The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-07
TUESDAY. rEsmuAt.Y !. lspa
The police Commission.

TUESDAY. FEBRUARY Z. IsD3
THE Police Commission.
Before the members of the LeEisla.
ture make a change in the Police Com.
mission bill they should be fully Suits
fed that there are good reasons for
making such d change, dnfrotu par
tisan reasous. The law lIus not been
hi effect two years yet, and has hardly
had a chance FOR fair trial. BESIDES,
the law is exactly as it came fresh
from the hands OF a Democratic legis.
lRture. There has been no Rspubl-
can tsmpering about it. SO far as the
composition of the commissioners is
concerned politically tile law makes
very fair provision.
The law provides that tho board
should consist OF three persons WIG
shonld not all be OF the same political
party. There was Eotllng wrong
atout this. 1t gave tho Governor the
power to appoint two of them one d
course to be a Democrat aid fhn Other
a Republican. SO lar so good If lie
Governor had only been gnitisd in his
appointment of the Republican mem.
Der by Republicans instead OF being
controlled Ivy John T. Dic!tcy The
law farther provided that the thIrt
member OF the Commission should b.
the Mayor Of tie city whoever Ii,
might be er~of whatever politics h,
might be.
There seems to be nothing wrong
about this. Indeed it seems to DO OK
ceedingly appropriate that the Mayol
{ Should be a member OF the Commits
sion. AS ho is only elected for tw,
yeals, he would always have tho shot
term in the board. Besides, belug
elected by the people IL brought TN
people and tho board into close com
munication, something which slIoulc
I've aimed at in all Legislation. 1t lei
with the people to say whether til,
& Police Commission should he Demo
cratic or Republican. There wis Ger
\ talnly nothing wrong about this. /
there WIS no blame attached to TIL
Republicans.
A Democratic Legislature madn lin
law and ttro Republicans had to accep
" as It was given to them. The May
81 eieelio'' caihe on III lllia TOTO"
ins lug aaJo"tH"ieht OF Tue Legs q
iatlre that pas cd the Police Commis
sion bill, and the decided drcisi o
VI tle people was tllal the MAYOR o
Af,r. aft, v.,l,.x /. a y
TIE Guy siioata oe hePubtrin an
Inc taifd member OF Inc Police tom
TWO l.epuolieaus ana one Democrat
Jus1 as the i'eotie ~ tHelf sovereign
caphcity US lteo voters "llied That
shouid De- Is There ANYTHING wron
ABOUT TINS! II there IS the people ca
right INC wrong AT INC municipal ele'
IN june, by electibg Democrat
Gyor, ana the Commission w
Two democrats and one Eei''l'
emocfatle contemporaries To
ftheS are sure On electing
TIC Mayor III June anyhow
leu, should The Legislator
make the Police Coinmisslo
efatlc. While l'emotralic paper
Hssdrc US that Il viii rs f7sfilocTsT
anyhow after next June? But even
the Democrats should rot succeed
Che election OF Democratic Nayt
that would make the Police Colnmi
sion Democratic, ii Will 80 because Il
1peopla do not want il 50, and tho pee
puld Ger tainly have some say
latter.
IL matter of fact Il non-nart!s;
koiice commission Is not abieGtinn
Bile alter nearly Two years oil trial, 81
It is but in lis Infancy yet ami can
made much more efficient II tho legi
iature would only let ii alone and !
Ahe people control it. Commission,
uweon, tho pemocfatic Inegaber
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