The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-08

Legislature. like the Five County Com
missioner bill, they are high minded,
honorable, non-partisan gentlemen.
bat when Republicans go there to op |
pose partisan project they are called |
Wilmington Republican delegation.
For instance, while referring to the |
Site Registration bill which is In
course OF preparation the Every Even
tlg correspondent from Dover, yester-
day, said:
As has been previously stated, the
Joint committee. appointed by the Joint
committees of the Senate and House,
to prepare this and other kindred
measures of legislation, is made up of
three men from each county, ranking
high In their profession, namely
Hon. Thomas Il. Bayard, A. b. Cooper.
Esq, and L. G. Vandegrlft, Esq., of
New Castle county; Edward Rldgely,
James l.. Wolcott aud John r. Nichol-
son. Esqs., OF Kent; z. L. Martin, A. 2.
Robinson and W. F. causey. Esqs., of
Sussex.
While giving due credit to the valu-
nble counsel and assistance which nil
these gentlemen have rendered in the
preparation OF this and allied bills, tbs
only fair that Mr.. Nieholson's share OF
The work should receive especial az
acknowledgement.
Nobody but those who know the gen.
tlsmen named would ever suppose for
an instant that they composed par
tisan committee, all Democrats, every
man of them. nearly all of them of the
most extreme partisan views and they
are entrusted with what? The formu-
latlon OF a non-purtlsan registration
bill We recognize the fact that in
character, In standing, in action they
are the highest types OF gentlemen,
but as such the more dangerous par
fisan.
They are put before thepeople as po-
iiticalyimmaculate, incapable OF think
ing of much less formulating partisan
measure. These gentlemen that com
pose this non-partisan committee of
nine Democratic lawyers have shown
what they would do in the Five
County Commissioners bill that is now
before the Legislature, the main OBJ
3ect of which to annul the result oil
M election by the people OF New
Castle County and to say that though
the people of the County have sand that
Republicans shall rule tho County
they, the committee, say that Demo-
ocrats who wcre not elected shall
rule.
But In the same paperis also this
Telegram from Dover from the same
correspondent:
Both houses shortly after assemb
ling this morning took a recess to; Civ
audience to a Wilmington Republican
Delegation who had come down I,
speak against come features OF the Fiv,
Com mission bill. Because OF this ap
plication for u hearing the Senate com
nittee did not resume the considera
zion of the hill as prearranged. Tit
bearing was held In Representative Hal
Speeches. were made by William G
Spruance, FLEW G. Bird, PenianiI
Nields and Washington Hastings. A
p. N. tho hearing being finished til
conference was adjourned TO . o'cloc.
The main thing the Republicans as
Is that tho bill shall not 20 into eflec
until after the next general election
Another delegation is coming dow
th 5 afternoon.
Yes, exactly so, A Republican DELE
CATION forsooth! To speak sgains
the Five Commissioner bill, and 9Th
Repu blicans ask that The bill shall nc
go into effect until after the nex
general election" There is nothing
particular about all this to conplai
of, but vote the expression. This L,
Publican delegation, composed of sue
gentlemen as William Z. Spruanc,
Low q. Bird, benjamin Nields, ali
Washington Hastings, went down
Dover and they actually had the ga
60 speak against the Five Count
BILL" that tho gentlemen OF hie
character nine Of the strongest kin
o; Democrats had prepaid. Yes, Il,
publican Mr.. Spruance actually spoI
agal INST the bill that gentleman NJ
Bayard PREPARED.
We do not suppose that Mr. Spruan
is ashamed to be called Repubiica
but the point is this, that while MI
leading Democrats of the State car
together ard formulated partisan la
to override the will of the people the
ceased to be partisan Democrats al
became gentlemen, five leading gent
men OF Wilmington who go to Dov
to protest against the tyranny and
EQUITY OF the Five Commissioner bi
they cease to be gentlemen, and |
come partisan Republicans. 1t seer
TO be impossible to get some peoI
TO acknowledge that there are otl
people besides Democrats in the Sta
SQUIRE Bratton and Constable d
hallway, OF Appoquinimlnk, arc to
put upon the rack before the Lee
Court Tomorrow to tell how tn
rolled up such enormous bills of cos
against the county i'll such quiet a
orderly co immunity as Appoqui
mink Hundred.
The RESIGNATION of Senator Edmun
removes from the United States Sc
ate a faithful Republican Senat
whose seat will be hard to fill.
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