The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-24
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tits NowfenatOr Daniel r. Stewart, VITA
out His Vote the New City Charter
Cannot Become Law. Il

Dover. Feb. 23.-The Legislature a.
sembled again to-day after. a recess of one
week, owing to the sudden death of Rober'
j. Handy.
Daniel f. Stewart the newly slectot
senator took the oath of office this inorrs
ing and Is now full aedged Senato OF
Delhg sworn in under the new constitiS
ton. ~
Among the visitors to sec Senator
Stewart sworn In were; Sheriff Willlais
N. Finn, Major Edmund Mitchell, Jr.,
William H. Hayes. Stephen Downey, J.
Frank Alice, ID. Miffln Wilson, William
Il. Smithers, John H. Bateman, and
others.
In the afternoon tho Educational Com
mite of the houses gave hearing to q
largo delegation OF the members Of tho
New Century Club, OF Wilmington.
Mr.CW. Rowland was the first speaker
who said nothing was too good for TN
children who arc to be educated. Massa
chusetts, which does the most for educa
ZION, excels In production. her people pro-
dnclng more than any other State.
~ delaware there are over 5000 person,
over ten years Of ag, who cannot read a
write. Ihere are In addition 1000 foreigner
anu lQ,OOo negroes who cannot read q
write, making total Of $4,000 In all,
Some of the new States are ahead Of Della.
ware In education. The amount spen,
for education in this State Is but Sl3 fos
each scholar. 1t is to be regretted that 10
this State there is no law to prevent tn,
employment Of children. This is the
only State that has no normal school. ~
compulsory educational law was recon
lnended. Mrs. A. ID. Warner followed
Mrs. Rowland.
She said under the new constitution .
opened clear, clean page to write upon
The state has q right to make promises to
educate the children residing within iU
borders
Mrs Benjamin Nieds, Mrs. J. B. Turns,
OF Dover were also heard.
A delegation composed of Rev. ], u,
Turner of Dover Board of Education; DR..
George A. Harler, President of Delaware
College; and Henry Rldgoly, Jr. mot the
committee and had an informal talk ID
reference to the passing of an 2dnoatics
bill. 71'71
At present the Legislative Committee ID
dovoting Its attention to trying to And out
the best plan for dividing the School fund
so that the distribution will be fair and
equitable to all. =,
The legal commission appointed to draft
bills to conform to the new Constitution
was glven to understand that 1t must pro. 4.
coed more rapidly with the work in haru
Representative HAZEL spoke very plainly
about the matter in the House and 1t will
Representative Wilson offered resolu- ,
tion for the Legislature to adjourn sine
die on March 18th.
Represen native Hazell's remarks were
nude In support of u joint resolution y
which he offered. 1t provided for the APP
polntmont OF commission of six on the
part OF the House and three ON the part OF
the Senate, to consider whether subdi.
visions are needed in the senatorial anG
representative districts. The resolution
was adopted and sent to the Senate. Tbs
House appointed as its committee Hazel,
L. S. Hopkins, Dempsey and Mccullough
of New Castle Whitney and Smith Of
Sussex. The Senate named Pyle, Fenimors
and Pierce
The commission said representative
HAZEL had been at work for two days 4
and has drawn perhaps twenty bills
which ono man should have drawn III
three days
Repre- sentative Davis gave notice of q
bill to fix the boundary line between Kent
and Sussex Counties
The Sussex county Levy Court fire com.
mission bill was called up for considera.
ton. The COMM ,sioners will be paid
s4oO year. There are to be ton tax colleo.
tors, two from each district. The meas.
ure will be brought up again Tomorrow,
representative Dempsey gave notice of
bill to amend the bill passed to require
all damage suits to be brought within one
year, making it three years.
Tho bill allowing Delaware City to 70.
fund its debt of $20OOO, at u lower rate Of
interest than the rato now paid was
passed.
Represep tative Short this afternoon gave
notice of bill to repeal the old lottery Z
law. 1t gave authority to license persons
to sell lottery tickets. All lotteries are
prohibited now and it is desired to get all
old and useless laws OFF the books.