The sun., 1898-02-10
SENATE Would Adjourn
Send a Joint Resolution to the
House.
TIE HOUSE WILL SAY No
II Was Regarded as IL Clever Bit Of
Politics hut will Go Down
the Chute.
Special Ia The >rN.

Special to THE, ,rN.
Dover, Feb. o.-S"nate joint resolution
in relation to ad djournmcnt:--
Whereas, The General Assembly in
stead OF adjourning sine die at its
last session, adjourned until the
eleventh day OF January, A. d.,
1898, for the purpose of making the
laws of Delaware conform to the new
Constitution and,
Whereas, The General Assembly upon
reassembling, appointed a comnit-
tee of lawyers for this purpose
which said committee has reported
that it will take four months to
complete it's work, and,
Whereas, 1t will be wholly mneccs-
sary for the General Assembly to be
in session until this work has been
performed, and,
Whereas, The continuance of the Cen
eral Assembly in session during the
time consumed in the preparation OF
such necessary bills would entail
upon the State large and unneccs.
sarv expense ut il time when it is
universally conceded the most rigid
economy should be practiccd and
now, therefore, be- it
Resolved By the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the State OF
Delaware, in General Assembly met,
That when this General Assembly
adjourns, it adjourns to meet on the
18th day OF April, A. d., 1898, at 10
o'clock, Il. M, and the members "l
said houses shall receive no com
pensation for the time between the
adoption of this resolution and the
reasscmbling of the General AS
semblv.
This was the most startling thin. that
haprnncd i'm the General Assembly to.
day.
# came like thunder from clear sky,
inst as REPRESENTATIVE Donaldson arose
TO move that the house adjourn until
tomorrow morning
taThere we're only five Senators IN the
Senate. and out OF these four voted fo
the resolution ~,
These four were Republicans. Thl
discussion in the House was confined t.
the down-Stalc members. who lingcr' q
after adjournment and read the Ies"Ii'
tion. 1t was freely criticised and it II
ycrv evident that it will he lost.
In fact that is what the Senate expects
one member saying as it was sent over
''rncre it goes to the graveyard.
The members of the House who saw
the resolution, and who knew that th'
men who voted for it did not hesitate t.
say that it was shrewd Itcc"i polltica
work, II! il removes from the shoulders
of these men the stigma Of lnaiing at the
.xnpnsr Of the State. and at the same
time does not put them in any danger "
having to Il" ~ the resolution pre-
scribts.
The House will in all probably spcn'
tomorrow in discussing the thing, bu
its end is certain, barring the 'lsu;'
act ident. ~
The bill providing for steward a
Farnhurst was galvanized into me to'i;l
bv Mr.. Demsev's notice of bill III i;l
relation. A similar bill met Waterloo
in the Senate Il week ago, as mere wa
for some reason an unexpected oppos
tion it, and it was indefinitely postponec
That i will 20 through the House Is
fopgone conclusion, but whether IN
fences in the Senate will hold Is anot he
matter.
Another bill, Of which notice VI;
given bv Mr.. Demsrv, was 10 provlde IL
the passage and publication OF Ia"
under the altered provisions OF the ne
constitution.
Notice was given by Mr.. Adams OF a
act in relation to the judiciary, s'lp'lIa
ing what judges should issue rertal
writs, and who should issue them dn
ing the vacations. II,
4 lauglmblc incident occurred m u
matter Of the bill fixing the the si!'arlt
of the Judges 1t seems that though ii
hill was read and passed in the lioli'
as SaSOD and $4,000, it really stood y.
and S36, and it passed its first reading
the S mate with those figures. There, W;
conservation among the friends OF IL
hill when their attention was called
the matter and they awaited the eXpl'
sion which was sure to follow.
This morning the Senate requested vi
formal recall uf the bill for correctlo,'
Thi. va. done and the members WI
voted for lower salaries bTatl'ed sig
Of relief when they were sure ti'at tl,e
had not unwitting y ovcrdone the matte
In the afternoon sessio in the iio1S'
Sneaker Protein IIazcll gave notice "i
bill to amend the act Of incorpo'nt ION
the town Of Smyrna in regard to
election laws. On motion OF KcPieS'l'.
tive Dukes, the bill to change the nan
Of Ida NJ. IIolston to Ida NJ. Cl'alnn9
lainc was acted upon and passed u
House. ala,
In the Senate the morning was als
lutcly barren Of results. In the "i'e
noon however, the Senate pass.ru
their first reading, two House bilIs
relation to the State Detectives ana '',t
proceeded to fire bpmb shell INTO u
House in the shape Of that l"'nt res
luton. ~ ,n,,,,
After doing this the Sena'e adl"nrn'
and the House quickly f)l'owed the
example but only until tom 'rrow NOR
ing. ''''''"