The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-29
Our Dover Latter.

Our Dover Letter,
Down, March 20, 92.--The over ex-
cited public feeling which has for 80
long time existed here In referenc @
30 Presiding Elder Wilson, seems now
to be almost epterely allayed. The
opponents OF Mr.. Wilson In church
matters having exhausted all their ire
In endeavorlng to immediate him,
and he having faced the music before
conference like man, and conference
having somewhat Justified him In his
official acts arc beginning TO think and
say that after all, no matter how dc.
coitful Mr.. Wilson may have been In
politics, or how inconsistently he
acted as q christian minister In pro-
noting the election OF Robert j. key-
holds as Governor OF Delaware yet as
Presiding Elder : lie was faithful,
conscientious and earnest man in his
chosen work"
Some very knowing ones. outside OF
the church, however, say that II 1t were
known what the "quld pro quo" was
which the presiding elder gave to Rob .
ert j. and his faction for the right to
say who should be appointed Register
OF Wills In and for Kent county. as
well as who should be appointed q
chaplain Of the House. 1t would be
very plainly seen how MIR. Wilson. as
presiding elder, dragged his office and
the church i'll the mire. Whilst others
add that II Brigadier General Coli
son had surrendered some letters
which he has In his possession confer.
ence would have seen how little the
prospective moral reformation OF h.
Il. Cooper had 10 do with the appoint
ment Of that gentleman to the office
OF Register.
The Democrats Of East Dover have
organized q club and ut the election Of
officers, the Wolcott faction was en-
tirely ignored. j. Alexander Fulton,
Esq, lecturer for the Changers was
made president, and the other officers
elected were mostly men who have
identified themselves with the abor-
tive attempt to get mp branch OF the
Farmers Alliance here, which strongly
betoksns sentiment In opposition to
re.elecJing George Gray as Senator.
But my own opinion Is that Mr. Gray's
reelection will be made no more
doubtful by this organization.
The president elect has no following;
he Is too fastidious and too caprtclous.
He II was who wrote the report of the
committee appointed by the Farmers
Institute to Investigate the State and
county finances, which report was
unanimously adopted by the institute
February 20, 1890, and said In refer
ence to Democratic administration in
Delaware: "iour committee are fully
persuaded, that by carful, judicious
and economical administration OF tile
county affairs, the people can have bet
ter services at eighteen thousand
dollars a year loss cost than they pay
now, and that the peoplea,Nlll have to
look alter the State as We'll Jas the
county expenses II theyalu. not wish to
be saddled with a Sta tax in addition
to their present heav 3Enrdens." But
| at the Gubernatorial election following
JaInes Alexander was one OF the most
active workers to promote the cleo
ton of the very men whom he had
| branded as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Judging from the names of the men
which the East Dover democratic club
has elected as officers it is typical of
the Democratic party OF which Thomas
Is. Reed says, 1T is the party of odds
and ends; it is sort of bargain ooun-
ter, or remnant counter" ..-E
Mr.. Gray will lind more formidable
| opposition to his reelection Us Senator
from tho Wolcott and free silver
crowd.
We have had n very lively time at
our Levy Court getting names on the
| assessment list, and l must say that
the members of the Levy Court, one
and all, showed disposition to do
what was right. Frank N. Dunn of
the Index. and John f. Salisbury en-
deavored to obstruct business by oh.
| jecting to Cove $. Wilson vouching
Tor some parties who wanted to be
assessed on the ground that Mr.. vii.
son was not u freebooter. But VIII
son gave those men their proper status
when he sud: 'He was not only a
free holder as the records showed, but
that he dared to own the coat he wore,
which neither of the two gentlemen
Directing to him dare not do"
The time notice given by the Ilepub-
lican and the force OF public opinion
in reference to the clalIu of Detective
W. A. Hutchins fol some $3.50, for ar.
resting tranps last 81 MINER compelled
the Levy Court TO cut ii down TO S45
and the claim OF Justice Van GaskiI
of Clayton In like proportion. Had
we one or two more Republican Com
missioners like jackson and Wharton.
the eXorbitant bills of Sheriff Cole
would also be reduced. But we hay,
every reason to behave that here tht
cause OF retrenchment and reform is
teadil going on.
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