Evening journal., 1891-02-03
DIVORCE QUESTION.
MUCH TINE OCCUPIED BY The
SENATE IN Discu ssloN.

Protection Commissioners BnI Will
Pass.
staff Correspondence FvFNIKG JOURNAL.
DOVE, Feb 2 When the Legislature
met this morning at II o'clock, the flag
on the State House was flying at half
mast, union down. as a mark Of reepect
to the dead Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr. Window
The hope that Senator Williams would
be able to be present was not realized
His son-in-aw. ". Polk Cummius. was
present and stated that Mr.. Williams
would not be able to come to Dover for
several days; that he Is confined to his
room, and yet extremely anxious to be at
his desk in the Senate chamber.
The Divorce Question.
The Divorce Committee ghost stalked
ont Of the Senate closet again this morn
ing The House joint resolution request
ing the Serate to appoint a special
divorce committee to act with the House
committee, was on Friday made the
special order of business Tor to day inn
mediately after the reading Of the
Journal
As soon as Clerk Hearn had finished
the Journal the speaker called up the
resolution
Il was fought as fercelv as when it
was first presented Messrs. Hall and
Pilling led the assault against ii aud
Speaker Donahoe and Mr. Richardson de
Tended it. Mr. McMulln tried 10 cit on
the fence and az the time OF adjournment
neither be nor his hearers clearly under
stood where he really did stand
Mr. Pilling-"I have nothing more to
say than what | have already said |
leave you my reasons. / thought this
kind of business brought disgrace upon
| our state do not think we could do
the cases justice even il we tried to
understand there are from ninety to one
hundred cases pending. | arn not opposed
to divorces altogether Shall We 20 In
| and study these cases, is the question
before us now. II | am overruled
| viii take care of the interests
Of my constituents, and You may find me
introducing divorce bills, aud you will
| probably see me voting for them We
have no cases before as, and we are free
20 express ourselves | shall fight
against it and put myself on record
Mr.. Hall did not want Senate commit.
tee.
Speaker Donahoe-'I am opposed to
/
stand this case the right Of the people to
/ appeal to the Legislature has never been
questioned. will let that matter rest
there But there is another question.
and that Is the courtesy due tLe other
houss, They will send in the bills and
we cannot ignore them. If they are pre-
ssntsd 10 the Senate We cannot send
them back without q reading ana I shall
think ID my duty to refer hsm to some
Of the standing commit IS First.
consider the right 70 appeal whirh the
! neopie q the sfate have always enioyad.
should be respected, and secondly the
courtesy due tile other house III they
| send anT bills shall vote from that
| standpoint
After long discussion, on motion of
Mr. Eall, the resolution was laid on the
liable for future consideration.
Afternoon session.
This afternoon Mr.. Ross gave notice Of
an act in relation 70 the tree schools OF
| this state Il Is not yet drawn, bit its
general provisions will be as follows
10 provide free text books 60 the scholars.
to have further appropriation made to
the colored school fund, and to have
the colored schools under the direction Of
the white school superinfendents
The bill to incorporate the Adams
Milling and Manufacturing Company Of
Laurel was passed and Laurel will proba
bly, soon be lighted by electricity
Adjourned to IL a. m. morrow.
Dull Day in the House.
This vas one of the dullest days on
record in the House In the morning
there was reagy nothing worth record
ing
In the afternoon Mr. Ridgely offered a
| joint resolution appropriating 5000
toward the erection of monument to
mark the position Of the Fifth Maryland
| Regiment at Antietam The preamble
of the resolution sets forth the fact that
Company |, of that regiment, was com
posed principally of citizens Of this s ate.
who as such were duly credited as the
quota of this state, under a call of the
/ President of tie United States for troops.
Il further states that the company and
| regiment took sn active and conspicuous
part in the battle Of Antietam. The sur
| vivors Of the com pany and other members
of the regiment have caused to be con-
structed and erected upon the battle
field monument that is not yet paid for
and they wans Delaware to help them
out. TIE resolution was unanimously
adopted.
To Protect Game.
Mr.. Rldgely gave notice Of an act "a
repeal and supply chapter 507, volume IL
This Is bill to shorten the gaming sea-
son for rabbits and birds. 1t makes it un.
lawful to kill rabbits and psrtridges after
the first of January. Heretofore the Law
has extended to the first Of February. He
also gave notice Of an act to amend
chapter GIT, volume 13 10 relation tx
peddlers In fact it amends the peddlers
bill of the last session and is to reduct
the license on pack peddlers and those
using wagons to carry their wares.
To Abolish tho Encampmenr.
AS a counter to Mr. Rdgely's bill
which wipes out every vestige OF th,
Delaware National Guard, Mr. Eissn.
brey to-day introduced the bin which
removes the annual encampment featur,
and leaves the organization intact /
will doubtless meet with more considera-
tion than the extreme measure PROPOSED
by Mr. Riogely The matter will b.
fully discussed before the Committee OF
Federal Relations on Wednesday after
noon.
+ The House adjourned until II a. m
to- morrow.
Five Commissioners Bill,
The Five Commissioners bill will b,
, passed There is no doubt Of it. 1t &
the prevailing opinion h ere that it woul'
be wiser for the Democratic members Il
pass it than to let it drop. The party i
pledged to It, II espoused it before th'