Evening journal., 1891-01-30

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that is not for the interest of the people.
This bill takes the election of these U. 3.
| Representatives out of the hands of the
people and places 1t In the hands of these
supervisors. This bill is intended for
partisan purposes / wish to place nv
self on record as denouncing this Force
bill as unreasonable, unjust and un
patriotic.
Mr. Hutson-''In answer to the gentle
man from Red Lion, (M- Higgins } would
say that there are Congressional districts
north of the Mason and Dixon line where
II takes two or three times as many Demo
cratic votes as Republican votes to send
Representative to Congress. This is
because OF the Republican gerrymander.
We do mot want soldiers In Delaware.
We have had an apple from that bag
Were there not soldiers backing the
supervisors in 1862? Certainly there
were. Whst kinds Of governments were
set up in the Southern States after the
warf Why ''carpet-bag" governments.
as they were called In free country
where liberty-loving people resided
Gentlemen burned child breads fire
We have had all we want of 1t We were
robbed Of president in 1876 by this
carpet bag government,
II accept his statement here to day
that il he knew there was SO much
rottenDess and wrong be would not
support it. We do not need it here or in
c polling place in the United States It
Is only needed to perpetuate the power
OF the majority. There are Thousands of
Republicans opposing iG and walking
hand in hand with the Democrats.
Higgins-"This Is only an extension of
the supervisor methods of elections that
we now have in Wilmington. I
have not studied 1t care
fully, but this is what | consider
IL. Wilmington has not been subjected
to any outrage by these supervisors who
scrutinize the votes that go in there. 1t
gives dignity and Importance to the
election when a representative of the
government is found sitting there. You
cannot show me an instance where a
Federal supervisor has lowered the dig
nifty of the power he represented. II is |
simply not to make a mans vote count |
ten IN one place and one in another
Mr.. Jackson called for the aves and |
nays. Mr.. Elkinton, (Rep.) refused to |
record himself as favoring the Force bill |
aud would not vote. The Democrats
supported the resolution and 1t wss
adopted by vote of IA to 6.
The Oyster Interest.
Mr.. Hutson gave notice Of an act to ex
empt Simons Creek ia Kent county from
the provisions of the oyster law. This
stream grows great many oysters
They are unfit for market, but excellent
for planting purposes and great many
are now taken in violation of the law. Ii
Is the idea TO throw the stream open to
ail oyster planters and allow them to re
pienish the salt water beds with seed
1ysters taken therefrom.
Mr. Higgins gave notice OF an act TO
renew the charter of the Delaware Grand
Lodge Of Knights OF Pythias.
Mr. Ridgely introduced a Dill to make
Deddlers Of fish in Kent county nav
icense of $40 He also presented 4
petition from ]. Alexander Fulton and
,thess for the extension Of the peach
Fellows act to the whole state
TIE Divorce Committee Of the Housa
met to-day for the FIRST time aud acted
upon two cases.
short. Sharp and Decisive.
The session of the Senate this after.
noon can be summed up ia the following
few words Met at 5 05; no quorom
Mr. Richardson moved adjournment: Mr..
seconded it; Speaker Donahos
put IL; Clerk Hearn recorded Ii; the
EVENING JOURNAL correspondent re-
ported it, and Sergeant at Arms Phillips
ina Page Downes laughed for joy.
"How Not to Do It."
The session would have done credit 70
he ''circumlocntion Office" which Charles
Dickens has immortalized as the
place where they use the golden
rule Of 'how not TO do il"
The fact Of the matter is the Republicans
had a majority. 1t is asserted that act
ing under advice Of Hon w. B. Smithers
aud F Eden Bach, Mr.. Pilling was going
to move a adjournment Monday and thereby
make IL impossible for the Senate to pass
The Five Commissioners bill before the
Republican levy conrtmen took their
seats. This the Republican Senators
deny. Whether their fears were ground
less, Is matter Of conjecture and the
Democratic senators were too wary to
run the risk. Instead Of remaining and
to vote on motion to adjourn.
thereby destroying the quorum, and
c using adjournment until tomorrow
the Democratic members, Messrs Dona-
hoe, Ross and Houston, absented
themselves from the Senate
chamber altogether, and the Republicans
spent the afternoon in full possession Of
the chamber Mr.. Moore (Rep and Mr..
Ross (Dem.) paired and went off to the
rich alluyial soil OF old Sussex" Mr. /
Pilling walked with cloudy brow into
the gallery Of the House, and Messrs
and McMullin held the fort
In the Senate chamber Mr.. Houston
evidently went 70 the train to see
Messrs, Ross and Moore oil, for he did
not show himself during the whole after
noon
At sos o'clock Speaker Donahoe
walked into the chamber, called the meet.
ing to order, said there was no quorum
and suggested to Senator Richardson
that motion to adjourn was in order
Mr.. Richardson looked as II he was com
promising the G. 0. r. when he made it.
but with the best possible grace he acted /
upon the suggestion The motion was
seconded by Mr McMullin and the Senate
adjourned until to- morrow at IL o'clock /
a. m. It was probably one Of the short
est sessions of legislative body ever /
known, the only thing passed being
motion to adjourn.
Hospital for the Insane
The board Of trustees for the Delaware
State Hospital for the Insane presented |
their first bi.ennial report to the Legisla-
ture to-day. The act creating the board /
was passed at Dover April 20, 1889, but /
owing to delays in transferring the prop /
erty possession was not assumed by this 4
beard until August /, 1889 When the |
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