Smyrna times., 1873-04-16
OUR DOVER LETTER.
DOVER, April l4th, 49,

DONERS ApIll lttuS 1850
AFTER FOURTEEN WEEKS SESSION,
the Legislature adjourned sine die at ten forty.
hve, A. NJ, on Saturday last. The amount OF
business transacted should and could have
been accomplished in forty days. and the State
would have been saved a large amount OF
money which has, by the men who prolonged
this almost useless session, been thrown away
with hand of reckless extravaganza There
were no weighty measures considered that
would have consumed the ninety seven days ouI
legislators were here. What, then, kept them
here all this time? is doubtless the question
many thousand citizens will ask. 1t is easily
answered. In the first place, many men sent here
were totally unfit to be in any place or position
much less in the balls of legislation These
men retarded business-were totally incompe
tent to grasp or comprehend the meaning OF
intent OF any measure other than stock laws
or divorce bills. If any question just tithe
more difficult to understand than these were
presented, they had to be postponed many
times that tie friends of the measures post
poned could, by a process of reason and argu.
ment akin to physical force, demonstrate the
necessity OF their passage. Again, many Of
the gentlemen sent here to represent the State
stayed that they might run up big bill iol
services 1t would have been much letter fol
the people had they never received. The
mileage and per diem of these men were
PAID IN GOLD COIN. OR IT'S EQUIVALENT
about three dollars and fifty five cents day
seven days in the week. when they were never
here more than four days in the week-olte1
a less time. A great many of them were
farmers, therefore, during the bad weather
could do nothing at home 50, $500 for foul
days services here. was considered good pay
and they stubbOrnly refused to abandon it unit
the balmy days of this month admonished
them that their services we're absolutely neces
sary on the farm.
THE LAST DAYS OF THE SESSION
will not make any brighter the record of the
members OF the Legislature. Instead of keep.
ing their heads clear and exercising what little
brain many of them had in the interest of the
people who sent them here, several were
IN CLOSE COMMUNION WITH THE BOTTLE.
and on Thursday night INDUCED to such an
extent that the town was disturbed by their
rawlings. Next day headaches were in order,
and intellects clouded until the time fixed for
adjourning arrived.
THE NEW RAILROAD TAX BILL.
There was but little business OF interest
transacted during the last week, except the
new railroad tax bill that was adopted This
bill provides for the payment into the State
Treasury of $4,000 annually, by the p, w.
X Is. Ii. X. Company. $4,000 of the above
amount is from the passenger or per capita
tax, which is to be collected and graduated as
the railroad company may decide. The CON-
pany is forbidden the right to discriminate
against any citizen of the State any person
overcharged for passage or freight may sue
and recover ten times the amount so over.
charged. This bill will do away with the
greater part of the $3.50 peach tax, and by
graduation make the ten cent. passenger tax
less onerous.
Just before both Houses adjourned the
Speakers Of each and some of the members
made those old,
CLAP-TRAP. HYPOCRITICAL SPEECHES
in response to the same old, clap-trap, hypo.
critical resolutions of thanks - -meaningle less
absu-dities. Neither such speeches or resolu.
tlons amount to anything or have any effect.
The people of Delaware have or will soon
judge of what their servants have done, and
no doubt their verdict will be in accordance
with the facts No matter how venal Legisa
lures are, or how unjust and partial have beer
the decisions of their Speakers, these resolu
tions are always adopted, and outsiders begir
to view them as they should be viewed,
frauds, and poor attempts to cover up derelic
tiou OF duty, duplicity and rascaity. p.