The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-08

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The Legislature Of isos Is now q I
thing OF the past. ind while II WINS re-
In many respects. II was
chiefly SO for the iulquities It heaped
upon the City OF Wilmington, which
however :ere long will rise In judg-
ment against the members, especially
those from this city and vicinity. who
half OF long suffering and already.|
oppressed people, to protest against
such measures.
The session commenced on Tues
day, january 8. and continued until
last Friday afternoon, but 1t was not |
In actual session more than 10 days;
still, Notwithstanding that fact, each |
member voted himaelf, and helped |
each Of the other members to vote |
himself pay for 1876 daye, ut % q |
day. makinS q total OF $456o, which to- |
day should be In the State treasury.
But this Is not all. as although each
~ sAso o. oA0cBt oh0x ~ tOACa
on pass furnished by the Psnnsylva-
MIA Railroad Company, they allowed
themselves mileage at the rata of 80
cents q mile for tho session. Victor
b. Wooley. who was elected attorney
Tor the Houso>in January, was allowed
e1f00 for three months work, and yet
this was very economical begisla-
ture.
FIfty-one divorces were granted, and
now one hundred and two persons are
at liberty to seek other mates. some OF
two years, be seeking another separa-
ton. They passed. at the command OF
John I. pfckey, new police commits
sion bill, which prevents the Mayor OF
this city from having any control OF
the police force, and by placing the
| appointment OF these commissio ners In
the hands OF Democratic Judge, ap.
pointed by the Governor for life, de-
prived the people. the tax payers who
have the commission as well as the
police to pay, OF any power to say who
this city. At the beheet OF John L.
Dickey. he was given less work as tax
collector. and an increase OF el0o0 a
year Day.
They havs taken the appointment Of
the Board OF Election missioners
out Of the hands Of the Mayor Of Will
mington, and placed II In the hands
oil. the Governor. In fact every parti-
san measure. with the exception of
two, have been PASSED, and even both
OF these were passed by the House
and killed In the Senate. In addition
to this, they have passed several acts
OF Incorporation. the only object OF
which are to benefit and enrich tho
select few. Notably among these acts
is the one Incorporating the Delaware
Granite and Mining Company, OF
which the Democratic bosses In this
city are the incorporators.
This act empowers the parties nam
cd. John I. Dickey, being one OF them,
to buy a stone quarry near Cafrcroft
and connect 1t by branch road with
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. This
Is all. and 1t would like a legitimate
industry, were 1t not for the fact that
a short time before this act bobbed to
the surface. Mr.. Cooch. having the
good OF the Taxpayers In view, had an
act passed which makes 1t mandatory
for the Levy Court Commissioners to
secure by purchase or condemnation
a stone quarry along the route, or
within convenient reach OF a railroad
In New Castle county. where prison.
ers can be made to work.
Now. 1t Is scarcely probable that
there Is an Intelligent person who, for
one moment, can full to connect the
two acts. Tho stone quarry OF Dickey,
Neary x Co., will be the stone quarry
where the prisoners will be obliged to
work, as 1t will be the only one that
will satisfy the Democratic Levy
Court Commission. Thus the Granite
il Mining Company will pocket an
other handsome amount OF the tax
payers money. the same as did the
firm OF Neary Carpenter Il Solomon for
worthless Kaolin sand that last year.
under the administration OF MIR. Car.
penter as president OF the Street and
Sewer Com III lssion, was used In paw
Ing streets in this city.
When the committee Of City Council
representing the people. went before
this model Legislature. and on behalf
OF the people plead that certain acts,
Idepriving them of the right of self
government should not be passed,
they were given q respectable hear
Ing. but as soon as they were gone
the very acts that they protested
against were passed at the command
OF John Il. Dickoy, who always had
his whip ready to apply to any who
might prove obdurate,
The Declaration OF Independence
says: I'VE hold these truths to be self
} evident, that all men are created equal;
. that they are endowed by their Creator
: with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the
l pursuit of happiness. That TO secure
these rights governments are insti
/ tuted among men, deriving their just
, powers from the consent OF the gov
D erned." Still further it says: "But
when q long train OF abuses and usur
a pations, pursuing invariably the same
4 object, evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism, 1t Is
0 their right 1t is their duty to throw
OIL such government"
j TIE men OF l776 enforced these prin
~ clples with bullets. but the men oil
1898 can DO 1t by the more peaceful
means OF ballots. and they should dc
1t before another Legislature has the
opportunity to totally deprive then
OF tine right of suffrage.
Among the things charged agains
King George LII, by the colonists
were:
He has refused his assent to law
the most wholesome and necessar,
for the public good"
i, He has erected multitude OF new
=. Offices, and sent bitter swarms of OF
~ y ticsrs to harass our people. and ca
y out their substances"
y HE has imposed taxes upon us with
70 out our consent"
He has abolished our charters
y abolishing out most valuable laws
80 and alterlng Fundamentally tn
~ powers OF our government"
!, u AT every stage OF these oppression
q we have petitioned for redress In tn
=, most humble terms; our repeated pc
a. titions have been answered only by re
a, peated injury"
!. The Legislature of the State c
y, Delaware for this year OF our Lore
Of ,bIs tndici m sa ~ e,,sr Gsoroo III !,
en Great Britiun was, and when the tim
20 20 comes. the people, without respect t