Daily Republican., 1885-06-02

3D1JOB8 AND FHOfh1E1On0p
n. = Cor. Third and King eereoea
Entered 1t tho Post ONCE at Whining
Ssa, Del, ~ second class mail mattei
TUESDAY. JUNE 2. 1855.
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The Democratic papers tell the voters
of Wilmington that the present Repub-
ltcan police force is insufficient, and the
worst we have had for many years. We
do not admit this, though 1t Is not Is
rood as 1t might be. There are men on
the force, we freely admit, that ought
never to have been put there, but this
has been the case with all police forces,
and when compared with the forces Of
other Mayors we have had within
twelve years past, the present force
stands head and shoulders above any of
them, both as q moral and efficient
force. Strike the average and weigh
them in the balance, and we will not
shrink from the comparison. But what
guarantee have the people that Mr..
Rhoads, If elected Mayor, will appoint
. better police force If past Demo-
cratic forces are to be held up as a sam.
pie of what Mr.. Rhoads will give the
people, then may they we'll exclaim,
Heaven save US from this terrible af-
Fiction. Mr.. Rhoads, left to himself as
simply Rhoads, in the selection of q
police force, might do very well, for he
is gentleman who, we believe, would
act for the best interests of the city, but
those who think he will be the same
when he becomes Mayor, and when he
comes to make up his police force, know
little of human nature and know but
little Of the vast influence the Demo
cratic party Yields when 1t has power
at its back.
AS Mr.. Rhoads will ba dependent
upon a vote here and q vote there,
wherever he can catch one, and in
whatever manner he can catch 1t, is it
not reasonable to suppose that he will
have to conciliate his forces by an equal
distribution of his police force. The
assiduousness with which certain flash
gentlemen connected with down town
dive visit the headquarters, from which
RO!hbAt0A 0oNlCO anu W AouOh uOW Al al
almost continuous stream, shows the
character of the adherents ofMr Rhoads
and to what influences he will owe his
election
Can Mr.. Rhoads rise above these in
huences il elected Mayor of Whining
ton? Is it not natural for man always
to trust the bridge that carries him
safely over the stream? Mr.. Rhoads
dares not ignore the force most potent
in his election.
On the other hand can not the people
more implicitly trust Henry G. Con-
rad, Esq, for the appointment ola good
police force Since he was q boy he
has gone in and out before the people,
and in all the many positions of trust
and honor he has held his whole course
of action has been to elevate and i'm
prove society, and to throw a higt
standard of moral influence arounl
all the positions he has held. II Mr.
Conrad is elected Mayor, his whole lif
and actions are guarantees that he will
give the city an efficient police govern
ment. We do not know, we will g
farther and say that we do not believ
he has made any promises as to VIII
shall be upon his force IL he is elected
but of one thing we may rest assured
and that is that 1t will be q good ont
1t would be in direct opposition to b
whole life and character for him I
have anything else than respectful
strong moral force. We do not beliey
he has held political conclaves an
promised to appoint certain numb
Of native Americans, a certain numb
of Germans, certain number
Irishmen and certain nun
Der of gentlemen of African descel
upon his force, as it is reported his O
ponent has done, but we believe ar
the public can believe that Mr.. Conrs
has judgment that can be relied {
when the time comes to give the futile
satisfaction in the appointment of t
force.
1t is not fair to Mr.. Conrad to poi
to any present or past police force AZ
guarantee of what his force will
He is a gentleman of decided conv
tions, with a mind of his own and car
BILE of carrying ont his convictions a
stamping them upon all his actor
Let the people look at this thing cal
ly and dispassionately, and the me
they look at in that spirit, t
stronger will grow their convictio
that Henry G. Conrad should be ne
Mayor of Wilmington.
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