Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-02-25


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The following letter, addressed 70 State Seua
or LeAnder F. fiddle, BY Mr.. William Dean, of
White Clay Creek, one Of the most prominent
Democrats Of the comfy, will be read with in
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NEWARK, DEi.., Feb. 18th, 1875.
lean ,, y r p Ridds s Ell, Chairman"
lR:-Can you inform me what the great oh
jections are that appear to 10 raised III the SEN
ate in regard TO bill that was before your hon
orable body from this locality in reference to
Of dogs? That hill was gotten up
and tho petition asking its enactment into law
was signed by ut least seven-eishtls OF all the
property holders in our two school districts to
vii, ch it WAS made applicable. had no indvid- |
ua interest In the bill further than my interest
= land holder the same III any other person hold. |
ing like number OF acres. know every wheat
crop raised Oh my farm that am out OF pocket
in regard to money, aud Ut the same time my
land il left in worse condition with each succeed
ing crop.
THE OBJECT OF THE BILL
presented to your honorable bodies was to rid
our two school districts Of a lot Of worthless
ours that have no one who is willing to own
them whenever the assessor comes along to a.
sess them, or when any mischief is done by
them, and some one is wanted to pay the dam
age, l eau safely say that various individuals in
our two school districts last year lost hundreds
Of dollars worth Of poultry by this worse than
worthless pest of dogs without owners. Last
wear 1 suffered by the loss OF poultry to the
amount OF near one hundred dollars and made
| several attempts to shoot tho dogs, for they
| have frequedtly been seen at their work Of
| destruction, Iapplied to one OF our magistrates
to zoe il could get
ANY REDRESS IN LEGAL WAY,
when WAS told there was none. Those persons
\ who were interested had consultation - regard
to IL aud they got up the bill presented to your
| honorable body, with its seventy odd names sign
cd ~ petitioners atta,l it They will compare
| favorably with any other equal number Of names
that can be got in any locality in tic state or
with the members of your Honorable body.
Our Senator, when at home, said it was for
personal objections against me and my having
taken an active part in the matter Of getting up
the bill which caused its dsfeat 1t il strange
that 4 personal matter against an individual
should be made to operate to the disadvantage
| OF q whole community.
| IFIH HAVE sINSEp POLITICALLY
or otherwise, am willing, able, and ready to
| meet my accuser face TO face, and will answer
for my own sins without having them placed
| upon the shoulders OF innocent persons. There
| was billbic Ill Oil lllAt WIS Ill
conflict with any existing statutes. At OR
friend T. L. J. Baldwin told us he had
| submitted it to the inspection OF our Hon.
orable State Attorney General, and he made
some few corrections, before it was presented
| to the House, neither did it affect any persons
outside our own school districts. Why, genlle-
mon il it true that when We ask for something
that would be OF great benefit to those per-
sons who are a large majority, AS are the agri-
culturalists OF our school districts, we cannot
| fvaflt 1,ap ~ ~ ina tfna
outsiders? 1t forces us to ask you gentlemen
composing the Legislative body, this question
Why do we go TO 30 much trouble wasting oul
time and money in electing legislatures II il
ia not the object to enact such laws tend Il
the general welfare OF the masses, what is it
Some OF our
CITIZENS VINO ARE DISAPPOINTED
with the action in reference to the matter re
! ferred to- which to them was of great impor
lance, very freely say If our bill had been 70
the purpose-as are many bills now before til,
Legislature to renew or fix up some matte
: of indexes by which our county officers vii
, have All order for the purpose, extracting iron
the pockets of tho taxpayers two or three thous
and dollars, there is no doubt we should hav
, got what we asked for. As it is, we will b.
obliged to submit quietly to have money takel
out OF our pockets to pay for
JOBS WHICH ARE TO rUr MONEY
into the pockets of individuals who may happel
to hold Office, while at the same time the Legis
! lature refuse to protect MS in the prosecution O
/ All honest method of obtaining livelihood TIL
money taken out of cur pockets to pay for suc
Jobs as described above. amount to Just til
same in effect upon our financial welfare q
though it was taken by pickpocket, only in tn
latter case we have some law for redress, Will
by the former method of taking it We have b
stand quietly by, and see our money taken for
e purpose which will never benefit us to the yalu
: Of any thing and cannot help ourselves, for til
h simple reasons that your honorable bodies hay
legalizea this last
METHOD OF TAKING OUR PROPERTY.
: Now which OF the two styles OF taking til
3 money out of the pockets of the masses do 20
j. suppose the masses would prefer? the one b
It which If you on the alert, you may, whe
J. the atty who is taking your property wthor
l. law shoot him down, or the other method b
O which the legalized gentleman comes along, d.
a mands, and takes your property simply becaus
: he is called II tax gatherer, and you left i
the position that Boss Tweed thought he la
the people of New York, when he asked tiiei
"what are yon gong to do about it2"
/. THE AFoRE MENTIONED STEAL Is NOT THE oNI
y ONE
o which we must expect to feel the effects Of
G judging from bill presented before one
J. your Houses and which have no doubt will re
e COVE the sanction of both your honorable bodiei
+ A bill has already been introduced to sill fui
G ther rob the tax payers of the State for til
!. misdeeds OF any state or county Office
= who happened to hold Office under the stat
It or county governments. II any officer commit
. a misdemeanor of any kind, while holding a
!. Office, against the laws Of our State, you pre-
y pose to take ont of til, pockets of the people a
G amount sufficient to reimburse said officers &c
all costs of prosecution and penalties that ma
be attached to his offence, no matter how Ion
standing the case may be. Is such an act n
> honest as that of a highwayman who demand
. your money, for If one OF the latter named gel
!, tlemen meet yon, and You are provided as til
lave StIpI,
, instead of giving him the contents Of your pocl
: ct book you may give him the contents Of you
- revolver. If in case bill introduced becomes
'' law, You will lesalize
THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS ACT
that has evor been enacted in Delaware
such acts are the objects for which we cleo
8 Legislatures, the sooner the people become &C
v quainted with it the better it will be for then
And no doubt the people would bs better OIL i
?, We were not to have another Legislature NEE
q for the next twenty years.
Respectfully.