Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-02
la1lcaster flltelliqe,lcer.
MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 2, 1880.
The Municipal Nominations.


The Democratic primaries of Saturday |
evening were largely attended, but quiet, |
orderly gatherings, whose result was ac- |
complished through a fair expression of
the wishes Of the Democracy and will
commend itself to the party as a whole.
The ward and council nominations are
good and in the wards which have hith-
erto generally been Republican the
Democratic nominations are such
as to encourage the hope of
gains that will make at least
the popular branch of councils more
nearly representative of the best interests
and the political differences of the voters
of the city. The reelection of the four
retiring school directors, all worthy and
efficient, was in accordance with the best
civil service notions, while the two new
members are well-known and intelligent
citizens, who will make useful, progress
sive school directors.
The unanimous denomination of Mayor
MacGonigle-by most remarkably full
vote, to be polled when there was scarce
ly a contest save in one ward-though
not unexpected. is none the less notewOr-
thy of the positive recognition by the
Democracy of the merits of his admins
tration. While he has in no respect been
guided nor controlled by partisan consid-
eratiOnS in discharge of his duties, 1t Is
the pleasure and privilege of the party
which has elected him to make this en-
phatic public acknowledgment OF the
faithfulness with which he has met its
expectations of an honest, industrious,
impartial and dignified executive.
In all the leading points of his official
record he has fulfilled the expectations OF
those who confidently entrusted him with
responsibility and power. His efforts to
procure refunding of the city debt at a
reduced rate of interest; his persistent
opposition to an increase of the perma
nent debt for temporary purposes, and tt
expenditures in excess of the approprla
tions; his interest in the promotion OF al
laudablc and timely improvements; nj
zeal in securing the erection OF the Lime
street bridge, water works improve
ments, opening and improvement O
streets where induced for the public
need and not private interests; his i'm
partial exercise of police discipline, ant
his general and unabated policy of re
trenchment and a buSiness-like system il
municipal affairs. have made for him
record upon which his party can wei
afford to be unanimous and to go befOr
the public for its approval.
QUE esteemed contemporaries in dlf
ferent parts of the state continue to dis
cuss the contempt case with a freedom
and variety of opinion that make the re
publication of their sentiments interest
ing. and we give such extracts fror
them us our space will allow on our firs
page to-day.
1t will be seen that Il special editOrl;
contributor to the New Holland Clario
is quite anxious that the case will not l
given up until its core be removed. II
desire will be gratilied.
The legal Listener who repor
to the Examiner what he failed to he;
in Mr.. Shapley's argument furnish'
nothing new to the law of the case. M
Shapley does not deny that "it is
breach of professional fidelity to attaC
the proceedings of the court for impu
and improper purposes, through the m
dunn of the public press" If Iii
tener " heard his argument and we
able to comprehend it, he would kno
that what Mr.. Shapley cOntended w,
that the court was not to be the judge
whether an alleged attack upon it w
made for "impure and improper pu
poses'' That is question of fact, to
determined by a jury, under the law
the land, not to be assumed by t
prosecutor nor determined by him actll
as district attorney, judge and jury,
in one person.