The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-07
MONDAY, DECEMBER !, 1891.
where Does the Credit Come Inp
DEMouRATIc ''Glasses" in the Sunday
tar are wrong when they say:

tar are wrong when they say:
Tho Legislature-a Democratic
body IN both branches. by the way
at It's last session pass,d an act for the
purchase fIom New Castle county OF
the Diamond State Insane Asylum at
Farnhurst, for the sum OF 97i, 600. And
this money, this act OF a Democratic
Legislature further provided, when
paid over To the County Treasurer OF
New Castle county, was to DO applied
TO the liquidation Of tho floating dobt
OF New Castle county, and to no other
purpose. See! Here was the payment
OF s75, O0O OF the floating debt OF SSj,
600 for which the Republican majority
of the Levy Court was entitled to no
more credit than the man IN the moon
The act alluded to was passed In 1850
when the representative branch OF the
legislature WAS Republican by two
thirds majority. There were only two
Republicans out OF nine however in
the Senate The reason why the s75.-
900 appropriated at that time was not
paid over for the purpose intended
was, that there was an omission In the
bill that prevented the negotiation OF
the loan and 50 the mattor went over
to the last Legislature which supplied
the omission, and which as Democratic
"Glasses" says was Democratic in
both branches.
We agree also that no credit was at.
tached to the Republican Levy Court
for paying of SIS, 900 of this INDEBTED.
ness. Any Levy Court, Democratic OF
Republican, could not have helped do
ing the same thing. The balance 5000
OF the floating debt the Republican
Levy Court did pay Off, bymoney they
levied and raised for taxes. For this
they are solely responsible, and should
have full credit. When the question
arises ms to tho party responsible for
that sS5Oo0 Of floating debt there is
clear sailing.
The Every Evening says It was ereat
cd during the three or fonr years of
Democratic ring rule. Our neighbor
will find that floating debt began to
show itself soon after the passage ol
the assessment laws of 1915, intended
only to cheat L publicans out of theI
votes by cheating the county out o
the taxes and it grew larger every
year until it reached the colossal fig
ures of Ss8, 200 in 1890.
As the Levy Court has, during al
those seventeen years, been Democrats
ic there can be no question as to tn,
floating debt being left as legacy b,
the Democratic party. Another view
OF the question is that oven ii the
Democrats Of New Castle county did
INDUCE the Legislatures referred to ia
raise the money 10 pay of this tloatinl
debt there vas nothing so creditablt
In it that any party need hrag mucl
about it, The money was raised b,
selling to the State public building
called the insnne asylum, which co..
the conntyof New Castle $l25 900 lol
$4,000, a sale by which the county
lost $50 600. There is nothing brilliant
whatever IN this great feat of Demo
cratic tinaneiering Even had Re
publican Levy Court made such a sale
we do not think it would have had
much reason for growing over &C. Al
should be glad that the deht inrubu
is lifted. and our Democratic friend
would do well 70 advise Tux Receiver
Diekey not to create another holtina
debt by refusing to collect taxes from
all who owe them,