Evening journal., 1891-01-29

marriages, and If II does this. The
state will be well repaid. This
case, where the man did not
know the name OF his wife Is an exeep
tional one. But there may De jus. as
meritorious cases on the other side IL
Is oecause Of this that do not want to
place this body ia avoh a position
Mr.. Riehardson-"l would like To know
what the effect OF such action would bn
/ We will have bills from the House and
now | ask. will it be accessory for us t.
appoint special committee every limeg
Er Speaker Yes, sir; courtesy to the
| house Wonld demand It. ! have my
| views ot indiseriminate divorces But
| have also discovered that there ii
corner ~ divorces in the courts One
taverito lawyer takes all tho testimony.
think that Ia the Legislative committee
on divorces the cas- s are more carefully
examined than in the courts The effect
Qt this resolution Is whether we shall
grant this request
Mr.. Plling-'If we concur in this
resolution we send ont word "a the people
ot Delaware that the Senate has changed
It's course, and then You win make 1t
necessary for every man to attend the
meetings of this committee That Is
what | object TO- We can't examine
ninety Eve cases Ia four months We
can't begin TO do it II We couenr ia
that resolution you Will make It my duty
TO make myself familiar with every
case"
Mr. Speaker Before put this cues
tion | will say that Mr.. Hall uaid that
concurrence in this resolution was
courtesy due the other House
When the vote was taken the resolu
ton was lost by tie vote Mr.. Houston
tDemocraD voted with Messrs Piling
and McMuilin against appointing the
committee. and Speaker Donahoe voted |
with Msssrs. Richardson and Moore, Re
publicaus, to appoint It. !"
The Insurance hin.
There is every indication that the
Hickman Insurance bill, which relates 10 |
the licensing foreign life and Gre insur |
anee agents and companies aud gives the |
state Insurance commissioner power t. /
grant aud revoke charters. will seen /
become law. It. was passed by the |
House 50 DAY and introduced into the /
senate There it was given all consider |
alton Rula IA was suspended, the bill !
was read by title and referred
TO Equallae Taxation.
The following House joint resolution
Ia relation 70 taxation was concurrad in
Resolved, TbAa II Is the sense Of the |
General Assembly that measure should
be passed eqaaizing taxation in this
state, aud that there be joint commit
tse Of two on the part of The Senate and
three on the part of tho House ap
poiated 10 take into consideration this
subject, with power 70 report BY bill or
otherwise
All Day IN tho Houno.
M Day gave notice OF an act TO con
fer certain powers upon the Delaware
Hedge Company Ii is the object at the
bill 10 merge two hedge mpauies into
one They are the Delaware Hedge Com
pany and ths New Castle County Redge
Company The Delaware Hedge Company
wants the right To effect mntuai ex-
change II paid MP shares Of stock, which
would virtually merge the two companies
INTO one.
Inaugural expenses
a ioiut resolution approrriadng
82al n 70 dsfray the expenses Of Gov
aor keyno,dss Inauguration was pre-
sentei bF 4r Hutsoa sui passed Mr.
hd5ay tDam vo-sd against ig
r. Wts presented iriuf resolution /
memoralzing co- gress 10 restore the /
contrui i0 tue states oi tha 0ieumarga-
rne tratas 10 vaa al follows
where's The so-cslied ORIGINAL
package decision ~ tae United States
sapiema Contt largely nuhiEss many
arats lawa iu relation % the oleomarga-
rne traffic and
Whereas. The great dairy industry
of the country is indispensable to our
agriculture and is ia imminent peril under |
the said decision therefore. be I'd
Resolve That we most earnestly l
petition the Congress OF the United /,
States TO pass Law restoring the con |
trol of this traffic to the states. as hes |
been done in the matter OF the liq or
traffic
Resolved further, that c1py Of t Is
resolution be sent to our Senators and |
representatives ia Congress
Ths resolution was apopted.
To Divide Little creek
The Democrats u the House drove the
last wedge into the Republican party to |
day when they passed the bill to divide |
Little Creek hundred Ia Sussex county.
aud gave q Democratic governor power /
10 appoint another levy courtman, winch |
gives the Democrats me j3rity 81 one III !
that body ar higgins (Aep protested |
against its passage, but the blll was
passed without even the yeas aud nays
being called
state Finances.
The report Of the Legislative Commit
tee appointed 20 settle with The state |
treasurer was as follows.
Amount Il treasury December sl.
ltsa II. rs. ..+. ..... ......s. 8 m,lals |
Received Gu ing year ending
December 81. l&p...............4. 2s00s6 l7 /
Total receipts aid balance M s3Cs ls76i /
Ancunt gaid out for the sarue