The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-24

ittfoouCeu as the Next mayor
Fails to Conneet-Councll
Meaney a Mad Man.
In other columns OF the REPUBLICAN,
will be found the result of the nomination
election on Saturday afternoon. The
campaign is now open, both parties hav-
Ing made the nomination for the differ
emit Offices to be voted for on the 9Th day
ofJune next, Great stress is made on the
fact that DIR. j. IL. Fahsy has been select.
ed by the Democrats to DO their standard
bearer for office of Mayor and that he viii
De easily defeated
The Republicans never made a greater
mistake II they believe 1t. He has
: men at his back who will spend several
thousand dollars to elect him Mayor of
Wilmington. That he will receive the
greater part of his party vote goes without
saying and the men who are managing
his campaign will see to it that every
available purchasable vote is taken care Of
y and made to serve Doctor j. H. Fahey or
the voter grossly insu lied" to absent
himself from the polls on election day.
The willy Pat and the slippery John
have both been circumvented by the mas
terly hand Of Peter j, Ford, who, after DR..
Fahey's candidacy had been announced,
seen to it that he carried off the nominal
tion, The boast that Pat made after
taking Mr., A. L. johnson around and in
troducng him to numerous Democrats of
She city as our next mayor" was rather
premature indeed. But then Pat did not
know the pesky thing was loaded aud
couldn't or wouldn't soc that it is not adj
visable to count your chickens before the
eggs are laid.
1t is said that Mr.. Johnson met the In.
eDpntDr9 in the pF thn Nnnnu Mpnbl
Democratic Club when they came after
the ballot boxes and to receive ther in.
struotious, that they just turned and took
q good look at him. when Mr.. johnson is
reported to have said, II knew then that
my goose was cooked" And to think
that Pat set the whole thing up for A. L.
johnson, only to havoit kaUekod ont by
p, J, f.
Now our citlzens can see what an i'm
mense pull Pat has lin Municipal cleo
lions. Tho questlOn has been asked If Pat
will turn in and help to elect the Demo.
cratic ticket ut this coming election with
the same willingness that Peter J. did
when Tunnel received the nomination
which Pat imagined he was Instrumental
In bringing about at Dover.
- WILLIAM b. NORTON IN POLITICS
Colonel William 3. Norton Of the
Eighth ward who was defeated for Mayor
by Doctor Evan G. Shortlidge was yosIer-
day nom mated on the Democratic ticket
for President of City Council We feel
Eorry for the Colonel for he is good fell
low, and it is "a pity that he should only he
put up to he knocked down again on June
9th, by Charles NJ Leitch who is going to
succeed jesse X. Baylis us sure rs God
made little apples.
WHERE BARNEY McvEY WORKED.
The Third ward in which Detective
Barney McVey carries In his vest pocket
gave Peter l. Cooper u majority of the
votes cast for City Solicitor, but Barney
should have taken ~ stroll around in the
Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and the other
Democratic wards and given his orders
how he wanted the "boys" to vote He
was very much in evidence around the
polls at Third and Madison streets, and
bossed the boys around in the style in
which that ward has been run for years
on election days. The downing of cx.
councilman William H. Blake has been
much talked of and has cut the ColOnClS
friends to the quick They didn't believe
he could be so completely showed under
by his opponent Dennis F, Jeary.
ID, w. Lynch worked hard for Blake but
1t was no go. The ''b1ys' had been iixod
before Dan got around although they
worked him for rral quarters" Of malt
liquid refre ,hments and drank his health
In true Democratic generosity.
-- COUNCILMAN MEANEY MAD.
Councilman j. f. Meaney of the Fourth
Ward is mad man The Kane men were
too much for him and they didn't do u
thing to him but dptcAt him by nearly l50
majority. Mr.. Menncy claims fraud was
practised and men itiluTtd to vote who
had no right to in that ward. That tho
votes of Republicans were taken who had
never before voted at primary election.
In fact the whole thing was put up Job
on him to defeat him for second term.
The fact OF tho matter is Kane had tho
workers with him us well as the inspectors
and how could the result I've otherwise.
Mr. Moaney has engaged tho service of
lawyer to contest the nomination of james
Kane Ihis Kane like his name sake in
the Bible who spelled his name with G
has succeeded in getting the most voters
and Will undoubtedly receive the nUmluu-
tion from the Democratic Steering Com.
mittee when they meet this evening to
hear the returns from the Inspector, who
held the primaries.
Everything goes in politics in Delaware
and Saturdays primaries was sample Of
the clean elections which our General AS
sembly has been talking 50 much about
that shall DO conducted in our city aud
State. Was there ever greater trHvesty
on honest elections or the expression OF
The people at the bnllOt boxes And this
honest election God forbid the express.
SION was conducted by the roprese natives
Of the party who Cheateh the Repulliral
out of its victory in Kent hud
Sussex counties In November last Shame
on men who pretend 30 pass laws that
favor dishonest elections ana project dis.
hottest election Inspectors, Decent, fair
dealing Democrats hang thor heads in
shane when any alluslon Is made to sat
nrdUy'5 primary election
1t Is thought by large number IT our