The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-20
POLITICAL NOTES.

Dover - Sheriff Finn Should
Have an Extra Warden-Poli-
ticians Who Have Short Ex-
istcnce in Their Party Councils
flames Is. Toman to be Re-
membered With an Office.
The politicians turned ont in force in
Dover yesterday. They were of all walks
in life, from the well fed and well dressed
lawyers TO the seedy looking individuals
known as the ward heclurs who are relied
upon on election day 10 dc the counting
for the Democratic party. They are the
workers and the well fed lawyers are the
beneiiciarlea of these men, who should
with their master be behind the bars in
Kent county Jail. They were all there,
and interesting spectators of the legal
proceedings by the court.
1t doesn't seem possible that tho mon
back of this Kent county steal should be
Is known as reputable citizens OF Delaware,
men Of property and respuctabiiity, but
such Is II fnct.
What can you expect from the lower
Glasses, when the men who have bad every
advantage in life, have no roapecC for the
law or the courts that arc supposed to On.
force the law This is what i, urw taking
place In Delaware Thu ruugf- ARE openly
detled, anu by these urnn, tie Democratic
party has kept I,,.l ~ power for 20 many
years in Delaware The : ate, rs every
body knows, has NOT been progressive.
Wilmington has Grtrrh to hp II good
sized city, dos e, Oh' hay,rnl element
that would rad a. and contains some
large induslrtr'
Su,h men u, De-, ,u'a lhorna, T..
Bayard, senator D.. o.. 80 N'av and tho
Salisbury nave t,.n une promoters of
the innocuous laws .-u"nai the one that
has enabled the tax collectors and the
Levy Courts to keep the Republicans from
voting by leaving their names off OF the
asse meut list and returning thcm on the
error lists, and every trick rcsortcd TO that
on Y tho who have bCCn in COntro! Of the
affairs In Delaware are adopts at
Talk about Ihn way the eli CtiUnS are CON
Quoted in the state Delaware would be Il
good field to study well. The latnrloCtion
W sa hpuut and the methods umpioDctl
to nullily the election returns were the
sam tls mad been used more times than
once in Delaware. Ihu counting out pro
cess is an old tri"i> and has been suc5css.
fully worked By tho .DcWu.rtIs VIII never
the occasiunsrequrcd.
The seating ut John T. Dck"y III the
Legislature doe, W. ". Chru>rs ~ in jury
that Lie should not one lninug submit to.
L.
then ii was very necessary HAS he should
hava a seat IN the hulI,r. Nu'nerous bills
II wantc to be put through. and with
% .n 4. as Il munbpr everything would
BE- plain sailing. Ills defeat was the first
straw that started lhc proposed cbuutiuE
of William h l'Itnn, the Republican can.
dtlate for Sheriff out, ami the Office given
to james b luman sheriff FINN will
bond OH Monday. The bunh i, $1,000 and
81
men.
An additional warden should be given
Sheriff Finn, Tho Levy Court can is
easily afford 1t, as IL could To pay over
fifteen thousand dollars 10 the county
constables for creating RIOTS during The
election some Two years ago The large
number Of prisoners makes 1t necessary to
have more than onn day warden employ ed
to insure the safe Keeping Of the COUNTY
prisoners. :.-rs
Numerous ncn who have represented
their wards in City CLuncil. have lrna4in
ed that in u year they know ii all Thry
have suddenly been awakened to the fact
that they don't know halt us much abyGt
politics rs SON" men who have for years
been writing lur the new, papers. They
go up In sudden bu"st Of pDliIicai
glory and as suddenly disappear from tho
public view is IA politician They find
that other men have come to I he front and
taken their place in the party councils.
New leaders are almost spgiuglng to the
front and the Old leaders are only, TINS
in name. They have lost their prestige,
When the people want +" down the mon
who think they are the hUsspa Uf the prO.
pie, they often find ont to their sorrow
that the people are the DU'-rS
1t is It angr Mha' u fascination politics
has for some mon. They enter politics
with hurrah and IA grand iluursh Ihcy
float alung with the td", uglcCLing their
own business while at,riGinH to tine city 5
business. In f"W years they have no
business of their own to attend TO- and
tn "a tley await & to the fact that politics
uues not pay. Look at the men who have
held the office OF Sheriff Of sew Castle
county and sec how well off the ex shcrlils
are today. The office never has yet paid
The men who have made fight to sciye
New Castle county in that rapnrity No
one knows the exact Itlrc the nt.ire pays
the sheriff for hi, two years inrumhnHcy.
BUTT is no doubt worth all the sheriff re-
Ceival out of it There are some very dig.
agreeable dutc, for the slIaril +" perform.
The present sheriff C1il,vn iuIu Office with
two men under il death Sonsrnce. which
duty ho will have " pclfo,m. That is
hang thGm.
The scramble for tho Mayors office VIII
soon begin. 1t Is Il sad fact ,but a true ono
men can secure the coveted position every
TWO years. The Otii"u Of Mayor pay ) well
loing Il ,5OJ u year for doing nOth-
ing. The appointments made by the
mayor are very few, tho most important
being the vacancies in the several com
missions when he inrurnhenIs term cS.
pireS. Then The lt0aId ut Health Is one ut
his Great ions, even the position OF log
catcher Is taken uut I'll politics AMI tho
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