The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-13

June, until June of 1898 BY this means
every present city officer would hold on
for another year Such bill will BIO in
troduoed in the Legislature by Mr.. John
Il. Dickey and there is great probability
OF its passing that body and becoming a
law.
Even the office to which Mr.. Horace
Rettew was elected to fill that of Receiver
of Taxes of New Castle county will be SC
tinkered with that tho Receiver of Taxes
will have no authority to issue county
tax receipt or collect II bill.
III His duties will be such that he will only
handle the money after collected from the
people by the tax collectors who will be
appointed by the Levy Court as Of old be-
fore the Office of Receiver of Taxes was
created by the democratic Legislature six
years ago
Probably when the votes in the ballot
box IRE counted by the committee which
has the contest case in hand of Woodward
w. Cheairs and John L. Dickey the people
may lie treated to u surprise, If the COM
IhiJtee will make the result of its labors
known to the public.
The present muddle of the. Republican
party should teach the members of thai
party n salutary lesson that they wont
soon forget. The number of obnoxious
partisan laws that will be passed at the
etaSlol Vi VIZ uu uHS Vail tSii
or give him any idea of it ut the present
writing, but they will mako the citizens
Of Wilmington open their eyes wide before
the session draws to close.
The REPUBLICAN, warned our people be-
fore the election was held of the result of
the big fight, then going on in tho Repub.
lican party. Well, are the people satisfied.
NJ. X. Donaldson, did right when he
was not placed on the proper Legislative
Ia Il a ,l,,t NOV, sol
respecting man would have done in his
place. He simply resigned. He had been
delinquent tax collector under John Il.
Dickey for number of years and is his
friend as no should be, in the present con
rested election fight with Representative
ChCairs.
The Hon. II. A. DUPONT on Tuesday
filed in the L. S. Senate through Senator
Chandler petition to have his claim to
a scat in the Senate, as Senator from
Delaware He sets forth in his petition
that he is citizen of Delaware and on the
9th day Of May 1895 was elected to tho
Senate by the Legislature. Eleven mem
bers of the Legislature who voted for Mr..
DUPONT joined in the petition.
Tho office of Mayor if Mr.. Dickey's bill
goes through, which should never be al
lowed to- will dampen the ambition of tho
men who would like to occupy the posi-
ton of Mayor of the city of Wilmington
for the next two years, commencing in
June of tins year
The Republican party of New Castle
County never before stood in need of
more than one so-called Republican paper
to fight the cause of Rcpublcanism in
the county. See that the trust is not
violated and the paper given support to
warrant its unfolding of Republican
principles Notice is hereby served that
we will not spare any official who may
be caught doing that which is not right.
Several cases Of indispositon lately have
been noticed in those columns which are
are pleased to say have boon attended to by
the proper authorities
Will John 4. Dickey get the G-b from
the Legislature? NIT!
Horace Rettew's bond for the faithful
performance Of his official duties was $50,
900 which had to be approved by Judge Ig.
natius Grubb The bond offered was a
gilt edged one and cost Mr.. Rottew some
$500 year for the same. The office is /,
Salaried one of $1,000 a year, so il ho Is al
lowed to hold on for 2 years no will have
made 5000 out Of it after the charges III
his bond have been paid.
There was no such scrutinizing over Mr.
Dickey's bond as over Mr.. RetteW's. Mr.
Dickey being IL Democrat made world
of difference.
Two members of the Trustees of the
Poor from this city will relinquish theil
positions in March. They are Nathaniel
Culbert and Michael Newell. The suppe
sition is If these two gentlemen want tc
be rc-appointod they can be without any
trouble or opposition Mr.Newell thought
at one time Of running for Mr.. Johu
Mealey's seat in the Levy Court, but wa:
+ at tho last moment advised to withdraw
| which he did.
He may try again for the position latel
on. Tho rrustoeship pays $3iper year
while that of Levy Courtman pays 500
with some perquisites. What they are We
| do not know.
! Oh, for II political nose TO lead the lost
| Republicans out Of the wilderness of con
| tention and despair in delaware. Who
! will it be?
Mr.. Horace Greeley Knowles took S12Ot
in lieu OF the bill of $500 which he sent tt
| the Street and Sewer Commission. And
thus this controversy ends.