The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-24
POLITICAL NOTES.
EXTENDED the Glad Hand-John
F. Callahan Wants to be Clerk
of Orphans Court-Where Civil
Service Don't Go-To Replen-
ish the State Treasury-The
Police Extension Bill Dead
Lobbists in Dover Hinder the
| Legislature.
| l!Legislature. p!

| I've iSio,eAS'
Ex- Senator Anthony Higgins extended
the glad hand to Mr. John III. Hotfecker
| and had % pleasant chat with him one day
| of this week In fact the ex-senator was
more than pleased to meet Mr.. Hoffecker
after the Waterloo which befel Delaware
Republicans at the late election. The
two gentlemen had very pleasant con-
| versation over the fine weather and the
outlook of d big crop of peaches this sum-
mer. Not word was said about politics,
that subject being tabooed. II ths gen.
| tlemen could only have agreed nicely be-
fore the election Mr.. Hotfecker would
now be Governor Of Delaware. But he Is
not Such is political gratitude.
REFUSED TO SERVE.
Mr.. William G. Spruance who with
| James G. Pennewill OF Kent and Robert
| g. Houston Of Sussex counties were ap-
| pointed as additional members to make
up a commission Of three Democrats, to
revise the election laws of the State, has
| declined to serve. At q conference held
on Wednesday evening, in Secretary of
| State Boyces office in Dover Mr..
| Spruance positively declined to serve,
saying that he had not the time to spare
| from his duties as member of the Con-
stitutional Convention, and then he had
| never been consulted or even officially
| notified Of his selection as one of the COM
mission, Another Republican will now
| have to be named from New Castle
county. Why not make it Henry @.
Conrad9
The State librarian received S25 besides
his pay for his arduous duty Of removing
The books from the old library to the
new one AS the boy remarked to his
father after witnessing game of base
ball, the House completely knocked the
stutfing out of the bill to extend the term
of Police Commissioners
KILLED IT DEAD.
Representative Donaldson did not even
allow it to be read in full before the House
when he moved that further consideration
Of the bill be indefinitely postponed. 1t
will have to como up in some other shape,
and even then it Is said that it will stand
no show of passing in the House. We
wonder If Senator John Pyle will not now
retaliate by killing some of the pet
measures of the members Of the House
who were so anxious to kill his particular
bill. This bill was fight between the
swallow tail and overall element of the
Democrat party with the swallow tail
element now on top But will they be al
lowed to stay there? We think not
THE STATE TO PAY THE DETECTIVES.
The State will hereafter pay the two
State detectives instead of the city of Will
mington. This is only right and proper.
The men are needed to help the Attorney
General in working up his cases for the
State. 1t would have been better while
the Legislature was about it to make their
terms for life and one day after.
DAISY LEGISLATURE
The Legislature has been swore at by
both Democrats and Republicans in Del
aware alike, and if they keep up their
record they will pass into history as the
greatest body of law makers that ever as
sembled in Dover. They should have
their photographs taken in II group. 1t
would be good melnento Of the men who
held long session and performed moth
ing worth commentator from the public.
There have been other Legislatures but
none like this one. 1t is the only one of
its kind in the country. Party before the
interests Of tho people has been its motto
ever since it met in January.
DON'T WANT TO PAY.
Several members of the House evidently
do not think that the lawyers who ap-
pearod in the Cheairs- Dickey case ore
worthy of fee of more than 500. This
small sum would not hardly reimburse
Lawyers Heisel and Kurtz for what they
had 10 expend out of their own pockets
before they appeared in he case at Dover.
All in the deal being Democrats it looks
bad why these young men are not allowed
their Just claims Mr.. Cheairs owes it
to the above named gentlemen to have
their bill passed,
LOBBYISTS PLENTY IN DOVER.
From the remarks let drop by Repre-
sentative Donaldson in the House, while |
speaking on the bill which passed that
body increasing the salaries Of the two |
State detectives, besides q term of four
years and paying them from the State
WANG r1r rnI hat rtnj,,
sons, meaning lobbyists, had not beon on
the floor, circulating around amongst the
members, the bill would not have passed
in the form it did. We have heard it |
said before that there never was SO many |
lobbyists in Dover than during this session |
of the Legislature Every bill Of a parti
san kind is well looked after and big talk. |
ing done on the quiot In its behalf,
TO REPLENIsH THE STATE TREASURY.
To reperish the State Treasury it is
proposed to tax inhertances. Even the
estates of the dead are to be taxed to make
up the deficiency caused by the eXtraordi
nary demands made upon its resources
this year. But then the State is rich and
the politicians and office holders have to
be cared for.
IS CITY COUNCIL TO BE KNOCKED OUT.
Councilman Harry r. Smith and builiff
John J. Ryan visited Dover on Thursday
looking after the cty's interest in talking
against the proposed bill to knock City
Council out, in taking out of its hands the
Crematory and giving the Board of Health
the right to manage the plant. If such
bills keep on City Council will have less
than ever to do They don't have much
now to quarrel over during their short
weekly sessions.
WANTS TO BE CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT.
Mr. John f. Callahan who now occupies
a IS day position in the U. S. mint in
Philadelphia, but which he will soon
lose, now wants to be clerk of the Orphans
Court. John has good backing in the
persons of John n. Dickey and Willard
Salisbury He will make us big fight
for the position as he did for deputy
collector of port, which our readers know
was a warm one, and John got left, but
received the position in the mint to
placate him for his disappointment.
WHERE CIVIL SERVICE DON'tGo.
Tho Evening Journal very apty puts it
thusly
"For many years the Republicans have
enjoyed the enOluments of the offices I'M
der the Board Of Directors Of the Street
and Sewer Department.. Some Ropubli-
cans may resent the action of the present
Democratic majority of the board in re-
moving these same Republicans and fill
ing their places with Democrats, on the |
ground that politics should not enter into
the administration Of that department OF
our city government.
Tint might be true If the Republican
directors had lived up to that principle, but
the history Of the department demon
strates that they have not done So A very
large majority of the men at present in
the departments employ are Republicans.
1t is but natural, since the Democrats have
secured control, that they should follow
the precedent established by their Repub-
lican predecessors and fill the more I'M
portant positions with Democrats.
stake it home. "Having used Salvation
Oil in my family for rheumatism find
it an excellent remedy. Hiram &. Dudley,
of Dudley and Carpenter Commission
Merchants Merchants, l95 Light St., Balti-
more, Md"