Daily Republican., 1880-04-16

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NEW CASTLE, April 1890.
A hurried call in upon the Ley,
Court yesterday by q REPUBLICAN, rep
resentative fonnd some Of the member
Of the Court very busy, finishing up tn
business Of their respective Hundreds
while others had entirely finished sucl
business and were patiently awaitin,
adjournment. II is expected that al
their business will be finished by, to
morrow when the Court will adjourn
"sine dis." In conversation with Pres!
dent Bright we were informed tha
this was the longest session Of the Levy
Court he had ever known, the term be
ing heightened out by the number O
persons who had been omitted by care
less and partisan assessors, and who
were compelled to attend day after day
in March until their names we're placed
upon the assessment. Of course Mr.
Bright made no such allusion to ths
assessors himself, that being left foi
your correspondent to do. jg), rf
In the afternoon the Wilmington
daily papers arrived containing q list o.
persons drawn TO serve upon the re-
spectivs panels Of the May term Of
Court, aud as the names appeared in
the hundreds outside Of Wilmington
about half and half Republican and
Democrat, the members seemed pleased
at this evidence of their impartiality
Nobody, however, could tell how those
chosen to serve for Wilmington came
to be almost unanimously. Dehocratie.
Considerable time was spent by the
Court in overhauling the Coroners,
'Squires and Cons.ables bills which il
was said were very much ,swellea by
fees charged but which could not be
allowed in justice to the county. Some
Of your Wilmington 'squires and Con-
stables need moi, 'bo at all surprised
when they! walk up To- tbs County
Treasurer's office to get their cash to
find that their bills have been 5osnsfd-
srably reduced. Clerk Springer and
his deputies are busy adding up long
formidable columns Of tax figures aud
the tax duplicates will be ready for
delivery to the collectors early in May.
As it is we'll known that but few
months yet remain until the removal
Of the county offices and effects to Will
no great care is exercised to
keep the old court house and Offices in
very good order. The question Of what
to do with the old court house now agi-
ta.es the New Castle psople. 1t is said
that Andrew c. Gray, Esq, says that
when the courts ara removed to Will
mingtop, the jail will have to follow, for
in his expressive words: !" New Castle
will not submit to be made a. penal colo.
by for Wilmisgton," II is argued that
The court house and jail werebuilt upon
grant made to William Penn only SO
long as they might be used for the pur-y
poses stipulated. The removing Of the
,,nrts it in claimed pnt an end to the
ease. Atsiiy rate 1t will not. surprise
anybody To fnd that, the New Castle
people will now become ss urgent for
the removal Of The Jail as they were
unanimous in their opposition to the
removal Of the court house. 'SF
The results of the city election on
Monday still continues to be the lead
ing topic of discussion. There is no
the fact that Ez.Mayor Gift
in, the defeated candidate is very much
surprised. lie has been Mayor. of New
Castle ever since 1t was city III 1874.
he was re-slsctsd year after year with
such large majotities that until the
asst year nobody ever thought serious
y that he could be defeated. However
he majority against. him ia only three
Fotes,' IL is nevertheless defeat, and
me Which he feels very sensitively.
The generally recognized cause Of his
lefeat was the. extreme liberality he
Id signing applications for
liquor licenses, which souredy the tenn
,eranoe men and Protestant Church
people to such an extent that they
yoted almost in body for Samuel j.
Black, his opponent, not that Mr.. Black
vas particle more favorable ID tenn
,erance than Ex-Mayor Gifin WIS, but
Is they said "as q rebuke TO the May
r." Mo- party lines were drawn in
he contest, there being no preliminary
,arty meetings, nor no fixing up Of a
,arty candidate. Both candidates were
Democrats and the voters came out and
IN the principle Of t''Yote-as-you-
,lsase." :. ~1}f I2'' rF"' ,pogs
Mr.. Black, the mayor efeot,is syoung
nan, thai fellow we'll me-, "1yspd solid
native Of the city, he. weighipg some
where about $50 pounds. His great
weight will enable him ~ hold, the
ems Of the young city with a.steady
,and. ~ n5..'t,,;; wy - Il
It is wonderful to witness tls feeling
here is in atowp Of this size with "a
lict exceeding aSys00, on
ectarian issues. Owing to the recent
Increase Of manufaetoriea O great many
Catholic fam lilies have settled, here,
being mostly Irish people they take snl
.ctive part In the elections. This has
many Of the Protest tant Demo-
rats who are relentless ii their opposi-
ion to Catholics: "---------'-----'--'' : ,!s'.'
This feeling brought cut three can.
lidates for assessor at the. recent cleo
ion. MIR. Brisen being the candidate
Il the Protestant Democrats and Mr..
Duncan the candidate Of the Democrats
md Mr.. Dalby was the Republican
This Of course made .
lerce faetional fight. Mr., Brison get
ing 1sY votes, Mr.. Dalby, 112 and Mr..
duncan ITO. r.... ~ Ls..I
As may be imagined the Catholic
,ortion Of the party is not in the best
t humor at the treatment they have
eceivsd and the Protestants to use
heir own expressions, "dont care
darn.'' not o colored man voted at
he election but there are sixty or sew
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