Daily Republican., 1883-05-16
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. 1883.
Mr. MrIntir-,s Figh for Office.

1t may be- said almost positively that
there are six Democratic and five Re.
publican Wards in the city The Demo
cratic Wards all lay South OF Sixth
street and The Republican wards all
North Of that street. The six Demo
cratic wards fall short by some 5000 OF
containing half the population Of the
rity-fall 800 short of polling half the
vote of tue city and some "a 900 short of
paying Li.t the taxes of the city, though
The most Of the large machine, iron and
work shops are spread along the Rail
road III the Southern section. But here
is one striking difference between the
North and South Districts with favor
tor he South. Though the latter has a
smaller population and smaller vote il
elects twelve COunciInen, while the
North District only elects ten This is IA
Very complete and ingenious gerry
nander to make Il Republican city
Democratic-to make City Council
that would be Republican on fair ap-
pornouMent and a fair vote, Demo
cratic. 1t is only because the plans Of
The Democratic leaders miscarried last
year that the City Councl is now Re,
publican. They cot Id not hold solidly
the Second and Third Wards on account
of party dlssensions, and hence the cleo
tion Of two Republicans from those
wards. Should the wards all South of
Sixth street 60 Democratic at the eIec-
ton which is only Il little ove- two
weeks of. and the wards North of Sixth
street all Z" Republican, the Eepubli-
cans will still have a majority Of the
City Council next year on account Of
rhe TWO holding over Republican mem
hers from the Democratic wards. This
inc quality in apportionment is due 10
the tricker yof Democratic leaders and n
trucking partisan Democratic Legi,!a-
fNTf. IL was llt "oIh VI lllldil IL
Lee and n. b. McIntire in 1881 and
would have been as potent to keep Mr..
McIntire in office as Chief Engineer o'
the Water Works as a Water Commis-
sion, had not two Democratic wards
elected Republican Councilmen. No
body would have ever heard word
about Water Commission if the City
Council had continued Democratic II
was only after the city had gone kepub-
lcau last June and Mr.. Mclntire found
that he would have to step down and
out Of his office of Chief Engineer Of the
Water Works that the Water Com
mission Wa, agitated He must not be-
without an Office.
Did not he lay the plan for gerryman-
Iering the Southern District intO six
Democratic wards? Did he not con-
rrve the idea OF bringing BrOwntown
into the city and with part Of the
'rruth ward added to it, make IA new
sure Democratic ward " Must such
political labor 60 unrewardeI, even
though the people III his own gerry
wandered wards vote adversely to his
interests? No, never. Party fidelity
must be rewarded, and if the people Of
the city Of Wilmington will not reward
such hard Democratic worker the
Legislature will, and the Legislature
did reward him as far as it Coud-at
east SO far as be personal. y asked them
20 DO 1t required considerable cheek
.Or Il man 70 stand before the LegisIa-
ture and personally ask that body to
uaSs Jaw to restore him to the Office
from winch the people had inst thrust
him. But lie was equal TO the "rca-
sion. He asked and he got what he
wanted. II was no partisan act, on,
no for did not Mr.. Bates plainly say It
was not II was only an act to make
II. Il Mclnrire Chief Engineer Ct the
Water Department OF the city OF WIZ
mjugtuu. N Sl ite of the protest of tn ,.
people. and the act should have been
40 entitled. 80 certain vas Mr.. Porter,
one ut the Water Commissioners aI'-
uOinfed under til" AT, that II was uu
tlerstoud That Mr., Mcln'ire Wae t" b"
he Chief Engineer from the start, tia,
ne frankly stated that he would have
~ vote fer INN a, it was intended he
should THESE are not the exact words
# Nr. Porter, hut the substance Of his
remarks. The game ha, been adrotIN
r.ay"L au through and though Mr..
WrIrir, claims the heaviest score, II
A. rummn for the Courts 10 dr'1d'
.ltu,fl va, not gained ly Il tou, hit,
r-5HrtI-au' Wa'rr tml"!s.
~.na.. .un.". ing yr,touJ,E. Iad"'d
# a., ..u.F.God David II tul.r tha'
ur mus ,'rp dowu and out Of lu" WA'"p
Drpartmr.. and that Henry Il. Nc