Smyrna times., 1897-04-21

new CASTLES LUCK. New Castle
ana New Castle hundred appear 70 ~
unfortunate in the legislation which.
they send to Dover. The New Caat1a ,lIn
Single Tax bill and the New Coa4rS. ,rrS
charter were both killed. and Tbrrs
Gay the Committee on Elections 49,,
ted unfavorably the bill to divide Nou,
CaS'le hundred into four elections dc
'iIc's, and 1t was indefinitely postpon-
ea' In the case of Smyrna the T,agis
,atufe seemed determined to pass tho
bill whether or no.
representative Mccoy introdncodo o
Dill to abolish the once of rood conn.,,
miSsloners in New Castle county Al
roads are to be under the control of +bo.
Levy Court, which body is 70 onnoin+
a road supervisor for each hundred
Inc road taxes collected in each
hundred are to be expended on
Ihe roads of that hundred. The hill is
understood =, to be backed by the Levy
Court Of New Castle county
MARRIAGE or MISS MARY T,pp Tr-,,
NELL:-Nliss Mary Lee Tunnel. .dauoh-
Ter OF Wilbur f. Tunnel and Richard
OllVer Cannon, of BridgevilIe. were
married IN the Methodist church in
georgetown, u Wednesday evening by
lev. G. A. Grice. The bridesmaids
We're Miss Sadie Rawlins, Miss annie
hlchards and Miss Celia Wallis Of
georgetown, and Miss Lille Lambsop
o. wilmington. Miss Rachael Lavton
oI Georgetown, was maid of honor
NeeSe Layton was best man and the !
uSherS We're Harry Layton, Edward
Layton, NJ. Flemming and Harry TIM
nell The wedding was The first one
III the new church.
The first appointees to be made bv
the new administration have been D,
mos. {. Moore, of Smyrna. and DIR +
u ,. Conweli of Camden. both Union
Republicans, as members of the Kent
county Board of Pension Examiners
III. Moore IS one of the most pronouD-
ced Addicks supporters in Smvrno
by dividing up the Federal Offices in
the State between the two factions
there will he less contention and a ston
put to the political throat cutting that
Is now going on in the Republican
party President Mckinley has If in
his power to put stop to the disgrace
ful doings of the Delaware Republi-
cans and their so misnamed leaders,
HcpgJticaa.
FOR several years it appears that
Delaware has been without a law
providing for the election of election
lhspectors-all because the stupid work
OF previous Legislature more inter
eSted IN passing divorce bills and par
tlsan Legislation, than in good gov-
The present Legislature
sees an opportunity to steal the bal
lnce OF the State and county officers.
and now proposes toauthorize the Gov
7rnor to appoint Inspectors Of Election
Tor kent and Sussex counties. If Gov
ernor Tunnel is the man his insugur-
Al indicated, he VIII thwart the intcn-
lions OF the riuSster5 by naming the
inspectors chosen by the people last
November, regardless Of their politics.
THE RMLBoAD CosnrIss1oy. The
ErorY hrcuUg says: "Legislation
such as proposed by the Railroad Com
mission bill now before the General
Assembly is clearly unconstitutional.
1t tends to supercede vested rights.and
10 interfere with the concerns Of bust
ness establishments The scheme pro
posed is vicious in the extreme 1t
provides for three commissioners. at
salaries aggregating 50, 7j0, and clothes
hem with such powers that the rail
Dad companies could well afford to
)ay them several times the amount of
the compensation allowed by the State
simply to pursue policy of inactivity.
Here is IN incentive to dishonesty and
corruption from the outset. In other
espects, the movement has all the ap-
'earance of ''strike" legislation, de-
signed more for the profit of a lobby
han the benefit Of the public. 1t tends
o deplorable system that begins in
dishonesty and ends in corruption.