The sun., 1898-02-24
Immense Amount OF business
Does Not Materalize.
HAZELL SCORES THE LAWYERS
Made u Pointed and Ftorctblc sum-
! Ing Up Of Affairs In the Legal
! Commission

SPECIAL to THE sun
Dover, Feb. 23.--After a week.
absence the General Assembly met agail
this morning.
Vague rnmOrs were current Of ar
immense amount Of business whic h was
waiting to be transacted.
! But alas! the business was conspicu
Gus by it's absence.
One of the most significant items OF
the morning was joint resolution which
was offered by Representative Hazel in
regard to the appointment of Il joint
committee to determine the subdivision
of the Representative districts and to de-
eide whether any Of the Representative
districts should Ike divided into election
precincts.
Six members were called for by the
resolution to represent the House and
three were to be provided by the Senate.
/ In explaining the meaning and cause
of the resolution Mr.. HAZEL made a
pointed and forcible summing up of the
condition Of affails in the legal commits
sion.
The resolution was to have been ready
for us when we met. but the commission
has been lying supinely upon their backs
and have done nothing. They have heen
here forty days and have presented
about twenty little bills in regard to un-
important matters.
It is becoming irksome, tiresome and
disgusting. IftIey cannot do any better
they had better resign and 60 home
That he voiced the general sentiment
was apparent.
The members appointed from the
House were Hazeli, l.. $. Hopkins
Dempsey, Mccullough, Whitney and
Smith. Another significant move
which showed the dissatisfaction which
grows daily with the way in which the
work is. presented.
This was a joint resolution presented
by Representative Wilson which pro-
vided that the Assembly adjourn on
March 25th at twelve o'clock noon. The
resolution was at his request laid over
until tomorrow.
During the morning the Board of
Trade bill in relation to the appropri-
alton for the permanent improvement
of the Christiana River was presented.
1t was readand referred to the co Inmit.
tee.
Several other important details were
transacted and the House adjourned
until afternoon.
/ In the Senate the newly elected Sena-
tor was sworn in. Sheriff Finn pre-
sented his credentials and Senators
Alrich and Fennilnore escorted him to
the Speakers desk where he subscribed
to the oath to support the constitution.
lie is the first man to swear to the
: new constitution.
In the afternoon both houses met in.
formally in the House to receive depu-
tation from the New Century Club who
come in the interest of the school laws.
TIE " ,nlen had met the committee on
Education in the morning and had re-
quested the privilege OF appearing before
tie Legislature. Speeches were made by
Mrs. Benjamin F. Nieds, Mrs A. u.
Warner, Mrs. Charles 5. Rowland and
Mrs J. Turner.
All dealt with practically the same
subject and all were earnest in exploiting
the passage Of better school laws. They
pointed out clearly many points which
would need careful consideration. There
were about thirty prominent New
Century women in the delegation. many
Of them from Wilmington.
During the afternoon the Chcairs bill
to allow Delaware City to refund it's /
debt was passed and also the bill in re.
lation to publication Of the laws under
the new Constitution.
The Sussex county Levy Court bill .
was also put through afrer considerable .
discussion and opposition by Represent
ative Short. Notices were given Of sew
eral minor bills to repeal certain laws
which are rendered imperative under
the new constitution.
In the Senate the bill fixing the saa-
ries OF the judiciary was passed as sent
in by the House. though Senator Feni.
more tried to take another fall out of
it, by amending it to make the salaries
S3. 900 all around
The House joint resolution in relation
to representative district subdivisions
was concurred in. The Senate then ad-
journed until tomorrow.
Some lively times are expected tomor-
row, when Wilson's joint resolution in
relation to adjournment comes up.
SHILLING.