The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-02

PUBLICAN, thht the SuretieS Oh george
w. Nc Kee, applying to the Superior
Court for writ OF mandamus to com
pei the Levy Court to enter satisfac-
ton upon McKee's official bond.
Hon. John A. Cranston and Charles NJ.
Groome are Republicans, and so is
one Of their attorneys. abiding we
suppose to Benjamin Nields Esq.
The REPUBLICAN was aware OF this
when 1t said TINT: "rhe Republicans
have been trying to make tine COLLEGE
tors pay over, while tho Democrats
have been preventing it by court pro-
cssses and other distractions" And
now as the matter has been publicly
brought to the surface we are pleased
to have the opportunity to make u
defense ofMessrs. Cranston andGroome
as well as Mr.. Nields. The first two
are sureties of Mr.. Mckee as they had
. right to be, and when It devolves
upon suretles to stand for their prlnci-
pals when shortages are to be made
up, Republicans and Democrats are
about alike at that time-they want
TO get off with the payment of as little
money as possible, and their action
reflects no discredit upon themselves.
For Mr.. Nields. there IS two-fold
excues. As an attorney and one Of the
best at the bar, he has right to accept
any client without regard to political
bias. 1t is no more of his concern that
Mr.. Mckee. whom he in part defends
In this mandamus proceeding, Is a
Democrat than it is that any other eli
ent for whom he becomes an attorney
is a Democrat. In the other sense in
which Mr.. Nields is justiiiable, is the
fact that as President OF the Security
Trust and Safe Deposit Company
which takes the place virtually of the
late John A. Beers one of the sureties
OF ex-collector John j. Dougherty, his
Interest in the case is the same as that
Of Mr.. Cranston and Mr.. Groome.
Outside OF these three gentlemen who
are personally and pecuniarily inter
ested. who nobody can blame under
the circumstances, all other proceed
ings In the case are entirely Of Demo
cratic origin and carried through by
Democrats both in and out OF official
positions.
As we said In yesterdays REPUBLICAN,
the collectors themselves are Demo
Gratis and they were appointed eacl
year by unanimously Democratic
Levy Court. In the injunction proceed
ings, the Levy Court divided by partl
lines, the Democratic members favor
ing the Injunction, and the Republi
cans opposing 1t. Nota Democrat join
ed the Republican members in answe
to a writ before the Chancellor to SHOW
cause why an injunction should not bI
Issued. They were all ON George W
McKces side when they knew full wei
that an injunction would protect til
collectors in re flushing to pay the cour
ty the 1886 they coll ectcd and owed
Then again, when George W. Mckee
applied to the Levy Court some three
weeks ago, asking that body to ente
satisfaction upon his official bond
which no still owed the county som
e150O in taxes collected every Demo
cratic member of the Court voted t,
satisfy il, and every Republican mem
Der against it.
Then again, look at tho proceeding
OF yesterday, when the Levy Coul
held short session to agree upon u
answer to the Superior Court to b,
presented to-day, to show cause VIII
tho writ of lnandamus should not b
Issued, every Democratic member re
fused to unite in such an answer
though they had just been engaged /
drawing aside the curtain which re
vealei to them the rdscally frauds G
the collectors III all their ugly defol
unity. Are Wa not justiliable In say
ing that tho Democrats have been PR
venting the paying over OF this none
by court processes and other obstruc
lonary meas Tres?