The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-13

$In. EpIroR:--P GLOW me space
In your columns to pursue my investi-
CATION into the cause OF the disease oil
Delaware Democracy. Dickey has
made some mietakes. and some Of his
moves have not been mistakes. When
he first moved on to the almshouse
and then on to the Court House and
then on to the capital there was nc
mistake. as far as his own interests
were concerned. But how about the
tax payers? 1t was similar to the boy
stoning the frogs: IL was sport for the
boy but death to the frogs. His first
attempt ms ring boss was to save the
corrupt Levy Court, and in order to
do SO he, with the aid of his righi
bower, "Brigadier GoneraI' Patrick
Neary, the scar-worn veteran, whose
elastic conscience would allow him &c
make oath that from wounds and die
ability received In the service OF his
! country, he is unable to earn q living
and ia now drawing what veterans cal
the ''pauper pension"
He brought out for Mayor John J.
Dougherty, as a means they said, 70
hold the Irish vote to tho corrupt Levy
Court, against the protests. OF his
friends, who, they said, could go to
HI, as we will nominate and elect
him.. How well they kept their words
we all know. as the voters had some.
thing to say, and said it too.
His next political enterprise was af-
ter an election of state officers, In which
In this county he was showed under,
by the Indignation OF the Democratic
voters. was TO look around for q man,
pliable one. "a Man friday and he
HE'D himself off to Dover. and getting
close to the Governors chair, he whis.
pered aloud, Senator Reynolds" Then
came the police commission and
after he had time to look around to
find o pliable Republican, came, the
Jester deal, and mad Dickey, and
Democratic party. and all know the
rest.
His next enterprise was to get him.
eelf nominated for receiver OF taxes
and treasurer, and was defeated by
some three hundred majority, under,
to him. tho most favorable circum.
stances. and II he was not defeated.
why did hickey and Willard Saulsbury
rush to Dover to get law passed TO
prevent opening the tell-tale ballot
boxes. and his friends. Representative
Spruance and Senator Pyle, In graft
tude for his ring allowing them on
the ticket for the empty honor. us they
have since boosted, that IL they had
known. there was shadow OF chance
of electing the ticket, neither OF them
could have been on tho ticket, rushed
through bill to prohibit finding evil
dence of his defeat; and those two
grateful beings and Legislators also
passed bill, making him q present OF
one thousand dollars out of the coun-
ty treasury. when his salary was al
ready nearly eight thousand dollars
year. and during the campaign he was
SO closely pressed. he had to go to
Dover and effect q treaty with his man
Friday, Reynolds, to bargain off par
dons for criminalsj for votes,
Just behold! the governor OF q state
of this union. this Republic founded
by Washington. j efferson, Henry, Rod
ney, and those revolutionary patriots
prostituting q sacred trust, imposed
in q high official to prevent miscar-
riage of Justice, and to exercise mercy
dickering with corrupt politicians and
heelers, and Shan" Dougherty, who
10 publicly denounced as an idiot,
trapping and exposing to public con-
tempt, the governor and Democratic
ring boss.
1t is no wonder no has visited Eu.
rope to get out Of the polluted politi-
cal atmosphere OF this ring.ridden
state, and when the historian In writ
Ing the history OF the State, comes to-
the history OF the administration of
Reynolds and DIckey, he should write
1t in a block OF ice with chalk, and lay
1t in the sun. A Democrat from down
the State said to me few days ago,
he believed Dickey has mental miras.
mus. and Neary has Intellectual govt,
and that Reynolds has mania for the
Senatorship. This Ii No. 2, and by the
consent of the editor No. 8 will be
Forthcoming bya
DISCUSSED DEMocRAr.