Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02
MEMBERS VISIT FARNHUBST
And Inspect the State Hos
pital for the Insane.
ITS GOOD CONDITION COMMENDED
Luncheon, With Speeches,
Ended tine Affair.
Then the Party Separated, Some Going
Home and Others to the Addicks Blow
out IN PhiiadeIphia-The Details OF the
Legislative Session.
s,atI Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal.

Dover, Jan. l2.--In the Senate, yes
terday, the following petition from
Thomas B. Cour.ey was referred:
''You petitioner would respectfully
represent that, in his opinion,
change in the registry might be made
greatly to the benefit Of the taxable
voters, and at the same time greatly
reduce the cost of registry with nc loss
TO the State or county.
"As the law now is, il Imposes an
Unnecessary burden upon the taxable
voters, especially those in the rural dis
tricts, residing five miles or more from
the Office of registry on farms where
they have lived all their life, yet have
TO drive every election year to meet the
registrar and tell him how old he is
and how long he has lived in the State,
county and district. This would be I'M
necessary more than once, by the reg
istrar being supplied with certificates
for each class Of voters. The taxable
voters who have property assessed 10
them; and the nontaxables who have
NO abiding place or home in the dis
trict, and may be in one district one
year and some other the next, for him
it will be necessary to register before
each election.
''The taxables' certificate should be
DIlnbtu paper vi SDlDt tuIOls
so that il may be easily discovered
among other papers. The untaxables'
should be different, so that the in
spector might readily see which class
they represent. As their certificates
will be taken in with their votes by
tho inspector and destroyed, this will
make repeating impossible.
The certificates of the taxabies
might be something like this:
This may certify that John Blank
has proved his residence and that he
Is on the assessment list ard pays lax
on property and is otherwise qualified
voter for District No = SO long as he
resides in said district and continues
on the assessment list. Signed by the
registrar,
or stamped at one end large figure
Il, .. 3--or whatever is the number of
his district, SO that tho inspector may
soc at glance that he is qualified
voter for the district represented. After
voting no may return the certificate to
his pocketbook, which will be Just as
good at all future elections so long as
he remains in that district.
The above arrangement would save
lots of time and trouble to voters re-
siding distant from the place of regis
Try and relieve the registrar of more
than half his work, consequently half
the number could do the work and save
State and tax payers 5000 each cleo
tion year, which would pay for five
voting machines fif the Legislature
decides to use them), paying for the
whole number required for the State
with the saving of four elections.
If revenue is the object of registry
the taxable voter may have the amount
of his registration fec with 10 per cent
added for collection to his assessment
and pay il with his other taxes. Thus
the county would lose nothing by the
change
This change would not be of Sc
much benefit TO the voters residing in
the city, but even then the business
man would sooner pay his registration
fee with 10 per cent added to the col
lection with his other taxes than leayt
his business and go to the Office of reg
istry each election year and perhap:
have to remain one or two hours FOL
his turn to come to be registered
The registration fee might b,
changed to 80 cents, the amount named
by the committee on elections in th,
Constitutional Convention who say il
their second report, page 3: Voter
snail be registered upon personal ap
plication only, and each voter shall
at the term OF registration, pay fe
of 50 cents.
'This or any other law that you ma,
passican be Of little benefit to me, but i
may benefit others. The chances of m
'eeing another election are Target
against me, but should your honorabl
.,ody, in connection with the House 0
! Representatives, pass any law ON thi
line you will have the thanks of you
petitioner and thousands of others''
OPPOSED TO PoLYGAuY.
The Senate adopted the followin
resolution, which was offered by Sena
tor Farlow:,
Whereas. There has been electe
by the people of the State of Utah, a
a Representative in the Fifty-sixt
Congress of the United States from III
said State, one Brigham II. Roberts
who is polygamist, having thre
wives; and,
Whereas, 1t is wrong that one q
the States of this Union should sen
to Congress, to participate in maxim
the laws Of the nation, any man VIII
has disobeyed the acts of that lepi.
lative body and also repudiated tn
agreement made between the citizen
Of Utah and the United States govern
ment prior to the admission Of sal
State into the Union respectiu
polygamy therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and Hous
OF Representatives Of the State of Deli
ware in General Assembly met: TIL;
the citizens ,sof the State of Delaware
through said General Assembly, entt
their solemn protest against such a
insult to the American people, Il
family circle and the social usages
the nation; and most earnestly rogue
the Senators and Representatives
Congress from this State to. unite
urging such proper action in Congre
by constitutional amendment al
otherwise as shall forever exclude M
disqnalify any polygamist from ner
bership in Congress, the judiciary
appointment by, the President to al
office. BE IT further
Resolved, That copy of this res
luton BIO transmitted by the Seoreta
OF State to each Of the Senators al
the. Representative in Congress fro
Delaware
REcoNsIDERArIoN OF JURY BILL.
The House, by vote Of II 60 10, r
considered the House bill providing
the appointment, by the court, of COZ
missioners TO draw iuries in this Stat
which bin it had defeated on Mond
by vote of ID to g. The motion,
reconsider was made by Representa-
FAIRIES, and the vote thereon was
follows: At
Yes Representatives Buell., Burr
Davis, Dennison, FAIRIES, Frazier, liza