Evening journal., 1897-04-29

came out of committee.
Who mutilated these charters?" he
asked. why, the people who have
special privileges and who are fighting
this very bill. People cannot ask for
a thing that somebody else has. but
that their bill is mutilated almost be-
yond recognition. / am not here to on
pose the Delaware railroad or the viii
mington City Railway. but others have
the same rights to the privileges which
they enjoy. Do we represent the /. 500
people, whose names are i'm the desk.
asking for the passage of the bill. and
the very people who sent us here, or do
we represent the few privileged char
acters? AS God is my Judge. when a
bill comes here that will give work to
anybody, / cast my vote for that bill.
Poverty may not exist i'm Kent and
Sussex counties. but it does I'm New
Castle county. / know of many people
there who are starving, but who would
work If they had IL. and this bill is
calculated to give relief to some of
that class. Can you vote against it2
Can you vote against giving these .peo-
PIE work? Can you cast your vote
against your own constituents? Cast
your vote against this bill, and you
brand yourselves as men who do not
care for anybody but a few individuals.
| cannot vote that way and go home
and face my constituents. IL you do so
it Will confront you in all parts of Del
aware. The farmers of our state are
near the great markets of the world,
and the high railroad freight rates pre-
vent them from reaching those mar
Sets. Has it been proved to those
I Na I,f D a.
over one line where there is no compe-
tition? / tell you that this bin is an
opening wedge for competition. Capital
should not be required to come
here and beg to be let in. It can
go to other states where charters can
be obtained In a single day. We should
invite capital and not drive II away"
Representative Adams asked Repre-
sentative Dempsey to define the word
conscience which he had spoken of
in his speech delivered on Tuesday.
Mr. Adams set up all night on
January l9 nursing his conscience, but
In this instance he has evidently thrown
it aside, said Mr.. Dempsey.
This explanation was not satisfac-
tory to Mr.. Adams. and when pressed
further Mr.. Dempsey explained that he
meant by IL that on January 19 Mr
Adams voted for one man because ne
| represented the principle for which he
stood, and that when that man was
dropped he ceased to vote.
Mr. Adams spoke against the bill. He
exhibited what he said was a copy of 9
contract between the two railway com.
panies. signed on July 20, 1896. 1t was
an agreement that for thirty years anC
six months the Wilmington City Rail
| way Company was TO convey the car.
of the Wilmington and New Castle
Electric Railway Company from Thir,
street bridge TO Fourth and Marke
streets He went into a detailed expla
nation of the contract, and declares
that ere six months had elapsed th
New Castle company came to Dove
and asked the Legislature to give
the right to break that contract. III
was not in favor of granting that priv
ilege. The Wilmington City Railway
Company had failed to live up to it
part of the agreement because it haG
been prevented by litigation.
ut appears to be a Wilmington quar-
rel and Kent county man hardl!
knows how to act said Mr.. Wilson. q"
am favorable to encouraging new enter
prises, but old ones should have a GER
road is giving good service, and l mus
be satisfied that competition is neces
sary before / will consent to vote TO
the bill. / would like to see a road rm
down the state, and would willingl.
vote for such a road If satisfied that
would be built, and would vote for
! continuous run through Wilmington,
{ / could be assured that the road woul
/ be built down the state also. ] do no
! offer any terms, but / am willing to ac
cept terms such as / mention"
MIR. Mccullough said he would no
/ oppose the road coming down the state
Z but he could not vote for road run
ming through Wilmington. There ha
! been certain publications rejecting O
D him and another member, which he dc
1 MED and doiied proof. He said h
- could clear his skirts of bribery, an
I could go before a justice of the peac
81 and take an affidavit TO that effect, a
/ could also the other member to whic
y he referred.
Y Mr. Donaldson offered a newspape
{, clipping rejecting on his character
s which he desired read in order that h
o might vindicate himself Some mem
\ bers thought this would not be i
d order, but the speaker ruled that it wa.
f AS the clerk was about to read 1t, j. /
p Hopkins moved to adjourn. The me
e tion was defeated by the followin
q vote:
g Ayes -Messrs. Adams. Dukes, J. 7
e Hopkins Mccullough, Thompson an
e Wilson,.
Il Nays-Messrs. Davis. Dempse.
z Cheairs. l.. s. Hopkins. Johnson, Ma
( tin. Mccoy, Short, whitney and th
e speaker-10.
s. The speaker declared the motto
e lost and the newspaper clipping We
y read. Mr. Donaldson began his expl;
e nation. He wanted everybody to M
d derstand that nobody had been usin
b any check rein on him. and invited Il
IS closest scrutiny. He said that the on
N lobbyists who had bothered him ha
d been those who were favorable to u
n bill. 81 am acting from true motives
e he declared. "and am prompted by
Y true sense of duty. Nobody in MY v
l. cinity has been against me, and fe
r. that they would support my action
N court an investigation, and would iii
e to have a committee appointed to nal
c an Investigation concerning this ma