Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-19

DOVER, Jan l7.-Most of the afternoon
of what has been really busy legislative
day was taken up in giving up TO the
spokeSmen of the Delaware bar. The dele
cations of lawyers from the three coun-
ties first held conference at the
Hotel Richardson to consider and decide
upontheir programme. There was Il general
attendance of the committees of the three
counties, the Hon. Thomas i, Bayard.
who was unable to be personally present,
being represented through letter to
Speaker Whiteman which was read during
the afternoon audience. In this letter, Mr..
Bayard set forth the urgent need of such
legislative action as shall supply the proper
agencies for the administration of Justice
according to law. He paid full tribute to
the worth and faithful and honored ser
vice rendered by the able men now in
capacitated by age and inlirmaties and
pleaded that adequate provision be made
for them in the evening Of their lives. He
favored the Federal practice of permitting
superannuated judges to retise on full pay,
but emphasized the paramount Importance
OF doing something to reiIabilitate the
arm OF justice i'll Delaware. He also re-
minded the legislators that this need 50
great months ago as to inspire movement
to memorialiIe the governor TO convoke
the General Assembly in special session to
more urgent ever since and must continue
to do so.
Captain Dasey presided during the audi.
ence, which occupied two hours. William
{. SprHance, Esq, opened themeeting and
stated that the spOksmen agreed on, one
from each county, were n. b. SmithGrS,
Charles Il. Lore and William II. Buyre.
Each of these gemtlamen addressed the
assembled Legislators, i'll the order named,
with earnestiIess, Tie substance of their
recommendation was that the General AS
sembly use its best emdavors to induce
Chief Justice Comegys and Judge Houston
10 voluntarily retire from the bench. They
had decided not to indicate to the Legisla-
turc any specific remuneration to be offered
the judges as an inducemcnt to retire, pre-
ferrlng to leave that matter to the sense of
justice and fairness and to the humanity
of the members. But they urged
that such provision be made as
shal ut least be adequate for their support
during the brief time that, in human
probability their lives may be spared.
They pictured the present almost complete
paralysis of the courts, especially in New
Castle and Sussex Counties where, at
present. no court, in the contemplation of
the constitution, can be properly said to
exist. In Sussex, there il capital case
which absolutely cannot he tried while
this condition continues. Through the talk
It not be possible to reconstruct the courts
in more agreeable way, the derncr resort
of memnrialiZing the governor to remove
the incapacitated judges must be resorted
to before this General Assembly Shall
adjourn sine die. AS Il suggestion of the
legislation advisable the following, stated
to have been drawn up BY one of the COM
mittee, was read; the speakers stating that
they were ready and willing to give the
legislators any help or advice they may
deem desirable in perfccting such legisla.
tom
BE Il enacted, de-, That II the chief Justice and
the assplate Justice resident in Kent county
shall both or either OF them, resign the OIllrS
they hold within -- days from the date uf lhS
passage of this act, they shall he pnid nnunly
oHt of the state treasury, IN quarterly Install
nents, the sum OF 60 dollars, for and during
the term ol their natural lives.
This is not precisely, but substantially,
| the wording OF the suggested legislation.
ALL ABOARD For NEW CASTLE.
-Four electric railways TO New Castle IN
sight and il might be rash to say that all
the returns are in. Really, New Castle
promises to rival Newark as II railway
centre.
They all mean business, too; at least,
their sponsors say they do.
First on the list is the Cooper bill, intro
dnced by Mr.. Cooch this morning and the
provisions of which were summarized in
EVERY EVENING.
Second on tine list comes tho New Castle
anG Wilmington Suburban Railway Com
pany. This bill has not yet arrived, but
the commissioners who will figure therein
are: Edward Bringhurst DR.. John ].
Black, William W. Pllsey, Preston Lea,
Francis NJ. Buck, Theodore II. Armstron.
and Willard salisbury. These names
ought to give the projected corporation a
pretty good standing before the General
Assembly.
Thirdly comes the Wilmington &
Brandgwne Springs Electric Railway
Company. which bill is in the hands Of
Senator Filling ready for introduction to-
morrow. TINS is the bill referred TO last
week, i'll this correspondence, as having
mo jerks Fell in it," The name that
heads the list of commissioners will be ac-
cepted by all vino know ex- Representative
lustis us confirmation of this. These com
| missioncrs are: Robert C. Jnslis DR.. L.
II. Ball. Frank u. Carpenter, Richard $.
Crook, the ex-prpprietor of the Springs,
and II. II. Ward. The capital stock il to
| be sinO,GOD. The railway projected in this
bill will start according to the route con-
templated, at Edge Moor, running
| thence through lands Of the North
side Improvement Company and entering
| Wilmington by The new Washington street
| bridge, thence TO the r., w. Il b. railroad
station, thence up French tn Third, out
Third to Tatnall, down Tatnall to second
out Second to Union down Union ex-
| tended to the new road thence bv way
OF Elsemere to Brandywine Springs,
! thence to Newport, thence to New Castle