Daily Republican., 1881-02-02
THIRD EDITION.
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II Special eorsspendenee Of the Republican
DovsR, Del, Feb. 1.-The Delaware
Railroad sin't that kind Of shebapg."
| smiled half an hour ago when, while
standing In the House corridor, | heard
the above expression drop from the lips
Of q young railroad lobbyist whose apt
ness In getting ont Of tight place was
more creditabls than his grammar. The
thing as 1t occurred will serve as good
illustration OF what lwant 10 write, and
will tell It here at the risk OF weary
ing the readers Of the REPUBLICAN.
He who made use OF the expression
is one OF the half dozen persons alleged
to be in the employ Of tue r., w. Il B.
railroad to oppose the Delaware West
ern bill. He was talking with two OF
the members about the proposed maa-
sure and dessertsting at length upon
the danger which great railroad corpo-
ra,ions might bring to the country il
they could control the politics OF the
various States In which they had a foot.
hold. The moral he pointed ont was
that the passage Of this bill would lead
Tom Scott's great Pennsylvania corpo-
ration to come here, either through the
Delaware Western or the Phila., VII.
4 BALTIC, which they would lease, and
that tie result would be that Delaware
would 60 Republican, through Col
Toms influence. why" said he,
"the Pennsylvania road controls the
politics Of Pennsylvania; the Camden
K Amboy doss the same thing in New
Jersey, and it's the same way III West
Virginia aud lots OF other States"
eyes" said ons OF the members With
smile, (he was Democracy, land
that is what the Delaware Railroad
thought the P. W. & b. would like to
do in this State, and attempted at the
last eleStion." ,
Then 1t vas that the unIrstnrbed
young lobbyist replied that the Della
ward Railroad wasn't that kind OF
"shebang." =.
Maybe the Delaware Railroad i5n''
that kind ol a " shebang," but II
seems strange to hear the young party
talking this way now, when less thar
a month since heard him denounct
this company for trying to purchase
this State for the Republicans. sup
pose he would get Md II | reminded
hiru OF the fact.
This little incident only serves Il
show beyond doubt that there is op
position to the Delaware Western bill
Whence does 1t Gomez Prom whom
does it come - The Hrst question doe:
not appear easily answered, but it car
be answered as easily as falling of
log. The second does no! need any
ianswer, everybody knows the Dovel
! ring constitutes the opposition, which
naturally leads one to wonder wha
prompts the ring to take this stand
An along il has been said that the ?
w. & b. had no lobby here, and woulc
make no opposition to the Delsvaf'
Western bill. staff and nonsense ! Il
Ithis remark would reply in the word.
slightly altered from those qu0tec
"a ava:
Oh, no, gentlemen, the P. W. & B
ia not that kind Of a "shesSng."
OF all the arguments under the SUI
Iyou would suppose this is the weakest
But there is another equally thin
] equally ridiculous. 1t is that II a roac
4 is chartered to compete with the mail
1 line of the p, W. x B, it will. 0
\ course, reduce the receipts, and tha
freight and passenger rates on the Del
/, aware division will be raised sufficient
ly 10 make up for the loss. Thus 81
implied threat is hung over the head
Of the Legislature, and, but for the '"a
y that the Delaware road is now chargIn
n as much as its charter will allow,
n might have It's effect. OTHER argument
Y are used, though not so extensively a
those cited above, TO the effect that til
4 State owes much 10 the p, W. x b
Il and II would be ungrateful 10 charte
a competing line, and that the stat
does not want another such corporate
! within her bord,rs whose tights are
supreme and whose misdeeds cann'
be- rebuked. or course 1t won't do It
apy Cre to use both OF these argumen
at once, for one knocks the other IN Il
herd straightwsy.s
The bill will be called upi In the Eel
(, ate to-morrow, where it ia thought
/. will pass by Senate majority and the
Tor the fight in the House.
Vice President John W. Davis Of Il
Baltimore Il Ohio will be hers to NC
row, It ia positively stated to aesu
81 this members Of the sincerity Ct b
road in fnrthering the Delaware Wei
eRn blll.
The house today killed these bi
,'l,II through adverse reports OF the Comm
oly tee on Revised StGtuteF--nam'ly t
er. bill in relation to municipal liens
''' Wilmington the bill to exempt Sass
county from the PROVISIONS OF chap
pS 81, Laws Of Delaware, and the act
extend The time for the recording
deeds. The cause for not passing
municipal lien bill was that it provit
for leSallLlnR Tatnef iooho way u
ing things, by providing that all ID
IN takes made or that hereafter may
~ made in describing prOprrty shall
Z be considered in as affecting whate'
,egs action may be taken.
sI} The act IN relation to Chapter 81 v
M to take away the privilege OF suss
T. county people to send their insane
T. Philadelphls az the States cxpen
- and to direct them 10 be sent t"
'N new county insane asylum near GeorI
town. 1t was thought proper to lea
the mater with the people, TO Sc
&c the patients wherever they thi
.sD, 1 proper. The bill extending the u
.aIib for the recording Of private acts '
g"' killed, because another Of similar
tufe hut more comprehensive III dst
is contemplated.
ann The Legislative Committee OF
~ Wilmington City Council, Mr.. Me-
Tay lor, chairman, is present, and
ip LaFyFa a. q