Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-24

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Especia lily does it seem to have bee
cured of its hankering after a polio
commission, but it still indicates som
zeal tor wafer commission, because i
looks upon that as the lesser evil, AN,
it 1t had its way the functions of III
committee would cease Us certain dutir
were performed and certain money bon
rOwed through an act Of the Lerislatur
is spent. If it would now become ahou
half converted from the errors of free
trade and occupy even a hall way DO
sitlon, it would then toe up to the marx
OF the independent paper it processes t.
be. We only refer to the change on tn,
commission business as an indication
of Il change of Democratic sentimen,
and that the ooaStel utility Of police
and water commissions is fading away
in the distance, Had the leading
friends oi these commissions been 9th.
erS than discarded politicians who had
just been put ont Of office by the people
ii" prospects they advocated would
have been more popular, but the idea
Of tn Leading advocate of the polio,
commission being the ex-criet Of polio,
attempting to get back in his old posi-
ton, through the Legislature. after II,
had been turned ont by the votes of tn,
people, has rather too much of an air Of
presumption about it to become very
suddenly popular, and therefore We are
not at all surprised to see a decent paper
change its advocacy of Il bad prinriplo
when the best is said OF it, and an in
hnitely worse principle when used
without reason and through sheer fore.
OF party power for partisan purposes.
The appointment of police commits
SION under the circumstances which
s"rro"n" it would simply be an outrage
10 the people of Wilmington.
lfontlawry was the rule instead Of
the peace and quiet that prevail; if our
people TO any considerable extent were.
knocked down and robbed in the streets.
II our police force were hruta, aud used
the blackjack more than discretion and
reason. i'll fact il the public peace ulli-t
and good order of the city were violated
with anything like the impunty with
which they were violated under the last,
Democratic regime, then there would bp
some excuse for appointing a police com
mission. Every unprecedented man and
wom"n i'll til" city know tha There ara
more peace, QuirtneS, and So, urify now
for citizens than there were under Demo-
cratic rule.
The functions 81 "A water commission
are 81 different from those pr "a u,-
lice commission dat hey can
not b" measured alike. THE ra~,
Positions to h. ril,"d urdrra water com
mission ar" few in number. After the
commission Itself has appointed its utti-
rers--tWO perhaps in number nothing
hut visions of horses, carts. >huypl, and
picks loom up for Others, Bin" suits.
nations with red taSSels and jaunty DO
llccmen' : capS,all at the EXPENSE Of tine
city, are not needed by the employees of
OF water commission. This changes
the aspect of affairs very much, and
hence water commission is more jua1-
ter OF fact concern than Il police com
mission. Vet there exists abDutth- >;,lu,
ohlec'ion 10 the appointment of u water
commission rs Il police commission, II
is political mode to uvrrri,l. the NilIofI
the people and 10 defeat local self 10Y
ernn"nt by the people. Nomattrr huv
speri"us and plauSlhlr She plea for ,hr.
appointment IT Il commission, when
lha' c"'lIHi"N'1r h"roulra rider trp pub
ne sentiment, and rripprs l"ally nx-
pressed public thDugLt and arflu il
becomes IA fyrant and "A suby"rtrr Of our
liberties. There /, nor tn" IraS1 ulau,i
bic rAcnN'' for the appointment Of a va,
Yer r"'illil"~irl' In asking for the. ;p-
polntinrnt q! one We have in ih,. fore
Srollnd Us the most earnest aIvprIfr
,ht "N-rhl"t engineer OF the water de-
partnl"n', who through IN" force ri ,,,,l,-
ne "pIul"n H. Expressed at the ballot
box, wa> asked IT, step down and uur,
lie Is no" trying tHYvUsn the aid Of
Il partisan D"lmp"ratir t,.gi.ia,u., iu|
sep lp and in again y tuout rny,rl io|
me wIrh"- I'll ilr i"'f"",
We .tHjuot m.IjrJ, tina, a:,l out~j,L.r-
adj" portion Of tn people oal.idn of
Democratic pO.ltic.dtS itypr a .uriu,. I
sion of ANY kind that takes from them
tn" local self control Of their nWuatt3ir.
aud if the Legislature viii cou~ult If.
credit and the interests Of IN. ur.upI,. if |
will "onsign these political rider, tu the |
Tomb Of furgrtiIlnrS>.