Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-02-14
A CUxaIHa RAILReAD FkICA.
Hew tho People Csmo 70 sskn ihs
Romonstrnnso Against the Della
ware WrstoPn BiIl.

WuEO "cbhOhn hhHs
Immediately folio wing the prsssntA.
tion In the House OF Representatives,
At Dover, of ths remonstrsnes against
the railroad bill, nov pending in the
Leg islature, comes come startling rev
slations concerning the way Of the r,
w. & B. remonstraDess, not Jet prs3en-
ted, are being signed.
Mr.. James o. Mccormick, who keeps
a grocsry store at Seventh and Jefer-
son streets, was approached in the
Eighth street market, net long since,
by George Walker, who asked him TO
sign petition In favor Of the passage
of the Delaware Western Railroad bill.
Mr.. Mccormick was only too glad TO
sign the petition, bat whom he came to
read ii over he was somewhat surprised
TO fud that it was really remOn'
STRANGE against the bill. 1t is needless
to say he did no! attach his signature
to the paper.
This ssms man Walker has been
operating this, securing signatures
under false prsteuCes all over town
lie went into Is. Ii. Barr's cigar store
at Eighth and Shipley streets and msdt
the same request IS he had OF Mr.. Me
Cormick. OF course Mr.. Barr favored
the Delaware Western bill, and he anc
several young men who were in shs
store ut ths time signed it with pleas
are. Walker soon after that brOught
nHlf dozen young men iRLo the stort
and they signed the pseudo petition
although they said they favored thr
Delaware Western bill They did no
read She PAPER and we're under the i'm
preston at the time that they wer
aigning petition asking the Lesisla
ture TO pass ths bill.
| Walker Ia said 10 be in the emplO,
of Bill Lee, for whom no is sscurin
Iths signatures. Whether Lee is eul
ployst by the company or not is anoth
or matter. Anyhow Lee gave Wake
! 81 so for his service in hawking aroun
the remonstrancs under false pretencei
, Josoph Laugh, at Seventh and Mad
son streets, who signed the remor
STRANGE, under the impression that
was petition, is surprised that h
Ishauld have been hoodwinked. d
did not read the paper when Wake
brought it to him.
WHAT WALEER SAYS.
Walker makes DO denial Of Ia
above. He Gays by so doing he va
acting le2itimately. and that 10uaii
when he presented the petition l.
would remark, Here il rai!rca
! petition, will you sign III" He told
t, NJ. Harlan and a man named Finn TIL
the document WAS against the Deiawal
Western bill.
W. ii. Lee says on this subject;
"On Wednesday morning last, repr
: sentatives OF the 7. W. q b. rGiifoa
came to me and offered to give me
3 per pags for signsrS to 4 remonstran,
. against tbs Delaware Western bill,
Z told them that was working in IL
l interest of tho Delaware Western, br
. would give them an answer the nel
morning at II o'clock. then went
J. the parties whom | vas securil
1 signers for the Delaware Western bill
aud told them that an offer WAS mac
me. They in reply said, "you hs
0 better take it," According 10 agree
7 meut met ths representatives OF Il
p. W. & b. railroad and told them tn
did not consider it honorable
= accepting their offer as 1 had BET
: working on the other side, but sa
that | wonld secure them young tn9
who GOULD do the work. They We
) dse;rou5 OF securing two men, but The
finally concluded to accept Walker.