Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-07

The vernacular of bully of the slums
does not beft the chief magistrate and
consefYator of the peace in city of
sixty thousand people. Mayor Wiley
nigh fhave stood by his own or his
M party's contract with Mr. Jester with.
out losing his temper. 1t may have been
~ out of his power to antagonize Mr..
- ftneers little scheme, but it would have
~ q Onced more decorous to swallow his
'eyonr Justify without making such wry face.
,acts existed Everybody recollects how Mr.. Jester
ment of theie into the police commssion-nomi-
sembly for tly as a Republican, but Republican
onondaga civersally repudiated by his party and
came tansrzed upon as the tool of Mr.. Dickey
80 oi,, Governor Reynolds. 1t was asserted
the facts i'd reiterated at the time that Mr.
lawfully bsster was appointed solely for the pur-
Tor whom ,se of ensuring Democratic police
upon whiclrce, no matter which way the then
70 ,e os pproaching city election should GO
the electicIe was known as Mr.. Dickey's man;
used by tlobody disputed the validity of this
statute, ttitle. His appointment was recognized
The numlhy the Republicans of Wilmington as
WAS THmeaning precisely this, and they were
The qunaturally bitter in their condemnation
snose 81. of it. This bitterness found expression
in tb;s on the street and in the press. The
supreme Morning Ne'cs said among other things:
elected b. 1t is plain enough to us that Mr. Dickey
iations pdid not pick out the name Of Mr.. Jester as
alactioraa Republican police commissioner of Will
MIA 10 smington for the purpose Of fairly repre-
ho1u W tsenting the Republican party promoting
ihe pgenuine reform in the police service of
enable this city; and when the governor ratified
candida this choice of Mr.. Dickey and thereby dis
possibil regarded those Republicans who had been
voting named and urged Tor TINS place by their
nlexio party friends, he ignored the purpose and
r raas@ intention of the law and weakly consented
s..eSs to do his best to turn its execution into
any co farce.
Wouiu And thereupon the Neios redoubled
word Its efforts TO secure the election of
voter Mayor Wiley by emphasizing the plea
avoid that his election was necessary to the
and overthrow of Jesterism in the police
sn IN commission. EVERY EVENING showed
So up the manifest unsoundness Of this
zion, plea, but the case of the Republicans
vide was desperate and the only result was
whe to make the Nescs cling more generously
zen to the frail plank by which it hoped to
Sa dss, escape from the wreck. We quote one
livery. Of its utterances, few days before the
whose last city election:
ballot s The duty which this emergency (the an
ipointment of Jester) imposes upon the
people of this city, is to elect Stansbury j.
Wiley as the next mayor beyond all ques
ton. He should 60 into the police
commission with rush. Only a man of
ft his clear perceptions. resolute nature and
nnoendIing hrmness can be depended upon
Vaccinations of the sly Mr.. Dickey
Mr.. Wiley was elected. Then came
M the test Of his clear perceptions, reso-
lutte nature and unbending frmness."
The police commission met and Mr.
Jester bossed the job He produced a
list of policemen, understood to have
been selected by Mr. Dickey, headed by
Democratic bartender for chief, two
Democratic captains, two Democratic
Democratic, and gave Mr.. Wiley verv
distinctly TO understand that he (Willeyl
might select the remaining half
of the patrolmen and three sergeants-
but nothing more This was on the
evening of June 18th. 1t was complete
freeze-out for the new mayor. Every
man in Wilmington remembers what 4
row 1t raised; how the Republicans, big
and little, jumped on Jester the next
day, and what threats and promises
were used to bring him over Every
conceivable pressure was brought IL
bear upon him and every conceivable
inducement held out We do not know
that this patrol stable deal figured
among the inducements but it is matter
of record that Jester was finally
brought back into the Republican cann
and that Mayor Wiley announced thai
he and MIR. Jester would stand togetho
In future. Then, this was on Saturda,
afternoon, Mr. Dickey started out run
ming for his escaping commissioner
How he pursued Mr. Jester TO his home
and how the latter slipped out the bacl
door and took the first train out Of town
leaving no clue TO his destination; how
he was sought for in Atlantic CITY an,
elsewhere in vain, all that night and al
day Sunday, has been told in detail II
came back on Monday and dictated hi
terms and has kept debating then
ever since, notwithstanding Mayor vii
ley's clear perceptions resolute netlr
and unbending firmness" But, rs W
said in the beginning the Republican
should not be too hard upon Mr.. VII
ley. lie cannot help himself. He mus
do what Mr.. Jester wishes Of risk tn
fearful consequences Of precptatin
another flop and freeze-out. 1t is
calling servitudc, but the mayor Shout
learn to curb his tongue and 10 ayoi
threats Of damaging Mr. Lawson
nlasticators. Such threats do no 600
and do not sound we'll.
The mayor of Brooklyn has f,iiowe
the example of the mayor 81 i,oaiin
and vetoed the trolley system eoctri
railway ordnance Both cities wal
electric railways, bpt they pfefar q wa
fart ha u4r4 1.4t4.