The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-27
POLITICAL NOTES
BY OUR REPORTER.
The United States r1arshal to be AppOint-
ed This Week.
ALL THE FEDERAL POSITIONS
Under Civil Service Rules-A Hot Fight
Looked For-The Sussex Republic
can Has Its Say.

appointment OF o U. .. Marshal Ior thls
district. Tho appointment would nave
been made some time ago only thaG the
lucky individual had not been finally de :
cided upon, but there is prospect that the
present incumbent will be given the Nc
kinley dance in few days. In fact as
soon rs President Mckinley returns 70
Washington from his trip to Massachtl.
sets the appointment will be made an d
not sooner
The prospects arc that before the present
month expires the new Marshal Will 20
given his appointment and he Will DO
lucky individual if he Is allowed to serve
his four years term out, If the next Prcsi-
dent should not be a Republican. Tho
manner in which both of the Republican
Marshals wero unceremoniously turned
out before their terms expired does not
speak we'll for the successor OF the new
Incumbent if by some strange chance the
voters should see fit to elect Democrat
President and Delaware should DO repre-
sented in the Senate by two Democratic
Senators.
The federal appointments in our State
have been too long hold up and have not
helped the cause Of Republicanism. The
rank and file of the Republicans have be.
come disgusted with the lukewarmness
shown by our leaders. The writer has
been crcdibly Informed that the delay in
making tho appointments could not pos
sibly havo been prevented, as time was
asked by tho President to give the matter
his personal Investigation. The light IN
matter of appointments considerably as a
desire was evinced to have the two war.
ring factions come together and adjust
their differences, with what result our
readers are already aware.
All propositions to compromise nave
thus far been of no avail, and Things are
in as chaotic state as before the last elec.
ton took place in Delaware, and the emu
is not yet in sight. The proper thing
would be for the PresiG cnt to go ahead anu
make the appointments, as we think atter
thcy have been made the compromise
will be more in evidence than at any time
since tho fight began by certain men to
dictate the policy Of the party.
The selection for Internal revenue
collector and his two deputies should also
be made at an early day and thus give the
Republicans heart that procrastination Is
not one of the functions of the Republican
party or its leaders. All post offices which
arc now being held by Democratic post
masters should pc filled with hepuDllca,tns;;
Tho Democrats if they had been successful
In electing u President would, by this time,
have turned out every Republican IN
office. If they had occupied the Offices on
the government coming into their posses
sion.
What Ia sauce for the goose is surely
sauce for the gander. Every man can't
hold office and tis not oyory man VINO
wants nn Office, hut 1t is only by actlhG
promptly that gives the rank anu nc OF
the voters any satisfaction for haylna
voted for change to see tho mar. who
differ with them politely turned out
and thc'y places flied by capable Reprfbli
cans. Tho task of recommending Llen
for the different offices is net q sinedtfec
by any means. as the lucky ones are
plsnsel and tho disappointed ones dis.
salts fed and inclined to grumbie to their
friend about the ingratltude Of the leaders
who they imagine failed to recognize their
worth and work performed at the polls on
election day.
THE NEW POSTMASTER.
The Glling.of postmaster Moore's position
docs not tuke place until next yoar IN the
Sprinr. This office will be us hard to fill to
please everybody as any at tho disposal of
those who have the duty TO perform rhe
office pays $500 year and Is the biggest
and best federal plum to be given ouE IN
the Stale of Delaware, and numerous We'll
known gsutlemen have already begun to
lay thor plans for its capture. LUCKY
will be tho man who lands a winner. Ht's
a position that Is worth hustling for the
salary is largo au Uncle Sam pFoDrf in
k,s >puy
SINGLE TAX DOCTRINE.
The Single tavrrs are already busily
pushing their campaign Of single tax doc
Urine amongst the people of our city They
labor early and late and have their
sneakers stationed at tho different street
corners almost nightly telling tho people
the advantages to lle derived from pro1nul-
eating their doctrines in the law making
boly ut Dover That every working man
will and only tnen be able to live without
work and stop paying such large taxes as
are at present in vogue In Delaware.
They are making numerous recruits
from the ranks of the Democratic party
and if tho Republicans had sense enough
to come together and settle all past differ
cnces they could carry everything before
them and capture every office in the state.
Then there would bo something tangible
to fight over. The fow federal offices cut
an insignificant figure in tho number or
appointments rs the filling Of the Offices III
the State.
PERHAPS BUT NOT CERTAIN.
Perhaps the county tax collectors can
collect tho poll taxes and perhaps they
can't. Timo alone will show how well
ious duty and compel every man to fork
over what the collectors contend the peo-
pie owe the county There are numerous
laws that should be expungcl from tho
statutes and this law is one Of them.
BY enforcing its provisions it will mako
more enemies amongst men in Its own
party than anything tho law makers have
ever passed at Dover. The people will not
tamcly submit to everything placed upon
their shoulders and collected as tribute
from them, and in which nothing is given
In return for the money forced from
them.
The Sussex Republicans do not take
kindly to the proposition made by the rep:
resentativcs of the Union Republican Or
ganiza'Cn at the meeting Of the committee
OF conference held at Dover OH Thursday
night of week before last.
The differences existing between tho SO
called Republicans and tho Union Repub.
lcans has cngendereu great deal of i'll
feeling between tho members Of tho re-
spective organizations which in some in
stances upon one side has been pursued
with such yindictiveness as to amount to
absolute hatred.
Any Republican in Kent or Sussex
would have as much representation in Re-
publican Conventions as any four RepuD-
licans in Wilmington. Is this fair? 1t
may bo very nice for the Sussex or Kent
man, but votes do not count that way OH
election day. II they did wo would not be
Sin it," Ono mans vote is as good as any
other mans that day. and If he is expected
to vote tho ticket he should have some say
In the election thereof.
Such in effect arc the propositions made
by tho Union Republicans, the othor
proposition being secondary entirely AND
dependent upon tho two ahoyss nionHYned
They eondem.. themselves, We f9s c9f-
tain. t. ..nut they do not represent The DC.
sires of the rank and file of tho Union Re-
publican organization. They are sus.
piclous, they aro inconsistent will all the
principles Of representation endorsed by
the Republican party, and certainly will
not DO acceptable to the members thereof,
wL3,,nave lao futnre welfare Of the party
at heart.
Another mooting of the con ference com
mittee will meet at Dover this (Monday)
evening and 1t Is hoped that sonle salts
factory arrangements cea ba mad, be.
Weea tho two tactlous.
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