Daily Republican., 1879-09-01
REPUBLICAN, ADDR ESS.


REPUBLICAN, Address.
A Platform Of Municipal Reform 70
which the Candidates VOlantar.
ily Pledge Themselves-A Purely
Local Issne Free From State and
National Questions.
The Republican City Exscutivs Com
mittes has prepared and issued the fol-
lowing address to the voters of this
city:
TO THE CITIZENS OF WILMINGTON.
On Tuesday next, September I'd, you
will by your suffrages choose two-thirds
Of your City Council, and place in their
hands authority to tax, le:islats and
manage for you to your detriment or
advantage, the municipal government
Of the city for the next year.
These rulers will be chosen according
to custom long prevailing in this
country, from the nominees of ono or
the other Of the two political parties,
Republican or Democratic.
The Republican City Executive Com
mittee, vested for the time being with
authority to act and speak in behalf OF
the Republican party Of this city, have,
alter full interchange Of opinion with
business men and other prominent
citizens, unanimously agreed 70 issue
an address setting forth what the views
and purposes OF that party and its can
didatps are in regard to the administra.
tion of the affairs OF this city.
They announce their determination
from this time forth to oppose, with all
the authority they have as an.organiza.
ton, and with all the authority that
may be- conferred upon their nominees
by the sutfragss of their fellow citizens,
the further increase of the city debt.
They propose to accomplish this most
desirable end by the most rigid scruti-
ny of every avenue through which the
money of the taxpayers is expended ;
to abolish all offices that may be found
unnecessary for the proper transaction
of the business Of the city; to reduce
the estimates for the several depart
ments to the smallest amounts that
will secure proper efficiency in their
administration to make the interest OF
the city paramount to the wishes OF
individuals for the pressure Of particular
sections and then having ascertained
the smallest sum requisite for the cur
rent expenses, to provide for them by
lsvying an amount of taxes sufficient to
cover them-and sufficient with other
resources of the city. In short, TO
make bath ends meet, to pay as We go
and to stop the old practice Of push
ing o portion Of our responsibilities
over upon the shoulders OF our success
sors, to find its way eventually to the
ultim4te destiny of all such balances,
the funded debt.
No political party has heretofore, In
the history Of our city, publicly an
nounced such policy or assumed the
res ponsiLl.Ity Of making it an issue. M
candidates have ever. over their own
signatures, pledged themselves to lta
practical application and enforcement
If elected until now.
We ask you, fellow citizens, to look at
tL cir names. They are among our very
best and most reliable citizens; they are
good and true men; their promises can
. relied on with implicit confidence;
their pledges will be kept; what they
promise to do they can do; and what
they have pledged themselves to per-
form they will perform. Give them a
chance to demonstrate their faith by
their works, and IL they can, "ithout
increasing the burden Of taxation, show
q balance sheet where the balance is in
favor of the city, they will have rem
der4d great and lasting service to the
city. They will have marked a new
era in our municipal government: and
no men that may follow them will dare
90 back into the old ruts.
The success OF their policy will put
new energy and vitality into every
branch OF trade and business it will
be standing advertisement, inviting
capital to come and invest itself within
our limits inviting capital to come
h, ~ tor employment, where home
may b. secured not subject to aruinous
taxation il will fill up with profitable
improvements the vacant lots that lie
around our city on all sides, unproduc'
tive now and burden to their owners
i, will lessen the burden of our present
debt, by increasing the volume and
amount Of taxable property from which
our resources come
No National or State issues are in
ycly-d in this contest. 1t is purely
local in its character, and in endorsing
it and voting for its candidates, no Dem
ocrat need sacrifice his Democracy, and
the success of this ticket will b. more
Of victory for the people than tht
party. All men honestly desirous o
The success Of this policy, should en-
Trace this opportunity by voting fol
men pledqed 10 its adoption as q rule O