Evening journal., 1891-02-17
WELL. IT is A SCHEMEl
Republican Board of Health S
Revenge.
To KNOCK OUT REGISTRAR LEE

They Have a Bin Introduced in the
Senate to Take From city Council the
Power to Appoint the Secretary and
Registrar Frazer's Position.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Feb. 1B-A movement Is on
foot TO behead Registrar Lee Of the city
be presented in the Senate tomorrow by
Mr.. Richardson:
IAN act amendatory to the charter of
the city of Wilmington:
''Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Della
ware in General Assembly met two
thirds Of each branch concurriDg
"Section /. That section 1903 OF an
''act entitled an act to revise and con-
solidate the statutes relating to the city
of Wilmington" passed at Dover, April
| 10, A. ID. 1SS3 be, aud the same is
hereby amended by substituting in lieu
| thereof: The Board of Health shall Rp-
point. on the first Thursday in May, A.
! D., 1891, and on the first Thursday OF
May in each year thereafter a secretary,
who shall be ex- officio city registrar and
i RotA0lAh alA Au0 A0Albo AuCW4QE4N nDbl
said officer The present city registrar
shall continue TO hold office until the
first Thursday in May, A. d., 1891, and
until his successor shall be appointed, al
provided in this section"
Robbing Council Of Power
This Is not only blow at Registrar
Lee 1t is also blow at City Council
AS the matter now stands the registrar
is elected by the City Council OF VIII.
mington, and is, by virtue of his Office
secretary of the Board of Health i
will be seen that this bill Just reverse
it. 1t makes the secretary of the citl
Board Of Health an elective or selectivl
officer of that body, ana by virtue Of hi
Office as secretary, he becomes registrar
This ignores the City Council entirely.
A Republican Scheme.
The Board of Health is appointed b,
the mayor The mayor is Republican
and as a national sequence, so is tn
Board of Health. Mr. Lee has made him
self particularly obnoxious to the Repub
lican board, by exposing ring in tn
awards Of garbage contracts.
The board had no power to turn hin
out as he was appointed by the Cit
Council and the City Council is to
Demo cratic to do it at the request o
demand Of Republican body. The onl
salvation the Republican Board of Healt
bad was to ask the Legislature TO chang
the law, diyest the City Council of thi
power and vest it in the Board Of Health
Anybody But Lee.
The question that arose was e'Wili
{ Democratic Leg stature de what a Dem,
craric City Council will not dor III
prevailing opinion was that it was wort
trying for anyway Anybody but B
Lee was the slogan for the onset and
2 was determined that it would te goc
] thing to have q Democratic standar,
1 bearer in the fight A caucus was he
and it was agreed that il the Gener
9 Assembly should pass the bill u
Q board would elect Democrl
9 to succeed Registrar Lee, and tn
t that Democrat should be none other ths
! Secretary Edmund Frazer Of the Sta
z Board OF Health, and for this consider
y tion he agreed 70 further the bill, a
e will De in Dover in day or two TO wo
q it up as a good thing for the city, If q
Z for himself.
y The opinion here Is that it will nev
e 60 through, and that bill to make {
IS appointment Of a Board OF Heslth
!, Wilmington by the City Council inste
Of the mayor would stand 3 better sho