Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23
WHAT HICGTy) HAS DONE
He Has Put fanny Delaware
PatrioPsin Office.
THE FAMO|t HOUSE Of 1889
Some Per nent Points About
tho Tax on Tin.

n fhTtthi MSNbru ol SENATOR Higgins
Brilliant achievements in Getting
OFFICES III His Frientls---A Reminis-
cence N "Me and iienryn---The In
creased ont of Tin work.
Mr., Al hony Higgins has represented
Del'twargn the United States Senate for
nearly ~ years, and though he has not
''set thI world on fire, % use familiar
exprGsfbn, he has made brilliant record
as q hTnblieah patriot of the first water
&c dENcred one set speech in favor of
.hat cEhkicst of crank measures, the Blair
IduTli9nal, and voted for the Mckinley
ltWlI blll. This is his senatorial record in
=, liqt with respect to the great mission of
the Republican party rs defined By the i'm
= mortal Mr.. Flanagan 81 .rexas-the distri-
button of oitlccs-Mr Higgins has proved
himself 4 verttble political ".Iim Dandy
III ihls patriotic service he has worked
early ana late, and now almost worn out
Ply ms tremendous eXertinns, he can calmly
look back upon his record, and gaze upon
an array Of distinguished sons Of Delaware
who now make their living off Of this great
anu glorious government through his sem
atorlal grace. Here are the principal
patriots whom he has 50 signally favored .
George r. Fisher. Of unsavory safe bur
glary nptOrietg, first auditor Of the treasury
I department; salary $500 per anntm.
Y Miss Annie .. Fisher his daughter
fclerk III his department, sl;6OO making a
Hotnl Of 5000 per annum for the Fisher
Family.
IN Frederick Eden Bach clerk in the SEN
4 Ae document roum 81 10.
Horace Greeley Knowles, consul at Bor-
ttuX, France $500.
Enuch j. Smithers consul at Osaka and
ulogp, japan, 5000
The Rev. j. L. McKim, consul at Not
tngham. England, 81, 800
Cornelius T.. Swavme, folder in Senate
document room, So per day
John W. Allen, messenger to official re-
portcrs Of the Senate, 81, liO.
AiekcntlreC Downham, chief of division,
Treasury department, $1,000
Robert liazlctt, driver, House Of Repre-
sentatYcs, S600.
Robert l.. smith, watehman treasury de-
purtulcnt, 500.
Samuel Biddlc clerk in first comp
tr4Etr.S office, treasury department, 81 900.
lsaaa W Nichols, clerk lii sixth auditors
Office, treasury department, -, SEQ.
David i, buckingham, employc treas
ury departments SfOnn.
Charles II. Maui special agent for the
investigation Of fraudulent land entries,
imcgipr department., ii ,N0.
III l.. HNnsun, navy department, $1,000.
Their ntliceholdcrs draw nearly $50
per annum from the government, but they
40 ilil ~ ullN ilPHlf represent uil bI Stn-
at0r Higgins successful efforts III the hunt
for office. In Wilmington he has made
Stewart postmaster, MAhally nitcd states
marshall and SaNille deputy collector Of
internal revenue. He has also secured the
appointment Of about 80 r0stmastcrs at
Middlctewn, Smyrna Dover, Milford
Georgetown, I.ewcs, and the various
smaller towns throughout the State
No wonder senator Higgins looks pale
and cafeWurn. His senatorial duties have
rested heavily upon him, but he has been
equul 70 the emergency, and any one who
wants 70 know what he has done
fur his Stnte since his accidental Gle
vutipn has but to scan the list above and
take peep INTO the country post-oiiiCe ol
Delaware,
Truly, senator Higgins is statesman OF
the inst water.
IT WILL Dr. AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
1hc Republicans of Delaware are now
asking the people Ia give them control Of
the nest Legislature Of this State Two
years ago the people made u half step in
this direction and gave the Republicans Il
majority in the popular branch of the
General Assembly, And what memor-
able session they made of it. In point oil
extravaganza il was unparalleled It con
suned moro postage stamps than were ever
before dreamed of, and when the members
departed they stripped the Assembly hall
Of everything movable except the desks
and chairs. Even gas fixture was torn
IN and taken home by one particularly
hungry member. AS compared with the
expenses If the previous session, the audi
tors reports for 1887 and 1889 show the fol
lowing result:
Paid 10 members. ......... $40, 10000 SlS,ll7l2
Paid 10 officers and for con-
tihgent expenses. ..,.... s,3s5.Ss a95.c0
AlloWanceA.,,,...- l3,0is.O5 la,2Al2
Total,....... #............ s3,Sj643 $sa,ef5l4
3:,s6b.43
Excess of iSsaover lss7.....,......,.s 7,8aS n
And not only for its extravaganza was
dis Republican House remarkable Every
body knaWs how ii killed the Australian
Ballot law, defeated the Five Commissions
ers b1ll and failed to. propose single mea-
sure Of genuine public reform. End its
unique lobby Who will eYer forget how
CLERK Gum watched every measure that
was introduced and demanded tribute for
met and Henry Cannon before allowing
single private bill to be passed. All,
what pudding that session was for me
and Henry"
There is slight probability Of the people
voting 10 install another such Legislature in
power ut Dover The memory of the Re
publican House of Representatives Of 1859
will last a hundred years.
SOME POINTS on THETiS TAX.
State Senator A. b. Richardson father
of Harry A. Richardson. Republican can
didate for governor, who claims to be
authority on all matters pertaining to the
tax On tin, has at last admitted that the in
creased duty on lin plate imposed by the
Mckinley bill will raise the cost of tin
work. The Dover Hai,r had made a state
ment about the Tin tax which Mr., Richard
son disputed and in refuting the statement
Mr.. Richardson said
And roofing tin tie Ind IA SAYS will be in
creased 40 per cent, when il will not be over
Is percent r. Il. Jones y Bro. charge now
seven cents per foot for lin looing ono nox
of lin Of best quality, weighing 2dD pounds Mt
l-5 zen per pound additional tax VIII add
S3l2 cents 10 the cost, and Will put on 800
square feet making thc roof cost about eight
cents per square foot uuirr the new tariff
where 1t costs seven cents per foot now.
So here is an admission, from an ardent
protcctionist that the tariff will increase
the cost Of the article protected instead of
reducing it.
surely, the tariff is n tax.
On this same subject of tax on tin, Il
II, j. who is Representative John H.
Jones of Dover, writes to the DeldwGff0, i'll
the following clever and practical strain;
Isee quite a number OF communications as
to the duty on tin plates which are calculated
to mislrad. as they only give the additional
amount added by The Mckinley bin. think
IL would be clearer to lot the people know how
much of a Tux they are required to pay, which
any one can readily find out by weighing any
article of tinware ami multiplying the pounds
by g LIB cents they will ind that the govern
Inent collerts a tax OF
2. cents on each half gallon cup,
2cenis on each half gallon coffee pot,
2cents on each wash basin,
3cents on each milk pan,
cents on each milk bucket,
c mt on each dinner Kettle,
cents on each lard can,