Milford chronicle., 1893-07-21

for ssddiiog lrbi If $500 goo upon this cit,
e for improving tie streets. it IS said.
~ stoud by CoaHcil's bill, the unauiuou
agrcemcrt Of City Council, which VIZ
JOHN c. Farra, ihtn president Of thst BODY
That bill eats Cfuueii the power TO SCI
Z when aud how ihis money should be pais
over to the Commission ] thought that wa
p right cppcs' DrapeT's bin because
made il dattfv on Council 10 pay thi
mcsey 10 lhtse years. I was opposed t'
putting The Street aud Sewer Commission
appointed by he Governor, over the coun
eli eli cted b9 the peoole, III such matter
I I believed IN local self government and be
/ lieye in It still
Il fought the bali for all was worth, and
now in these hard times when taxes are bur
! deDsome, 1t would be good thing If Council
had the power 70 suspend payment of the
$500 600 which they arc forced TO pay over
I 10 the Street aud Sewer Commission. That
; Commission will spend nearly 100000 this
year, half Of which IS saddlcd upon US as a
debt. For this action / invited and have re-
ceived the deadly haired Of Dr. Draper, An
drew G. Wilson, Dennis Mention OF the Park
Commission and John c, Farra, for IN the
end I was confronted by Farra, who was
dragged to Dover by Draper to fight his own
bill Oh, Draper swore then and there, by
God, that / should be destroyed, and he has
tried to keep his word"
But why should Bird oppose you Why
should a Republican bother his head about
Democratic appointment" ?" asked the repor-
ter
''Psbaw Bird is no Republican," burst
/ out the ex Senator. five judge 4 man by the
company he keeps, Bird is a good Demo
crat. ] am ereditabiy informed that Demo
! cratic caucuses are being held in Birds Office
! right along. He furnishes a star chamber
for the Democratic teudeTloins-the silk
stocking to meet in to discuss the secrets
and the policy Of their party and to divide
their spoils. There's where my goose was
cooked, and later on Bill Norlous was
cooked there too. Norton would not prom
Use to appoint their man to the Street and
Sewer Commission, and so they slaughtered
him. They wanted DR.. Springer for Mayor |
Who did they want for the Commission? /
Why Joe Carpenter, I suppose. Carpenter |
attended their caucuses."
do you mean to say, ." questioned the as /
tonished reporter, that these leading Demo |
Gratis you baRe named go to Levi Birds Office |
10 hold party caucuses?"
Il do. l have the best reason to believe |
my informant The men that meet there for /
political purposes are Draper, Wilson,
Causey. Pat Neary, occasionally Carpenter, /
and Bird of course Why Bird has been in
with this crowd for years. I know that in
1886 he contributed very heavily in mouey
and used his influence with the colored men
to elect the Democratic assessors in this city;
aud way back in 1880 it was a common re-
port among his crowd in our party that he
was ready and had agreed 10 stump New
York State in case Bayard was nominated
for President. He said he could not face the
music in this state. You remember HE
speech Of 1890 when be spoke Of Whoa Bob
and Of Causey as aIunniug mate? Levi apollo
gized for that to Reynolds. He said he had
10 say something, and he shot off the first
thing that got into his head He and Rey-
nolds are old cronies now They are birds
Of feather"
But why does Bird hate your"
Certainly, forgot Why, he had bill, ,
too when l was at Dover. He wanted the -.
State of Delaware TO repay $50, IoT tax to the ]
B. < o R. r. Company, pleading that they
had overpaid the State, as they were then /
itill losing money. I urged him to ask for {
IS, 600, whereupon he broke out: j. {
-. I have put out more than that al l7c
eady. Then and there / made up my !
mind that bill was dead dog, for I could I
lot vote for any bill that had bribery in it,
I knew it. I
well, he worried the life almost out of 1
ne He had the most powerful lobby ever c
aw. Leading Democrats in the State t
worked for him. He had nearly all the {
Democratic workers of this city to beset me. I
lnally told him to stop, that he was an a
oying me and that l would never vote for X
IS bill. But he got his work in and sud Ii
enly one day-at an evening session, if p
ecoiiect right-it was sprung on us in form 81
resolution granting a rebate of SIP, 500 o
er year for two years. 1t got majority
ote aid DR.. Beniah Lewis, who was speak g
r, then declared it carried / protested, S
nee II took two thirds vote TO legislate on NJ
atteys relating to corporations, but Speaker 81
evils whispered TO me- / have decided il al
That are you going to do about it?' That OF
as the end Of it. During the last six wears ST
Ie x have received SIS. 600 as rebate b
was beaten again in the session Of 1891 &C
But that is not all While the matter
as pending one Of Birds hired lobbyists ga
Democratic attorney, came into The Sc nate w
amber one dsY aud said Bid wanted to an
G me IN the pailoT. As a favor to the 81,
esseneer- and he was very persistant-I 10
ant into the paror where Levi had two di
airs arranged face TO face. He dragged Is
Z by the ann into one Of them aud then by
down, striking his most theatrical atu- po
de- He began his same old story pro be
ited at once had heard enough. Then all
leaned forward, put his snaky eyes oppc- ar,
e mine, moved forward and il a stage a l
lisper hissed Lord, God Almighty, cas-
IN, felt so sure of you that put all my be
rk on the rest. / would not have put this PEI
in here if had known that you were wo
ing to fight it.. Slowly he came nearer of
q
] fetch you to the bill7' loo
With that drew back my fist and said Ian
'u-of a., don't you open your mouth to kin
in that way or / will smash your face. / or
y be poor, but there isn't money enough of
Delaware TO buy me- He has never dra
ken to me since" ind
fteT the reporter had recovered his breath call
looked up his notes again, he faltered exi:
hat has Causey against you, Senator ?" rect
When l was Speaker of the Senate in tion
[ John Causey came to Dover to help boa
ston Lea and Willard Salisbury to .ut sucl
'ugh their city railway charter, was villi
ting for Eve cent fares, and TO compel pro,
company to pave the streets, both Of evel
ch, you know, got through. I thought age
much was due to the taxpayers ofthe ami
from the company which had enjoyed ton
chise here for all but thirty years. Causey futu
/ his friend, Represeu tative Richards Of the
ord, to hold up this bill until the lobby ii
d get its fine work in. But I was a stree
I'll for Causey. He had bill pending with
idiug for water-works at Milford Sc
nptly collared that bill and said nothing, rren
,auseY thought the bill had been passed. well
week OF two the contractor at Milford age.
lteEed TO bring suit for $4,000, breach Th
ntract and then Causey came to me hot wooC
insolent, told him his bill would owns
I be passed until the City Railway bills be
through and IN the shape that wanted or n,
.- aAANas lDhlf VIC ISpIiG hi LGld- 4Q
have honored you with a seat in Con- build
! For heavens sake rise to the situa- Fif
get out of this contemplate lobby and Six
lie lawyers who are hired to do il do this ing u
sing work )" ationi
e got very angry and threatened to eilhei
a delegation from Sussex to drag me Unity
the Speakers chair He staid ar Dover well,
his nefarious work. But Sew
lin, aud afterward turned in aud helped of sic
I'd TO get its water-works ton o
raper Bird and Causey have reason to death
ne. am glad Of it, But isn't it fine been
Of affairs when Democratic policies aud form.
cratic patronage have to be settled in Eg
ihce Of a man who preteuds to be Re itary
Fan / haven't told YOU all l know Inn
! man, but you've got enough for to inspeC
WIS paper" premr
|, therenpon, the reporter jourueyed to are foi
lkar Office, wrote out the interview direcli
or word, and returning TO the ex Sen aud a