The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-22
MONDAY JUNE as. 1891.
The combine nrokon.

Ahe tomDiue broken.
The Democratic scheme to get a
Democratic chief Of police didn't hold
together long enough to accomplish
its purpose and now tho Democrats
will not have the chief of :police. but
they Will have to accept the number
and whoever the two Republican Po-
lice Commissioners, Mr. Wiley, May
or-e'ect, and Charles Jester will give
them. Had the Democrats not been
30 greedy in their demands they
would have Jared better The city
had Just been carried by large ma
jority in favor OF the Republican tick
ct, which of course entitled tho May
or to have chief OF police in conso-
Rance with his own political feelings.
But no sooner was the election over
than Democratic rlate was made up
with Democrat ia chief OF police,
both Democratic captains, two out of
i've OF tho sergeants, and half the pa
trolmen. In other ords, OF the eiuht
officials of the poll force-a chief,
two captains and five sergeants-the
Democrats demanded five. 10 ask for
more than three OF tho eight, in the
face of the large Republican majority
given ct the election was a repetition
OF that sublime impudence for which
the Democrats have always been noted
when Offices We're to be given out.
No doubt Democratic pressure will
DO brought hard to bear upon Comnlls-
sioner Jester to resign his Office before
the appointments are made. They will
charge him with breach of faith in
that he agreed to give the chief
OF police, two captains, half the
patrolmen and all that, but they for
get that they were the first to break
Iaith with Mr.. Jester. When he gave
in his adherence TO this programme, he
expected to havothe naming,ofthe chief
though Democrat, who was a partI-
cular personal friend to him, and the
Democrats on the patrol force to be
submitted for his approval we're to be
unob1ectionable, such as he could con-
sistently vote for; that Is, they should
not be men noted for their active rar-
tisanship and they were to be men of
good character in all respects.
This being Mr.. TESTERS understand
ing in regard to his part of the con-
tract, 1t is not surprising that he
should have demurred when he WAS
not accorded the privilege OF naming
tbs chief, and that when the Democrat
ic slate was presented to him for hfs
acceptance he should lind upon il men
OF the strongest political bias, bull
dozers In the Democratic party, and
amongst them, an Italian noted for his
political work, and whose characters
IN other regards were open to obiee-
ton, These alone were enough to
slttsfy Mr. Jester that he could not
serve the city best in the line OF CIV
ing it good order by voting for this
slate, without having to be told that
II he could not vote for this list, lie
could not vote for any.
There was nothing else left for a
gcod cltlzen TO do than to wash his
hands OF all connection with an at
tempt to run the city in the interests
OF the Democratic partyat all hazards
and to call it non-purtisan because
Commissioner Jester. Il Republican.
agreed to the plan. While it is to .be
regretted that Mr.. Jester in tho first
place should have given any encour.
agement to Democratic scheme to
run the city and he no doubt did 1t
thinking that he was dealing with
honorable men for the best interests
OF the city, he is entitled to the greater
credit for giving up his personal choice
for chief to accomplish the gtoater
COOL to the city by acting with Mayor
Wiley in giving the city a real non.
partisan police force.