Evening journal., 1897-02-17
VOTING AWAY TITLES.
State Will Remain in Posses
sion Of Salt Marsh Land.
AGAINST KISSING THE BOOK

FARMERS WHO DECLARE THEY
ARE Disseminated AGAINST
BY THE RAILROAD COMPANIES.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
Staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Feb. 17.-The state is be-
coming chary in the matter of voting
away its title to salt marsh. Two years
ago Representative Mustard killed sew
eral such bills in the House. and this
session Senators Handy and Pyle have
set their faces against such legislation,
and they found their first victim yes
terday morning when the Committee on
Roads and Vacant Lands made favor
able report on the Senate bill granting
, to j. Thomas Lowe, of Little Creek,
the states title to ten acres of land ly-
ing along Mahons river. If Senator
+ Fenimcre had net gone into eXplana-
tions as to the whereabouts and charac-
ter of the marsh land in question the
bill would have gone through without
any trouble. but the senator is a man
,, who likes to have a fair deal all the
way round, and he is always ready to
give one. In his description of the land,
he said that it already had a black
smith shop, warehouse and wharf on it,
put up by these men who might be re-
garded as trespassers at the present
time. II was a tying-up place for the
oystermen, and also a stopping place
for the steamboat.
, As soon as the Little Creek statesman
! had concluded his explanatory remarks
Senator Handy took the floor and said
that he did not think it right to vote
0 away such land as that for so cents an
acre, especially as It might give these
u men a monopoly on what is now a
r benefit common to a great many people.
Il He favored recommitting the bill in or
Q der that the matter might be more fully
I Investigated.
l. Senator Pyle said that he was op-
S posed to voting away the states fran
S chises. He was here to protect and not
Il to impair the interests Of the state. He
l. had never seen the marsh land; knew
IS nothing about it, but he would give $5C
y for the bill just as it stood, although
the protector of it was asking it for s.
or so cents an acre. He seconded the
motion of Senator Handy to recommit
A viva vOce vote was taken, and the
chairman was at loss as to how tC
E rule when Mr.. Handy called for The
% yeas and nays. Tne vote on the recon-
initial was as follows: Yeas-Messrs
Alrichs. Handy, j. Nj. c. Moore, Pyle
N and Mr.. Speaker. Nays-Messrs
l. Fenimore. Meredith and Pierce-3.
A COLLEGE SETTLEMENT.
N Representative Eliason gave notice o
g an act TO Incorporate the College Settle
ment Company. but he has not yet re
G ceived the bill from Henry G. Conrad
ig Of Wilmington, who is preparing N,
d. is understood. however. that there is
in tract OF land near the State College 70
re Colored Students. north of Dover,whic
b. the company will take in hand and en-
he deavor to develop by inducing thrift
n colored persons to settle on it.
le HOLIDAY GETTING BETTER.
m For several days Superintendent Hol
ne liday, Of the Delaware division, ha
n been quite III with the grip. His friend
g. will be pleased to learn that he is rap
e. idly recovering, and will be able to re
sumo his duties in a few days.
CHAUNCEY DEPEW'S DOUBLE.
I'd A familiar figure in Dover these day
n is ex-Clerk Of the House Gum, q
a Frankford, Sussex county. He is her
I'll for the benefit of his health, which
a very much run down. Every one VIII
a. sees him is Immediately struck wit
IN the striking resemblance he bears
ne that celebrated railroad man and after
dinner talker, Chauncey M. Depew, {
81 New York.
en- In the Senate it is frequently remark
r ed how much the profile OF Senate
OF Fenimore. Of Little Greek hundred, r.
nt sembles that of James A. Garfield.
ali ANOTHER BLACK EYE.
Of The Senate bill increasing the stai
lr- appropriation of the Delaware Indu
he trial School for Girls received anOthl
he setback in the Senate yesterday.
all was favorably reported by Senator A
N rlchs with an amendment striking c'
ne. section 2, which exempted the proper
Of the school from taxation.
Nothing was said, but when the vO
le- was taken il was as follows:
Yea-Messrs. Alrichs., Pyle an
Handy. Meredith and John Nj. c. Moo
%.
ON Nay-Messrs. Harrington and Pier
he p.
wo Excused-Mr Fenimore-l
all. Absent-W. T. Moore.
Before the vote was announced NJ
ON Handy. who wished TO be in pOsiti'
10 to move for reconsideration. within q
FL next three days, changed ais vote
ry- no.
is Messrs. Harrington and Pierce vot
IN against the Dill because lney hlu II
let think the financial condition OF c
rly treasury would justify the increase
TT the appropriation, and Mr.. Fenimo
mt wished to leave the matter to the jud
Iell ment Of the three New Castle membe
di- Just before the noon recess was
clared Mr.. Handy moved reconsider
ton of the vote. by which the bill W
ED lost, and suggested that the increase
cut down from $1,000 to $500. WI
ing that understanding reconsiderati
err was made, and the bill was recomm
the ted for still further amendment.
the Yesterday afternoon the Dill bC
ur- bed up serenely again, Senator
the richs reporting II with an amendme
by which he supposed fixed the annual ;
spt- preparation at 81 500, but which rea
Jaw fixed it at 81 100000. Senator Han
can rushed TO the rescue of the state tre
wn. ury and prevented the school from
,urt coming the most handsomely endOv
an institution in the state. Senator =.
% richs admitted the error. and at