and
towns, and said committee was enlarged
from three to five members. Mr.. Pilling
advocated the enlargement of the com
mittees and on Mr.. Williams motion,
Speaker Donahoe and Mr.. Pilling were
added to II.
That Senate committee on cities and
towns is now composed of Messrs. Ross,
Williams, McMullin, Donahoe and Pill
ing This means that the bill has struck
n a.,, 80 g.. Al. n i
Its projectors contemplated railroad
ing the measure through this General
Assembly so that it should become
operative next week, the date named in
the bill itself for the appointment of
the commissioners being January Goth
next Thursday week. Why this sus-
picious hastes
am informed on unimpeachable au-
thority that somebody behind the bill
had admitted that it is TO avoid the over
hauling of the records by a Republican
levy court
But that bill stands no more show of
being railroaded through this Senate
committee than does a cat with three
toes of inheriting the throne of NADIA
gascar. This General Assembly will be
found "a deliberative body"-no Reed
stand like stone wall for careful CON
sideration and well matured action in
dealing with a measure of such magni-
tude as the reconstruction of the gov
eminent of the most populous county
in the State. He is for genuine reform,
and will insist on that or nothing; he is
a man who carries his sovereignty
under his own hat" and when he
knows that he is right all the politicians
in Delaware wont change him. And
Mr.. Williams is very clear in the opin-
ion that it is not the mission of the
Democracy of Delaware to shield or
Whitewash the deeds or misdeeds of in
dividuals, nor can the party afford to do
in Delaware what it has excoriated
Reed and his seat-stealing allies for
doing in Washington.
And the Sussex county hundred diyi-
sion bills will not be railroaded through
the Senate either. The second of these,
dividing Little Creek hundred, was in |
troduced by Speaker Sirman this after |
noon. The line prescribed is: Begin |
ming at the foot of Central avenue,
Laurel, up Central avenue to Clayton |
avenue, thence to the Delaware railroad, |
thence to the Maryland line. The meat |
of the bill lies, however, in the authori- |
zation-the stronger word require" is
used-to appoint an additional levy
court commissioner for East Little
Greek. This, with an extra commits
sloner for the projected hundred of /
South Milford, would make the Sussex
county government Democratic by to
2. 1t is slick scheme but it will not
Work-at least not with the smoothness
its hackers would like Again it is in
order to remark that this General
Assembly will be found ga deliberatiye
body"
THE ROARING POINT RAILROAD
The name of this railroad goes well
with that of that proposed Deadwood &,
Delaware Swelling Company. Roaring
Point and Deadwood- first fatbered
by Mr.. Sirman; the second by Mr.. Smith
In passing, the Deadwood charter is
being applied for by Messrs. William III.
and Joseph Swift and William q.
Pennypacker, and the corporators pro-
Jose to mine and smelt ores in Dead
wood, S. d. The Laurel & Roaring
Point Railroad Company wants to build
/ railroad from any point on the NARY
and line between the Nanticoke and
Delmar, which is of course as far on the
way to Roaring creek as Delaware iuris-
diction extends. The corporators named
in the bill are A. j. Horsey, j. H.
Marvel, William F. Causey, T. q.
Horsey, William T. Records and Jacob
II. Adams; capital stock limited to
$oOo,00o In shares of $25 each, with
power 70 organize when 400 shares have
been subscribed for.
STATE TREAsuRER's REPORT.