The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-17
A Gard from David Lemon.

To the Honorable Charles G. Dempsey
Representative of New Castle County
Sir Il see by the papers of l4th inst,
where you have introduced bill provid
ing that hucksters must pay their license
quarterly and forbidding the erecting OF
booths on the public roads and streets
within our State.
Allow me to congratulate you on such
an equitable proposition. Peddlers, huck.
sters and squatters are public menace
and nuisance. They are free hooters
claiming the domain of the legitimate tax
payers to erect booths on the highways, to
steal the trade of our licensed store keep
ers who pay high rents which include
taxes, for the support of this city and State
Government.
These squatters take the street and sell
there rotten trash for cash, while the over.
burdened store keepers sell on pass book
on time to be paid in promises during
these depressed times and which II not
paid until the law that the bankrupt firm
of Quigley and Mullin' had passed by one
of our legislators to take all they have by
the sheriff or hcartless constable to pay
the wholesale grocers bill while they
themselves fail and pay IL cents on the
dollar and get @ capitalist to start them
anew and beat their creditors out OF 50
cents. What laws Shame on such stat
ute laws for free peoples government.
Now sir, we don't want protection so
much in the general government of q
country that can grow and manufacture
in one year sufficient to supply us for two
or three years, giving us no outlet with the
worlds market as much as we want pro.
lection in our municipality What We
want Is an equity system and justice to all
of our people i'll the interest of peoples
government We want nothing sold on
the streets under booths or on stands in
the city of Wilmington. It is nothing
but confusion and our markets and streets
look moro like barn yard than COM
merolal city that has expended two mil
lions of dollars to give US nicely paved
streets which are used by perjured butch
ers who swear they have raised all the
meats they offer for sale. which they know
Is bare face lie.
This would be good case for the state
detectives to ferret out after having had
their high salaries raised to $4,000 q year.
There can be no excuse in renting stores
as they are for rent by the hundred and
the balance of the storekeepers arc ready
to sell out at q sacrifice.
The laws on our Statute books ought to
he equitable and just. The present legis-
lature of which you are member have
passed many laws at this session, increas-
ing the salaries Of the officials of our city
and state during these depressed times.
while our people are deploring their inabil-
ity to earn enough to buy the necessaries
of life. Our legislature ought to call halt
and pass few laws in the interest OF our
oppressed people.
They should not be led by the nose by
the Pennsylvania h, h. Company, who
are opposed to the trolley roads coming
into cur city, which would help to bring
transient custom to merchants in Will
mtngton, and give employment to our
poor men who are walking our streets by
The thousands. They have their ennis.
sarie5 In the city council whenever they
can get chance to divide the Doodle to
carry their schemes into effect They have
them in the Police Commission who ad-
vocate bicycles for the lazy policemen.
The trolley cars are not enough for them
to ride back and forth to the police sta
ton. I he bicycles after they ride them
have to be sent to the repair shops every
other day and the cityis charged four
prices, which is put on the poor tax payers.
That's not all, they have got one bob tail
horse and one long tail horse to use where
the police can not go with the bicycles
over empty farm lots which have been
taken into tht city limits. The long tail
will follow after the bikes and If the
officer can not catch the boys the bob
btlll uUTsC Will PURSUE tllGlh IL GFoWi uli
this the police commission is asking city
council to give them eleven more police
officers to guard the empty lots against in.
truders, counting telephone boxes and iroe
boxes to put the prisoners in, it will cost
the tax payers $4,000 year more which
will allow time for more officers to arrest
the buns and tramps in the West Yard of
the Penna. R,-R. to be sent over to our
jail at New Castle for the poor tax payers
Of our county to feed.
We want law passed forbidding any
member who took pass from the Rail |
road or Doodle to influence them in oh.
struCting the laws, to imprison them for
five years, fine them $1,000 and ever af.
forwards debar them from citizenship - -
We want workhouse to employ the
prisoners and help reform them as Judge |
Lore and Judge Ball advocated
We want all of tho trolley system Of
the State and surrounding country TO
come into our city without interference
from any of the Railroad Companies,
which would greatly increase our popula-
tion and business interests Hoping you
will pass law to do away with the ped
ding booths and peanut stands on the
streets and roadways Of our city and state,
l subscribe myself. Respectfully,
ID LEMON