Middletown transcript., 1895-07-06
THE ONLY DEFENSE.

Levy Court Attorney John I'll. Rod
ney has rendered his decision in favor
Of paying the Special Constables who
served at the last election. His opinion
is "that the Court could not do any
thing else but pay the men," The
question now is to consider the amount,
and the late Governor is to be asked
for information and to furnish the fifty
names asking for the appointment OF
Constables. s.-Ne,o Era.
The only satisfaction that the peo.
pie Of this county can take in the pros
pect of having to pay, five, ten or ff-
teen dollars apiece to the eight hundred
and more men who we're sworn in as
deputy constables at the last election,
consists in the fact that the law under
which they were appointed has been
repealed. The taxpayers cannot be
saddled with any such useless expense
again. Evening.
Ajax paying public are invited to
read and re-read the above clippings
from two Of our Democratic papers
which are supposed to reflect the senti-
ments Of their party upon matters Of
local government. To be truthful, we
do not believe that they do in this case.
We would never charge the masses Of
the Democratic party with endorsing
the appointment Of ''Deputy Mar
shalls''under local Force Bill" let it
BIZ named what it may. especial Con-
stables" may localize it but it has all
the objections of the "Force Bill' and
more. Did the Ne,o Era oppose their
appointment? Does it endorse the
payment of their claims? These are
fair political questions on which men
may honestly differ and such as news
papers may very appropriately discuss.
We trust the New Era will speak out
plainly on the question.
But the first line Of the Euery Evening
quotation provokes smile. It is the
satisfaction" that the people get from
"the prospect of having to pay,n and
the recollection that they owe such
satisfaction" to the bad (?) Republi-
can Legislature which repealed the law
last winter. The Democrats appointed
the constables and two years ago a
good ~ Democratic Legislature paid
the bills, borrowing from the school
fund the money which the wicked (?)
Republican Legislature of 1889 had
put in the treasury. Aud last winter
that very bad (2) Republican Legisla-
ture refused to pay the especial Con-
stables" last appointed and then re-
pealed the law. 1t was Democratic
law. passed by Democrats and used by
Democrats, and to think it is due a
"bad Republican legislature that
"the tax payers cannot be saddled with
any such useless expense again.
But how unworthy an Independent
~ press like the Every Evening is its
opposition(?to the measure! If the peo-
pie have been ssaddled with useless
expense''in these hard times, should not
an independent press that looks to the
interests of ''good government" speak
out fearlessly and boldly Of the matter?
Why not9 Has the Levy Court little
patronage that hides the enormity Of
what? folly? Much greater
is our respect for the NeD Era which
makes simple statement of the facts
without comment than for a so-calIed
independent that excuses. But Just
suppose the tables were turned and a
governor had appointed
special constables at the request of
fifty prominent Republicans and a
Republican attorney, for Republican
Levy Court had advised the payne ut \
of the bills. How wicked it would be
in the eyes of an independent press!
Oh, my!