The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-25
HE FREE MARKET.
COUNCIL IGNORED IN THE
INCEPTION OF THE NEW LAW
The Citizens Represcn fatiyes have no
Advisory Voice In The Domestic En-
actmcnt OF wilmington.

just ana are what are needed by the people, |
in order that the immemorial right of flce
market may be maintained as an inalicnable
right by the citizens, or whether those
rights Of the people have been carefully
Watched over by those whom the people
lave elected and appointed as custodians 10
y'otect those rights, it IS at this moment too
lie to discuss. The enactment has become
gflaw of the land. 1t can only be iescnded
4. interminable and tedious law process,
which would entail expense upon the al
r,ady tax-ridden people of Wilmington.
But our enterprisipg City Solicitor states
that the new enactment is mandatory, and
If its provisions be not immediately com
piled with the existence of the free market
itself is imperiled!
All! We must skip around most ex.edi-
tiously OF even the little that is left of our
rights to free market will be snatched
from us.
Now, it is quite possible that the provis-
ions of this new law may not be oppressive
to the thousands of the poorer classes of
u is city to whom the free market is the
greatest boon. We are ready TO give it a
trial.
tit is incumbent upon the citizens of Will
H.
rental in framing this law, who it was that
| diandtst nelly thrust it through tile Legisla-
I re, and above all, by whose action, and
| fraction, the mandatory clause, just discov-
ered by Henry Clay Turner, Esq, by which
| 5he very existence Of the citizens free mar
| I6t has been imperiled, was incorporated in
| dis law
We would simply wish to ask our City
tlicitor whether, notwithstanding his refer
4 jace to George V. Massey, who is an Gle
iient foreign to the fiscal interests of this
dity, he himself did not rece i've fee for til
Grating of this new enactment and whether
e has not been cognizanu Of all that the in
rument contains, from its inception by the
tchers of King street some two months Or
6re agoP
--s,rcv-vr r-svu,- ~
pinted legal protector and conservator OF
s-hs citi4cnh' ights and privileges, as official
/ nf fh.a.r
Council, on Tuesday evening last, when the
Indignant expression of the feelings of the
members found vent in the words 'the ma
tority OF the Council know nothing of the
BILL"
II We would wish to ask is there no implied
demand upon the official law adviser Of
'Council that he officially inform those who
hire him of any contemplated changes in
the municipal laws, of which he may be
cognizant, before those changes become a
law? In plain English what does the
phrase "City Solicitor or Counsel mean?
Let it be remembered that this is case
where the municipal laws of the city have
been altered without City Council being
officially informed upon the matter Per.
haps it Sill be stated that the necessity does
not exist of informing City Council of any
, contemplated changes in the laws governing
the city until these enactments become law
through legislative action! If that be the
case, of what earthly use is it that our cit
, zens are laden with the expense OF an adv
ser or counsel for the municipality. We
cannot afford to maintain sint cures.
There is something very loose in the man
: agement of city affairs if it be possible a
any moment to send down from Dover ordi
nances to be observed by the citizens o
! Wilmington, in the framing and conception
of which ordinances, or their provisions
: both citizens and City Council are held a
t parties with whom it is not necessary t,
$ confer.
I This is a new revelation Of a new lLS
: making power that exists somewhere. 1t i
+ latent but stronger than the people an,
stronger than their representatives. Wha
: is this power? Who constitutes it !? Al
e the people Ct this city properly served an
o their interests looked after as they shoul
d be by the officers appointed for that pun
pose.
: Reference is not particularly made here t
q the provisions of this new enactment, but t
: the fact of municipal law, Of a purely dc
: mestc nature, belonging solely to the inter
e ests of the citizen of Wilmingto being eli
!. acted at Dover without the cugnizance an
: without the authority Of those who alon
Il should be considered in the matter, an
e who are expected to have sole aud only mar
,, agement Of such affairs.
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The second anniversary Of the popula
Young Peoples Association Of st Pau
"a NJ. E. Church will he commemolated o