The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-03-07


when that population doubles not o
foot Of this ground will be purchase
able for less than forty to fifty dollars,
and much Of 1t will sell as high as the
land on Jefferson street or Delaware
Avenue does now. Our population in
1850 was 1870 in 1850, 81, 1853 in
1870, 30,s41, aud in 1880 about A, coo.
tbs Nsps has been encouraged to
hope for success for the Republican
party In getting majority 10 the City
Council by the assistance of "Com-
mittee Of One Hundred" fashioned
after the Committee of One Hundred
in Philadelphia, which the citizens OF
that Radical ridden place had to re-
sort TO in order to GUST the Republi loan
Gas Trust thieves and the scandalous
robbery Of the city treasury through
the tax collector who pocketed about
$4,000 year for his services, and
even refused to give up the office after
1t had been fairly abolished by law.
Does the NssOs see such warrant for
COMMITTEE OF One Hundred in
Wilmington Surely not. Why then
should it want to stigmatlzs our City
Council BY the appointment of such
committee? No one accuses our
Councilman Of either party of indulg-
ing in fraud, or wasting tho public
money. Every dollar expended is ac-
counted fer. Why should the gentle>
men then in the Council be classed
with the Seas Trust thieves'' and
aiders and abettors of ''false election
returns" and 'jury fixers," Of Phila-
delphia, all Republicans. The propo-
sers Of the Committee of One Hundred
make no charges against the Demo-
crats-it is simply asserted by The
man going around with q paper
soliciting names, that we want better
men In Council than thess-they "are
Dot it," Why, there Is not member of
the Council who will not admit his
place ought to be filed by better man.
Bat where are yOu to get better men
1t 10 an easy thing to talk-@talk is
cheap" but let us see your men, and
then let US hear what they will do, or
can do, if you please 1t may be
true that the Democrats having . ma
j0rity have not suggested as many
wise things as might have been done.
But What have the Republicans aug-
gestsd that would improve matters ?
They come under the sweeping charge
Of "not being fit men for Council. j"
Where are your better men who will
take the office; or to whom the
people of the wards will entrust the
management of their property? We
have seen such as are termed s'more
ht men" In the Council, and sorry to
say we have witnessed the grossest
extravaganza and the city run head
long into debt by this same class until
the people revolted and by their votes
tumbled them headlong out of office.
1to"1 w AA00s wy w " tAtS LudnueE
of proceeding. We say it is unfair
that it is an attempt to stigma
tize men, without in an honorable and
fair way charging them with any
offence. 1t is aneaking, cowardly
and disreputabls way of doing thing
to which any honorable man should
be opposed. We are opposed to al
extravaganza, and in favor of fan
open contest for Office, and We car
conceive of no better way to get thu
public business we'll and wisely don.
than through two parties-each O
which keeps watch and ward of til,
conduct of the other and over the ex
penditures of the public money.
30 far no partizan action in the Cit,
Council has been taken, for on nearly
all questions of Importance both tn,
parties have "split." There has scarce
~ been one public measure of import
Rnce that has not been carried by vote
Of members of both parties, and n
OE0AuauUo Sdn 10 pdpbeu INV WlLnOu
the concurrence of some members 0
both parties. Under the circumstances
we sabmit if il is fair and honorable
bylmplication as is proposed to do to stig
Matte our City Council by getting vi
"Committee of Que Hundred"
The acts OF the City Council are sub
ject to the criticism Of the Board o
Trade, the Board of Education an.
the Board of Health and thu
public Press is open for any griev
ances and free descriptions. With wha
then, do the champions Of a Committed
OF One Hundred find fault? Excep
with the silly and added brain, tn
movement cannot be otherwise cor sid
cred than useless and ill-advised one