Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-11

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mmlssiouer moves from. hundred
hia Office is vacated and milking plan
for selecting his successor. Repressnta-
tive Mccullough gave notice OF the
bill; yesterday.
Representative Hazel gave notice Of
n bill amending chapter 476, Vol. Mi,
Laws of Delaware, which relates TO
orphans' courts. Whom recognizances
arc entered into in orphans courts.
and tho parties holding al. or part of
them cannot be found the law requires
that The money shall DO paid into
court. at present parties holding
recogn!zances refuse to accept pay
ment, and thereby prevent purchasers
of property from obtaining clear titles,
and the amendment provides that the
| u.oney'may he paid into court, thus
clearing up tho title. The bill was
prepared by prominent Kent county
lawyers.
Speaker Riggin of the House has in
hand bill providing for an increase
in the school tax rate OF tho town uf
Laurel, tho title oil the bill being "A n
act to amend section 6. chapter 507
Vol. XVIII, Laws of Delaware. "
Sufficient funds are not raised at
present, hence the desired increase
Many OF the voters of Sussex county
ars in favor of doing away with voters
assistants, and in Difference to their
wishes Representative Johnson gave
notice OF bill TO replace all acts or
parts OF acts relating to voters' assist
ants.
Abort II. Silver. David w. Elkin-
ton and Daniel BouJlcn were elected
State directors oil this Farmers Bank at
New Castle. and George II. Glider
sleeve, John W. Casson and Peter X.
Meredith were elected State directors
of the Farmers Bank at Dover.
Magistrate Copper. yesterday after
noon. held George NJ. Satteriield of
FELTON, in 500 bail TO answer the
charge OF embezzling $3.50 from John
4. Nicholson of Albany, N. y.
The bond of John NJ. Arthure,
Democrat, as county treasurer, was ap.
proved yesterday afternoon and he inn
mediately entered upon the duties of
the Office.
Dover, Feb. G. I'm the course of n
discussion in the House of Representa-.
tives yesterday Mr.. Short spoke of a
current report that there were people
in tho State Insane Hospital at Farm
hurst who should not be there, and
that some physicians had been careless
in their recommendations as TO sanity
Representative Donaldson suggested
that an investigation should be made.
He was of the opinion, however, that
Mr.. Short had obtained his information
from people who were preiudiced
against the institution.
The subject was brought up by Mr..
Haze, who spoke of the trip to Farm
hurat and commended the supcrin-
tendent'H report to the careful cousid-
Grafton of the members. 1t is State
institution, he said, and must be sup
ported hy the State. He cautionell the
General Assembly to be economical in
Other directiops, and by doing so justice
might be doug toward the State Hos
pital.
The followisu was offered in the
Houseiby Mr. Davis:
BE it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the State of Delaware.
that we, the representatives of the people of
this State, heartily commend the admins
tration of President Cleveland in its endeavor
to secure treaty of arbitration between the
two great English.speaking nations of the
world. We recognize that arbitration is the
handmaiden of pcaceand believe that ciyiliz-
alton demands that the two great
est nations OF the world shall be
bound together by the strongest ties
OF friendship. We rejoice hat the
Anglo,Saxon nations have learned the les
son that wisdom and Justice in policy are Il
stronger security than weight OF armament" :"
We commend the treaty of arbitration to the
Senate Of the United States and request that
it ratify the same at the earliest day cOnsis-
tent with us gryo responsibility IN the
premises We believe that by so doing it
will lay the cornerstone for that splendid
edltice of international Arbitration.
AZ it was about l2. 30 O'Clock, time
for adjournment, when tho resolution
was offered, and the members desired
time for discussion, it was tabled tenn
ncrarily, with the understanding that
il was to he taken up later.
Accordingly, at the afternoon session
Mr.. Cheairs moved tho adoption of the
renoluiion. Mr.. Hazel made vigorous
speech in favor OF the motion, and
Incidentally euiUgiZed Ambassador
hon.as II. Bayard for the noble man
ner IN which be has exercised his Office
toward bringing about friendly rela-
tions between the two greatest coun-
tries of the world. Messra. Cheairs aud
Donalslaon also spoke in the same
strain, but Mr.. Donaldson said he was
loath TO vote for the resolution, as he
had never consulted his constituents
about the matter and did not feel that
he could express their viows. Tie
resolution was adopted, Mr. Donaldson
alone voting in the negative,
Two postal cards containing tho fol
lowing were received by the T4eaisla-
ture through the mail from Whining.
ton yesterday:
Heaven, 47,2.4
As long as a man takes cares of his chill.
dren, sends them to school and feeds and
clothes them he has fathers right to thrash
them with whip il they disnbey, but when
the boy or girl take care Of themselves this
right ceases.
Unless the State be the father and mother
of its citizens and take the same interest and
loving care of them that a father would the
State has no right to whip them il they disc.
hey the law. What father would set tho
temptations before his children that We do
before yours and then thrash them il they
fall. Hypoerte. Ezra.
On motion of Mr.. Short, u Joint
resolution was adopted providing for
the appointment OF joint committee 10
Investigate the matter Of Stats house
insurance. Messrs. Eliason, Wilson
and johnson were named as the House
members of tho COMMITTEES. Tine Senate
concurrod in the resolution and Soma
tors Pyle and John NJ. G. Moore were
named us the members of the committee
from that body.
MIR. Donaldson's joint resolution pro-
viding for a hre-proof vault in tho State
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