Evening journal., 1893-03-15
CROWDED LEGISLATORS
General Assemblymen Work
Well Into the Night.
NOTICES 227i INTRoDUoT1oEs lo2.


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STAR Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER March 7 5 Yesterday was the
busiest day ever known in the history of
the Delaware General Assembly. Il was
the day before the expiration Of the time
for receiving new business, and every
person wanting legislation came down
with rush and almost paraly yzed the
members, clerks AMI reporters. The
House was particularly busy As soon
as the session opened there in the morn
ing Representative Salisbury made a
motion that the rules be suspended and
that notices and introductions be made
on the same day. His motion was
adopted and the merry work began.
There were 227 notices, 102 introduc.
tiOns, forty seven second readings and
several resolutions and petitions. George
Jones and John. f. salisbury acted as
reading clerks, and Clerk Layton and
Reading Clerk Bailey were kept busy
making entries for the journal Intro
duetions followed notices in rapid sue
eesslon. The officiating reading clerks
skeletonized the bills In reading and
made very rapid progress. Notwith-
standing the mass of work done Clerk
Layton and his assistant had their Jour-
nal made up at Q o'clock at night.
The Senate Not Crowded.
The Senate was not so much crowded.
There were only thirty two notices,
twenty three introductions and thirty
two second readings. Clerk Han dcastle
and Assistant Clerk Hearn had no diff
Guilty In working up the journal They
were through before 8 o'clock
Maav Vfsitora TFera
The lobby was crowded with visitors.
Among those In town were: Judge G.
Grubb, Judge J. Frank Ball. Governor
Robert J. Reynolds. Colonel Benjamin
Nields, George A. Elliott. E. Cochran
Jr.. George Il Brown William s. Hilles,
Joseph Carpenter, Jr, William F.
Smalley, Receiver John T Dickey Patrick
Neary, Deputy Attorney General Branch II.
Giles, City Solicitor Charles NJ Curtis, John
Dolan. Assessor John OHarra, Thomas
Stayton, John f. Callahan, Colonel
Enoch Moore Recorder Of Deeds James
Il. Shallcross, Dr. Howard Ogle, Robert
r. Morrison, Peter l.. Cooper, Jr.,
Francis Kelley, State Treasurer Burnite,
state Auditor Dulaney, Preston Lea and
Willard Salisbury, Jr.
Fayorites for chief Justice.
Several Of these men came to see Gov
ernor Reynolds in relation to the chief
justiceship The friends Of Hon. Charles
b Lore and William Q. Spruance both
had audiences with the executive The
governor listened patiently but was non
committal
The members of the Sussex county
bar have endorsed the elevation Of Judge
Cullen and will send a delegation to
Dover In his behalf, portion Of the
Kent county bar will also endorse him
and petition in his behalf is being cir
culated here.
State Treasurer Burnite, who was one
Of the leading advocates In the appoint
ment of James Pennewill, a Republican,
to be associate judge, is opposed to the
appointment OF Mr. Spruance, or any
other Republican to be chief justice
Railway Fight Postponed.
Consideration Of the bill to incorporate
the Wilmington and New Castle Electric
Railway Company was the special order
in the Senate for IL o'clock yesterday
morning When the time arrived Peter
l.. Cooper, Jr.. and Dr. Howard Ogle,
representing the charter; Preston Lea
aud Willard Salisbury. Jr., representing
the Wilmington City Railway Company.
aud Superintendent r Holiday, Of
the Delaware railroad, were in the Senate
chamber.
Senators Pnling, Watson and Nc
Mullin were absent and the matter had
to be deferred. as Senator Watson as
chairman Of the Committee on Corpora
tions, had the bill in charge, and Senator
Pilling was the champion Of the bill
without the amendment. Under these
circumstances the matter was allowed to
rest. Mr. Cooper thinks he can get the
amendment modified so that the only
overhead bridge will be at Water and
Market streets railway crossing If this
modification is secured the line will stop
on the south side of the crossing and the
passengers will walk over the track
Bernard DuRoss Objects.
Bernard DuRoss. of Mill Creek hun
J dred, a well known Catholic, was here
to day in opposition to Bishop Curtiss
act in relation to Catholic Corporations.
He found that the bill had passed the
Senate and was in the House.
Mr.. DuRoss claims that the church
corporations created under the act would
supersede the present trustees of the
churches He asserts that the churches
ought to be able to manage their own
affairs. He characterizes the provisions
Of the act as a usurpation of power in
terfering with local self government in
the churches.
The B. & p Resolution.
Representative Dasey offered a Joint
resolution continuing commutatiou of
the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
Company, and fixing the amount to be
paid to the state by the company at
$25 600 a year in lieu Of all state tax.
, The resolution was referred.
Two Constitutional Amendments.
Representative Salisbury has given
notice Of two amendments to the state
constitution
One amends article VI and provides
that the Superior Court shall have ex-
elusive cognizance of granting divorces,
but for the csuses and upon the condi-
tions prescribed by the Legislature
The other will amend the judiciary
system making the terms twelve years
instead Of life. It will provide one
, judge system for the county courts in
which the chief justice shall preside
when the resident judge is prevented
from sitting The Court of Chancery
shall consist of the chancellor, chief JUS