Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-02

eng nos; and
WHEREAS, Tho President OF theIplted States
has recommended TO Congress, III two mes
saces, the nee ssity Of suth measures bcing
taken by tho Federal Congress; therefore
Rssospil, Ihht tho Senate and House ni A4-
SemDly OF tile state Of delaware, npproy,n
the action Of those commissioners, do most re
spcctfully and earnestly urge upon COngrns5
considerations OF lhe 10 eIoing subjects, 10 the
end t0at the cOnsuinmftlOn which I'LL dasr
may be reached with tho utmost reasonnb'C
speed, aud thereby do wo tuEe upon our req
rosentativeS in Congress 70 Join energetlcnl j
in promoting WISE sreeiyand elective action.
TO ABOLISH VOTERS ASSISTANTS.
There has been some earnest discussion
of the adYisnbility of amending the
Australian ballot law by abolishing the
officers known as voters assistants, II is
argued that the party tickets on the official
ballot are sufficiently distinguished by the
cmblems at their heads; that even the
most hopclessly ignorant voter can tell the
difference between the picture of plow
and Of an eagle, and, hence, that the only
voters who really need assistance in mark
ing their ballots are the blind and those
deprived Of tho use of their hands. .rheScare
so few in number that the election officers
can attend to their needs, without reguir-
ing two additional men at each polling
place for this function. 1t is further
claimed that the abolition of the voters
assistants will still further secure the
secrecy of the ballot and prevent bribery.
4 bill 70 this effect will probably be intro
duced in the near future.
AN INQUIRY FROM CANADA.
Clerk Layton received the following by
evening mail:
PARLIAMENT BUILDING, TORONTO. ONTARIO,
Jan, 2Ith, lSg]T the LYGJE NJ ihs s ate LsgfHin-
tuTs ~ Drlulplrs, q. S.--bEAR SIR The govern
ment OF the Canadian province of Ontario has
appointed n commission to inquire into the
question of taNntiOiI, and, on looking into tne
subject, we find that Delaware is referred to as
ono Of The four states which do not tax per-
sonnl property for municipal purposes.
Win you kindly inform me whore the law of
] your Stlte ON this subject rnn bn found, and
| any other information on the question which
| yor can ud me shall be very much obliged
~ ~ '''' '''' ','' +. sAuxDEns,
Secretary Taxation Commission.
DovFR, Jan. Silt is conceded by every
| body tonight that Secretary Of state
David I. Marvel will be the Associate
| Judge from Kent county. OF course Judge
! Marvel will have to transfer his habitat
1 from Georgetown to Dover, but a simple
declaration OF his intent to make Kent
/ county his residence hereafter will suffice
! qualify him. The appointment has it is
believed, been decided on, but will not be
announced till morning Governor Rey-
/ nolds has been almost steadily employed
| in giving audience to delegations and in
/ dividuals since his return from New York
\ this morning,
81 do hope" SAID Governor Reynolds
i this afternoon, ''that no such respons-
/ bility will ever again devolve upon me. |
could not sleep last night, and do not
expect to sleep tonight because of the
pressure OF this judgeship appointment on
my mind. | had expected to take more
1 time, week longer, to make up my mind;
the lawyers had said to me that, now We
have Chief Justice, we can get along for
4 few days and let you take the matter of
filling the other appointment more
leisurely; but now comes up this constitll-
tiOnal provision regarding full bench,
and must give my whole attention to it
ut once. do wish the responsibility could
be shared by some advisory body, as in
other states; i0r, no matter what may do,
there will be some 10 find fault and the
blame must all tall on me. ! would like
every one who takes any interest in this
matter TO come in and express himself; !
want to hear from as many as can to-
day and tonight, and then ] will try to
arrive ut q dpcisiOn.'
The governor indicated very plainly that
he expected, under the circumstances, to
announce the appointment tomorrow
morning. He was ready and willing to
hear those who favored the appointment
Of Il Republican, but they had not come
forward, save in Il few instances.
The governor received to-day petition
for the appointmpnt OF Nj, Marvel signed
by os membcrs of the New Castle bar,
some of whom, am told profe4sed them,
selves in favor of Mr.. Pennewill last Fri.
day and saturday but had since inlbfbrd
the impression thut Mr. Nlaryers nupoint-
ment was a forqg0ne conclusion and
wanted to get Oh the right side of the new
only one LAWYER w. .lI.fuu-ev. yrnturinr 10
stand by his advocacy of NEr. Pcnncwiil,