The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-10
POLITICAL NOTES.

| PULllCAL NUlEo.
The Power Of the Press-They
| Know Their Business-Tht
| Hoffecker's May Yet Have t,
| Prove an Alibi-To Arms. II
Arms. They Come, They
| Come-The Gravel TrainVoters
Should Have Some Say as tc
Nominees.
Newspapers can make and unmakt
| politicians that is the reason why 81
many of them own papers of their own.
| The people of to-day read what is printed
in the paper and have begun to do theil
own thinking. They don't intend to bC
| forever led to the polls like lot Of cattle
to tho slaughter pen.
WANTED A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
Some of the would be lenders have be,
gun to look around for a man for candi.
| date for Mayor whom they can control and
| dictate to him the few appointments he
will have tho naming of. The next Mayor
will have the naming Of Water Commits
sion for Henry b. Pickel's position on that
commission.
Also the SUCCESSORS Of the present Board
of Health and one or two other minor
offices. The election of this official is a
/ very important one, and the strongest
man should be selected by the Republican
party. The Democratic party has com.
menced to get ready for the election in
June by effectipg their local organizations
in every ward in the city.
The Republicans have as yet done little
or nothing, and they should begin to get
to work ii they expect to be successful at
the election In June. Several conferences
have been held during the past week but
nothing, we are sorry to say, has yet been
accomplished by the leaders. The time Is
growing short when candidates for the
different city offices should begin to stir
themselves and hustle around among their
constituents and build their fences for the
nominations which will be held within u
few weeks.
The overall and swallow.tail factions of
tho Democratic party are having troubles
of their own and discord and dissentions
are ranking in their bosoms. We have
been given 10 understand that Pat Neary
holds the destLies OF the different Demo.
cratic candidates for city offices in his
hand Whatever he and his friend Will
lard Salisbury say, will go. Willard
by tho way has taken trip south for his
"health" or until the nominations are
made, and the air has cleared off. Then
he will have found his health" and re-
turn home to look over the field and di-
rect the movements of the clans" Pat
will receive all the odium aud Willard
the spuis to dispose of to his few" par
ticular friends whom he controls.
HE'S AFTER 1T.
John Il. Callahan is hot footed after tho
position of Clork of tho Orphans Court
and has seen the Governor and stated to
that gentleman the reasons why he should
receive the appointment instead of the
other fellows who would like to fill the
position now occupied by Coen Ferguson.
Will John make it this time is the ques-
tion which is agtating the other aspi.
rants.
ONLY A GLOVE CONTEST.
The Evening Journal says: "The alleged
prize fight that took place in the hall of
representatives at Dover was only glove
contest between two Dover boys. Six
ounce gloves were used, and the padding
was kept over the 'knuckles;' that it
was the second one given in Dover Legis
latve hall during the season" In fact it
was regarded as a joke until distorted in
the papers into something more serious.
But what can our citizens expect?
Dover being such slow place and nothing
going OH to interest the members of the
General Assembly whom not engaged in
passing divorce and KNOCK" out bills,
they must have some fun to divert their
attention from their arduous duties. We
may next expect to hear of cock and dog
fights taking place to drive dull care
away. 1t is no wonder that the members
want to shake the dust of the Capitol
from their shoe latchets and spend their
evenings at home Lenever they can make
the evening trains.
NEED NEVER SEEK OFFICE AGAIN.
Representative Mccullough has called
down even the wrath OF the only Demo-
cratic paper in the city upon his head and |
it sounds II note of warning that he need |
never never run again for any office with |
in the gift of his fellow Democrats in
Christlna Hundred. VIII the Christiana
Hundred man now be good? His political |
representations have been forcasted for
him.
There is prospect of the National
guards getting an appropriation of $1,000 |
Il year from this Legislature. The bill we
understand has been reported favorably |
upon. 10 General Garrett j. Hart can
be attributed the success of the bill He
worked for it from Its inception in the
Legislature
TO ARMS, TO ARMS, THEY CONE, THEY COME.
The Democrats of the Tenth ward will |
meet this (Monday) evening at the Wecca'
coe engine house ut s o'clock. The first
ward at 2l3 West Front street. The fourth
ward in the hall of the Bakers Union. The
fifth ward in the Young Mems Democratic
club. The seventh ward on Tuesday even-
ing at the Wigwam, Delaware avenue and
Scott street. The eighth ward on Monday
evening at Seventh and Lombard streets.
The sixth ward on Monday evening in the
Young Mems Democratic Club rooms.
These notices appear only in the two
Democratic papers. We publish them in
the REPUBLICAN gratuitously so that the
Democrats will b. sure to read them and
thus insure full attendance. Other
Democratic political notices printed OH the
same liberal terms. Publicity is good
thing.
THEY KNOW THEIR BUSINESS.
That fussy old woman published at
Fifth and Shipley Streets wants some of
the people" who have been making
declarations against tho honesty OF the
members of tho Legislature to produce
their proof or hereafter forever hold their
peace. That suspicious circumstances
amount to nothing as amatter Of proof.
They form basis of speculation and that
is all. The Legislature is not engaged in
a detective business Right you are
Editor Taylor. it knows Its business, as
all of the so called Investigations have
proved so far held in Delaware since the
"strke" Legislature was formed in Janu-
ary last.
HAVE TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
If the Messrs Hoffecker are not care.
full they will yet DO found to be the only
guilty parties who wero undertaking to
bribe certain members Of the Legislature,
This puts US in mind Of story told Of II
certain Western man who ran for office.
Ho was called upon by one Of his friends
who toldAm to keep out of politics. That
if he ran ho must expect to have his char
acter rakcd over the Goals by the opposi.
ton. He said ho had never done anything
be was ashamed of in his life.
He made canvass for votes amongst
his constituents. The opposition got up q
story that he had stolen horse. He asked