The daily gazette., 1880-01-29
democratic RaLe Contracted
= WSfh Republican Rule.

RepablicaA of to-day, calls the a.ten--
lion Of the people af Wiimington to
some facts taken from the Reading
Times In regard to economy, and com
pares their appropriations TO ours In this
city under democratic rule. The Repub-
ficdn endeavors to make 1t appear that
we have made our appropriations too
large, and cries extravaganza. Mr..
Editor, l will givo fair statement Of
the facts and figures as they appear up
ON the books Of the city. The estimated
population Of Wilmington at present is
A 1000. l will go back six years to 1874.
The population then was about $4,000.
propose to compare the appropriations
for 1874 with those of 1880.
1874. Incidental and miscellane- ..
Gus expenses under Rep. rule, ,.$20, 900
1880. Same appropriation, Demo-
cratic .................. 1000
1874. Mater works, Republican, $1,000
1880. Z" Democratic, 27,O0)
1874. Repairing and cleaning
street., Republican,. .......... 10000
1880. Repairing aud cleaning
streets, Democratic. c,......... $4,000
The above is fair sample of the way
the. Republicans practiced economy.
They increased the interest," on the bond
ed debt from $4,000, 1874, to $4,000,
1877, and expended up to the time they
were turned out of power some $3.50, 900.
They appropriated for the year 1878,
1896, l40 80. They expended all the
money they could get hold of, includ-
ing the July and August taxes, amount
ing TO some $4,000, and left a bark
account overdrawn of some $4,000;
during the year 1878 an item in their
appropriations Is one for an extraordi-
nary appropriation for 1877, of $33, 100.
The Committee OF Iwenty-six should
make o note of this item. Another
sample of the way they economized is
found in the appropriations for 1915.
improvement of City Hall, $4,000.
This was all pent on the little cooi
back of the Hall. Let some of our
taxpayers gazr on this little piece Of ex
travagance, and see where the money
went, aud what the city got for thi,
large amount thrown away. You see,
Mr.. Editor, the democrats can carry on
the city government much cheaper, al
though the city has increased its popula-
tion some 10000 inhabitants.
Under republican rule in 1874, with a
population of thirty-hve thousand in-
habitants, their appropriations are one
third larger than in 1880, under demo-
cratic rule. The item for incidental aud
miscel aneous expenses is astonishing
$4,000, No doubt much of this was
for pay ying taxes of negroes.in an indi-
rect way. Their noisy ward political
bummers had to be paid for crying
rebel fraud, etc.
Mr.. Editor, have given true state
ment of republican economy, now l ask
the readers of your valuable paper to
compare their doings with what is now
being done by democrats In 1880, and
let them judge. The Republican has
the brazen efirontery to ask the people
| 10 reinstate them in power, and urges
all their clan 10 come forward and get
assessed. This Council has still some
Of their old bills to pay for attorney
| fees in endeavoring to convict some of
those who we're surety on the bonds OF
the truly loyal officials, whom they
placed in power to take care of the
peoples money. 1t will be seen they
were SO Indifferent aid careless that
they did not have the bonds for their
| officials properly executed, so the courts
have decided. This is another proof
that they are not fit to be trusted with
the peoples affairs. They spent about
$500 in trying TO find out how much
one of them did steal, and after their
high toned expert made several reports,
all different, they dropped the matter
bat did not fail to drop s., 800 into this
no-calcrla pocket. The Republican
wants all Its party Of all shades assessed
so they can vote to put these truly loyal
economists in power.
| The same sort Of frauds would be In
clover II they were In power and bad
the building OF the new city offices. We
propose TO spend So 800 for these build
ings and they will be- In handy place to
com pare with the SIS 600 job added to
the City Hall called q Mayors office.
There is no telling how many old ac-
counts unpaid may yet be brought to
hight. They should be sent to the Com
mittee OF 26 80 they could hand them
over 20 their attorney who is q very APT
ward politician. II he should take an
oiber trip to Paris he might gain enough
of cunning wit to carry the Seventh
Ward by q reduced majority A few day,
in old Ireland might be the means Of hi,
Ispaining the lost 10 ter to his n,me o,
This would increase his standing very
much amongstpeople who did not know
him. 1t Is 100 late for him to change bi,
countenapce; he is set In his ways which
ways are vdak avery time. After he car
ries Delaware for Blaine he will shak'
the dust of his feet and depart for some
larger field where the crumbs from tn,
official pocket are not 80 hard to apply
to ones needs. ECONOMY.
Jan. %, 1880.