Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14

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Win ngton, Thursday april u, 1881
80.
A Remarkable Docuuent-fts Fai-
iacies Promptly Exposcsi.
There appeared in the Morning Nsws
Tuesday the following card, which appears
t, have been signed by all the members
from this county in our House Of Repre-
sentatiyes
To the Editors Of NE Morning As1s;
In view of the TACT that an effort hss been
studiously made by one OF the newspapers |
published in Wilmington to bold the kepnb-
lican members OF the House of Representa- |
tives OF this State reapontibie for the with !
diawal of the supplement TO the Delaware
Western railroad charter, authorizing the
construction of a railroad running north and
south through the state the undersigned
meinners of the New Castle county delegation
submit the following statement to the public
the above named supplement passed the
Senate by vote Of SIX to three. the Senators
from New Castle aud Sussex counties voting
solidly for il, and those from Kent county
voting solidly against it. 1t was introduced
in the House, read twice, and referred to the
Committee ON Corporations week before last.
The counsel employed TO secure the passage
of the bill requested at that time a member
of the New Castle county delegation, who was
also u member of the Committee on Corpora
tipns, to use his influence for the purpose OF
having the bill remain uuaeted upon Ill com
mttee until the early part of last week. The
bill was considered IN committee on Tuesday
afternoon last, six members OF the committee
being present.
The vote in the committee stood two in
favor of the bill and four against it. Or the
two members favoring the bill one was from
New Castle county, the other from Sussex
county. OF the four opposed to the bill, one
was from New Castle county, two from Kent
county and one from Sussex county. Thus,
of the four members of the committee from
the two lower counties, three were opposed To
the bill, while only one favored it. SO strong
was the opposition in committee To the bill
that a member from Kent submitted a written
report adverse to the granting OF the charter.
Considerable discussion ensued but finally.
at the earnest request of the member from
New Castle county who favored the bill the
committee decided not to sign the written re-
port submitted, but to report the bill the next
morning without recommendation. II was
owing TO the opposition IN committee that
the bill was withdrawn the next dsy. at the
instance OF the counsel employed to secure its
passage.
If the members of the House from Kent
and Sussex counties had shown decided
delegation, in view of the fact that the pro-
posed new road would more directly affect
the interests OF the lower counties than those
of New Castle county, would have voted
solidly for the bill. But no such preference
was shown.
With respect to the charge that Anthony
Higgins, ESD influenced or attempted to in
tiuence the members OF the New Castle county
delegation against the proposed new road, We
have simply to say that it is utterly without
foundation and false in every particular.
EDWARD G. BRADFORD, JR.,
DAVID EAsTBURN.
ANDREW ELIAsoN,
,JoHN Pulling, ."
HENRY SWAYNE,
GEORGE i. TOWNSEND,
HENRY II. WooDKEEpER.
WILMINGTON, DEL, April H. 1881.
This is certainly a singular documen
to have secured the signatures Of all tn,
members from this county. 1t is false
tricky and disingenuous from the very
start. There has been no stuliou
''efort1 in the matter and no appearance
of one. The whole complaint thus ia
made has been against single article il
STATE JOURNAL, at least four fifths q
which was devoted to 4 severe criticism
OF all members, without regard
politics or county, who had assiste
in killing the bill without allowing it
come to vote. The argument and criti
cism did not differ i'll any important wa
from that employed against the oppt
nents of the original bill, when such oppC
nents We're all Democrats from the lowe
counties, and at that time every ruembt
from New Castle county was in thoroug
accord with STATE JOURNAL in the matte
This paper has been absolutely aonsister
in the matter and has favored every clio
TO secure authority by any resPonsih
parties to build competing railroad, an
has denounced the men in the Legislatui
who voted to fasten monopoly OH our pc
pie, come whence they might and withol
regard to politics. In fact there was /
special reference to members from til
county until the very last par
graph of the article, and then Il
action OF only portion of them was roi
demned. No attempt to excuse membe
from the lower counties was made and,
the contrary, we said. we are cont