Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-08-12
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The following communication tfeits ii he
above important query. portion oi ii, rechne
the wonderful anxiety and curiosity manifested
by one of the Democratic newspapers Of TIC city
to learn III circumstances OF The Legislative
operation, is emitted ir lack Of spiec, Oar
correspondent !hpcs he can .iirt:% selnr light %,
the matter, and says
A few w:aks since, gvhtl,iin n, ii cun,ci-
sation with other gCntieine on the subject OF
Loan Assgcuiaus, ttuk occAtina to sptas Gather
b1usingly, 81 Ills pat II procarin. The passage
Of . c.rt-sil, loan hill which hal he; ~uve re-
jeciu,i. Tie .uil lie had zone To DJycr, knowing
verr little OF legislators legislatures and liud
| come away very considerably enlightened; that
lie had found the gentlemen COMPRISING that
august assembage very largely opposed TO his
Till, and had succeeded in making converts of the
| entire body; and had received The promise If
| the votes OF the whole body, il required Some,
however, who had reported adversely, and had
spoken against the passage of the BILL stipulated
| only for absenting themselves ms that would save
| appearances while it would answer the same end
and that the agreement or promise was duly cur
| ried out and the bill passed. The gentleman
| thought managing legislatures very agreeable
business but he said it was rather expensive, as
he had come away minus three hundred dollars,
after having a night with the law.makcrs
| Now while nothing was said about IT, have
no doubt that the thought suggested itself to
Others, as IL did to me, or that occasion, that
three hundred dollars was very large sum II
pay for hotel accommodations, for one night, and
a very small sum to buy legislature with hui
whatever was thought nothing was said. asked
the gentleman ii he did not have to have might
with the Seuate? He replied that there was ne
occasion,a as the bill had already passed that body
will not give the genlleman's name, and
could not if ] would, give his politics, as did
not, and do not KNOW to what party he belongs
He may be Simon pure Democrat. or he ma,
be Conservative, or he may be an Independent
but he belongs to soma branch OF that almcrou
family, out of which Democratic candidates ar
, selected, as his name now stands conspicuou-l,
among the candidates for Council, in one of III,
nine wards of the city. If Those interested viii
carefully interrogate each one of the eighteen
men selected for our municipal fathers, they vii
find the man, and should not mt oil wonder II il
the search several others would be found cumpe
tent to give information on the same subject
, This gentleman was no doubt selected for Coun
, Gil mainly because of his great influence wit
legislatures; and the others may have bee
chosen Tor like qualifications. l hope the il
l quirers will follow up the clue have given ther
and have this important question settled. Let i
OF the present generation know whether the De
aware Legislature was bribed or not--and VIII
did it let us have It settled, and not have
, transmitted to future generations like the PEI
picking and never to be determined question
who struck BILLY PATTERSON ~