Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-20
FROM OUR CAPITOL

| Against the Railroad bill-A hea
ter from senator Hay ard-A Reply
from the Peach Men-The Defeat
Of the Measure PrOphecied.
Special Correspondence of the Republican
Down Del, Feb. 10. 1879.
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red to the income which the road pays
to the stat. regularly and without
tiouoie'
favor would be one like that in New
York and other States, but which would
not be needed here, from the fact OF
there being no complicated railroad
system within our borders. The only
cure for such Commission as existed
in MassacLu usetts and. New York, owing
to the extent of their territory and the
complicated system Of roads within
them might be very well but in our
little State none such were needed. The
only cure for the monopoly that is com
plaiLs of, and must exist with a well
regulated railroad has been omitted,
and that was the power to control the
scale of fares. For the correction OF
abuses of the charter he thought an
able Attorney General would be all tn at
should b. reouired, and as for commits
siouers, they would simply be SUPER
hujous.
For a complete adjustment of the dis
mute. he relied upon voluntary action,
and for the sake of his dear little
State" hoped for quiet and steady in
dustry through which would come hon
.stv and .cono,ny. n. closed with the
hope that the Legislature. would take
no action in the matter as no good could
possibly result from its adoption.
The following is the answer to the
letter of which the above is conden-
sation from the peach growers com
mit,ee. 1t comes from his speech III
Senate April 5, 1878, on the Act COM
pelling lhe racine ha'lroaaS 10 pay al,
amount IN opposition 10 tht decision oi
the Supreme Court, ana also enactlns a
conditional revocation OF all the rights,