Evening journal., 1915-03-17
Legislatures Close is Marked
by Spirit of Good Fellowship.
Gifts for Presiding Officers

reservation whatever, that you have
been absolutely fair. ever impartial,
always courteous, I'm your attitude to-
ward US. and we want you to know
that we appreciate IL. have been
informed by men familiar with Legis-
latures OF Delaware. that this has
been the most harmonious House they
have ever known. This. ! believe. Is
due 10 the good fellowship. honesty
and integrity OF the members OF this
House, and their appreciation OF the
spirit OF our governmental system,
coupled with your always considerate
recognition of the rights of every
member as "a member aud man. and
personally | wish TO thank you. too
Mr. Letherbury. said:
Il would feel remiss in my duty
should / not embrace this opportunity
to express to you, sir. my high ap-
probation of your most perfect fair
ness and courtesy during the trying
weeks that have marked the session
Just concluding. ! cannot express
all that J FEEL but | am sure that
your Imagination will be sufficiently
vivid TO contemplate what I mean
when ! say that have ever found
you TO be all that would he conjectured
from this statement: i have ever found
YOU true and loyal man. To the
members of this honorable body |
wish TO say SO far as ] know. our
intercourse has been harmonious.
believe in the adage With charity for
all and malice toward none I trust
that you all feel similar toward me.
and ] heartily thank you for all the
courtesies you have extended TO me-
May your future pathway ever be
bright and peaceful; and may our
relationship here not have detracted
therefrom. Should any OF you ever
visit the town of MiddletOwn / shall
be more than pleased to have you call
and see me. and assure you your
visit will be appreciated. and every
effort viii be put forth to make you
welcome
Representative Salisbury In q few
words expressed the hope that when
Speaker Grantland returns as a mem
bef OF the House in the year 2015 it
will be as a Democrat
Representative Allen offered o
resolution. signed by all the members
OF the House. reading as follows.
Whereas, IL is very essential 20
the public welfare that accurate and
perefectly truthful statements of Oc-
crrrences in beth public and private
life be published. and
Whereas, This General Assembly
has been fortunate in having consci-
entious and painstaking reporters to
spread its doing before the public
eye; therefore be it
Resolved, BY This Assembly, by
this resolution, that we show our ap-
probation OF the labors of the knights
OF the quill and thank them for their
accurate and impartial work and the
wish of the General Assembly is that
their kind may be multiplied upon the
earth.
The following resolution, offered by
Mr.. Downward. was also adopted;
Whereas, The chairman OF the
Rivers and Harbors Committee OF the
House Committee of the National AS
sembly, Mr.. Sparkman, has expressed
himself that there was a good out
look for the purchase of the Delaware
and Chesapeake Canal by the govern
ment at the next session OF Congress,
therefore be il
Resolved, That this General AS
sembly urge the president of the In
land Waterways Association, Hon. J.
Hampton Moore and our own Con-
gresham. Hon. Thomas w. Miller, to
continue their activity for the acquisi-
tion of the canal and to urge upon Mr..
Sparkman its value when converted
into an enlarged waterway in time OF
peace and also the event of war.
Diamond Pin for Speaker.
Then Representative Hill, Republican
floor leader, presented the diamond pin
% Speaker Grantland in behalf of the
entire membership of the House. Mr..
Hin said;
MIR. Speaker. | claim no gift OF elo-
quence ! know little of oratory. and
what / shall say is not fattery; =
merely speak the words of a plain,
blunt man in truth. | have known You
but short time. sir; but since I have
known you | have recognized something
about you which strangely draws me
toward you in manner cannot ex-
plain.
AN alchemist once gathered from the
confines OF the earth those ingredients
which, when combined. form a diamond,
As YOU well know, the diamond is EN-
blematic OF that which is most attract
i've, and of highest quality; first. be-
cause of its purity; second, because Of
its intrinsic value.
ITO me. sir. has been delegated the
high honor OF presenting to you this
diamond pin, as symbolic of your
worth and as a token of the high es-
teen In which we. the members of the
House of Representatives of the
Ninety-ffth General Assembly. hold
you. We consider il a most fitting
emblem. May you always shine with
the same lustre. Notwithstanding the
arduous task that has been yours, we
believe that with unfaltering integrity
you have performed the duties incum-
bent upon you with absolute impair
tiality; and as the years pass by, no
matter what we may be engaged In.
our mind's eve will ever see your
smiling face, and remember you as
the Speaker OF the House. a gem in
the legislative diadem.'
LOAN ASSOCIATION ELECTS.