The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-16
POLlIlcAL NOTES.
Head will Continue to Wag the
Tail--Senator Gray is Making
no Effort to be Called Judge
Gray-Mandamus Proceedings
in Kent County = Political
Methods.

=, The head Of the Union Republicans oil
New Castle County, which Is Mr.. J. Ed.
ward Addicks. has come to the conclusion
longer, and II the tail does not like 10, Ii
con lump 1t, or do the other thing.
The sop that has been thrown out to
Senator Gray has not yet made the Sena.
tor make any effort to have himself ap.
pointed to the vacant judgeshlp He Is
more than satisfied with the revenue he Is
able to earn outside Of being U. S. Sena.
tor, by practicing his profession. As
| United States judge he would only be able
| to earn but some six thousand dollars a
year. 1t would be for life or at least, un.
III he was beyond seventy years Of age,
| when II he wished he could then retire
from the bench and receive pension the
balance Of his days. 49,, - - -
President Cleveland could yet give him
even better position than the judgeshlp.
There Is no doubt Of the Senator'S emil.
nent fitness for the position, but Is 1t ad.
visable for him to take It SO that a Silver
Democrat should be allie to succeed him
In the Senate, With Senator Gray out Of
tho way as Judge Of the United States
Court, numerous Democrats Of New Cas-.
tic County would be more than pleased at
thus disposing OF his future ambitions for
all time, He has enemies among men Of
his own party; and lots of them, but they
are AFRAID, to any great extent to sh ow
themselves at this time
"A few of them under the leadership Ct
Milton H. Hawkins showed themselves
some months ago before the elections
when delegates were appointed to the
Democratic convention that nominated
the Governor.
BY tho appointing OF Democratic
Judge OF the is. Court. Mr. 8 Redmond
Smith, Clerk Of the Court, whose per.
qulsites are between three and four thous.
and dollars yearly and the deputy clerk
whose salary averages some fifteen
hundred yearly would lose their positions
and thus mako way for two Democrats,
No wonder the Democrats are delighted
at the oYer.ruling providence which Gp.
parently Is with them in Delaware at
least.
The liquor men went to Dover to-day
to have q. hearing before the constitutional
Convention. They are opposed to having
a local option clause Inserted in the Con.
stitutional Convention.
Tho Police Commission think that they
should increase the police force as the
present force is inadequate to cope with
the present extended boundaries of our
city, and give to all who ask proper police
protection. There Is no doubt but that the
police force Is rather small considering the
ground they are expected to cover, but at
the present time 1t Is not we'll to Increase
tho force us 1t would increase the appro.
printion for the same, and In 1.-THE present
condition of the finances of the city, that
Is not advisable. As soon as business
brisks up and the good times once more
visit our city, then it would be time to
agitato the matter, but now the taxpayers
are already struggling under as much of
burden as they can well stand
City Council will use Its utmost endeav.
ors to Keep the tax rate at the figures 1t
has been for the last few years. The ex.
penses will require pairing down and that
tho City fathers have determined should
be done to keep the tax at the present |
rate.
Sheriff Shaw was In our city yesterday |
and failing to find Mayor Charles Jeffcris |
whom he was looking for, he served |
subpoena upon President Jeesie X. Bay.
liss of City Council to appear in Dover on
Friday next to answer in the suit brougt
by the city against the Oxy Hydrogen Co,
for taxes said to DO due the city by said |
of which Mr.. Addicks Is presi.
deut. The case will come up before the
Court of Errors and appeals that will sit
at Dover en- Friday. The decision OF the
Court will be watched with great in.
terest by our citizens. -
There being no politics In married
couples who have been unhappily mated
md who are applying for relief before the
divorce committee at Dover, the cases do
not provoke the same interest they other.
wise would from our penny politicians.
Blu the eyes of our reform rs are upon
ha divorce committee and they want the
divorces thrown into the courts
They should investigate the matter thor.
)ughly before making such effort, and
probably they would have their eyes
opened to something which has before
escaped them. 1t takes money, and plenty
u it, to got separation before the court.
Take the divorce cases of Mr.. James
hoComb and Mrs. J. Edward Addicks,
whose suits cost thousands OF dollars.
The Legislature has been in session for
ome six weeks and thus far has performed
title work that tends to advance the wei.
are of the people. They have met and
armed the salaries which they were entitl.
d to but beyond that they have done nit
hey are making record for themselves
hat has not been surpassed by any pre-.
eeding Legislature.
Mandamus proceedings will be com.
nenccd next week in Kent County, They
believe it is better to live under Repub.
lean form by government as at present In
ur State. The men who were elected to
fiice in Kent County by the votes Of the
'eople, are not in office as their places are
Isurped by men who were defeated at the
olls
If such state Of things can exist, why
no laws said to be made to govern the
eople; why what Is tho use of holding
lcctons In tho future2 All the Myers
machines or ballot reforms will count for
othing when the courts are over ruled
y n Board Of Registration who set them
elves up as their actions being beyond
he jurisdiction Of the courts. The Court
I Error and Appeals will be called upon
decide the matter. Sheriff Shaw is still
oldlnng the office and acting in the oapa.
'ty OF sheriff, although by the election re-
arms his successor was elected last
November.
As soon as the courts give their decision
hen will Governor Tunnel give his sue
cssor his certificate Of election Such q
luddle is a Disgrace to our little State,
nd the sanctity Of the ballot
Some means should be adopted where
y the ballot should be made easy to vote
nd less chance given to those holding tho
icctions to thwart the will of tho people.
III Legislature will some tine in Tho
lture give this matter their attention
'hen we may expect to SEQ the millennium
! Delaware politics. 1t is very littl, uso
getting our robes really yet, ALTHOUGH
hero is no telling what out sainted LegIs.
itors will do next.