The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-06
POLITICAL MOTIFS
BY OUR REP0RTEl|,
a senseiess Contest by J,hn sayefs -
= Tax coIlectsr. ~ Z;
HARRYR. SMITH THE LEADER
OF His Party In connrII--A Big Fight Pr
the Numerous City Ap2olntm.uts 81
Tine Contest for James kans's
Seat In the Fourth Ward
Likely to be Abandoned
by clarenc. z. Holt. - I.

John T. Dlckey 10 lucky man, indeed.
No sooner Ia no out OF one ofiice than he IL :
appointed to another position, His latest
appointment Is that VI notary publiGrt
which Gov Turmoil conferred upon him
last weelt Ills said By the knowing olet
Lewis Sasse's place when bis torn eIplrek
"Mngistrata Dickey pswUnid not sound bad.
In fact 1t IL said that Is what made Gov
Tnnnell make up his mind to appoint
John H., as he thought the title would
sound ouphonious, moro SO than Ma2ls-.
trate Sasse 1t Is also reported chat John \
\. has taken up tho study Of German and
Lanscrlpt to enable him to transact ouy
business for the Germans that may como
before him.
Then 1t is thought all OF tho arrests for
political offenses could be tried with mora
fairness before Magistrate Dickoy than
any other Justice Of the Peace In the
city, as he Is a nonpartisan although
Democrat, who has dono more for the per.
petuation Of Democracy ia New New Ca. Ito
socallcd leaders of the party In Whining:
ton. What John don't know about
politics and tricks that are dark would fill
u larger paper than the REPuBLICAN. But
there Is ony thing certain, he has always
been cute enough to cover up his trAoks,
and has never been caught In anything OF
q questionable character, that could b.
ventilated In a court of Justice. 4'
He has served his party we'll and should
certainly DO remembered by them wheii
the plums are being distributed around
amongst the faithful. He has always bosn
careful to make personal frlendsano ng3t
tho Republicans and Inns host Of admirers
even In the ranks OF his opponsnts. Ha
Is the shrewdest politician In the State.
He has always, succeeded In covering up
a., A.aa . Lak s,Rli Atav.
his own party could MOI follow him ana
discover anything wrong or out Of the
way In any Of bis numerous deals by
which tho Democratic party sproated HS \
saw Pat Neary go down as chairman OF th1$
Democratic city committee. Also Wills1P
Salisbury and last but not the ~
Robert 4. Francis. *
These men all posed rs leaders but thA
campaigns came to naught and left Johft
still on top. This Is the reason why joint
has always succeeded In capturing nnypoi.
siton he wanted in his party. Years ago;
without his sanction men In his party wor9
compelled to take q back seat In the Coun..
ellis Of tho party But that Is now history,
and new men will soon boom forth as lead
Grs. 1t remains to be seen II they will DO
as successful as John has been In the past Il
There Is money in 1t for the successfully
!eador but poverty for the unsuccessful
ores vi
The present city council consists Of nina
members Of the old body and four new
members Thus the old members will
control the mako up of the committoessss
the chairinunshlps and majority OF which
in the same will, Of course, be Democrats. !.
The Republicans will have no put In the
matter. -
1t looks as If tho contest for James
Kane's scat in the Fourth ward by.
Clarence r. Holt will be Abandoned or Il
made will hardly amount to anything. IN.
FIGHT FOR PLACES. "1
Thursday night may decide what posi-,
lions will DO handed to tho lucky onVB.\
Every position has dozen or more appli.
cants who nre being backed by their
friends and tho fight promises to be a very\
interesting one. City Council is likely to
remain Democratic and the positions given
out by them, will not tend to strengthen
been rather stormy and thus far no agree
ment has been reached, but 1t Is hard to
predict what day vii! bring forth. y.
THE LEADER OF HIS cARTr.
Harry r. Smith Of the Eleventh ward
thus far has posed as tho leader of the
Democrats in City Council. 10 remains
to DO seen whether he will hold that posi-
ton before the year Is out. He being an
old member of that body has made him.
self familiar with tho Workings OF that
body and being ambitious he wants to be
looked upon as the leader Of his party in
tho deliberations Of City Council. -
CHAIRMAN OF FINANCE. ''~1l
Tho chairman of finance has not yet
boon decided upon bat nearly all Of the
committees have been agreed upon and
they will be announced on Thursday even
ing The chairman OF tho finance COM
mlttee 10 the most Important and pays the
best of ANY other position in council, with
the exception of presiding officer, which
pays over $500 year. 1t Is tue most imz
Dortant craftsmanship and has been quit
q bone of contention amongst several
the old members who were reelected
tho last election. Mr. Francis j. McNu
Ia the retiring member and he made av6l
efficient chairman and filled tho positlo
with ability.
Tho contest Of Captain Sayers for
Thomas S LOWS position ascolleCtor and
assessor Of tho Northern district Is sensoI
less thing and will RESULT III nothing.
Mr. Lewis is qualified to hold the position
and having already entered upon his
duties, he will remain In office for two
years when his torn will expire and his
successor be elected by tho people. AL
the talk about his not buing qualified IL
all nonsense, and we are surprised that
the contest should have boon made. But
Democrat bates to be defeated and tho
Wilmington ones think they have mortA
gage on every office IN the State. =;
Veuetnble lunch tonight at Eagap'a