Daily Republican., 1890-05-19
The Sussex situation.

The Sussex situation.
Tho situation politically iu Sussex
County is very embarrassing 10 the
Democrats. The more they attempt
TO explain the charges OF fraud. ex-
travagance and pecula.ion proven
against them the more damaging they
make the charges appear. Yet their
journals make light OF the matter by
heaping up condemnation upon the
head of the Republican party finding
out the frauds and investigating them.
They seem TO have nothing whatever
to say against The thieves and petty
peculators who have stolea and squan.
aered large amounts Of the money
collected from the people In taxes.
From what they say it would appear
10 be no crime at oil TO steal outright
$1,000 from the county treasurer by
means OF bogus ordera, and not TO be
able to account tor $32. S22. II more.
The books show that this money was
collected and paid into the county
treasury, and there is no record or
balance sheet to show how they Eot ii
out Of the treasury. The only sure
thing about 1t is that it is gone. No
effort is made by the county organs TO
account Tor this missing money, but
columns of criticism and cOndemna-
tion are launched forth on Republican
heads for putting the county TO the ex-
peEse OF making an investigation TO
see how much money has been stolen
direct Of which there is an account,
and how much is missing OF which
there is no account. The Democrats
are the innocent lambs that have com.
mitted no wrongs, and the Republi-
cans are the sinners for daring 10 inves
tigate. Here is the way the Sussex
Journal, u Democratic organ, talks;
"Even the Republican members ot.,
Investigating committee and thsisssrs. }
yriey are getting ASHAMED OF 4 OF the
.s- carried on IN the name o%e IN boz. .
gatioh: Outside Of the-a5gus oiuers they
find the coultg has not been dlchei OF
oae dollar and that they are at each ses-
sion adding largely TO tbs expenses OF the
county. II tn loss caused by these or
ders should be paid TO the county there
will be but little left, after paying ex-
perts, committee and attorney"
And this was declared alter over
HDOuJ uLN BtNu hlsANN SlEb W uhFC
been directly stolen by subordinate
Democratic official, and there were
S82 ,S22.n more gone ior which
there were not even bogus orders left
10 show where It went. These two
items alone make o showing OF S31,
S2A.7i missing from the treasury. +
Is true the Investigation that brough
these crooked transactions TO light
cost the county something but II it stor
these leakages from the treasury II vii
be worth much more than It cost
Two weeks OF more ago, the SUSSEX
Republican, doing noble work IL
the cause OF economy and reform, eX-
posed some CT the REGULATIONS OF iht
Democratic Levy Court. In this i
was made clear That mileage and othel
overcharges had been made that iul
the salaries up TO more than doubl
what the law allows. By this mean
more than what has been lost by hogu
Orders, and no account kept, has bee
purloined ami taken from the county
without the shadow of law, The FOL
lowing week the Democratic organ
had made m investigation and pUl
lished the fact that the Repubica
Levy Court had followed in the trac
OF the Democrats and had made th
SAME charges. This was the trutl
and the tEFCBLIGAN made no at,enl
to deny il, but made a manly explan
ton of how il was done.
When the Republicans came in
power in the Levy Court they had /
reason for believing anything else TIL
that the Democrats kad been homes
and they were guided In what th(
old by the counsel of the holdiDg-ov
Democratic members, and yet al Il
end of the year the Republican Ley
Court, II was found, had cost Il
county 50, $50 50, while the salaries
the Democratic Levy Court of lSS
cost the county -, TAG s., $5l8.94 le
than under Democratic rule, al
81 COO less than the Democratic lie,
Court of 1885 cost. The Republican
however, stand ready 10 pay bat
what they have overdrawn threul
the supposed honest instruciions
the Democratic holding-over mel
bers, but they demand that Democr.
shall do the same Thing. Ihore "
be no more ovcrcharges by u Reput
can Levy Court 1t has neen sho'
beyond dispute that the county
bogus orders, money missing for whi
there is no account oyercharges q
delinquent returns 10 cheat Reput
cans out of their votes. las lost in
last nineteen yegrs S1s0, 600, and ,
the Democratic organs can find
fault except against the Investigate
carried on by tho Levy Court. Ii I
books Of New Castle County were
he overhauled in tie same mani
what showing there would be,
perhaps in bogus orders, but in moi
not accounted ior and unlaw
charges. The verdict Of an honest
6eeced people ia Sussex County ,
be that the Republican Levy Court
pursued tha-ri1 hi course, and in g
oil Tax Collectors Dougheriy snd
Kee tho verdict OF the people of \
Castle County will be that the be
OF their county shall have q sin
overhauling.
THE Wilmington base ball team
tually surprised the base ball publi
Saturday by coming within on
winning game from the Baltir