The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
POLITICAL NOTES.
What's the Matter with the Demo-
cratic Papers-They Don't En-
thuse Worth a cent-They Evi-
IDENTIFY See the Hand Writing on
the Wall-A Walk Over for the
Republicans June 9Th.
Republicans June sth.

Neither one of the two SO called Demo.
cratic papers have placed the Deinocratic
ticket at the head of their columns and
have had little or nothing to say about the
relative merits of their candidates since
the primaries. Something Is radically
wrong with the exponents of the Demo.
cratic faith in our city. What can their
silence meanr Can they sec the hand
writing on the WALTZ The nominations
have been made and the people on June
9th will do the rest. We are not afraid of
the result, as it can only end in tho Re.
publicans carrying everything before
them, Never has the Republican party
had better show to elect every man Oh
its ticket.
The actions Of this Legislature have
thoroughly Disguised every honest and,
well thinking ciJizen in the city and State
They mean to rebuke the Democratic
party at the polls to show their utter dis.
gust OF the high handed manner In which
they carried on at Dover.
ANOTHER JOB IN SIGHT.
1t begins to look as if the partisan Legis.
lature intended to kill tho New Castle
county workhouse bill and give us the
Dickey- Neary stone quarry bill in its place.
A bill has been offered to appropriate
tblrty.five thousand dollars towards the
purchase OF stone quarry, which means
mourning more nor less than steal How
will this bill relieve the crowded condition
OF New Castle jailP How will it provide
the necessary work for the prisoners who
have to serve time for breaking the lawsf
The Senate saw fit to sit down On the
Workhouse bill and Immediately the stone
quarry bill was sprung on them II this
measure was in Intended to benefit the prjs.
oners or New Castle county, we would be
the last one to raise voice against IL; but
II looks like job to us and we have DO
hesitancy in saying just what hun dreds cf
O hers think. ar
1TTAKEs MONEY.
The Levy Court requires money to run
the affairs of the county, but thus far suf.
hclent funds have failed to materialized
ana the General Assembly as well as
Senate is not SO kindly disposed as to grant
the right for that body to borrow $l50,0W
for that purpose. The Board of Trustees
OF the Almshouse want s25 600 to pay their
DIS. The past winter has been an I'M
usually hard one and hundreds of our Door
have been unable to obtain work, and
thereby earn sufficient to provide for their
families, and the outside relief has been
larger than it would otherwise have been,
winch has necessitated larger expendi.
ture OF funds than during preceding quar-
tiers. Even then the trustees have been
compelled to refuse hundreds of needy ap. |
pllcants so as to keep their appropriations I
down to their limit
Hard times means more out door ralief
than formerly and has run away with the
regular appropriation to that body We
don't think any of the funds have been
wasted. But even the
county can't be too liberal There is "a |
bottom even to its pocket book.
EVERYTHING sERFNE.
Everything is serene in the ranks of the
party although Some of the
men who served in tho capacity as d.pu. |
ties at the last election when tie riot took
place at the Court House at the late elac. |
ton, complain that they have not vet 70.
celVed their pay for services rendered
but we have 1t from good authority that |
they will soon DO payed off.
The Levy Court, with its true Demo. |
cratic generosity, refused to foot the bill !
but all the same they were liberal enough |
to pay out some thirty thousand dollars 10 |
county constables. But then these men |
were Democrats, while the deputies who
served under cx-Sheriff Gillis were Ranub. |
leans He had the right as sheriff of New |
Castle county to appoint these men and |
the Levy Court should have paid them.
DON'T WANT TO ADJOURN
This Legislature will go down to future
generations as the greatest reconsider
ing" body that ever sat in Delaware or
in fact in the United States. They;are yet
wrangling over the day upon which they
shall adjourn. Nothing is yet fixed The
day has been set several times but the !
members seem loath to adjourn and 60
home. They are stuck on Dover or the
fun thoy have, and are loath to leave the
So day job. What can be tho matter,
can any one tellp
The Republicans of the Eighth ward |
held a smoker last evening and large
crowd turned out and II sociabe and |
pleasant time was the result more,