The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
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Politics plays an important part in ever,
enterprise in which the city and our
citizens are interested, even the bull
ing of the new city crematory is now BEING
used BY the powers which control OUT
municipality. A brtcklayer named Mason
had a job at the crematory. He Is first
class mechanic, a Wilmingtonian by birth
but Republican In politics.
| Young Ruth who has charge of the
brick work, had received orders from q
Councilman SO he said and this week dis
charged Mason for the only reason that he
wanted a job for q Democrat This is the
kind of work which has been going on for
some time, In every department where the
democrats have control. This man
Mason had to go to carry out the agree.
ment made that only Democrats were to
be given work on this city job Mason
himself Is tax payer and first class
| mechanic.
The old crematory the first one erected
| In our city was built by Republican
council five years ago, without the tax.
/ payers paying one cent additional and
without borrowing a dollar, With the
additional appropriations made by coun-
Gil for the year 1897, there will have to be
higher tax rate imposed next year on
every property in the city. 1t now takes
some 5000, 200 year for city purposes
If the Board of Revision had reduced the
pealed there would had to have been an in
crease this year in the city tax rat, and
1t will be only with the strictest economy
that the city will be enabled to pay its
bills and not have deficit this time next
year.
The hard times has made it almost i'm
possible for property owners to pay their
city taxes promptly, and idle houses and
others rented at low rates have made quite !
hole in the income of those owning real /
estate in Wilmington. IAN economical |
administration of our city affairs will be |
the only thing that eau save the future
from assuming an additional floating
debt.
REAL AMUSING.
The Democratic journal published at
Fourth and Shipley streets in last even
1nP's issue had everything going Demo
cratic at the coming election on Saturday.
The article was really amusing to say the
very least.
But then when George starts out to
write anything he generally sees success
for the side he writes on. His association
with the Legislature for the past five {
months has warped his mental faculties.
Is it any wonder he secs things through
such rosy glasses? According to George it
is not any use to hold the election as every I
Office has already been carried by his party i
and all Is through with except the fire +
works and shouting. But what a differ :
ont Org he will write for his paper on /
Monday next9 He should not be dis
turbod from his Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. :
Ii We mistake not one of the greatest of i
surprises awaits our citizens tomorrow 7
after tho polls close and the votes are :
counted
Numerous voters have expressed them
selves as not going near tho polls, while
Others have said they intended to take Il l.
"trip out of the city, SO little interest being :
tax ken by them in the coming election !,
Mr. Charles E. Cooling is making the y
effort of hslfe in trying to defeat council. 4
man Robertson for City Council in the
Fifth ward. Charles really believes he is
going to defeat James W. and has already
picked out his seat in that body. If he
had any chance of being elected to a scat y
in that body he would never have been L
allowed to receive the nomination. But Il
both men cannot win and Charles will Il
SEQ when the votes arc counted how Of
those people who had promised to vote for b
him forgot their promises on election day,
Politics are mighty uncertain thing and
even politicians are often doomed to dis.
appointment il
The Democrats are making a hustling IL
canvass for votes in the Sixth, Eighth an | a
Ninth wards and arc counting on captur il
ing these wards and eecting Democratic 81
But the best laid plans of al
mlco and men are often dissipated. B
The Republicans are not asleep and will N
see on election day that the voters turn W
out and cast u vote for II change in the
affairs in Wilmington The
land writing is on the wall and Republi,
IAN success will sweep the city like q W
tidal wave p
Candidate Clarence c. Holt Is making a
splendid canvass in the Fonrth, with r.
Lighting chance of carrying that ward. :