Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-13
GENERAL ITEMS.
estate Aid, Debate,
DISCUSSION, YESTERDAY. OF THE MOTION TO PRINT
300 COPIES OF THE AID BILL-RkNABks OF now
LAND, HOUSTON AND BIGGs.

DISCUSSION, YESTERDAY. OF THE MOTION TO PRINT
300 COPIES OF THE AID BILL-RkMABKs OF now
LAND, HOUSTON AND BlGGs.
Spectral Correspondence Of The Commercial.
DOVER, March II.
Estate Aid was again the 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 m-
prove the temper Of its advocates. Indeed, it
seems as if it to have hard road to travel
before 1t becomes law, and the ac-
tive opposition Drought to bear against it by
united delegation from New Castle may yet
70 uneettle some of Its friends, that its passage
through the 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.
bnt there was rome debate on Mr. Nowlsnds
motion to print 300 copies of the bill Mr. Now
land contended that it was no more than SIM
Pile act of justice that a bill of so much impor
tance, involving the credit of the State to the
amount OF $50 utu should be printed.
Mr.. Houston warmly opposed the resolution
for want OF time. the House had already
agreed TO adiourn nn the 2tlth instant lie then
gave his rearons for supporting the bill. SHs-
sex and Kent were almost unanimously in favor
OF it and even in New Castle county many of the
leading citizens were in favor of 1t. 4 petition
of from Iu0 To sOu citizens had been received in
favor Of 1t. Two YEAR, ago, the same opposition
had been rai-ed against the siOO,0hO worth of
bonds to be Issued to aid the Junction Il Freak
water road, without which AID it never woud
have been built and tile
STATE was rEHfEorIT sLCrEE
ia her Investments. Tie State had al-o Issued
sl7l, 0p0 worth Of bonds for the Delaware liail-
road, and now that corporation was putting forth
every effort in her power tU prevent the granting
Of charters to amy other road Had 1t not been
for the selfish and gfaspins 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.. Blsg- favored the resolution to print and
criticised the Committee ON CORPORATIONS for
holding the bill six weeks and now, at this late
day. saving that there was no time The bill
before the House now Is not the same a. thar
introduced, and the
PEOPLE OF fHE STATE HAVE 80 IDEA
whatever OF Ills provirions. 1t has been impos-
slble fol any member opposed to the bill to get a
| sight OF 1t, while outsiders III favor of 1t have
been allowed to carry it off and examine it. Tile
| gentleman speaks of the number of petitions
that could be.got for it from Sussex. and lie
speaks Of persons from New Castle county be-
| ing III favor OF it. The gentleman is laboriug
| under mistake. Persons may have signed for
| 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 i'll New Castle county ten-tenths of the
| people were opposed to it, and If necessary 70,-
600 remonstrances could be got against it,,
IF OUR BABIES COULD ONLY WRITE.
| Mr.. Houston disclaimed any intention of ever
keeping the bill from the view Of those opposed
to it, and he believed that the last speaker, oil
| asking for 1t at one time had it handed to him
when he looked through 1t, and saw as he Mr..
Houston) thought, all he wanted. Mr.. H. init
mated that the friends of printing the bill only
| wanted to kill time to the end OF the session 50
| that the bill would fail for want of time.
| Mr.. Nowland warmly repealed 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 sln.
| DIE recalled from the Senate, and anxious az he
| was to
| END THE SESSION
he would stay here three weeks longer,
Mr.. Fram said the bill ought to be printed
but it was well known fact that the time fol
adjournment of the Legislature was fast drawing
| on, and he thought it could not now be printed
The vote to PRINT WAS yeas, - nays, g.