The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE
tie Sent His Message 70 the Legislature
Which is now In Session at Dover
He Makes Numerous Suggestions
In Regard to the New Consti-
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! Tho adjourned session OF the DelawAI'
legislature opened Tuesday. Chaplnii
Vincent. OF the House. formally resigned
An unsuccessful effort was made ii
each HOUSE to have the members swori
under the new Constitution Th, man
bers were, of course, sworn last year, undeI
the old constitution.
| In the House bills were introduced regu
| lating tho sessions oft1s Supreme Court
| Walton Thompson, of Harbeson, wa.
| elected Recalling Clerk and Rev. G 1.
| Stengls. of Leipsic Chaplain.
The annual message Of Governor Tun-
| nell was presented aud read in both house.
of the Legislature Tuesday. IN the off
| DIAL paper the Governor said:
Since your adjournment the Constitu
tional Convention has concluded its labors
and adopted and promulgated now Con.
stituton, differing widely in many i'm.
portant respects from the Old one Much
of The machinery OF our State Government
hes undergone important changes Thus
we mark in tho history OF our State new
epoch. We have been con serva;iva peu-
pie. slow to recognize tho necessity OF
change and reluctant to give up the tried
and understood. though recognizing Its do.
fects, for the new and untrisd. Hence,
with you will rest In no small degree the
successful application Of the new ClnstiI IL.
tlcn.
congratulate you that you are no longer
to be annoyed by divorce legislation 50 dis
graceful to our State and humiliating to
her good citizens, nor called to Sit in judg-
mention conflicting claims and disputes Of
corporations, involving questions which u
legislative body finds so difficult to UNDER
stand and intelligently deal with.
GENERAL CORPORATION AND DIVORCES.
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the veto power which had been given him,
placing upon him new duties. He said:
1T will be necessary to enact general
corporation law. under which corporations
may be created, amended, renewed or rc
vived, tho Constituton having, rs ! have
before stated. deprived you of the power
of passing special corporation acts 1t is
for you to provide a safe, we'll guarded aud
comprehensive law.
"While it is always to be dcplored that
domestic infelicity should ncces;itate law.
ful separation Of husband aud wife, yat
such Is the case and Legislative authority
will be exercised in providing a general
and uniform law for granting divorces by
tho Judgment Of our Courts. In doing this
it Is to be hoped that you will not lose
sight Of tho Importance of preserving rs
far as possible the homes of our State for
in their sacred precincts is bound up pow
er for tho greatest good. And, while we
recognize the necessity of sffordng a
means of separation in some cases, yet the
law should discourage rather than pro.
mote divorces"
In tho interest OF those who bear the
burden of county taxatlon--the owners OF
land and personal prOperty--I call your
attention to the fact that the new Consti-
tuition, afteIsproviding for IL very made.
gu alto registration fee. amounting to no
cents per annum, provides that the Gcn-
eral Assembly shall provide for levying
and collecting a capitation tax from every
malo citizen of tho State Of tho ago OF Il
tax Is provided for there will DO dellcien.
cy In the county taxes OF more than S25,-
900. which will have to be met by an in
crease of tho tax rate on property. A capi. |!
tation tax without son0 stringent means |
of enforcing its payment would be paid |
only by that class Of our citizens whose
solf-rcspect, or whose ownership OF prop
erty, ont of which the tax could be collect.
ed, would provent tho evasion OF its pay.
ment. l would urge thar in providing for
this tax you clotlie tho collectors with all
necessary powers to insure tho collection
of tho same
further coll your attention to the law
enacted by you at your last session PRO.
viding for the taxation Of Investments etc.
1t is claimod that defects ia the provision
of tho law threaten to defeat the assess-
ment and collection of the tax contemplate
ed. II in your Judgment such dorects
exist it Is to be hoped that the law will
be so amended by you as 10 relieve It Of
any objectionable feature and insure Its
enforcement and operation
On the subject of bribery at elections
the message urges the passage of law
providing punishment OF bribery ut pri.
mary elections. Attention was also di.
rected to other matters, including necus-
sity of provision for uniform biennial
registration, permaunnt school fund,
State Board OF Agriculture, y State Board
of Health and many other important
changes.
The statement WIS also made that Of the
United STATUS district Tax, amounting to
so, 772 OF, which was paid to tho Sta;o By
uct of Congress Ct March 2. 1891, tho six.
year limit has expired and SS!33 II runaius
10 the credit OF the State having not been
claimed by individuals.