The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-27

|.sDovER, Dsl, March 90 In the ststs
Senate to-day Senators Pyle and Handy
and Municipal Commissioner Rossen
were busy revising the proposed new
charter for Wilmington. Il has been de.
cided 10 strike out tho freeholdar quail
fication for office and the salaries Of the
city officials have been reduced.
Instead OF t2400 1t In proposed that the
Mayor shall receive $780, the Mayors
TO $500. Until July IL Is proposed to
allow rebate on taxes. All persona
whose property is sold for taxes shall be
allowed two years in which to redeem 1t.
1t Is proposed to make the police force
non partisan. One captain and one half
of the force are to be appointed from each
party. The present police force is to remain
In office, but vacancies are to he filled from
the party having minority the officers,
until the force Is equally diyiauu.
Mr. Taylor gave notice OF q bill to raise
the town tax In Townsend from 500 to
$500 and the capitation tax from 70 cents
to 81.
Mr.. Whitney introduced bill regulat.
ing the sale Of cider and wine In Seaford,
SO as to prevent speak -easies
The House passed the Senate bill ex.
tending the terms of the members Of the
Wilmington Board of Health,
During the afternoon there was q sharp
debate In the House over the bill TO vacate
Reed street in Wilmington, for the bene.
fit of L. Blumenthal ~ Co.
Mr.. Dempsey was speaking when Mr..
Donaldson asked him question, and
Dempsey retorted: go and sit down.
You bob up and down like a rub Der
ball"
An amendment was offered to make the
firm pay $1,000 instead of $4,000 for the
street, should it be vacated, but action on
the bill was postponed until Tuesday
next.
The Senate substitute for the House
Levy Court bill relating to Kent County
was presented, but afterwards with
drawn. The bill provides fol the abolition
of the Levy Court and the substitution of
five commissioners to be appointed by the
Governor, and county receiver OF taxes,
to be appointed by the Levy Court.
During the noon recess Congressman
Mcguire, of California, delivered an ad-
dress on the single tax system.
Committees were named as follows to
cooperate with the Wilmington Board Of
Trade in presenting silver service to the
gunboat Wilmington: House--Messrs.
HAZEL, Donaldson and Smith, Senate
Messrs. Pyle and Pierce.
The Senate divorce mill WINS running at
q lively rate to-day, and bills separating
seven couples were passed, The bills
were to divorce VIM. Wand Jennie Jones
VIM, and Eva Gregg, J. Curtis and Emma
L. James, Joseph p. and Della f. Frying,
James and Mary Il. Montesi, Milton j.
aud AMMO F. Edgiponds and John w.
and Mary l.. Sanderson.
Jones is the. Milton veteran who mar
rled Jennie West, the stranded actress, in
Philadelphia, who attempted to commit
gniriHa Innas road ACCOUNT pf hpr in
the newspapers, went to Philadelphia and
the two were married almost on sight.
Jones took his bride to Milton, but after
brief stay in tho town sho disappeared.
The General Assembly bids fair to
break all previous records, as far as the
matter of divorces Is concerned. Thus
far there have been nighty.six divorce
bills introduced Two Of them have been
laid aside because OF the death Of the
plaintiffs. or this number possibly over
a score of bills have been passed. OF the
eighty four cases. there are forty-four
women us plaintiffs and forty men
The cases are heard by u joint commit
tee of both Houses, which sits in secret
and then reports to the House in which q
bill originated. Bills can be introduced
in either house, SO hat there is a continu.
Gus exchange of bills. They are con inu-
ally crossing each other on the way from
one house to the other.
The record of legislative divorces for
thirty years is as follows: 1867, %, 1859,
IS; 1871, Is; 1873 23; 1875, 0; 1877, 10;
1879, 81; 1881, ID; 1888, 20; 1885, 81; 1887,
AZ; 1889, So; 1891, Al; 1858, So; 1895, As;
total, 445, or an average Of "A a year.
The Constitutional Convention IN Com
mlttee OF the Whole, has decided to take
divorce work out Of the hands Of the
General Assembly, leaving the Courts
alone with authority to grant divorces.
The Court does not hear divorce cases.
When an application is made for a divorce
the Court appoints commissioner to take
testimony and he does so in private, max
ing his return and recommendation to the
Court.
Another effort was made to-day to Sc
euro favorable report on the bills to allow
the New Castle and Wilmington Electric
Railway Company TO extend its line into
Wilmington, but the committee was not
yet ready to bring in the bill
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