The daily gazette., 1879-06-18
THE Republican, it seems, is disposed

THE Republican, it seems, is disposed
to arraign the Levy Court, for taking the
liberty of selecting a supervising archi-
tect for the new county buildings. This
is really very ungrateful in the RepubH-
can, in partisan view, since the Court
need not have chosen these plans at all.
In the absence of any information on
the matter from the Levy Court, we are
not prepared to make such observations
upon the matter as we might, had we
been informed. But for that matter We
presume the members of the Levy Court
do not need any apologies, and are fully
prepared to defend their own course. We
have no representative in this Hundred,
or might as well have none, and there
fore, no convenient party with whom to
confer. 1t is high time this condition of
things had an end. Wilmington has
population equal to the whole county,
and therefore ought not to be without
representative there, but should have
one of undoubted Intelligence and ability,
competent to discharge all the duties in
business like manner. And such a
one we know the Governor is ready to
appoint as soon as vacancy occurs.
We apprehend that Mr.. Rice has mis-
taken the courtesy and politeness OF
1,rnr Nlnr ~
and drawn erroneous differences there
from. Certainly the Court did not ex-
pect in buying Mr.. Rice's plans and pay
ing for them that they were putting
themselves under any obligations to him.
On the contrary they doubtless supposed
they were offering encouragement to q
young and inexperienced architect. We
think we may say that if the committee
or the Court either had supposed they
were bound to take as superintendent
architect the craftsman of the plans, they
would have steared clear of both. The
committee paid for the plans, and nj
doubt supposed that they were doinl
nothing more than was expected of then
when they asked explanations of them
If Mr.. Rice did not expect to give tn,
committee some explanations abou
them, he should have so informed them
If the committee and the court is thu
to be "bossed" and abused in the star
they had better have nothing to do witt
these plans. 1t would be better to sub
stitute others in the start. OF cours,
they have paid for all these plans; but
would be far better to throw them ava
at once than to commence to use theI
where such partizan spirit is exhibite
as the Republican shows in its articl
yesterday, if that spirit is to ac ccompan
the use Of the plans. For it seems ths
after the committee had done their be.
TO give satisfaction they have failed, an
nothing short of putting themselves an
their labors under the control of tt
Republican and its partisan frient
would suffice. And here would rema
the danger that the county buildin
would be botched to injure the LIE,
Court and the Democratic party, for tt
sake of making political capital.
We had hoped that partizanism mig
be kept out of this business. But t
Republican is not disposed to allow ev
this. AS to the employment of
architect we are not yet advised, a
cannot say positively who has been {
gagged. We doubt not, however, I
work will be done by contract and tt
our workmen will get the benefit OF
labor if they do the work on as reas
able terms as others.