The daily gazette., 1875-02-04
Letter from, Samuel Tosc,asend.
For the Gozette.

Mk. EDITOR Last week sent Won n
short communication stating that one or
two men in the interest of that hanI-
rupt Wilmington and Western Railroad
so-called. was at Dover urging the leo,
islatnre to loan them money, as thev
called 1T, but in reality to give IL to
theu, when the State is already in debt
anu mas TO have very unjust State tax
10 pay the interest. But, notwithstand-
eung, th1s said railroad has not paid to our
o.u'e treasurer the ten cent. passenger
t;t;onS tai, since h wrote. their concooted Pc
titions nave been presented, and the
principal lobby engineer is John a
jackson; A writer in the Erery Eue,siao.
and probably this said John G.. jackson
says no voted for the bonds of tbe
Breakwater Railroad IN 1886, and in 1897
the people of New Castle county sent
him back to Dover" What stuff This
jackson well knows that negro votes
and Republican frauds sent him hack
but as corrupt as tho white ana black
negro equality party may be will do
ilst Iaein tne Justice to say that in 1874 they
left every member of their party who
voted for State aid in 1873 or the ticket
or iet Them get beat at the last election.
Tor there Is not one Of that number i'm
Ine present legislature, except the one
holding over. As to Messrs. Honston
and Hickman, who voted for bonds To he
given to the Breakwater Railroad and
afterwards elected again. argues moth
ing, Tor they were elected to the State
Legislature, and there was nothing in
the state platform authorizing them to
cast said votes. 1t was selfish act for
1ne county they lived in at the expense
OF hent ana New Castle counties. As
to the vote for James Ponder. Susser
member. who this writer says was after
wards elected Governor; it was not be-
cause he voted for bonds to ba given to
the Breakwater Railroad. but because
ne accepted the nomination of the Dem
ocratlc party and their platform, and
not ono word in that platform counte-
nanced State Bonds, and know further
that James Ponder, as Governor, was
opposed to loaning bonds to the Frank
lord railroad, and had he been invested
with veto power he would he have vetoed
the Dill. Does any sensible man sun
pose it is right for SUSSEX county TO re-
fuse increased representation to New
Castle county, and at the same time Law
heavy taxes on New Castle county to
build railroads in Sussex And further
Is 1t sound doctrine and wisdom for a
Democratic Legislature to listen to the
request OF the ultra Republican John g.
jackson, for State bonds to he given as q
SUBSIDY to the Wilmington Western
Railroad, while the said Republican par
ty that the said jackson belongs to. as
corrupt as It is at Washington, which is
now investigating subsidy frauds with a
view of repeating Government aid p
The Democrats would indeed be great
set OF spooneys this winter to destroy
their party to bolster up broken down
| railroad; for just SO sure as an act ia is-
sued to tax the farmers and working
people to pay spectators debts, Just o
sure poor workingman's party will be
organized to fight such schemes before
the people and at the ballot box, and ii
| am living will take an active part
| with the poor taxpayer against party
| that votes the substance OF the masses
to pay the debts of reckless apeculators
How could the Western road expect TO
payP 1t runs alongside of the Reading
rond more than mile. Wilmington be-
ing only seven miles from Pennsylvania,
| gave the distance rs seven miles; if ii
is very crooked eight miles ought to eoy-
er the whole distance in Delaware.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, February 8, 1875.