Evening journal., 1895-03-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did in
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE

An Act to Provide for a constitutional
Convention-New Castle Wants Ex-
emption-The DoxoIoKy IN the House.
News Notes of Both Houses.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March "A leading Democrat
of New Castle county has placed in the
hands Of Representative Pyle for intro.
duction an act to provide for the calling
Of convention to revise, alter and amend
the constitution. It provides that 1t be
called to meet at Dover, on the frst
Tuesday In December, 1896. The dele
! gates shall be elected st the preceding
l general election The convention shall
consist OF forty five members, TO be
elected ia the following manner. Fifteen
members thereof shall be elected from
the state at large, as follows: Each
voter Of the state shall vote for not
more than eight candidates. and the
| fifteen highest in vote shall be declared
elected: ten delegates thereof shall be
elected from the county OF New Castle
ten from the county OF Kent and ten
from the county of Sussex; and in
choosing all county delegates each voter
shall be entitled to vote for not more
than six of the members to be chosen
from his county, and the ten candidates
highest In vote in each of the counties
shall be declared elected
That the ballots for delegates shall be
separate from those cast for other
officers voted for at the same general
election, and shall be kept separate and
apart from any other ballots so cast, and
shall be Of such uniform and suitable
size that they may readily be dis
tinguished from the ballots prescribed
by law for candidates for other offices
A delegate must be not less than 24
years old, aud possessed Of the right to
vote for representatives. Vacancies In
the delegates at large shall be filed by
the members at large, and vacancies In
the county delegates shall be filed by
the members of the county In the dele
! cation of which such vacancy occurs.
The appointments to fill vacancies shall
be made in writing and filed among the
records, The bill authorizes the
secretary Of state TO obtain for the con
vention, prior to its meeting. desired
publications relating to constitutional
! amendments and reform, with conven
, lent and useful statistical information.
the expense of such books and informa
, tion not TO exceed the sum of $500. The
general election laws shall apply TO the
election for delegates. The dele gates
and officers shall receive like co mpen-
sation that Is now paid to the members
and ohicsrs of the General Asse mbIy,
| and the state treasurer shall honor the
warrants of the presiding officer for
expenses attending the convention. The
| bill expresses 1t as Che opinion OF the
Legislature that the constitution framed
I by tho convention herein before provided
I for should be submitted for the spprova
. of the legalized voters Of the state
! Mr.. Pyle will introduce 1t although il
/ is not to his liking He wants
] bi partisan convention, each party having
; equal representation In addition K
: this he will introduce q resolution
! granting to the House Committee on
Constitutional Reform the services OF
lawyer to help it draft a bill in con.
} formity with the idsas Of the leading
: Republicans of the state, and one which
they think will be concurred in by ths
/ Democratic Senate
Q Kent County Remonstrants.
j. Wesley Dsnney, William M Bell
Robert Hill, Joseph Goldsborough, Jane
| Orrell, Joseph Jefferson and Samue
( Griffin, Of and near smyrna. appeared a
remonstrants yesterday and had a hear
> log In the psrlor before The House Com
mittee on Education They object t
Sunnysids school-hpuse being trans
ferred to Brenford
Friends of the Tenant.
t The House COMMITTEES on Revise
d Statutes does not wish to give the land
! lord too much power over the tenant.
4 has reported unfavorably the House bil
allowing distresses for rent to be mad
t at all hours of the day and night, an
r authorizing eviction Of a tenant o
b fifteen days notice.
y Dslaware's FIrs Governor.
Chaplain Cort, Of the Senate, is a gres
sdmirer Of Peter Minuet. the leader {
the first permanent Swedish colony
Delaware and It's first governor. At b
= instance Representative Jolls Introduce
in the House yesterday joint resolutio
appointing a joint com mmittee Co act
70 con junction with the two chaplsins |
:, arrange for appropriate exercises con
y memoratlve of the great work he did K
Y Delaware. 1t was referred to the HouE
y Committee on Education
\ New CASTLE Wants Exemption.
u The charter OF the Board Of Educatio
" Of New Castle expires on March 10. I'll
Sc commissioners want to get bill throug
by that time renewing 1t and exemptiu
it from the action of the new school la
now before the House Ever since tbs
have had q city organization they ha'
shared with Wilmington exemption fro
to. the restrictions of the state school la
he and they think that they should still {
so. If Wilmington were included thu
ara satisfied that New Castle should al
ne come under its provisions, but as it
eu not they think that New Castle shou
~ also be exempted
y, There are other matters which q
IN board will bring before the Gener
~ ~ Assembly. One Is q bill subdiyiding q
~ school districts of the city. Since d
-. tricts Nos. 50 and as were united th
as want a school house ana would like I
~ districts made into four, to increase I
dividends.
- Another thing Is an amendment to I
:, city charter, introduced by Represent
"a tive Pyle. requiring City Council to tn
~ over to the Board of Education the 4
~ ~, amount of Sc, 600, or whatever sum !,
than that, which they ask for witho
- deductinQ errorg Thav assert that III