Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-05
HONEST WILLIAM DEAN
Hae Would Not Have Put That 5000
in His POckeL

Editor Gazette d. Journal The Mem Era OF
thut the Hon. B. II. Biggs voted for the
$4,000 salary grab. In reply | will say thero
are some things which look so much alike
that IL takes an expert TO tell the difference
or, tO use the expression OF tho sailor who
when two tnckle blocks are Jam up to aaeh
other says they Rre "chock aud block" )" and
II is difficult to say which is which. Now,
lnt me stnte u cnse. Suppose were msm-
ber OF Congress nnd Ii was we'll known
that / was n great demagogua, md
measure was brought before the house TO
put 81, 900 into my own pocket. Now argua
the question with myself and say l would
like to vote II only my constituents would
get up a howl. The question is put and
lost and l am a badly disappointed man
and am sorry did not vote for the measure.
There Is yet one other chance for me. A
motion is made to reconsider the vote by
which the question was lost. This Is now
my chance, AS II is now ascertalned that II
itcan again be gotten before the House that
OF the question, which Ia carried, and then
the original question Is put and carried. l
dodge the original question, and say now
that q Republican Congress forced this
$4,000 upon me. How many people would
believe that 1 was the unlntArosted indl-
vldual that had tried to mako appear?
The Era says: sit Ia QUESTION with us
whether he himself would have refused the
S5,0D0 voted to him ty a Rspnblionn Con-
gross" Now we OF the Democratic party
wero for 20 years accusing the Republican
administration Of doing all sorts Of things
by which TO deplete the United States trea-
sury and the SALARY grab" WIS one Of tho
things denounced by the Democratic party.
And now lot me ask the question of the Era
man, who In law is considered the worst,
the thief or the receiver of the
stolen swag2 Now let me answer
the Era man rs to my taking
the $4,000 salary grab. have
been educated in o different school.
My ancestor had the reputation OF being an
honest man, (and / believe he properly
earned iD; he e'taught me to respect other
peoples rights, liberties and property; he,
while on his death-bed called me to his side
and snid he had something to tell me, as he
was certain from his feeling that he would
not be long with me; 1t was this: BILLY, l
never In my life told an untruth, neither to
my knowledge have ever wronged my fell
low-man out OF one cent, and l want
you to leave like record when
you leave this stage OF action" l am
trying to follow in his footsteps, and
II keep there my answer to the Era mans
question is: William Dean never could with
his present notions OF honesty have taken
the 10000, II Is no use, Mr.. Era man, to
show us what Sam Randall, Fernando
Wood or General Grant did as an excuse
for what MIR. Blggs did. will for a minute
turn Yankee and ask a question of Mr..
Biggs: Was 1t IN honest transaction to take
that $4,000 although you did know n Re-
publican Congress In their Stealing trans
actions placed 1t In your power to do so
AS to striking at Mr.. DIggs, i Am tho Inst
man Ia Su il'tp his r;iNaUo history and re-
prHt a.'ytiit's 10 ti- i"iuIa. lie IL II genial,
wiri'r hhuirl man, "ud, uI tluuht, close
frland, particularly when he spreads his
f"t'ht-hr Irdlnl, tu'l lntr'' ,r'iculnrly
~ wn'n hat iilsrdelr f',ll- Oh tlp crown
ol D 4. iiis.s br Nh Birps, iig" myself,
Is m apI li'fhi In nu uillrr, which office
belongs t.' tho peorl" nf Delaware. and
when he l,lilc = ''ins'lf before the public In
that way must moi find fault with The crlti-
cism uf tho puhiic.Nho have the dispensing
OF che ofllce asked TOR. | am Just as much
target as MIR. Biggs IL. My public record,
like his, belongs 10 tho public, and II they
tell nasty truths about me | shall, like MIR.
B,ggs, have to grin and hear 1t.
WILLIAM DEAN,