Evening journal., 1895-01-04
The FORECAST |
Legislation Which Will or
May Be Asked For.
BIG BLOW AT THE COMPACT
Street Railway Legislation in
Prospect.


This sesslon-shrewd Move on the Part
Of Friends OF the National Guard-ThiEd
Street Bridge Trouble May BE Remedied.
Farmers Alliance and It's Demands.
Functions of the Chief Engineer May
BE Limited Position OF the First
Regiment at Antietam Receiver of
Taxes DIckey Says That No Legislation
is Needed fer the County Tax onice.
Appropriations for State Institutions.
STAFF Correspondence Evening journal.
DOVER, Jan. 3.-The present session
of the General Assembly promises to be
both interesting and exciting, If not
particularly fruitful as regards lsgisla-
tion affecting the great mass of the people,
That there will be the usual number
of private acts passed there eau be no
doubt, but public measures will have to
be drawn on hair lines to pass muster In
both houses
The Senate will be the battle field this
year, and many measure which has
been put through the Republican House
with an hurrah, will ind its last resting
place In Senate Clerk Hastingss sar
cophaeus. a pigeon hole In his desk es-
pecially reserved fer bills which do not
meet with the appreciation of the Senate
1t is on the floor Of the upper chamber that
the Democratic and Republican wearers
of the toga will grid up their loins and
fight for God, and home and native land,
SO to speak
The Republican House Is liable TO pass
anything, 1t will devolve upon the
Senate to exercise its Democratic
restraining power firmly and unfalingly.
The House will put through lots Of
reform measures which 1t would not like
to be made laws, and with full
knowledge that the Democrats Of the
Senate will never pass them. This means
that the Democrats must remain on the
defensive all the time and shoulder the
responsibility for defeating many
measures which are popular and yet
impracticable and impolitio. The Senate
may retaliate, but not to any great ex-
tent.
The Constitutional Convention.
There may BE- disposition on the
part Of the House TO increase New
Castle county's Representative in the
Constitutional Convention. Tie present
constitution does not restrict the
number Of delegates, simply providing
that the convention shall --notsonsist OF
less than the number OF seniors and
Representatives constituting the
General Assembly, which is thirty.
Governor Reynolds must have ap-
pretended something Of this STATURE for
his message contains Q note Of warning
It recommends that each county be
allowed ten delegates.
An increase for New Castle county on
the plea of prepondersnce Of population
would be q good Republics political
move, as that county is the Republican
stronghold, and enough delegtes might
be elected In the two lowersounties to
give into Republican hands ne framing
of the new constitution. The five
Democrats who control the dstinies and
actions of the Senate may 3 depended
upon to see that no such &vantage is
given their natural enemies.
Fate of the National hard.
The calling out of the DlRwsrs Ma
tional Guard to attend the Iaugurstion
of Governor-slect Msrvl As a shrswd
move on the part of Govern Reynolds,
Adjutant General Hart. Msbr Mitchell
and the other officers and tends of the
military forces Of the state he National
Guard wants legislation, Reorganization,
rehabilitation and q suitah appropria-
tion. Two years ago 1t sked for so
much and got SO little thamany of the
officers resigned, some Of to companies
disbanded and the others only hung
together in the hope Of bitter times
coming. 1t is expected thAthe crsdita-
BILE display made by the "a ilitsry at
Governor elect Marvil's Inauguration
will, In addition to doing hhor TO him,
have good effect upon the hinds of the
General Assemblymen
There is bat little chtge in the
personnel Of the Senate, hoNver. The
indications are that 1t wi study the
higher economics this sesai1 as IL did
last and prove itself the atch- dog OF
the treasury. Speaker Wls0n did not
show himself an ardent bver of the
military two years ago Senior Records,
although military man lnself, when
the National Guard WAS on nlwar footing
and encamped at Brandyine Springs,
was too busy with other ntters to pay
much attention to Nabnsl Guard
matters, and dead set sainst any
increase Of appropriation Senator
Pyle did the best he could, ht the odds
were against him. SenatorfN atson and
hocofus are sblll uolnR DusesS az bne
old stand and in their list of5breviations
IN g. d. stands for mo ooD"
Four Of the new memberAre from the
lower hundreds and consistently very
conservative as regards arnd forces anc
public expenditures, but ON to convic
tion. However, If there any man il
the state who can conviie them that
the demands of the NatiqIl Guard are
Just and imperative It 4 the present
adjutant general, aided bthose whom
he usually calls to his aid such occa
sions
The last time that the htional Guart
made a really iDpressis display o.
forces and efficiency in ORION such al
occasion was when the Ee Governor
John w. Hall. of Kent county, wa
inducted into Office. 1t wssold weather
The boys msrched the towover and did
the thing In fine shape the conclu-
SIGN Of the parade they nrched to th'
Green and stacked their aAs in front o.
the Court House In whichne inaugura
ceremony was taking plac While they
were standing outside bl and shiver
ing with cold, the govern was inside
delivering an address wth express cd
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