The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-24
POLITICAL NOTES.

Easy in Delaware-A Fee q
81 is to be Char ed for tn
Privilege OF Voting = Othe
| Political Matters.
Mayor Jafferls has appointed Ayars s
Webster to the position OF Street an,
sewer Commissioner to succeed Samue
Chambers, whose term expires In NAV
The appointment meets with genera
approval ofthe public, as Mr. Webster is
nrst class man in every respect. He 1,
easy of approach and will treat every body
who comes in contact with him with
politeness. He is not boorish or oyerbear.
ing In bis manner He Is a Wilmington
born man and has the good Of our city at
heart lie is in every way guallfie to flll
| the position, with credit to himse II.
Tho appointment as it had to go to a
Democrat could not have given more gen.
eral satisfaction to our people. We know
the man and speak from personal know
ledge of him. We don't think he will dis.
appoint ourlpeoplo when he takes the oath
OF ofiice and enters upon his duties. The
turning down of Nathaniel gilbert as
trustee OF the poor was not good piece
OF politics. He is large property owner
gave his time to the county freely and
looked out for the interest of the tax pay.
ers. He made good Trustee and should
But strange things happen in the game of
politics and this is one Of them.
The Trustees OF the Poor will organize
to-day and elect the old officers. C.H.Sai-
mon Will be elected president; John w.
Lawson, secretary; Il. r. Cochran, Jr.,
solicitor; Joseph Smith and II. L. Spring.
,er Physicians. David Mccoy superin.
md
from
1t Is understood that no opposition was
made to the election of these officers.
John Il. Shea was appointed health Of
hcer In the place of Frederick Hamann
Shea is said to be good fellow and will
make an excellent health officer. As it is
Democratic fight we suppose the fellow
with the biggest pull won.
The ConStitu tional Convention yester.
terday by vote of 20 to fixed the fee Of
one dollar as the proper charge to pay to
entitle the people of Delaware to the right
OF suffrage at the polls on election day.
This law will do away with obnoxious de.
llnquont tax laws that have, become a
stencil to- the nostrils Of the people of our
state. This is the law that was credited
to Ambassador Bayard OF being the father
of. 1t will also do away with buyinr INK.
receipts In bulk Us formerly done before
election day. 1t will do away with the
practice OF paying for tax receipts OF voters
OF lluaters as they are termed and then,
holding their tax receipts until the day Of
election
We think any law Is better than the
present one, which has been adisgrace TO
Delaware and Delawareans.
A man-who accepts an office which he
knows he was not elected to is as bad as
a thief, who steals that which belongs to
others
Civil service has no liking amongst the
Democrats. Tho air has been made blue |
around the new post office ever since the |
new appointments were made at Wash. |
lngton. 1t was a mean, contemptibls
trick, as the positions should have been
lilled by Wilmingtonians.
we nave enough competent idle Demo-
Gratis and Republicans walking our streets
looking for work, and yet these two good
paying situations were given TO men who
feslded elsewhere, and this ia called Civil
service reform. Civil service be dwell
you can guess what wo would say if we
were not afraid that it would shock the cars
u some OF our readers.
The lire committees Of City Council in.
'pected our Volunteer fire department last
lyeniug. and found everything in apple
lie order The horses are "a credit to vii.
m.ngton. They are u handsome, sleek
ook!ng well fed lot of animals and as in.
elligent as they can be.
In many engine houses tho horses tter
esponding to the gong and taking their
'!aces in front of the engines and hose
arts would on being senG back to their
tails back into them without any body
eing near to direct them 1t was az
retty sight as the writer ever witne ssed
nd we'll repaid him for his trip-the first
Inspection he ever attended amOng the
re laddios Wilmington does not need
aid fire department with such an eff.
lent volunteer system as il has to-day.
The houses and apparatus were fou nd to
Q all in first class order and sat islaclory
} the fire committee 1t was a sight that
IVY OF our citizens have any idea of Ii
'ould he well If a public Inspection should
Q made of our department and the horses
ltched up and given short run
The system in vogue here Is a good one
nd has wrought quite a change In the
'anhcr and mode OF the different
lmpanieS responding to an alarm of fire,
Fox tIIaae.
Two foxes will BIO let out at Hare's cor. {
or, tomorrow Thursday, one at ten
clock, a. IN, the other at IL IN. All who
nJoy the sport of good chase are invit- !