Show rattle delaware delaware was the first state admitted to the union and is the one to which randolph of roanoke referred contemptuously as having two counties at high tide and three at low tide it ia still governed by antiquated colonia colonial machinery the senate of its legislature consists of nine members only delaware is one of the states which has no lio lieutenant governor and therefore from out of th these 0 nine members one is chosen as presiding officer and the other eight are the lawmaking body the state is is divided into three counties new hew castle which includes the city of wilmington in kent which includes the capital capit al city os of dover and sussex the rustic sou southern th county new castle has bas several thousand more voters than kent and sussex combined but the bass basis I 1 of representation in the dover senate it is the same for all three three rs from each county and on any public question therefore in the senate a minority of the people can by a two thirds majority outvote the majority the city of wilmington casts about one third of the total vote of the state but it has only one representative in the senate the house of representatives tives s consists of 21 members chosen without reference to population 7 from each county san francisco argonaut |