Evening journal., 1893-01-19

"rhe Rev Castle. Newport and VIII
minEton Electric Railway Company"
Wants Charter TO Connect Those
Places by Raiiway-The Wants Of Della
ware Coilege-Labor Day as Legal HoI-
iday.
Stan Correspondence Evening journal.
DOyER, Jan. 10 Senator Gray was
yesterday formally declared elected
United States Senator from Delaware for
the constitutional term Of six years.
commencing on March a. The joint
session was held Ina the hall OF Represen-
tatives shortly after 10 o'clock.
The journals of On two Houses were
read and Speaker Of the Senate Houston
declared Mr.. Gray elected
The House did not wait for the Senate
to move that the 1.-TWO Houses do now
retire TO their separate chambers, as
courtesy required
Before senator could make such q
motion one of the members OF the House
got up aud moved that the two Houses
separate The motion was carried An
ex clerk Of the Senate walked over to the
moving member and asked with all
apparent seriousness
DO you know what you have doneg
"No whatr asked the astonished
member
"You have just broken up this meet
ing, said the ex clerk gravely.
Before the member had recovered from
his dire forehodings one Of the oldest
members said:
"You have driven the Senate from the
house, and / don't think that is very
courteous
This left the member on the horns Of a
dilemma and the clerk and the senators
had a hearty laugh mt his expense.
The certificate of election has been
engrossed, signed by both speakers and
sent TO the senator elect
Tho Unnecessary Laws.
Secretary Of State ID I. Marvel will
present the copy of the new Revised
Code 10 the General Assembly next week,
aud, IL accepted. 10 will be placed In the
hands Of the printer IL is the desire Of
the secretary of state TO embody the laws
of the present session Ia the new volume
| Speaking OF the work of compilation be
said, to day:
There are a large number Of laws
which are unnecessary aud which should
be repealed and embodied IN one short
act Now, for instance there are the
oyster laws They are not only very
numerous but very confusing Act upon
act has been passed until man scarcely
knows what the oyster law Is. NV idea
is that these laws should be repealed
and that one genera, law embodying all
he salient points OF the laws now In
force, should be passed and placed in the
code
''And then we have the etray laws
Year after year stray laws have been put
on tne statute books at the iustigatior
of many school districts This coulo
also be- done away with by the passage OF
one short stray law TO apply to all parts
of the state.
The Electric Railway rad.
The electric rail way craze Is spreading
and the projectors must entertain the
idea that everybody wants TO get q
New Castle or that everybody wants {,
get away from it
Not nteut with the three roads
already under way-on paper-rhomal
Holcomb came 60 Dover last evening anc
instructed Re resentative Day TO Civ,
notice of an act to incorporate the New
Castle. Newport and Wilmington Elec
trio Railway Company. Notice wa
accordingly given % day FIX Repre-
sentative John A CranstOn and Jester 8
Mcdaniel of Wilmington are among the
iuoorporators. The announced intention
of the hackers Of the scheme Is TO rui
through as much Of the New Castle
Commons land as possible.
Divorce clerk Elected.
The Divorce Committee Of the House
met this afternoon and organized for thl
session Representative Day will, b'
virtue Of his appointment, preside.
There were two candidates for th'
clerkship. They were Frank Wingate
foreman of the Dover Index, and Georg
Carter, legislative correspondent Of th
EVENING JOURNAL. The correspondent
was elected on the FIRST ballot.
The Notarinl Fight.
Some Of the notaries public Of Wi
mington are plumiug themselves to hgh
n bill to appoint another notary 10
general work In that city.
Charles G. Guyer, the stenographer,
father Of the bill, which was given nOtic
of by Representative Watkins 20 day
The bill provides that the appointoe mus
be a public stenographer, and clothes th
successful man with powers of a nOtar
public and power TO take ailidavits in al
cases before the courts.
The opponents cf the bin say tha
there are too many notaries public in th'
! city now and that the work is becoming
Improbable because Of the numerou
E appointments.
Z Mr. Guyer says that be is loaded 70
/ his opponents ana has backing whic
e win overcome a VI opposition.
The Coroner's Bill.
Q Senator Pyle introduced a bill author
, izing the coroner Of New Castle couut
= to name his own physician. and increas
D ing the salary of the office of coroner
D physician from $40 TO $500. 10 ais
e authorizes the superintendent Of Oh
o almshouse TO bury all unclaimed dea
!, coming under the coroners iurisdictio
y in Wilmington or within radius Of tw
s miles from that city. At the preseI
e time the Trustees of the Poor appoir
the physician.
Delaware Colleges Wants.
This morning Senator PilliDg gave n'
i tice Of an act TO appropriate s 5000
- Delaware College TO be used for the ere
y y tiou Of necessary buildings The in