Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-09

Now, let come 10 business. II We have q
waslelul OF corrupt cts government, lot US know
the truth, at once. Tho election OF twelve naem-
bers OF Council, Ont nr The lWenty-one oomPos'
Ing that body, il only little more than three
weeks cf, aud this is tue time, more than amy olh-
er, when IL remedies are needed, they may be
applisd-CoasRe sReTr5al. rs q
Why, you "kuow Gte tfaib." We have told
you on several occasions Bat il being your in.
tCrest not TO admit that lhe City Couaol has been
ucglectful and cxtravssahi beyond precedent, you
seek 10 evade and deny our charges. Who eyer
heaId Of q chairman of Republican City FinAn-
cial Committee going 10 Dover aud expending
S715 in feeling four lawyers 10 secure the passage
OF { party measure befoIe. Such Thing never
occurred in Wilmington, and respectable gentle
nen ct the Bar in cur city, Of your panty, de-
clareit was an enormous eKtrayagance done in the
face Of The tact ihai the thea able Republican
City Solicitor was ready TO attend 70 ali such bu-
siness: and from has Intimate acquaintance with
the lawyers and most of the Legislators ai Doyel'
no doubt could have bad all tbs necessary legis-
latOn for the city passed Cwlthnnt setting the cor
rupt prtce aenly Ior about what bis expenses
would have leen--the affair wasAn onllagc- The
then City SOLICITOR himself considered Il an Abomii
nation, aud was So disgGsted Al the Transaction
that he washed his bands Of Il; aud no doubt it
formed one OF tue Feasohs Why be would not
hold the Office Ica:reI5 bat positively refused TO
have A,s name associated Esll What seemed TO be
TO very many an derhanded, dishonest mode Of
rrausacting puolir basinesl- In fact the manner
in which It Was seu!sbi 10 be done was dlsavow-
ed by even the chief actor ~ The mailer who re
fused to take the enormous fee 10 his own name
aud sent ii back, choosing TO lgse Hi raaAer than
take the corrupt thing.
.sFirst. How muclI of the recent increase OF
the dsbt OF the city, Of which q complains, was
caused by the funding OF the OF noahng oeOt'
So lar as VIC can ascertain all Of it, When the
Democrats got into power il took nearly ALI The
money that came into Ihe possession Of the Conn-
o1 Eor many months to pay the Oid back 6iils-
Ever man acquainted with the question knows
ths; ana the Democrats iett OoEnPaHtEely small
amount, considering the vast amount Of Improve
ments thar were made, and they oniy assessed
'.ias and 9 kdif per CENT. city tax.
As soOa as the Republicans got into power
again they assessed aftesn per cent city tax, and
aifer all went to Dover last winter and paid s175
% get ons hundred Thousand dollars Of their own
debts funded. Ahd new again have assessed the
peopls's pFOpeTtyO one per cent very much high
rate than even last yeAT' ana yet etlzens Ve us
that ut tie rate they ara now going the Aoatlns
debt win be heavier BY Ghe time the lsEiIatare
meets than II was last winter. Had the Demo
Gratis assessed the people even II per cent they
,wouid haze left no debt. They assessed the peo-
pie only 81! per cent. and what ever debt was Ell
found an equivGIent in money in the peoples
pockets.
la laying the water main aloDe by contract, the
Democrats saved the ety many thousands Of dollars
Dot the best Of theiE saving operations was tn the
IeieAt Of Ftbe Paid Fire Department system, BY
which twas prpPOsed to denolish cur splendid
Volunteer Fire Department ana risk all cur CIT
zsns' property to the care ofthrOe engines and 80
men This, too, at cost more than treble in
each year what it costs for seven efficient COM
panies.
In tiis matter alone the Democrats not only
sI~td the city hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
bat probably also from such calamity as has be'
fallen Chicago, Boston. Baltimore and Portland.