Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-07

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,ook = il IL L1ei1zsture uoula not be
tsoubled fh1 tern With N sxesm Of city
ie111lx1ton Nh be>a too such ne ease
ID ORR ee<Ias. - enly &siae that has
ut laken Ge41ito ebApe be{0re the City
00uncil " b ssnt 70 DE Lexi1lAture for
~ son1t5cd Dc feiecti1a = 10 I'm intro
ducsd lsrt Thursdsy n1kht - eDtahlfsh .
reHuisx 1xsd salary 1br ~ - members
o. OountfI. This hIIl has merit II II, a.
u would do away With the miserable pre-
tsDos Of holdinR coinmitt<c meetings,
which has become 70 tisrrputabie that
they IN only looked upcu ~ the public
"a 4 chance TO dIch money out Of tho
pockets OF taxpayers. By the present
law, n membcF 81 Council happens 10
b In minority be can DO riEidly ox-
eluded from I'll cpmmitteoe tbat lave any
thing TO do, and, consequently. when the
month ends, he gets only his Hour dollars
for attending four meetings OF Council,
while othors BY working The committee
racket pretty Lively draw ~ high % y2o
per month. and To eone instances the fees
have gone up - high 80 ~
The present hill introduced VIII equal
fxs the salariss, each Councilman reeeiv-
has yet becn fixed upon, $500 per annum
ssens 70 be favored, and It e probable
the amount may centre around those
| figures. The bill provides also that an
extra salary OF $50, or thercabouts, may
| be paid 70 the chsfrinen Of soma Of the
| principal committees Since the ofganl-
| zation Of the Water commlasion and the
Sewer and Street Department, the only
committees left 10 Council Of Importance
are the committees on Finance, on Parks,
on Police and on Law. The Finance
chairman has alwnys bad salary of 100
extra. The President Of the City Council
| receives regularly $500 salary, besides 81
night attendance ~ Council and 90
cents for each committee he attends. The
new bill introduced will not interfere
with his salary, but will cut or his Coun
l ell and committee fees A commendebie
feature Of the bill ia that for every Couu-
ell meeting nct'attended BY . member be
| 10 TO DO locked 81, and for every commit.
tee 81, without reasonable excuse. Bnt
Oouneilmen are always charitable, and II
Is quits likely that weak excuses will
FItFHlls Aue put mtttH VIA hrttlou fANufi
and will no doubt receive the sanction Of
The Council payroll last Thursday night
amounted to ta03. 10. Under the new bill
SO PSF month 10 allowed, It would b.
for ~ members $3.50, mot including the
prcsident's salary.
There ia some talk amongst the mem
bers OF Council In favor Of a bill length.
ming the term OF members TO three yeatl
aud thereby do away with 60 many citJ
elections, but II Il not likely that this
viii become . law, as the people now
have but very little 10 say over the affair
, Of the city since the introduction Of 81
many commission.
There has also been some talk OF en-
tending the city registration law TO tn,
primary elections and allow no person II
vote at such election unless he Is regu
larry registered. In order to meet TIL
case properly II is proposed to commence
I the city registration stx weeks earlier aDt
to hold sessions at right in order to Civ
workingmen chance TO get registefeS
without losing tins. No objections cal
, be urged aeainst law Of this Kind ami
. n applied 10 the State elections the }e
form would be more permanent and snlu
: tary.
II Legislation will also no doubt be askeI
TO anthor No the building Of an intercep
ting sewer down the south side of tn
Brandywine, but a. there Is surplus Il
The City Treasury, very little, II an.
more money viii be needed tor its com
pletion. Under the newly discovers
workings of the City Sinking Fund Their
! will be q surplus la the Treasur at I'll
end OF the fiscal year of So, 000, whicl
can be made applicable to the constru0
tion OF the proposed sewer or for an
; other city Improvement projected.
IL IL understood now that no applica
tion will be made TO the Legislature a
this session to divide the Seventh war
by Franklin street into two wards. Hal
I. the Legislature been Democratic in bot
Houses the west end OF the Seventh ward
. IL IL said, was to have been made into
lseparate ward, &c It now has reliabl
Democratic majority, but the preseu
Legislature Ia not very we'll constitutes
for the promotion OF partisan jobs pre-
posed by either party.
Outside of the City Council their
some talk amongst citizens of preparing
bill TO redIstrict the ely into new ward
to take the place Of the present gerry
mander which gives minority OF th
Is population of Wilmington . majority G
n City Councilmen. The bill If drawn O
. all h to be SO fair and equitable an
so devoid OF partisan leanings, that
: cannot fail TO receive favor from Dems
cratic Senate.