The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-21

Now that tho politicians nave ABOUT
abandoned the attempt to get Five
Commissioner bill through tho legls-
lnture. why shoaldnot the people. the
farmers, the manufacturers, the bust !
ness men. tho mechanics oil New Castle /
County urge upon The General Assem-
lily In the short tin,e that Is left, to get
in aud pass fair, non,partisan, tinun-
Dial business Three Commissioners
Till The legislature mover was as
we'll prepared 10 lear and act on such
d demand as 1t is now.--EYery Eve
ming.
Well. now that is sensihlesat last.
THAT is just what the Republicans have
been eontending for all along. Tho
REPuBIctS has time and again spoken
out in favor OF a sensible, fair, nom
partisan County Commissioner bill.
In addition to what is above quoted
our neiEiibor, who can always be fair
when it tries, and very unfair when it
tries, says: Everybody wants COM
mission and the time is now propi-
tious for getting good one. The
bulk Of the people of this county do
not want and have not wanted a com
mission Tor politics..
This is another hnik OF good sense
but it is such great pity oar neigh
Dor did not get converted to his faith
sooner and have stuck to it all through
the fight without varlableness or
shadow OF turning. Had no done this
a fair and sensible County Commits
sioner bill might have been passed
soon after the session OF the legisll-
ture. However. we are real glad our
neighbor has got tired of husk pasture,
and without twitting him with the
sinners return and the burning lamps
chestnut we welcome him back 70 the
solid, sensible ground OF government
OF the people, by tho people and for
the people, instead of one for the poll
ticians, by the politicians and for the
politicians.
But now when we look back upon
the struggle through which we hay o
passed, ami SOC the narrow escapes we
have had from government by the
most corrupt element OF politicians
that ever besleged Legislature, we
rannot but wonder al the support this
lniquitous county commissioner bust
ness has received from even the better
class of the Democratic party. For Il
long time. this class held aloof from
giving the various measures proposed
any active, open support, and left that
business to such political BOOSTERS
us "Bill" Lee and Patrick Neary. They
were willing, however, to profit by it,
and even offered no objections to tho
lirst bill that passed the House, every
Democrat In 1t save one voting for it,.
1t was not until this bill OF which
every decent Democrat now processes
to be ashamed OF, had been ham-strung
In the Senate and IL was found that
Senators Williams and Hall could not
be induced to vote for il that the re-
putable portion of the Democrats eamt
10 the rescue. Then it was that the
rule of Lee and Neary began &c
wane and the rule of Mr.. Bayard, Mr.
Gray, Mr. Cooper, Mr.. Nicholson, Mr.
Bidgely, Mr.. Wolcott, Mr.. Robinson
Mr.. Causey and Mr.. Martin commenc
ed, but with Neary and Lee in tn,
background. What an array of Demo
cratic intellect, ability, virtue, honest,
and confidence such another commit
tee OF nine could have not been cullet
from the whole party.
They were TO doctor the patient ant
like good experienced midwives deliver
to the people in childlike Innocence
and purity Five Commissioner bill
that would DO acceptable. Even GU
nelghbor the Every Evening, now call
ing for "fair non-partisan" bill, al
tracted by the gaudy trappings of thi
great committee, assured the peoph
that they were now to have a non-par
tisan commissioner bill and calle'
upon all to rally to It's support. Tn
bill came with very little improvement
over the Neery, Lee. Turner, Wier bill
Like Its predecessor il attempted b
override the will of the people but lik
nm unsteady wave it dashed agains
the rock Of public opinion, broke b
pieces and lies stranded on the shore
We say with our neighbor, now o
our side, on the side of the peopl
give us "a fair non-p partisan finanois
Three Commissioners bill" to be elec
ed by the people and go Into effect a
tor the Commissioners are electeI
That will be sensible, that will be rigl