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


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Democratic party Is paramount to every
thing else. When elected to Office and
charges are made for malfeasance in
that Office. and efforts arc made to re-
cover the amount taken, they act as u
the whole party was charged with the
malfcasance. Upon that principle, the
Democratic campaign is carried on In
Pennsylvania, and because Bardsley
was a Republican thief they try to
make the people believe the whole Re-
publican party are pack Of thieves.
This disposition to place party above
principle is fully set forth in the ac-
tlons of the Democratic members of
the Levy Court of our county.
Two Democratic tax collectors OF
Wilmington fobbed s46l6 Of the
countys money. Nobody denies that
when the fact of tho embezzlement be-
came fully known the Republican
members of the court instituted pie.
eeedings to recover the money, but
every Democratic member OF the court
Joined together and backed up Demo
cratic collector in perjuring himself
and trotting of all the way down to
Dover to get all injunction against
compelling him to pay over his share
OF the embezzled swag
The injunction was granted and
everybody who reads newspa pers
knows the result. The money was not
paid. 1t would have been paid had not
the Democrats interfered. Then came
the farmer Sutton movement in the
Levy Court. He was as anxious to be
honest as lie was to raise big pump
kins. On the 18th of July he offered
the following type written resolutions
fresh from Lawyer Rodney's Office;
Whereas. 1t is alleged aud currently
reported that certain collectors of
taxes heretofore appointed have col.
lected from various taxables of this
county a large sum of money, and have
unlawfully withheld and retained the
same and appropriated 1t to their own
use. and
Whereas, No subsequent action OF
said collectors can absolre them from
their obligations in paying to the
county any money unlawfully with
held by them and due the county;
therefore, be II
Resolved, That committee of five
be appointed to investigate said
charges, and proceed without delay
to take such action AS shall be neces-
Bary to recover from said collectors all
money by them collected and unlaw-
fully and fraudulently retained.
Mr.. Sutton was almost struck dumb
when he found that every Republican
member voted for his resolution, and
It was unanimously adopted. Mr.Sut-
ton was appointed chairman. How
not to investigate was the question
with Mr.. Sutton. He found short
cut to the question and simply never
ED of seven weeks he and his commit
tee were discharged and another com
mittee, with Mr.. Hutchinson, Repub
Hcan, as chairman, was appointed tt
carry out the same resolutions
Tnis committee got promptly tC
work but at the very inception Of th
work, which was to find how mucl
the collectors owed, and make then
pay it, what did we hear? Messrs
Hickman and Eliason, Democrats
mombers of the committee, asking t
lie supplied with Democratic laMye
Us the attorney OF the court. Mr.. +. g
Bradford, the legally constituted at
tlrney OF the court, happened to be
Republican. A Democratic lawyer
What for, Mr. Hickman What foi
AR. Eliason?
Gould Democratic lawyer max
the collectors pay over the none
tlIrS taoI any quicker than such a
@ = kepublicnn lawyer as Mr. Brnc
ford? Oh, it was not the money til
collectors owed that you wanted, wa
It? You wanted the Democratic co
lectors defended did you noty Or di
you want to turn the whole thing int
& partisan contest and attempt I
show that the Republicans were MOI
guilty than the collectors. As ma
tel OF fact, the collectors had the
Democratic lawyer in court-Mr, Lor
certainly good one. The collector
were the accused parties. and the
did not fail to have their Democrat
lawyer in court. What did Mcssr
Iii K nan and Eliason want with al
0tAer lawyer? Neither was Mr. Lore
quiet lawyer before the court.
lie instructed his clients strict
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