The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-01
POLITICAL NOTES.

,d. The Levy Court Democrat
'ex
,as Members Can't Agree on Il
no Constables-Money Not Plent
"a ful--It is Now Commission,
"a Webster-Who VIII be Chi
is Of Police-The Four Commits
sioners of the New City Charte
sS Get $500 Each.
- They say there are all kinds Of tricks 1,
- politics and after several years of observa
y ton we are beginning to believe that SOM
:. men must sit up. at night burning tn,
~ candle at both ends to devise schemes 3,
keep themselves and their friends II
r office. But one Of the most palpable tricks
O that we have heard Of lately Is the one
where Q remonstrance signed by some
4 three hundred voters OF our city,. which
= was signed and sent TO Dover protesting
against the passage Of the partisan bill to
postpone the City election until 1895, was rs
= liked up and presented to the members Of
the Legislature AZ favOring the passage Of
the proposed bill.
Tho man who conceived this piece of
roguery should certainly have a leather
medal for his brightness. Everything
the way with the counting in Of Mr..
John !. Dlckey Of our city, who when
the votes cast at the election held In No
vember had been SO manipulated as to
give him greater number Of votes than
MT. woodward w Cheairs, but our read
ers know the result when the trick" was
fully looked into at cost Of several humid
red dollars of the tax payers Of New Castle
County's good money.
Just 80 with this bogus petition con-
tanning remonstrance against the pass
age OF this infamous partisan piece Of Leg
islation which tho hackers of the bill
hoped to influence the members favorahly
BY showing them that the people wanted
1t. There cannot be found two hundred
persons In our city, who are in
favor OF the passage Of this bill.
| ALREADY GRUMBLINGs
Already we hear grumblings of the dis
content over the appointment of Mr. Alex
ander j. Hart as one of the Police Gem
mission to succeed Mr.. Patrick Monaghan
and threats have been made that the pro-
posed bill, with few changes, to place the |
appointing Of the police in the hands of |
the Mayor, with the four Commissioners |
| appointed by the last Legislature for that |
| express purpose and which Is now In the |
hands of our law makers at Dover, will
surely be passed, thus legislating the Pc
lice Commission OFT Of office. The report
may not be true but we give it to our
readers as it was told to us. We think
there is some truth In the report,
ALLOWED $500 EACH.
The four Commissioners who drew IN
the new city charter will be paid $500 each
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
by Senator Pyle, mentioning that sum as
fair compensation for their labor If the |
new charter Is adopted even with some
notifications these gentlemen will feel
highly elated at the result Of their efforts
to give the people of Wilmington popu-
city departments.
THE APPOINTMENTS STILL HUNG UP.
The county constables for the city of
Wilmington have not been named yet by
the Levy Court. There is hitch some.
where, and the cause is given that one of
the Democratic Commissioners is after
the scalps of at least two of the constables
who wish to be re appointed. 1t remains .
to be seen what pressure is brought to =
bear on this particular member to get him =
to acquisece In letting bygones be by !
cones. u
THE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE. n
~ 10 ouiu ehu hCW SHlCl VI lOllC9 Will De | o
named in the next ten days. 1t will DO n
for tho two Democratic members, Mr. L
Monaghan and Mr.. Lawson, to say who ii
shall have the position. We understand n
there are numerous applicants after 1t who S
think they could fill the bill and draw tho R
salary as we'll We still think that the S
vacancy. when it occurs, should be filled V
rom the police force There Is plenty of
good timber to be found amongst the
numerous members to make capable
head of the force.
BY this means the men would always IL
nave incentive to make good clean records Sc
With hope OF advancement when ever a r
Tacancy should occur. One of the Can.
aims should then be a Republican. By 81
his means the police force would be what re
t was intended in letter and purport in
when the Police Commission was created sh
\ nonpartisian force Either Sergeant re
1assey or: Black would make an efficient sp
'aptain Captain Kane we think would he
make an excellent Chief of Police. He to
us had experience and Is well thought of ha
y the officers under him. He has in fact gu
cen the responsible head of the depart mi
lent on more than one occasion. lii
IT IS NOW COMMISSIONER WEBSTER. tlc
The new Street and Sewer Commissions lin
: Mr.. Ayres S. Webster having bonded in th,
he sum of thirty thousand dollars he as do
Tres the duties of the Office to-day To hv
a
ave been lie ieging the Commissioners m,
:, to1,t' ,I,a. ~ 'u9 uop"t.incu, IL Is spe
} dismissed for the present. The depart hc,
ent like the Federal offices will be run of
lder he civil service plan. That no ap. ner
,intments will be made unless there are Pb
&c lies, and no vacancies will occur did
le,s 1t is shown that tho men are in san
mpetent to fiji their present positions. 7
So the persistent office seekers can con- tics
mt their souls in peace and pray for the
cancy in the department 1t Is said tai,
at amongst office holders few die and
'nc ever resign. The Democrats car
wv see the beauty of civil service and B
wv it works We're tho shoe on the other Nit
OF politically speaking. This Is the pre- Jan
snment the Republican Office seekers yesl
e in. who expected to secure Federal enc
sitions under President Mckinley when sha
took his seat in the White House secC
vii service is good thing when consis- Ct
itly enforced. But we do not believe in that
workings. viii
MONEY NOT PLENTIFUL. Has
t has been said by those who ought to a ~
,,n,i - ,I ,t ti aoouu 'naC men
sion of the present Legislature. There r,do
~" % oi.y oP.ho IA giving Con
49,, i,,i.,,, - 49, ~ "iIio mar
we'd according to the humor the parties ''"'
~ in who wanted favOrs from the Leg
Iture. But as for money for lobbying N,
poses the only ones to see any of it, o,',
is far have been the various Lawyers .Suic
o have been retained to fight for or Eva
inst any certain bill that has hung fro ~; ;,r,'
he hands Of those who have been slow aS y
'eporiing them to the Legislature we nn nI !.
e heard Of doodle being spent during p 20 :.
Legislative sessions, but hnvo never s s,u %
l any of it during its circulation 1 T", T.
und the capital. But that don't say I w. u
re has not been any floating around A'''"
legitimate expenses. Probably this is
reason why each member of Tho Lecis-
ire has been provided with very Cal
dy corkscrew, even to the chaplain form
then we are DEPRESSING. held
THE OLD OFFICERS. s she G.
II the present officers of the Trustees u
40 Poor will I've rcnppointed at the next the n
ting of the Board of Trustees which
Is on the last Wednesday INF April.
! President Harry Salmon down to Tb,
fireman, tho institution has been ad- of r;
lblV ulnDuppI hv tho ngnspnt Snpar;n