The daily gazette., 1875-03-10
EDITION.
IRE CraiItW DsclsSOyt.

IRE CUaiGtW DscisSO1t.
MEETING Or TEE OPPONENTS Or THE
EEAsURE-TKE EPEBcREs IY MEssR6.
| WHITLEY AND HIeerNs--ADoPrIoN OF |
RESOLUTIONS OPPOSING DIvrsloN-rHE |
| FRIENDS OF DIVISION NOT h1AowED TO |
SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT.
Aided by weeks notice, a vigorous |
canvass and good night, the opponents |
Of county division held a meeting at the |
City Hall, last evening, the Hall being |
filed by about three hundred people.
The meeting was called TO order by |
Allen Speak on whose motion Hon. |
VIM. 9. Whiveley was called to til chslr. |
The following Vice Presidents ard Sec |
retaries were then appointed:
Vice Presidents-Wash. Hastings. Ed |
ward Moore, Lewis Thompson, Wash |
lington Jones. Albert Thatcher, Howard
M. jenkins, James w. Ware, John Feh- |
Irenbach, Philip Plunkett, e. C. Stotsen-
tburg, Jos Teas. David Chandler, Henry
IDuPont, James Delaplaine, Amos Sharp
less, Jr., John 6. jackson, DR.. 8. Chand-
Ter, George Springer, Lewis Zebley, Jno.
Pugh, II. H. McMulien.
! SecretaTies-John H. Moore, John E.
Frock, s. w. McCauney, E. Z. Frazer.
OF this formidable array of officers,
only Messrs. John Moore, Thompson,
jenkins, Stotensburg, Frazer and the
President advanced to the stand.
| Col. Whitley, arose to make few
. remarks and was greeted with ap-
Iplause. He read the call for the
meeting, and then proceeded to speak
at once upon the subject. e..
i Two hundred years ago, he said, the
three counties comprising the State of
Delaware were formed, and they still
eaist. New Castle county has popu-
!. lation of about 60, 600, while the 9TH
0 Ter two have about the same popula-
!. ition, nearly equally divided between
them. Now what we most want is
f Increased representation for our coun-
: Ity. The Board of Trade asks that
i the county be divided, but / believe
r that Ely tenths of the people of the
n tcounty ',pose the division. GAP
O olplause.l they oppose it because they
n are in fa " Of increased representa-
n ton, which we can't have if the coun-
Ity is divided. II we decide in favor
:. of the division IL will kill the bill for
3 increased representation now before
Il the Legislature, but we viii get wha;
we want if We come out squarely
against division. We must 60 in for
increased representation and stick 70
our old name.
BY advocating county division, We
:. leave the main object we have been
! seeking, and go after false gods.
What will we gain by division:
;. Why, where We now have 40 or AZ
80 cents On the 500 taxation we will
have four Told that amount ]; will
70 take from $500, 600 to 500, 600 to builu
new Court House and jail alone. II
=" you are ready TO pay these increased
taxes, divide the county. We are
n, not able TO stand the great addition.
ST Coroner Groves-''We Amt able te
=, lpay what we arc required to now,)
" And then again comes an equitabl,
h' division of the county property. Gu,
valuable alnshouse property, worth
oi 500, 600, we would have to swap 70
!" the county farm, worth only abou
$l2, 600, and pay the difference.
"a Can three Hundreds run the count,
~ as cheaply as ten caus Then, are yoi
AZ willing TO burthen yourselves witt
n. more tax for the sake of having a new
county:
House question. BY dividing III,
you still have TO go to New Castle t,
them, for 5000, 600 After they wert
copied what authenticity would the,
have? None whatever: You wcult
have 10 look at the copied record
here, and then go to New Castle ant
look at the originals.
By dividing the county rev Office
- would be created and additional eS
pense incurred. In point Of econom
,ic and everything else we should oppos
lc. division.
ng While we have gone Of into thi
M m side issue of county division the Legi.
:" lature is beginning to think that W
ats don't know what we want Let thi
Ok meeting tell the members Of the Legii
lature that we don't want county di
II. vision, but increased representation
and that this sentiment is favored b.
a majority of the property holders 0
the county.
Col. Whiteley concluded amid ap
: plause.
Col. A. II. Grimshaw moved tn
sh appointment of a committee of Eve o.
resolutions Adopted.
The chair appointed six, as follows
A. FL. Grimshaw, z. g. Bradford
m. Jr, J. 81. Publ, Howard M. jenkins
lty Charles. G.. Rumford, Allen Speak
man.
The committee retired, and durinj
their absence Anthony Higgins, Esq.
was called upon to speak. .,1
Mr.. Higgins responded in an earnes
and forcible address, in which he OF
posed county division as a measur
calculated to defeat the demand fo
rs increased representation, and fraugh
,s. with consequences of injury to tn,
community. He said if we aske,
.ts unitedly for increased representation
~ and the district system it would b,
granted, but with DIVIDED front W
viii lose.
adl Dividing the county will not get III
out of our difficulty. With thre
counties. two comprise majority
but with four counties, two will forr
s, o deadlock and thus check Legislation