Evening journal., 1891-01-29
STATE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE QUIET BECAUSE TWO MEM
BERS ARE AWAY.

lords Arms-senate and Divorces 4
Equalize Taxation inaugural "a
penses
st q Correspondence EVENING Journal.
J DOVER January 80 Since the Fiv
Commissioners bill passed the Rouse las
night there las been lul in tha i'm.
porlant business Of the session. Tho gnl
leries and lobby are not flied with pol
ticans whose patriotic souls thfob wit
anxiety.
Owing to the continued illness OF Sena
tor James Williams and the absence o
Mr. Hal the bill Is in q state of stat
quo The Republicans had e majority il
the Senate all day and the Five Commits
sioners bill aud the bill 20 divide
Cadar Creek ard Little Creek hundreds
IN Sussex county were kept from harm 8,
the hands of the clerk OF the House
There they will remain until Messrs
Hall and Williams return to their seats
! in the Senate chambers.
When they do return tue bills will Be
duly passed although the Five Con- 10
sioners bill may receive some additional
amendments from the Senate Committee
on Cities and Towns.
Tho Daliberatiye Body.
When the Senate met at II. 30 o'clock
Senator Hall was present He was hardly
seated when he received intelligence of
the loss Of the schooner Charles c. Lis
ter, and was compelled to leave This
left Mr., Piaing and his Republican col
leagues 10 control Of the Senate.
Secretary Of State Marvel presented
the certificates of approval of the bonds
| Of State Treasurer Bnrnite and State
Auditor Faulkner They were accepted
by the Senate and later by the House
Administrator in Dilemma
Mr. MeMuilin gave notice OF an act to
vest in certain psrson the title Of Ger
/ tain escheated land The bill states
in the preamble that John Garty died in
the town Of New Castle in 1863
He lett some real estate and a
widow Hannah Carly The widow
died November IS, 1888 aud their being
no heirs the real estate did eseheat TO the
state. IL was. the desire of the widow
thst the property should be sold and the
money be applied to paying debts and
funeral EXPENSES. Edward l. Bradley
was NAMED in her will as executor.
When he examined the matter closely lie
ascertained that the property belonged TO
the state under the escheat law. He was
in q dilemma, as there was no money to
pay the funeral expenses ard the debts.
The bill il passed will vest in him the
title Of the property ard allow him to
dispose of 1t IN accorde ce with the pro
visions Of tie will
IN seaford's Arms
Mr.. Ross presented petition from the
citizens OF Nanticoke City to have that
olaee annexed &c Seaford Nanficoke
City consists of fifteen or twenty houses
and IL really suUufb Of Seaford lying
just without tne corporats Il nits. on tha
want Of ibe railroad ON TIE NanticoBe
river The cisizans hAve been looking
with pride upon the growth Of this city
and ss.d ihat when II got enough houses
il would be a big place. 1t was the desire
70 annex oesf0ri but as seaford would
not be annexed the citY fathers deter
mined taut 'il the mountain would not
come IA M3hammed. Mohammed would
( En to toe mountain a kill will he ure
senied Fl extend the corporate limits of
seaford
rhe Governors 5Iessnge
Mz Pilliug eansd tha attention of tae
Senate p tile ia3t thdt it had uot taken
the iaaaeur8l adtrsss az Governor
+ Rynalds into c1ns daration He Doved
hat 4 sreclo mnittea be appointed "
divide Size su 1gostions q the messaee and
refer hem to the 5tandiuE committees
for action. The motion vas adopted
TIE senate and Divorces.
When the House joint resolution re-
questing tue Senate to appoint g specill
committee to act in conjunction with the
stand ug Divorce Committee Of the House
was offered for adoption the Senate
awoke from its lethargy. Mr Mooore
Rep moved its Hdoption. In an instant
Mr Pilling was on his feet, pitted
against the resolution.
Mr. Filling-"l move that this be non
coDCurred I'M shall vote against l. and
do ali | can against it Our worthy
senator from Kent county tMr VIII
liams) opened this matter. and we
passed a motion that we would moi an
point q committee on divorce. IL WIS
advocated By Mr.. Hall am opposed to
any committee on divorces. There is
not o mem5ar OF the House but who
knows onr attitude. If the two senators
from Kent county were here, they would
sustain me
Mr. McMullin-eI would bs aud ain
opposed 60 anythl ag that viii commit
the Senate to anything that would not
meet the.approval % my worthy colleague
a the sene time, | ana not willing to
divest tAis Senate of the power III con
sidering divorce cases would
prefer that the two mem5ers from
Kent should be present whsu
the resolution is considered Would !
motion to lay On tha table. make such 4
thing possbleY Allow ms ID ask ycn
Mr. Speaker, the outcome Of sRch reso
luton.
Mr, spsaker-"It carries 10 more
weight than granting rsouest 10 appoint
two gentleman 10 tct with Divort q
Committee of the aonse, II tis really
whether you will act with the HOUSE.
Il does 81 carry any more with it
MIR NcMnlhn-n an know that
the granting of divorce has bscoms
reproach and byword upon orr Legis
AZURE Yet III have sympathy with
those people already joined together for
better or worse and have found that
they were jeiaed together fer worse
Mr. Richsrdson--''If understand this
measure, u is 10 appoint committee TO
meet with the House Committee ana
l then we can voteGs we please
Mr. Pill;ng-"l am iaformed that there
are ninety FIVE divorce cases IF we de-
4 eide one case ia a day, it viii take four
months to get through with then, 80 say
nothing ABOUT anything else / ana
| peculiarly constituted We sre not dis
/ cussing divorce cases now II IS to say
whether we are to go into them. II you
are to 10 into them I an for giving them
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