Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-04-20

ilONtNtlt ltllbllS lllht I4l0 bNa1A-
ness is pretty well cleaned up. Only one
case more remains to be acted on by the
House and then this committee will be
ready to adjourn. As 10 the General
Assembly itself, the expectation of the
members is to reach sine die adjournment
next Saturday week and an effort tothat
end Will be made. But it will require some
hustling to accomplish even this,
Bishop Curtis bill to harmonize the
Delaware law regarding Roman Catholic
church organizations with the system OBJ
tanning in the Maryland portion Of his
diocese, has been in the House for Il month.
II came over from the senate on March
10Th. and since then has encountered some
opposition OH the part of q lew who looked
upon the bill as vesting the control too conf
plctely in the bishop. The oblectors sug-
gested that four pewholders, instead of
two, be provided for, thus giving the
majority representation to the Congrcga-
ton. But this objection, never very pro-
nOuECed, has been Withdrawn and Mr..
John Is. Bradford, who was down here
to-day, succeeded IN inducing the House
committee on private corporations TO re-
port the bill favurably for passage to-mor-
row.
Bishop Curtis diocese comprises Dela-
ware, the nine Eastern Shore counties of
Maryland and the two Eastern Shore Coun-
ties OF Virginia. As the preamble to
this bill sets forth. its provisions are sub;
stantially the same rs enacted by the legs-
lature OF the State Of Maryland The two
Virginia counties, AcComacR and North
aupton, contain only one Catholic CON
gregation, at Cape Charles City, which
meets in church built and presented to it
by members of the Abele family of the
Baltimore Sun.
the gst OF this bill lies in the compost
tlnn nj the pnFnnrntiItlE T,rnyiInI fnr a =
follows; In every congregation ot the
denomination of Christians known as
Roman Catholic. the ordinary of the do
ccse aud the pastor of said congregation
for the time being, according to the prac
tice and discipline OF the said church, and
one other person to be annually desig
mated by said ordinary, and two other
persons to he annually elected by the male
pcwholdefs OF said congregation from
among their number \ shall be
constituted a body polite and corporate
under such title as may be assumed by the
said corporation" to look after the tenn
poral affairs of such church
The object in view is stated, briefly to
he to relieve the bishop of personal respon-
Slbillty in the management and control of
church property and 20 avoid the trOilble
and expense OF administering upon such
property i'll the event OF the death of the
bishop, At present, in this State, such
church property as comes under the con.
troll of new bishop is forthwith devised
by him, by will, to be held by third
party IN trust for his successor, in the
event Of his decease. This provision for
an interregnum is obviated by the pro-
posed law creating Il corporation for each
parish, the corporation being a continuing
body.
THE NEW CASTLE, NEWPORT 4 WILMINGTON.
This electric railway, which has been in
a measure lost sight Of for some time past,
gives promise of moving out OF the House.
in the near future and into the clutches of
the Senate whose tender mercies," like
those of the wicked of holy writ, are
cruel towards new railway corporations.
The New Castle, Newport NJ Wilmington
electric railway is the protege of the
Taskers, Auditor Holcomb, ex-Represen-
tativeS Cranston and Elkinton, Henry q.
Conrad, ESD, and several others. In its
present shape it permits the Wilmington
end of the line to come in by the Newport
pike to Jackson street, up Jackson to
Second and III Second to Market. The
Wilmington City Company will endeayor
TO stop the road at the city line, and 1t
would not be safe to net that the Senate
will let it pass that boundary.
DOVER, April l9.--Thc die has been cast,
for better or worse, ana Wilmington has
been provided with Il new police commits
sion from which not Ouly Jester hut the
mayor whoever he may be, has been
eliminated. The new commissioners are
William NJ. Pyle, Patrick Monaghan and
John W. Lawson. and their successors arc
to be appointed by Judge Grubh-or his
Successor. This was the only change the
House made in The bill, and the senate has
concarred in the amendment by a doubt
iui vote.
In the House, Mr.. Salisbury opposed the
amendment for two reasons! Because it
wOGld tend to involve the court in politics
and thereby lessen popular respect there.
for. and because the Constitution vests the
appointing power in The hands of the gov
erunr.
MIR spruance replied that the object of
this bill is TO take the police out of politics
as much as possible, and the reason for
making the resident judge the appointing
power is that he is Il resident of Whining.
ton, out OF politics, ami familiar with the
needs Of the city.
WHAT THE SPEAKER SAID.
Speaker Whiteman resigned the chair to
Mr.. Spruance, took the floor and said,
Tie objection tof Mr.. Salisbury is such
4 surprise and anomaly, to my mind, that
cannot permit this measure 10 come to a
vote without expressing my sentiments
upon it. This is one measure that has
given me more concern, and given me the
exercise Of more thoughtful consideration
thar. any other before this House. | have
made diligent inquiry among the ctizeus
of Wilmington us to this PROPOSED amend
mcnt and | have found il acceptable to
almost every person with whom | have
consulted upon tins bill. This. | think,
MIR. speaker Ito Mr. Spruancet You will
bear me out, has been your own eX-
perienCe as the representative Of the city
Of Wilmington upon the ilOor of tins
House. If there is any one thing that Will
be wholesome tn the police system OF Viii
mington it will be the acceptance by this
House Of this amendment. II is the only
means by which we can get the police
force of Wilmington wholly out of politics
'rhe gentleman is fearful of dragging the
judiciary into politics. Why, sir, does he
forget the numerous subjects that come
within the control Of the judges of our
courts which have II tendency to degrade
them into lower order of politics, were it
possible for them to be brought to that
condition? Net our courts have maiu-
tanned an honor and integrity that is
nowhere surpassed.
by vesting this power in the hands of
the associate judge Of New Castle county
you get q man who is a citizen of VIII
mingtpn Il man who is n amenahle to its
laws, i'll every case thoroughly identified
WIN the munlclpalllNi you VIII get, ~
most instances, one who is taxpayer of
the city and who has no interest whatever
excepting the best interest of that govern
ment; who will have no inducemcnt for
bargaining, no motive whatever TO enter
into any deals or trades of any sort, hut
who will act from higher motives, and
from higher motives alone.
II think this amendment is the feature
that will make this bill acceptable, So far
as it can be rendered acceptable to the
people of that community and munich
patty. Ii is the leaven that will leaven
u. .i....