Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

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stafT Correspondence Of Gazette and journal.
Dover Feb. Q. Representative HAZEL
OF Duck Creek hundred, Kent county,
rresided over the House Of Represents.
tives yesterday and to-day, in the abb
sence Of Speaker Riggin. who is attend.
inn the meeting Of the Grand Lodge of
Delaware, A. o. U. W.. in Wilmington.
Speaker Pro TEN HAZEL makes good
presiding officer and filled Speaker Rig
giu's place with credit.
At the afternoon session of the Senate
there was I'M animated debate, Mr..
Handy being tho principal figure. He
claimed that he had been virtually
ignored by Chairman AlrichH of the
judiciary committee and stated his
grievance on the floor. Mr.. Alrichs
fatty denied the accusations made by
Mr.. Hanhy.
The Senate passed the House bill pro.
viding that the Supreme Court shall
succeed the Court OF Errors and APP
peals, the Court Of General Sessions
shall succeed the Court Of General Ses-
sions of the Peace and Jail Delivery
and all other courts ahall succeed the
farmer courts of the same names. After
the bill had been read and before the
vote was taken there was some discus.
aiun. Mr.. Handy wanted to know why
ID had been apecifed that tbs Supreme
Court should sit in January and June.
Hs said, in his opinion, that provision
was made that the next session should
be held in June because there was a
purpuse back of it, in order that the
Kent county election case could not
come UP until after the Legislature had
adjourned. "It's been going on for
nearly two years." he said. You can
unbntton your vests AMI be happy. No
matter what the Legislature does. the
Constitution says the courts are open
all the time" The bill, he held, was
good enough In every other way, but
tho attempt to set time for the court
to sit is side issue behind which to
hide. He gave a brief history of his
yiew OF the Kent county election case.
Senator Alrichs eaid the first session
had been fixed for next June, as Janu'
ary had passed and Juno was the regu-
lar time, as the other courts would not
he engaged at that time. When the
vote was taken Mr.. Handy alone voted
against it. -,
The Senate also passed the House bill
proyiding for clark for the Supreme
Court and an officer for serving the
processes thereof. At the conclusion
Of the renting of the bill, before the
vote was taken, Mr.. Handy, who is on
the judiciary committee, asked whel
the bill had besn considered in COM
mittee. lie charged Chairman Alrichf
with treating him discourteously in moi
inviting him TO the committees meet
ing. lie admitted that Mr.. Alrichs
had given him an opportunity to reac
the bill. Mr.. AlrichH said Mr.. Handy
had declined to peruHe the bill wher
asked Il, do 40, and he presumed thai
ended tho matter. When the vote wa
taken Mr.. Handy gave his approval,
with the others.
The House bill providing for seals fol
the courts was also called up for pas
cage by Chairman Alrichs OF the Judi
cary committees. MIR. Handy wanted
to know when it had been considered
10 committee. Mr.. Alrichs said no hat
asked Mr.. Handy to look at the bill
of the COMMITTEES had done 80. and tina
Mr.. Handy declined. Mr.. Hanb.
denied that he had been shown th
bill. He thought he had not bee
given the proper courtesy. lie mad
the remark that il Chairman Alrich
would say that he did not want him o.
the COMMITTEES he would resign. ii
had never asked TO he placed on an
committee and did not want to be o
any committee when his presence wa
not desirable. He made many causti
remarks, directing them at Mr.. Alricht
Mr.. Alrichs denied that he had treate
Senator Handy with any discourtesy
The bill was passed, every membe
present voting for II.
senator Pyle introduced bill repea
ing the law requiring clerks OF tn
peace to copy the poll assessment list
which is practically dead letter undo
the new Constitution and will sal
New Castle county about 81, 800 al
nually.
Tno House bill fixing the salaries
the Chancellor and Chief Justice I
$500 and the associate judges at ~, 6t
met with very little opposition au
there was very little controversy befo
it was passed by the House. Mr. Sho
called up the bill for passage at Il
morning session, and insisted on
Immediate consideration. He piesentt
petition from the members OF ii
Sussex County Bar Association, recon
mending that the Chancellor and Chi
Justice be paid not less than ~, U
each and the associate judges not le
than So, 500 each. The communicate
was read, but excited very little cor
ment. The vote on the passage OF Il
bill was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Adams, Davis, Donal
SOB, Dukes, HAZEL, j. u. iopkin
L. S. Hopkins, johnson, McCulloug
Short, Smith, Taylor, Whitney al
Wilson-14.
Nays-Msssrs Dempsey, Eliasou a
Thompson
Tho bill was also read and referred
the Senate. When 1t reached that no
Chairman Fenimore of the kovis
Statutes committee discovoreu that !
allowances, instead of being 81, !
ami SO, COO, wers S38 and $50. III
was duo to an error while the bill "
under consideration in the House. L
amendment fixing the figures was
proper shape, but when the. hguras
The bill were altered to conform to
amendment the word hundred, al
ithirty. eight aud "thirty -six," hi
Inadvertently, heen stricken out alu
with the figures originally there. u
detect will be remedied 10 the Seni
committee
. Representative johnson, in givi
notice. of a bill providing for anoti
constitutional Convention, made
abatement that no and many oth
were firmly convinced that the n
Constitution is defective in many vi
and revision ia necessary. In oruer
mako the hill a law it must be pas
nv a two. thirds vote of each house, a
ii il should pass it must bs submit
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