Evening journal., 1893-04-06

Wilmington for us TO tie them with the
power that we possess They are com
PEELED to pay the expenses of the com
mission, but every fine for an offense
committed by that commission goes TO
the state of Delaware. Yet. every ex
pense is born by the city Of Wilmington.
What right have we TO impose such a bill
and such restrictions upon them as that 2
They have city government, chartered
by this state, and at present the mayor
of the city is one of the commissioners.
They were produced in a legal and law
full way, and we are kicking them out in
this manner, simply because they don't
suit somebody else. We have had no
petition from Wilmington; no public
charges in any shape or form. Where is
your home self.government Talk as
you have about the action Of the national
government in deprivipg you of home
self-government from one end of the
state to the other, and then pass such
bill as this The national government
was trampling on us aud graphing us by
the throat Did the national govern
ment ever impose anything like this on
us 2 We are doing it to Delawareans
and to our brothers, and put an expense
upon them over which they have no con
Al
and shall not be changed unless by law.
Here the city has one representative and
one senator, and the other members of
the Legislature come from other parts of
the state. Il certainly will reward all
the injury Of this kind that we perpe
trate upon it. / contend here TO day
that the wrongs we do here will punish
us here also All this is wrong in what.
ever shape / may look at it, If this bill
is passed Is there any man can tell me
what duties the mayor and City Council
will have TO perform Nothing
more than the taxing part, They
have not even got the right to
say what the money shall be spent for
They have the Park Commission, Water
Commission, Street and Sewer Commits
sion and the Police Commission, and they
all have charge of their own funds. Are
there any crumbs left2 Not a thing left
only to tax the people and raise the
money. That is all there is left for them
to do As a result Of not having control
of the money they come here and ask
for authority 20 borrow money 10 meet
the demands of these commissions. The
commissions are not responsible to the
people who have to bear the expense If
they are extravagant there is no redress
for the taxpayers The tax collector
goes there and the money must be
handed over. / sincerely trust Il
sincerely plead this time-that this bill
will not pass this House. ! hope and
trusti it will not. l can't see why it
should. Perhaps ] can be enlightened
and convinced that it Is all right; but
can't see it now"
Mr. Pyle-"The senator seems welded
to home self government, and all agree
TO that. Notwithstanding that he
comes here with bill TO lay out streets
and widen streets In his own town He
says we come here to borrow money. He
does the same thing for Newark. We
claim that this Is a righteous act il there
ever was one in this honorable body
The men are as good as can be found In
the city Of Wilmington. They have been
selected with great care for their
sobriety, integrity and ability. He COM
plains that we are taking this power out
/ Of the mayors hands 1 will say that
this bill will pass, and no matter whether
il be a Democratic or Republican mayor
l don't want TO live to see the day
he will appoint the police off
GERS for Wilmington. And. why2 BY
the time any man goes through
political canvas for mayor he
becomes acquainted with all the worst
elements of the town. He goes in all
manner of places For instance he goes
in a saloon and there are probably
twenty fellows in there They
say, Here is a good man for your police
force, and they practically compel him
TO promise TO make the appointment. As
soon as the mayor is elected they go up
and say, you promised this man
place on your force In many cases
they are not fit to be guardians of the
peace and protect men and women We
have tried every scheme We are not
In favor of commissions any more than
the member from Newark They have
all been evils. and notorious evils
There is word in that bill that |
would not have put there, but there Is
fact there as we'll 1t Is burning
shame the kind of men we have to put
up with, and we have devised this thing
in the hopes Of getting better men The
citizens of Wilmington demand this.
The senator says the fines all 60 to the
state / suppose the state will not
object to this. (Laughter) The people
of Wilmington demand it and l hope II
will be granted.
Mr.. Pilling- the FIRST place h,
said came here asking the privilege Of
borrowing money. l did and l cam,
from the town council to borrow thai
money. There is one thing bear in mind
They are complaining of the police com
mission Who created that commission
except one member. the mayor Tn,
people of Wilmington did not put then
there Il was done by an act Of tn,
General Assembly and they wer
appointed by the governor of this state.
Hot Shot for Jester.
Il know that one commissioner Is mo-
the gentleman he should be; but VIII,
made the bargain and deal with him
He could not make a deal himself Yor
all know who made the deal. One mar
can't make a deal The people of VIII
mington have no right to lay under a
stigma of that kind IL is our fault
not theirs. Fetch the men here who
made the deal, and let them answer.
There is no man within the sound of nv
voice but knows | am telling the truth
Mr.. Speaker Why should you blame
the people Of Wilmington This bill Is
no improvement. I am not doing a pri
vate act; / am doing the public act. and
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