Daily Republican., 1890-03-12

It 10 hard to tell yet at what figure
the peculations Of Deputy Clerk Wheat
ley may stop, when Democratic papdrt
admit that they may run up as hie b as
So 500. The lone OF the papers have
also changed In regard to Wheatley
being alone In guilt, but they intimate
thai Il is quite possible that some ras-
cslly Democratic collectors. who ha We
since Joined the Republican party, may
have been in league with him hut
there Is another thing that the Demo.
cratic papers stick well to, and that 10
that Republicans are very loath to go
on with the Investigation. They are
somewhat like balky mule. At every
attempt TO coax or goad him onward
he backs the harder the other way.
and at times even let's fly with his
heels. OF course these things are we'll
understood, o. an attempt to let the
Democrats down as easily ss posi- Bile
into soft place carefully prepared for
II TO fall
When the first discoveries of fraud
were made by the Republican Levy
Court of Sussex County it was all dis
counted as q very small affair anyho Nv;
that the populations of Wheatley, II
any, only amounted 10 some $500 or SO
and may have been the result OF errors.
Then all at once the Democrats be
came furious to have an investigation
simply to investigate the actions OF
Clerk of the Peace Ebe w. Tunnel,
who, though the frauds were com
mitied In his office, was never suspi-
cioned Of guilt.
They were go intensely In earnest In
having Mr.. Tunnel, who needed no
vindication, set right that they offered
the first resolutions in the Levy Court
providing for an investigation into ihe
conduct Of MIR. Tunnel. They seem
ed TO be entirely oblivious to the ihct
that Mr.. Tunnels subordinate, Wheat.
ley. was the guilty man, and there was
no knowing how many were impli-
Gated with him. When the Republi-
cans In the Levy Court refused to con
cur in these resolutions but offered q
resolution of their own providing for
thorough investigation OF the finan-
cial management OF the County no
matter who might be implicated, The
Democrats voted against it, every man
oil them, and now they have The
adamantine cheek to say that the Re
publicans showed their unwillinguess
10 investigate because they declined to
adopt the resolutions of the Democrats
70 investigate Mr.. Tunnel alone.
But the non partisan, impartial diti-
gems will please notice that the investi
cation Is going on all right. Inst Fad
of the trifle OF some $500 at first nd
mi,ted TO be stolen, the Democrats row
admit that it may reach ~. 500.
Instead OF nobody being connected
with the frauds but Wheatley, they
now admit that some rascslly De mo
cratic collectors may have been In
league with him, but they hope that it
can be shown that they have gone
over to the Republican party. There
is no knowing what position they may
take next. Quite likely that W hen
these rascally collectors are corne cred
they will call for an inquisition OF
"politico ineuirendo" to fix their pc.
ilical standing and ascertain whet her
any of them ever did or ever inte1 ded
to vote Republican ticket Step by
sep the Democrats are trying to LEI
themselves down easy, for which They
are not to be blamed, but if they hue
not made such ilourishipg assn mp
ton of innocence at the start They
2ht have got down more grace full,
rad with less damage to themse ives
But the Republican investigation is a
Straight as single and all they hav
10 do Is TO ''push things"