The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16
WHO WILL TREY BIZ
The Eight Holes With One
Hundred Pegs to Putt in Them.
Smith GETS WHAT III WAS AFTER
The Democratic Members ofCcunoii Caucus
Last Evening ind Fiji the City Ofices
mt Their Command, Glad the se-
lection Has Been Made.

A great deal Of mystery surrounded the
caucusing OF the Dem ooratic members of
City Council last evening for the pur-
poso OF selecting City Auditor and Clerk,
Clerk to Treasurer Adams, Clerk Of Coun-
Gil, Balliff OF Council Coal Oil Inspector,
Clerk of the Market and balm of Council.
and Park Guards, There are but eight
places TO fill and there Is known to be
nearly one hundred applicants who want
to fill them, and draw their pay once every
month. Even the writer for the Phlladel.
pha Record. who Ia pronounced Demo.
crat says In his letter Of Monday to that
paper:
known In Wilmington 10 now unders way,
and will be filed to night, (Monday.) when
the Democratic members OF City Council
assemble In caucus"
For Clerk OF Council the leading appll-
cants are: Horace johnson, Isaac O.
Pyle. Thomas Z. Laliy. Frank Jeandell.
William l.. Morrison, ]. Bail Pierce and
Simon Dougherty. nown In the police
department.
BALM OF Councl-Joseph Mccall. John
J. Ryan, James Riley. LBwrNnce Curran,
John Lemon, VIM. Coleman. John J.
Philip Greeta and Thomas Gibson.
For Inspector OF Oils-Harry Parker,
James McGinchey. Henry Ahrens j. +.
Rawnsley, John Russell, Michael Kelly,
]. P. Price. g. ". schaeffer. Dennis 8.
p. WIndish. Donnie Kane. Henry WitsIi.
John Mullln. W. s. Brown, $. S. Cook and
For city Auditor-A. F. sIessick. Her
mon E. Frlst VIM. B. Norton. John
Boughman and Hubert Cassidy.
For Clerk of Market-James Thompson,
Matthew Gallagher. J. +. Vansant, Samuel
Mccall. John Little, Joseph harnall. Frank
J. Niedermaler, Daniel Mckinney. John
Kitchen, Geo, Willis VIM. p. Shorthand.
r. w. Rambo. j. p. T. Fuekel, David
Lemon. John D. Thompson, Warren Ken.
needy, Frank T. Owens, John Bennett and
8. N. Smeltz.
For City Treasurer's Clerk-Lewis
Dickey William II. Lee and Arthur Me-
Closkey.
For City Auditors Clerk-DanieI Mo.
Cusker, Jr., Adolph Kloberg. Jr, Thomas
Monaghan and BARLEY Crogan.
For Park Guard-James l.. Jones. VIM.
Durham. Michael Sherry John Canning,
james O'Neil, Delaware Mason, William
Shields. John Walsh. Michael ]. German,
NJ. McGillen, William Lopez and William
Dollard.
The caucus met last evening without
doubt ane only light Democrats and
party workers who have worked early
and late. who have stood up at the polls
and tried by intimidation and otherwise
to keep Republicans from voting now
claim their reward at the hands of their
party. Our readers will find large mum.
Der of the county oonstablea who served
their party SO we'll at the polls In the cleo
ton held in 1894 now claiming their re.
ward for the part they took In that mem
paper comes out last night In it's editorial
columns and gives the following advice;
PATRONAGE TO Pc DISTRIBUTED BY COUNCIL.
NH ,,kn "A
Offices to fill The Democratic members
being in q majority, have the responsible
ty OF selecting the men.
They will 20 into caucus with talk OF
all kinds buzzlnR in their cara Nearly
all of 1t will be talk that Is In the Interest
of THE that, and the other candidate.
Every Evening Is not at all Interested
In the success OF this. that or the other
candidate. Perhaps the Councilman will
be glad to Listen to some talk from the
stand point of public interests, without a
tinge of private motive in 1t.
When they get into caucus. 1t will be
we'll for t o members to remember that
they are representing no private persons.
They represent in the first place the great
outside public, and in the second place
the Dem ocrntio party.
Therefore they should choose for the
various offices III their gift the most com
pstent men they can get. That Is where
the public interest lies. These officers
are to be public servants and the public 10
intereated In securing the best possible
service. Tho public have chosen these
members OF Council to hire servants Tor
them. Tint is the situation exactly.
Just as members would II employing
| somebody to do work for them, SO Trey
should In the interest OF the public Inquire
| about each applicant: IL he the hest one
we can get2 Does he know how to do
this work inteiliReptty and wellp Is he
honest, sober, industrious2 VIII he
take an interest In doing his best In thia
| Officer
Having settled those questions. 1t Is
| proper for them to remember that they
IRE Democrats representing the Demo
cratic party of Wilmington. 1t ID theit
duty to choose good Democrats as well as
| good men tor these offices.
They can so distribute the offices In their
gift rs to serve the people exeellsntly and
at the sameitlmei ook after the party Inter.
este, To do this they should put through
no ring made slate. but consider every ap.
| pIloant On his merits.
The party will be best served after all by
/ the selection of men whose N8ll.known
character and record are such as to give
| the public absolute assurance that their
interests have been carefully protected at
every point.
We Will see how the Democratic council
takes the advice of their mouthplece when
the elections are made at Thursday even.
| ing's session OF council. The party work.
ers no doubt Without regard 20 fitness oil
qualifications will be selected to fill the
Positions. Our citizens will have an OPP.
portunlty to Judge of the men whom they
| have placed the welfare of the city oil
Wilmington with for the next two years
II remains to be seen how many new and
additional Offices they will create for the
purpose of lnding places for their ward
workers and heelers. They are on trial
the eyes OF the people are on them.