The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-09
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II VIII be "a Busy WeeK-Tho Lcgisla-
ture WIN be Ready to Get TO Work
The judiciary.
Special Correspondence Of REPUBLICAN.
DOVER, January 9th, 1898. The Sab
bath day quiet that now pervades thls
town will DO rudely broken to morrow,
whom the Legislature again assemblies.
Both houses will meet at IL o'clock,
and 1t will he well for those who have
business which they wish acted upon
to present IL as soon rs possible. IL
was Seon last week that there Is de-
sire ON the part OF the members to ex-
pedite business as fast as possible, and
make the session short.
The Judiciary question Is one of the
problems that must he solved, as like
Banquo's ghost IL will not DO downed.
Never In the history of delaware has
the judiciary been in the same condi-
ton as at the present time. and some
thing must be done ut this session to
remedy 1t.
There is no hope OF the Chief Justice
ever again being able to sit on the
bench, and Judge Houstons cnfeehled
condition Is constant reminder
That he may be taken down
To his bed Mt any time. III such Il con-
tiagency should arise. the wheels. of
justice would be completely blocked
III New Castle and Sussex counties, and
not II cuso could 10 tried. The major.
lty OF tie lawyers in all throe of tho
counties are in favor OF passing the
retirement bill presented at the last
session, which provides that any
Judge who is over 70 years of age, and
bDu hAap n h.. Ia, 81. IN
years can be retired on u pension.
But the great defect OF the bill is
that 1t leaves II optional with the
Judges whether or not they avail
themselves of its provisions and there
comes the rub. IL is well known that
both Judges Comegys Sand Houston
are opposed to the illl, consequently
unless there Is u change in the optional
part its passage will not effect any
relief.
Although the hand of John f. Sauls.
bury was plainly seen In tho osganiza.
ton OF tue two bodies, there Is no
doubt but Senator Gray Will he re-
elected. still, there arc some of the
outs who would like to sec new
man elected, So they would have n
chance to share come of the govern.
meut pay under tho next adIntnistra-
ton, These men point to what Sena.
toE !i'REins mas done Tor tho Repubii-
cans VI ti'l5 state, IN providing many
ol tien WIN lucrative positions, either
al washington or at hoine, and COM
,aic IL WIN the TACT thut the few Of
ilccs secured by senator Gray wore i'll
the greater part Tor MS relatives.
II Is an oneh secret that the senator
Was teHlereu position In Mr.. Cieve-
Iahds Cabinet ;Enlch he no doubt
Wohiu nave accepted had no been sure
that eS'Secretnry OF State Thomas Il.
liaymd would have been his successor
~ The United States Senate But alas
ihele was doubt about that, and as
willard salisbury came to the front
| ~ powerful opponent or MIR. liayard.
tne cabinet position was declined by
Mr cray.
| hHappy couples who wish theii
| hiattllhohul bonds dissolved Will have
ahaid ROAD TO travel rs there IS u grow
I ing INCLINATION on the part OF mcmbers
I TO fclegate such matters to tho courts
( where all the circumstances can he
much more fully investigated than is
! possible before legislative commit
tee. One thing is certain, and that is
no divorces will lie granted by tht
/ Legislature, except on the scr pttifa
grounds, consequently tho mill will
not be run az 1t was few years ago
There was considerable reform in this
direction last session, and there vii
be stun more at this, ..-
There is no doubt but some of the
. cmDtIHt DnlltlgluDS will liza utt NJ