Evening journal., 1892-10-08
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE
Higgins and His Persian Min
lister at Logger-heads.
THEY SHOULD COMPARE NOTES.


Bill Curse-The Other Declares It a
blessing Attorney G eneraI Giles Before
the First Ward Voters.
An enthusiastic meeting of Democrats
was held in the rooms of the John w.
Causey First ward Democratic club, at
Fourth and Shipley streets, last even
ing. The speakers were Deputy Attor-
ney-General Branch H. Giles and Allan
Cunningham.
Hot Shot for Higgins.
During the course of Mr.. Giles's able
address, he said:
I'm the Morning News of last Monday
Senator Higgins is reported TO have said
in his speech delivered in the Opera
House on last Saturday night: The
Democrats turned out our tax collectors,
and abolished system of collections Of
taxes in each hundred of the county
which has been in use ever since the
formation of the government, and
which still is in force in Kent and Sus-
sex counties.
''At Georgetown, on last Tuesday,
Senator Higgins used about the same
words in condemnation of that provision
of the Five Commissioners bill which
was directed against, was enacted to re-
move, the subversive abuses which had
grown up under and were fostered by,
the old collector system.
"Has that 'treacherous memory of
Senator Higgins again enabled him to
forget facts within easy access of all the
people Of Delaware? Has he forgotten
that Senators Pilling and Richardson
voted for that Five Commissioners billl
Has he forgotten the speech of Senator
! Pilling delivered in the state senate on
| April %, 1892 Has he forgotten the
editorial in the Morning News Of
April 23, 1912 If he has not
forgotten these facts, does he never
condemn those state senators? That
there may be no mistake in my reference
to the proceedings Of the senate when
the Five Commissioners bill came up for
final action upon, in that body, / will
read from the Morning News Of April 23I
1891:
"senator Pnling Speaks.
"When section had been read Mr..
Pilling, in moving its adoption, said sub
stantially: The bringing up of this bill
at this time is considerable Of surprise
to me, and l can say to the gentlemen on
the other side that the bill is credit to
their efforts, although in few minor
details l would have it changed. l am
very much in favor of It, In addition tC
its good features il does not displace g
single official elected by the people.
have been won over. | recognize the
fact that the people Of both parties de
mand better county government, and
shall vote for the bill. Mr.. Pilling'.
words seemed to have considerable effect
on those present.
Senator Hall on the call for a vot,
ON the bill as a whole, called for a yea
and nay vote, as it was, he said, yer,
important measure. The roll was called
by Clerk Hearn and .theI vote was re
corded as follows;
''Yeas-Hal, Houston, Pilling, Rich
ardson, Williams and Speaker Donahoe
"Nays--McMullin.
"The Republicans voting for the bill
were Pilling and Richardson. The Dem
ocrats were: Hall, Houston, Donahoe an,
Williams. The one negative vote wa
cast by McMullin, n Republican. Senat o.
Ross and Moore were absent.
also read the following from tn
editorial columns of the Morning New
of the same date:
1t is our impression, if we had beel
in the place of State Senators Pillinl
and Richardson yesterday, when tn
amended Five Commissioners bill cam
before them, that we should have vote,
for it Just as they did. Blu
after all is said and done the bill accom-
plishes one result which the Republican
of this county have earnestly longed
/ and which some of them have though
that they would never live to see. Thi
result is the abolition of government b,
collectors. We are sorry for the indi
: vidual Republicans who are holding
these offices in this county and who's
public occupation is now gone. But a
! foe the system itself, no thoughtful maj
can regard its extinction with any othe
feelings than those Of satisfaction
Mr.. Cunningham made a general tall
upon the tariff, illustrating by apt refer
ences the inequalities and injustice Of tn
Mckinley bill.
This was followed by practical exem
plifcation of the workings Of the ne '
ballot law.