The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-29

building Of penitcntiary Or work house
should recsive the most .careful attention
from our LeRblator& There u no doubt
OF Its need In New Casts County. II
Il would DO the meaua Of roclhtminR hun
dreds OF the young who have gone wrong
and sent to jatt becanse thsre was No
other place 10 send them. Then again the
prisoners have nothing TO do from morn
Ing to night and from one weeks end to
another. They should DO given employ
ment and thus help. to support them
selves. besides enabling them to earn
few dollars for themselves so that they
may have some money to begin tho world
with when their terms Of imprisonment
expire
Every man should be given a chance to
becom self supporting and not have to
think no Ia pauper because he has been
unfortunate In breaking the laws. Chief
Justice Charles B. Lore, Bishop Coleman
| and Others have tried to make the partic.
ulars in the proposed law creating the
\ work house clear to the members OF the
| Legislature. The saving in the boarding
Of the prisoners Chief Justice Lore con-
tends would in two years amount to near
alone be quite snug sum towards paying
the interest upon the money borrowed to
build the necessary buildings to put the
| plan in operation. We should like to see
the plan succeed.
We think the people would welcome
any change that would be for the benefit Of
the unfortunates who are sent to jail. The
plan Is to appoint q commission OF three
or five gentlemen, who-would hnvo super
vision over the affairs of the workhouse,
who should serve without pay, thus tax.
ing 1t out of politics
CIVIL SERVICE.
Before President Cleveland retired from
the Presidency he put some eighty thou.
sand employees in the different depart
ments of the Government under civil SER
vice rules But he evidently did not fix
all Of them permanently In their posi-
tions as the retirement of Mr.. Thomas
Holcomb from the position of Auditor IN
the Treasury Department less than three
weeks after President Mckinley took his
seat attests
Mr.. Timme of Wisconsin, held the DO.
sitlon when President, Cleveland came into
office and was removed by him because he
happened to be Republican. Now Mr..
Holcomb is removed because he is q
Democrat, and Mr.. Timme is given his
old position. That is perfectly right and
proper. We see mo crime In giving Mr..
Timme his old position when taking into
consideration why no was removed be-
fore his term had expired. The same thing
was done In the office of Collector OF Port
George L. Townsend. Sheriff William II.
Finn, deputy collector was removed TO
makes place for John Callahan, but John
failed to connect and Mr.. Comegys was
given the plum, Now Mr. Comegys will
hold tho position forever and tho day
after under civil service rulings.
This is notlright. What was sauce for
the goose should be sauce for the gander
fguratively speaking. Why, not one
tenth or the persons passing civil service
examination for positions under Unce
Sam will ever he able to got one unless |
they wait until they are old, toothless and
bald headed. The whole thing is a. big o
farce as was ever gotten up by men who
wish to make monarchy out of the
United States. Changes in the depart |
mcnts once In while, help to stimu o o |
tho workings in the Federal offices. II |
civil service is adhered to, what will be tho |
use OF voting for change OF admnistra' |
tion?
some men who hold positions imagine in
few years that they own the earth and |
tho surrounding atmosphere and treat peo-
pie accordingly who may have business |
with them. A change once in a while al |
lows the good things to DO passed around |
and stimulates the boys around election
times to throw up their hats and cheer in
anticipation of getting an office.
new collector of Revenue will be ap-
poluteu III MAY Wntn b1e pFeSGnU lDCuTlE. |
ents term expires. A Maryiander will |
get the plum and AS the men under him
have been placed under Civil Service,
they will continue on in the Office under
Ia IN.
OPPOSING THE CITY ELECTION,
The proposed bill to postpone tho city
election from June 9th for eighteen
months later should be promptly killed.
1t benefits no one but present city officials
and savors too much of being legislated
into office. That the people arc not to be
trusted to govern themselves. But wo
think they can be trusted for few more
years to elect their own municipal head
and subordinates. Democrats as well as |
Republicans Join together in cOndemning |
the bill. Like the boiler Inspectors bill
1t should DO killed.
A BOARD OF PARDoNs.
The trainers of the new Constitution
propose to give us Board of Pardons,
which will be composed OF. tho Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary OF State, and the Reg
istor OF Wills Of the respective counties
This is movement in the right direction
and should have been inaugurated years
ago. then Ex-Governor Robert j. Reynolds
would net have brought such stigma
upon his name by granting SO many par !
dous. Wonders will never cease. Tho |
world do" move.
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
The new Constitution makes the Gov |
ernor Commander in Chief Of the Army |
and Navy of tho State, and of the militia, |
except when they shall be called into tho |
service Of the United States. Is this in
tended rs a joke or can it really be intended
seriously. We hope We may never live |
long enough to see the state of Delaware |
have navy. The State is too mean to |
help support the militia. Its parsimon-
iousness is TO be condemned.
Now that the composition of the Board |
of Police Commissioners has been chang |
cd it is understood that u new chief will |
be elected to succeed Chief DUlan who will |
be asked to resign. In the order of pro-
motion we would like to SEQ Captain Thos.
Kane placed ut the head of our efficient |
police force.
Captain Kane has been creditably filling |
the second highest position on the force. |
The new charter says that the non-parti- |
san police force is to have a Republican
aud Democratic captain, then the :bcst
way to do so Is to promote Captain Kane |
and recognize good and faithful service by |
promoting Sergeant George Black to be |
captain to succeed Captain Kane. |
ln:Mr Blacks place either Officer Mari |
or Officer Chilling would creditab!y III the |
position. All tho above men are good
officers, doing good work, and deserve pro.
motion whenever it can br secured.
Lewis X. Dickey has given up the fight
for MIX Inspector and wants to be Sewer |
Collector. Hc will have IL hard fight, as |
Arthur McClosky is in the lead For |
Nh k Inspector Walter McEvilly has tho