Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-10
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Ina doubie-leaded editorial the Balti-
more San of Tuesday serves notice upon
German and his allies that the time has
come for them 70 step down and out and
turn the lesdsrship of the Maryland
Democracy over to other and cleaner
hands. The Sun arraigns the old party
managers for notorious sffliation with the
lobby, for opposition to public reforms,
for seiashness and greed in srrogsting to
themselves all political honors and
Offices, and for fostering the most intoler-
able kind of machine politics. The legis-
lative session just closed has demon
ntrated, 1t says, that the work of reorgan-
isasion cannot be begun too soon or
pushed too earnestly. True, the leRisla.
ture finally passed the registration and
Australian ballot laws, but these measures
went through not with the support Of
the party leaders but in spite of
them. Their passage was "maipiy
due to the courage and firmness
of few Democrats in both houses who
iasisted that the party pledges should be
fulfilled in spirit and in letter, and who
carried both bills triumphan tly through
In spite o. the lukevar alness OF many and
the uneisguised hostility of some of their
party associates, and even the underhand
intrigues Of others who wished to pose "a
friends Of reform, while, in reality, they
were casting every obstacle and stumb-
ling block in the way Of the reformars.
Twice the effort was made and twice de-
feated to substitute for the bills which
provided for real reform others which
maze show of reform merely, and at
asst quite number OF those VINO voted
Tor the bills did so under protest and not
until of the 23 counties OF the state had
been exempted from tho operation OF the
ballot law. That the friends of reform
in the legislature were able finally 10
rescue the bills from further mutt.
iation and secure their passage
WAS due to the mighty pressure
of public opinion and Of the press behind
them, further evidenced and aided by
Ahe earnest appeals of the associations OF
business men and labor organizations,
largely composed OF Democratic voters.
1t wns, in fact, victory OF the Demo-
cratic masses, Of the rank and file OF the
party, not of tie leaders but over the
leaderB." As to those leaders, the Sun
asserts that "they were busily engaged at
Annapolis in exertiDg their influence
alike in furtheranoe of private jobs and
In opposition to public reforms until
their very presence and their methods
became public scandal and stencil in
thenostrils of all decent people, They
opposed civil service reforu because 1t
would interfere with their monopoly of
the spoils, while upon the subject of
tariff reform their votes, their speeches
and their personal connection with pro
tected industries' all ATTEST their want OF
Bynpathy with the popular demand tor
any reform in that direction" Hence it
is necessary, not only for the publication
but for the salvation Of their party, that
they should be sent to the rear; other
wise the honest Democrats, tue "inde.
pendents" and 'kickers" will soon equal,
II they do not outnumber the REGULARS"
and the state be given over to the rule
Of the Republican minority"
The Sun has sounded the knell Of
Gormanism. The voters OF New Castle
ounty will some day administer the
same lesson to tho bossism in local poll
tics which pleads an implied contract
as an excuse for disregsrding the voice of
the farmers, the grand jury, the board Of
trade and others interested iu the COO.
nomioal ADM istr ton Of local affairs.
Gormanism is Hiokmsnism on larger
scale. The one would control state,
the other Q county; but both are permeated
with the same spirit OF selflshness
and greed and insi5;ence upon blind and
seryile submission TO their will. The
local German can still run levy court;
but there are signs that he has nearly run
it into the ground, Within the past two
dsyE about 80 Migrants ard other eul-
pitts hove gone from our municipal
court TO tho boarding house st New
CASTLE where they are to bs
fed in idieness at cost Of
30 cents each per day, wh'ls'riRlt across
our northern border, in Chester county.
the cost Of feeding prisoners is oaly W
cents per day, Ana right hefs ID vii
nington many an honest hard WORKING
man has TO pay rent aud feed and olotbe
himself, wife and three OF us ohldrop