Evening journal., 1892-01-02
PLeAsg MENTIoN AIs NEE.

PLEASE MENTION HIS NAME.
The coaduct Of Mayor Wiley suggests
the question; Can a Republican take
Office IN Delaware and b. gentleman
Mayor Wiley was principal Of the High
School, and, in that capacity, he merited
and possessed the esteem OF the com
munity as a gentleman and scholar,
BE went into polities-into Republican
politica--and besides making canvass.
which was reprehersble, he has at
tempted now to bully public officer, who
was doing his duty AS he understands 1t,
BY threatening to knock his teeth down
his throat.
Mr. Lawson's judgment Of the value Of
his ~osielal oath and his conception Of
his duty are as good as Mayor valleys
he has been far more gensesl in his use
Of his oRclal prsrogativss. Mr.. Lawson
feels accountable to white people Mayor
Willsy's conduct shows that he does net
feel accountable TO anybody who knows
the sacrsdnsns Of an cath and the duty
public officer owes to the psspls whose
servant he u.s.
Mr.. Wiley went through primary
election which left some distinct stains
apon his reputation; and then through
a general election, which depend those
and added few more equally damaging
He took ofics, aHd.. disregarding his oath
and the law, united with Jester to make
a partisan police force and TO gather
money.
Mr. Wiley left the useful and honor.
able position OF teacher to manutacturs
false teeth, and from that it seems he
glided swiftly and easily into a Repubi.
can politician Of the quality faEhionable
here now
These changes have been detrimental
to Mayor Willeys reputation as gentle.
man. Whether he conoeVes 1t possible
for man to be a Republican ofHcs-
holder in Delaware, now, and still be
gentleman we do not know. but his con
duet indicates that in becoming an office
holder OF the party here be has forEskon
Esntllity and rsspeetability, too, with az
equal contempt for both.
That probable determination is 10 hAr-
mony with the present condition OF Re
publlcanlsm In Delaware.
What is Republieanism in Delaware
but negro Politiesl
What is the Republican party,
with Bach at it's head and Herssy
clinging with death grip on ita
tail, but an organized effort to defy law
and deoency and Get In the negro voter
This era Of Higginsism began in the
mission Of Knowles with money to buy
Sussex, and Republicanism has been de-
generating ever since. The appsint
m,nts to Once have been detrl-
mental to gentility, they have
not been in accord with Civil
Service rules, or for fitness
They have been made in payment Of
political debts, as In the case OF Down
ham, or to suppress political threats, az
in the sase Of Hynson. II the characters
OF the appolntses we're not bad the
reasons for appointing them we're disrsp-
utsble.
In this city, Mayor Willeyis the best
OF his class, and, yet even his conduct is
rapidly putting him beloE the level OF
official and manly dignity.
In this matter Of feeding the police
men and the horses OF the police patrol
wagon Mayor Wiley has entered int
some sort Of compact with stable
keeper Jester for mutual profit.
This infant industry Of specializing in
ONCE is peculiarly Republican. Before
the Republican party came into existence
no one conceived Of getting rich "
voting the peoples noney into his own
pockets By the votes Of Wiley and
Jester remunerative business was
transferred to tbs pockets Of one or both
Of then without blus h.
Theis are typical exsmplars Of Della.
ware Rspublicanlsn. The actions Of
Wiley and Jester are Of a kind with III.
party motives as the party Is constituted
now There is nothing strange or sin
gular about the sentiments or the acts o.
Jester and Wiley. They are true repre-
ssntstivss Of the Office. holding, domina
ting class Of their party, as it exists here
now; hence. We ask again: Can Rspub
liean hold ofncs In Delaware and still be !
gentleman
It seems not.
. II anybody knows one, please mentor
} his name.