Daily Republican., 1885-05-15

Tomorrow will be the Democrats /
dsy. and from the interest which ap-
pears to be manifested by the friends
Of the only two candidates for the
Mayoralty nomination, On old time
Democratic vote may DO expected to bel
polled, which in such instances means
more votes than the party has In the |
ward. The only two candidates named
for the nomination are ex.MayorJ oshua
Slmms, and G. B. Rhoads, both we'll
known gentlemen and representative
Democratic. With Mr.. Simms, the
people are perhaps more familiarity &C
uuainted, from the fact that he held
the office of Mayor for three years. mol
doubt he could bring to the office the
experience Of the past, and with that
he might make a better chief magis-
trate Of the city than he did before. It
10 to be hoped that this will be the case
II he is nominated and elected, Tor with
many others who have held the same
Office there is great room for improve
ment.
Mr.. Rhoads needs no introduction as
. man and gentleman to the Will
mington public. There are but few
churches in the city in which he has
not appeared as vocal leader of music.
In this position he cannot be excelled,
but whether he would make as good a
chief magistrate for the city as he has
made teacher of vocal music, remains
to be seen, and the time for seeing Is a
very indefinite quantity indeed.
But there seems to be another point
In the preliminary canvass that de-
serves notice. To outside observers i
would look as If the larger portion o
the Democratic party had divided int
race factions, the adopted German citi
zens supporting Mr.. Rhoads, and tn
adopted Irish citizens supporting Mr.
Himms. 1t by no means follows tina
either Mr.. Rhoads or Mr.. Simms. ar
adopted citizens, for we believe the an
ces,ry of each date back for severa
generations as American citizens.
Neither does it follow that either G
them would not make good Mayor o.
account Of their race ancestry. But tn
point is this Should there be such
thing as a German candidate or q
Irish candidate, where all either are G
ought to be Americans either by natur
or adopted? We did not read wit
pleasure few days ago the report ths
q German association as such had er
dorsed Mr.. Rhoads as their candidat
for Mayor. We would have read wit
equal disapproval the endorsement c
Mr.. Sinms by any association Of Iris
citizens, other than political associs
tons. Such things as German Demt
Gratis and Irish Democrats should Ion
ago have lost their significance in
country where all have become Amer
can citizens. However, in local p
nhcal point of view, the lines seem,
be drawn on race principles, and t
Rax.s- no Tauto, Ia n. whs.factiol
1t Is the peculiar and gratifying pleasu
Of the Republican party to present
the people an American candidate
Mayor in the person Of Henry G. Co
rad, Esq, not in the sense of q natl
born American, VIII; III he is, but in t
sense that he Is an American as eve
German and every Irishman who ha
been adopted as citizens of this countr
Mr.. Conrad does mo-, as a candida
appeal for either the German or Iri
vote, but for the American vote, viii
includes all native and foreign DO
American citizens from every land al
every cline, and receiving the votes
Americans, Irish and Germans
American citizens, he will be elect
the next Mayor.