The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

cil-Wm. c. Spruance Assured
Hoffecker That he Would b.
Selected-Pat Ncary and John
T. Dickey Make Money in Pol
itics-Other Matte rs.
The political history of some of tho moi
who have sat In city council would be in
teresting to other ambitious young men
who are hankering after political honors
and emoluments of Office With few ex
captions nearly every member of city
council who has tasted the first taste of
politics, by holding the position of coun-
Gilman from their respective wards have
retired from office and from view of the
public. They finished their term of office
and retired poorer men than when they
first took their seat in that body.
We have in our mind at this writing
two butchers who did a good business
years ago in tho Eighth Street market.
One of them represented the Seventh ward
and the other tho Fifth ward. They both
after serving their term in Council left
our city under ,fntncal cloud. One of
them was local preacher and u member
in good standing In his church. After be-
coming member of Council he was
found one bright summer day seated at
the Schuetzen Park with two frail dam
sells on his knees and a glass of beer in each
hand, having what no called royal good
time He lost his business and money and
left Wilmington and is now said to be
getting along swimminglly in this world.
A Market Street merchant represented
the Second ward. He was pretty well
fixed in this worlds goods when he first
was elected to Council He served two or
three terms, began to lift his little finger
too oftener towards the ceilings in bar
rooms. His business which once was first
class, left him and now Ne is in
red lced circumstances from giving politics
moro attention than he did his business
affairs There are hundreds move lik @
the above cases that have taken place
right here in Wilmington.
Take the career of John Y. Diakey from
II poor man, he has become well off through
being master in politics. He knew
enough to keep his head cool and not jam
to much rum down his insides.
Then again take the rise Of Pat Neary,
he was an ordinary blacksmith. He be-
came II County Constable and rose to Tax
Collector and from that always hac been
able to furnish material for the County at
good prices until to day he is said to be
worth over S5o. 900 all made olt of politics.
He also knows enough not to larry with
wine although never having been tenn
perance advocate.
That John Callahan has been very active
inpoitics for several years. He is now
holding II s. job in tho mint in
Philadelphia. He trained under John
II. Dickey but the successful politicians
are over balanced by the wrecks that have
been s,rown along the coast
John II. Hoffeckcr naturally feels ag-
grevrd. When on being asked to get off
the Republican ticket us II candidate for
Governor, when VIM. G. Spruance yisite /
him ana assured him that he would be eli
dorsrd by Che Georgetown Convention
But Wash Hastings, and Henry DUPONT
and Anthony Higgins and Edward &.
Bradford prevented the carrying out of
that promise, and Iiotfeckcr's name was
sput upon and spurnod by the convention.
The mess is sonnet hing too disgusting for
any decent set of men to contemplate.
The A;ldclis alhtrents claim thry will
carry Kent and Sussex counties with Il
probability oi carrying New Castle Well,
promises are good things but they never
yet filled many mouths or paid tho grocer
his store bill
Ask Frederick Pyle who represented
Wilmington in last general assembly
what he thinks of politics as conducted at
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