Evening journal., 1891-02-12
SUSSEX LEVI COURT.
Methods of the Majority to
Stay in Power.
NO REPORT FROATHEcOMMlTTRE

an Itemizsd Report of the wheatIe
/, Investigation Peppers Reed Eulc,
Exposing Runcombe--sussex Count
Bankrupt.
, stan Correspondence EVENING IouRHAL.
Z GEoRGETOwN, Feb. II The Repnbli
can Levy Court OF Sussex county finished
4 is work yesterday and adj djourned unit
March. 1t did not adj djourn however. unit
( the Republicans had taken steps TO use
the Levy Court for ali il was worth {,
further the perpetuation Of Republican
control They took all tax collectors. anC
in Georgetown hundred Chairman pep
per appointed his son-in law, Frederick
4. Warrington. collector
Republicans frightened.
The Republicans in Sussex county are
badly frightened They are reapine the
fruit OF the seeds OF partisan rancor
they have sown during the past two
years. Securing control of the LEVY
Court was one thing; acting under the
advice Of such q political demaporue
as.i Franc Bacon, and converting ths
financial body OF the county into q
political machine was another
The last election made IL manifest to
them that the county repndia.ed their
nefarious political methods The people
OF old Sussex could not tolerate methods
| that disregarded the sanctity OF the iurv
box and made it the instrument Of tneir
party-blind hate. Justice was blind
folded, indeed, and j Francis Bacon ac, &
as Der counselor-a yeritab ble case Of the
blind leading the blind
10 has been impossible for man who
was y known Democrat 10 have his name
placed in the boxes from which Jurors
We're drawn II the Democratic members
exercised the prerogatiYe Of placing
names in the boxes, The slips Of paper
were uncerimcnlously tossed out uron
the floor Everything that partisan
ranoor could conceive has been used to
exafperate the Democrats
Want the Figures.
The Republican Levy Court appointed
partisan investigating COMMITTEES TO
examine the books Of the clerk of the
peace. The committee investigated. Il
ulsclosed the fact that Deputy Clerk |
Wheatley had stolen nearly III. 600 dur
lng the term OF Clerks Hickman and |
lunnel The committee was given /
carte biarohe, and the county treasurer
was authorized TO pay the expenses OF
this committee
The amount stolen hy the unfortunate
~ healley was promptly made good by
ms supervisors, but nevertheless. the
Republic ms cried to make political
capital out Of IT, and involve the integ
rity and honesty Of the d, ,oerat;c
officials themselves liz this attepa i tbev
tatled ignomln0usly Even the conserya-
tive Republicans condemned this course
mapped out by Mr. Bacon The people
repuaiaied IL at the polls aud demand
went out from all over the country for
The report of the investigating com
mttee, iuclu4ing detailed Statement Of
iis expenditures This report has oeyer
oeen made, and the people demand IL
hoy charge that there Is something
erot ked IN connection with Ii and say
lhgt ~ must be brought 10 light.
me Republican Levy Court has s'aved
the matter OF from time 10 time. and the
longer they defer Il ths greater the sus
piciou becomes.
Determined Democrats
The Democrats are determined that
ne people shall have the information.
,or thls purpose bills have been intro
ioeed ~ the Legislature dividing Little
.reeE ana Cedar Creek hundreds, and !
5Fantihg each Of the newly created hun
~ the governor $
IN theee two bills the Republicans read
heir death warrant: and J Francis
3acon knows that they mean. among D
'ther things, strict accounting for ali
he expenditures made BY the RepublI
an investigating Committee. He is :
iraid TO meet the issue, and so are his r
oadl II means restitution If not .
Under Reed Rules
Ever since the Republicans have had :
ontrol Of the Levy Court the Democrats :
ave been under ultra Reed rules Tbsv :,
ave been given no show Whatever in the :
OF the Levy Court All y
recedents are ignored, aud the spirit has =
cen 20 ignore them entirely !
Relenting little. a
With these two bills pending in the n
legislature. however they are relenting :,
sou extent, and consented to allow .
ne democratic members TO appoint the
pau oVerseers IN the hundreds they 4,
spresent q
Inc Democrats have asked the Repub- = !
cans II they are TO be allowed the ripht y
I. " " ue the constsbles IN their hundreds q
naifm Pepper said that thu Republi q
ms would not permit such a thing. ana q
le Democrats need not expect it. y
mr. Pepper Is bitter partisan. Ia "a y
disgrnntled Democrat, who went over Q
the enemy because he was refused ths q
nee OF county treasurer He is regarded o.
! turn coat and seems to be ali fra q
ofe bitter because he is aware az tba ~
'ct. He never loses an opportnnitv ~ o
aAe strictly partisan decision no :,
atter how unjust it may 30 or how <
-bitrary -" y
When asked whether partisan Jurors g
~ be drawn again in March the Re- Y,
aoiicans will give the Democrats no as- y
france that they will not and tsuntingIv y
lsure them that they will tell tbem q
hen the time comes M
The Fourteenth Member i
J Francis Bacon Is the fonrteontb in
lember Of the Sussex county lew N
ourt. He stands In the same relatioo al
It that Solomon Hersey doas "a fbs til
ew Castle county Levy Court Wbat i'll
e Levy Court knows he always knows tn
I'd whe' the Levy Court does not know
goes to him to find out. He shspes its
olicy In every respect; has the priyi
&c OF the floor, and has more to saw g g
IAN any three members in the boiy IN
et he Is the antocrat of the Levy Couft oi
ON, and bis word is law. If he 10
'mands the head of political offender
hartman Pepper takes it to him m . nS
liver: and when it comes to an investi g
ition his services as a lawyer are quoted