Daily Republican., 1879-12-02
A Fool Answ cred.

AFoOi Answered.
s me foolish fellow calling himself
claw" has written a communication
to an up town paper with few hun
drsd circulation, and ckuckles over an
idea of bis own that he has found the
REPUBLICAN out in telling at least seven
lies in one issue, but tho simpleton
hasn't brains enough to know that he
has only succeeded in posting himself
before the public as an illiterate fool.
Let US follow him. We quote as fol-
lows: FIRST lie, 1.-The courts have de-
cidsd that Mr.. Alien was not elected"
"Law" answers and says, "the court
did nothing of the kind" Now let US
see how far We are from the truth In
this matter. The vote Of "Gus" o Don
nell made q tie between Mr.. Allen and
Mr.. Gawthrop and the City Council af-
terv ards elected Allen. The court has
decided that "Gus" O'Donnsll had no
right to vote in the Fifth Ward by con-
vioting him Of illegal voting, and SEN
fencing him to pay fine OF fifty dol
lars. Now then, does not even "Law"
see that If "Gus" O'Donnell had not
voted Mr.. Gawthrop would have been
elected. This disposss with lie num-
Der one. Second lie-The City Coun-
Gil will not have any money in bank on
tbs frs. Of January" As January is
not here yet, "Law" had better wait
and see before calling it a lie. This
disposes with that.
Third lie-rhe city will have q
floating debt on January first" The
answer TO what is called the second lie
answers this one.
Fourth lis-The tax rate OF Sl.l5
did not raise sufficient money to carry
on the city government for the current
year." II claw" would take the
troub bls to examine into the city finances
little and could comprehend them, he
would find this was no lie. 1t
is we'll known that the appropriations,
except that set aside for the payment
of interest, salaries, and such as can
not bs interfered with, are exhausted,
which shows that the tax rate Of $l.15
was not high enough.
Fifth lie-Allen holds his seat ille-
gally and goes through the motions the
same as other members" The answer
to "frst lie" fully shows that this is no
lie.
Sixth lie-Forty thousand citizens
in New Castle county are disfraDchis-
ed" Topeople Of moderate amount
Of common sense, this needs no expla-
nation, but to ignoramus-s like "Lav"
we suppose we will have to explain, and
show that New Castle county with pop
ulation Of $4,000 has only ten repre-
sentatives in the Legislature, while
either Kent or Sussex counties, having
a population OF but $1,000, has also
ton representatives,. Now then, sub
tract IS, GOO from $1,000, ard 10000 re-
main, who have no representation,
and consequently are totally disfran'
chi5sd from having any voice in the
law making power Of tbs State. This
is plain enough for intelligent men to
ses, but We doubt whether Claw" can
understand it.
"Seventh lie-The appropriations OF
Council are all expended" The an
swsr to fifth lie fully answers this.
TO show how smart this new tangled
double compound critic is, is shown in
his assumption that if it is unlawful for
the Democrats to borrow money from
bank now, it was equally unlawful for
the Republicans to borrow money for
quite a number Of years before. We
take 10 pleasure in exposing the igno-
rance of such an ipfnitesimal "small
frv," as Law is, for really the fellow
is 30 ignorant and illiterate as not to
know that it was only at the last SEES
sion of the Legislature that the law was
passed forbidding the city 10 borrow
money, and while condemning that law
he seems to be altogether oblivious Of
the fact that it was recommended by a
Democratic Council, and passed by
Legislature, unanimously Democratic.
We have no defence to make Of the
reckless habit that Council has exer-
cissd for years past in borrowing money
and paying away four or five thousand
dollars a year interest farther than to
say that then il was lawful to do 30,
but now since Democratic Legislature
has made it SO, it is unlawful for the
City Council to borrow. That is all
the difference, but it is very big one.
Mr.. Law" whoever he may be,
should remember that saying thing
is lie and proving it lie are two
different things, and he could as easily
have gone on with his reckless asser-
tions up to what he might have called
the one hundredth lie just as easily as