Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-12
FOURTH EDITION.
estate Aid'' Debate.

DISCUSSION, YESTERDAY, OF THE MOTION TO PRINT
300 corIEs OF THE AID BILL-REaIAnKs OF now
LAND, HOUSTON AND BIGGs.
Special correspondence Of The Commercial.
Down, March H.
estate Aid was again tle engrossing subject
of yesterdays legislation. The rough handling
the bill received on Wednesday, when it was pre-
vented from being twice read bya refusal to
suspend the rules, was not calculated to i'm
PROVE the temper of its advocates. Indeed it
seems as if it was to have hard road to travel
before it becomes law, and the ac-
tive opposition Drought to bear against it by a
united delegation from New Castle may yet
70 unsettle some of Its friends, that its passage
through tho House may even yet be doubtful.
No opposition was manifested yesterday to the
second reading of the bill and its reference back
to the committee. The reference no doubt
PREVENTED LONG DISCUSSION,
but there was some debate on Mr.. Nowland's
motion to print 800 copies Of the bill. Mr.. Now
land contended that it was no more than a SIM
pie act Of justice that bill of 20 much impor-
tance. Involving the credit OF the State to tile
amount of s33J, ,00O, should be printed.
Mr.. Houston warmly opposed the resolution
for want of time. the House had already
agreed TO adjourn on tue 10th instant lie then
gave hs reasons for supporting the bill. Sus-
OF it and even in New Castle county many of the
leading citizens were in favor of it, petition
of from 700 to 800 citizens had been received IN
favor of it. Two years ago, the same opposition
had been raised against the 100000 worth of
bonds to be issued to aid the Junction Il Break
water road, without which aid it never would
have been built, and the
STATE WAS PERFECTLY SECURE
in her Investments. The State had also issued
l17J, 600 worth of bonds for the Delaware Rail
road, and now that corporation was putting forth
every effort in her power to prevent the granting
of charters to any other road. Had it not been
for the selfish aud grasping disposition of that
road, there would have been no need to day for
another line Of railroad, and the question of
State Aid would not now be before the Leg
islature.
Mr.. Biggs favored the resolution to print, and
criticised the Committee on Corporations for
holding the bill six weeks, and now, at this late
day, saying that there was no time. The bill
before the House now is not the same that
introduced, and the
PEOPLE OF THE STATE HAVE NO IDEA
whatever Of its provisions. 1t has been impos-
sibe for any member opposed to the bill to get a
sight of it. while outsiders in favor of 1t have
been allowed to carry it of and examine it. The
gentleman speaks OF the number of petitions
that could be.got for it from Sussex and he
speaks of persons from New Castle county be-
ing in favor of it, The gentleman is laboring
under q mistake. Persons may nave signed Tor
the Milford and Bayshore Railroad but not for
the bill now pending. He knew that the people
of Kent and Sussex were not all in favor of the
bill while in New Castle county ten-tenths Of the
people were opposed to it, and il necessary TO-
000 remonstrances could be got aganstit it,
IF OUR BABIES COULD ONLY WRITE.
Mr.. Houston disclamed any intention of ever
keeping the bill from the view of those opposed
to it, ard he believed that the last speaker, on
asking for it at one time had it handed to him,
when he looked through it, aud saw as he (NIr.
Houston) thought all he wanted. Mr.. Ii. int-
mated that the friends of printing the bill only
wanted to kill time to the end of the session 30
that the bill would fail for want OF time.
Mr.. Nowland warmly repelled the intimation
that he had any but the best of motives in wish
ing to have the bill printed, and rather than not
have it printed and out to the people he would
be willing to have the resolution to adjourn sine
die recalled from the Senate, and anxious as he
was to
END TIE SESSION
he would stay here three weeks longer.
Mr.. Fraim said the bill ought to be printed,
but it was q well known fact that the time for
adjournment Of the Legislature was fast drawing
on, and he thought it could not now he printed.
The vote to PRINT was yeas, IL nays, 8.