The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-28
POLITICAL NOTES y. :.
) by OUR REPORTER.
The Deadlock Still Keeps Up With Silver
Going Down andWheat Up.
THESILVER DEMOCRATS WILL
Have Hard Time Of It-Numerou Candl.
dates for Sherlff-What VIII the
Harvest Be2

The Democratic majority in Council have
not met in Caucus for city officials and tho
outcome Is as far off ms ever. City Coun-
Gil will meet this evening and from present.
indications the old officers will hold over.
The member from tho First Ward has not
yet shown any signs of weakening and the
affairs stand about as they did when Couu.
Gil organized the first Of this month.
The Street and Sewer Department will
have supervision Of the Wilmington
Electric Company In trimming the shade
trees throughout our city which will pro-
vent the men from slashng them right
and left as has been the fashion in the past.
From the present outlook the emplo yees
In the Marshal's office and collector OF ill.,
tcrnal revenue will be taken ont of the
civil service ruling which governed
their appointment while Governor Cleve.
land was President. This will DO good
news to those who have been after tho up.
pointments and bad news for The men now
holdine these offices throughout the coun-
try. The civil service is deltlsion and II
snare and should apply to every govern.
ment employee now sholding position un-
der Uncle Sam.
SILVER GOING DOWN IN PRICE.
The price Of silver is going down slowly
but surely and is seeking its worth. With
grain going up, slowly but surely, until it
has reached the price of 10 cents per
bushel, the price of silver has touched ISL
cents per ounce and the end not yet in
sight This years good crop and riso Of
wheat will put, it is estimated, into tho
farmers pockets some S9,20O000 more
money than they got for wheat last year.
Ii the price keeps going up. what will be
come of Congressman Handy, as his Sill.
ver party in Delaware will have hard
time of it in 1905, to convince the farmer
that silver money is the only kind that will
make good times, The gold Democrats
will correspondingly take heart and keep
their fences in order and buckle on their
armor for a bigger fight than ever with
the silver wing OF their party. The in
creased prosperity should turn hundreds
of Democrats 10 the party, that has been
the direct means Of bringing about tho
good times in store for the working poo.
pie of the United States.
With tho election Of tho city officers pol
itics will DO quiet for somu time to como
and will hardly be worth chronicling in
this political column Already numerous
candidates for sheriff have cropped out
who have announced themselves as going
to make n try for nomination next year.
There's Emmett Stidham who has a big
following, Harry Mehatfy, n former
United States Marshal. Samuel A. McDan.
icl u member of the Board of Education
from the Tenth ward, James NJ. McGili.
gan, n farmer in Brandywino Hundred,
and others whose names we cannot now
recall.
The fight for Marshal still keeps up and
before another month tho appointments
will have been made William Michael
Bryne and Hugh G. Browne are the two
in it for the Office of District Attorney.
Which one will draw the prize is hard to
guess.
They are both making hustling can.
vass for it, and as only one of them can
hope to capture the prizo somebody will Ee
greatly disappointed when the announce
mcnt is made Both Judge Bradford and
Lewis g. Nandcgrift, tho present incum.
bent were members Of tho same law firm.
So was Mr.. Byrne The firm is now com.
posed of Mr. Nandegrift and Mr. Byrno.