Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-05-24
CLERK OF COUNCIL BACH
Slated for This Important
Place BY the Organization
SAYS A PROMINENT REPUBLICAN


Make the oity Council safs-A stronK
Effort Being Made to Carry the First,
Second and Eleventh wards-what a
Democrat Says.
In the coming city election the dir.
ferent wards will be called upon to elect
councilmen. and while many voters NAV
not be aware OF the fact, the success OF
one or the other Of the two great parties
IN securing majority In this boiy Is Of
more Importance than the election Of
mayor.
On that body this year devolves the
selection Of clerk of the Council.
bailiff an auditor and his clerk, clerk for
the city treasurer, coal oil inspector and
clerk Of the market The mayor has
simply dog-eAtcher at his disposal
In conversation with a well known
Republican, but one who is opposed to
the present machine which governs that
party, be said:
Il am apathetic Don't care -
we'll I'm not Interested, that's all The
slate made out by the powers that be is
Fred Eden Bach for clerk OF the Council
and II. H Biilany for auditor, and am
not with them The men who are running
for Council In a msiority OF the wards are
ringsters and are already pledged to Bach
for clerk.
Colonel Wainwright wouldn't pledge
himself nor would McKelvey and il you
will notice neither is on the ticket. Mark
my words for 1t, the Republicans have a
majority Of councilmen, Fred Bach will
be clerk Of the Council. | know whereof
speak and that is the reason / am out
of 1t.
Said a well known Democrat. THE
friends of Blllany and Bach are going to
sacrifice everything to secure Council.
In the Eleventh ward the most
determined Efforts are being made 20
defeat Harry Smith, and / can name
instances where money has been promised
In that ward, the goods TO be delivered
election day
"Llke'efforts are being made In the First
and Second wards. What do they want
Council for 30 badly that they will
sacrifice all thingsl 1t can be solved In
one word-Bkch You see II the Demo
Gratis get n majority In Council there
will be looking over of the books OF the
city auditor. J don't want TO be under
stood to say that there Is anything
crooked In them, but / do mean to say
that the city would lose nothing by such
an action. This country lost nothing by
turning the rascsls cut as you remem-
ber
Decent Republicans are aware Of the
struggle Bach is making to stay on top
the political wave and they will act
| pretty coldly Last night a meeting Of
the German Republican club was held In
German Hall, and 1t was openly stated
that the Stub would take action against
the ring and especially against Bach
I'm consequences Bach was on hand
last night and stayed with the boys until
midnight, and no action was taken.
This morning Bach and Chambsrs 50 "
Dohl on the post Office steps. aud II a
little bird can be believed, he was
assured that II he would bury the
hatohet against Stats and some Of the
others who dumped him for StaAts's
father in.lRw, Grub, and use his in
huence In keeping the German Club In
line, he would be named as street
commissioner In place of Francis Nc
Closkey at the very FIRST meeting of the
board OF directors
we are going to give them 3 pretty
tussle The Seventh ward is not so dead
easy for them this year, and Il wouldn't
much surprise me to see Democrat from
that and the Sixth ward az well, while the
Eighth aud Twelfth wards will show up
surprises Ratledge Is having a hard
row In the Twelfth and that majority Of
eighty seven won't stick out so prsml
nently this time. In the Eleventh, the
Republican candidate is by no means q
favorite. and unless Doodle is used freely
Smith will be back, as thorn in the
side Of the ring.
John p. Theodore Fueckel, the Demo.
cratic candidate for city treasurer, Is
cutting q wide swath In this campaign,
and he will get big vote His opponent
recognizes this fact aud iH devoting all
his energies to keeping the Republicans,
especially the Germans. In line for him
They are going to cut for Fuecksl largely.
/ however.
THE action Of the Y. NJ R G and the
Business Mems Club lin reading ont
Addicks. Handy, Moore, Ball and Robbins
is also looked on as an important factor
in this campaign When the gods would
destroy they FIRST make mad, and there
is not friend OF these men, and there are
many here who are lot sore over this
piece OF ante-election folly. Look out
for slide, young man. You'll see It. !"