The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-15
! POLITICAL NOTES. 4


Rush After Positions in the
Street and Sewer Department
A Delegation Visits Washington
To-Day in the Interest of VIM.
c. Spruance-J. Edward Ad-
dicks Wants Ward or Nobody.
The Legislatures has been asked to ex-
tend the official lives Of the members Of
the present Board Of Health from one year
from May for term Of two years. Under
the present law the terms Of the members
expire In May, and the present Mayor
Will appoint their Successors. The Maj or
and the present Board, SO II Ia whispered,
have had misunderstanding and they
are AFRAID thai, HIS honor will Keep his
threat and appoint others, In their places.
when their terms expire Mr., j, Harvey
sSpruance and Charles H. Ten Weeges,
were down to Dover last week with bill
to get the terms Of the present members
of the Board extended. There Is no good
reason why the Legislature should not
body two years instead of one
Even though the bill to postpone the
city election from June 9th for eighteen
months were passed Mayor Jefferis would
have the pleasure Of appointing their sue.
ceasors Probably he will overlook the
little upleasantness as his son Joe will be
provided with good berth In the Street.
aud Sewer department. That Is the latest
plsce Of gossip.
The position of Harvey j. Wiley who
has been secretary of the Commission for
several years pays $1,000 a year and Is worth
two secretaryships Of tho Board of Health
as far as pay is concerned. Then Joe has ~
have something. He is capable of fill e
the position and as favors 60 lie is entlUi...
to It.
Every commissioner Of the Street and
Sewer Department has to give bond Of
49, 900, which is Big bond for the salary
attached to the, position. The new com
missioner. Mr.. Ayers s. Webster, will be
sworn In as the successor to Samuel Cham
bers, on Wednesday, Mach 3lst.
There arc nine positions to fill and the
applicants number one hundred times that
already, with more to be heard from as the
near. Mr.. William A. Pratt will BIO elect
ed president. II the new city charter is
thought favorably of by the Legislature
then this commission, along with the
Water and Police, will be wiped out. But
nobody expects the Democrats to pass any
such bill: it would be undemocratic.
When Sheriffs Simmons, ellis, and
Gould were in Office. the Freie Presse was
looked upon as German Republican
paper and numerous sheriff sales were
given to the paper, under that impression.
Now its editor Mr. Adolph j. Kooch has
announced his candidacy for the appoint
ment Of Justice Of the Peace, to fill the
vacancy caused by the expiration of the
term OF Lewis Sasse His friends are dr.
culating petitions In his favor and they
are being largely signed He would make
an efficient Justice of the Peace, being
well versed in the German as well as the
English language.
II Is now sand that Elk. Senator Anthony
Higgins will be given consulship and
for that reason he Is urging the appoint
ing CT VIM, G. Spruance for Judge of the
U. 5, Court The only thing urged against
Mr., Spruance Is his age, he being 60 years
cid
Ii is said that Mr.. ]. Edward Addicks
wants H. H. Ward appointed U. S. Judge
and that he told denry G. Conrad thai he
had no business to make II fight for the
position; that he wanted him (Conrad) to
withdraw at once. Mr.. Addicks was told
by Mr. Conrad that he would not acceed
to his wishes, as he did not consider that
he had any put In the matter. Ex-Con-
gresham Jonathan S Willis was also
the appointing of Mr.. Addicks' man, and
was told by J. Edward that he had
choice of his own for the U. S. Judgship,
aud that his man was Herbert H. Ward.
There was some plain talk between the
two gentlemen over the difference Of
opinion, and Mr.. A. left Mr.. w, in rather
bad humour.
mixed, and strained relations have been
caused by the struggle for this office.
However, President Mckinley will
straighten 1t all out in his own good time.
We hope that the man appointed will be
an honor to the ADMINISTRATION and the seat
he will occupy, and that Justice will be
melted out to poor and rich alike.
Legislation that it would be we'll IL the ex-
ample Of the upper House Of the Legisla
ture of Arizona was followed by our law.
makers. 1t has passed bill making
Legislative Sessions hereafter to be held at
intervals OF ten years.
A delegation of lawyers left this morn.
ing over the p. W. & 3. road in special
car to urge on the President the appoint
ing of Mr. VIM, G. Spruance to the U. s.
Judgship. Evidently somebody has yet
some money to spend.
The very idea of gerrymandering New
Castle county 80 that the Levy Court shall
consist of ton Democrats and two Repub-
liCans Is enough to make decent people
want to leave the State. 10 the $4,000
people who live north Of Sixth street, and
Brandywine Hundred they propose to
allot two commissioners; to the 40, 600 who
live south of Sixth stseet and in Ohristiana
and Mill Creek Hundreds three are allotted
to the II, 800 in New Castle, White Clay
Creek and Pencader Hundreds three are
allotted; and to Rel Lion, St. Georges,
Appoqunimnk and Blackbird, with 1900
inhabitants, four are given The fourth
district therefore with 1l,U0J inhabitants
is to be given twice as many commission.
ers as the first district with $4,000 inhabi-
tants; but the first has over 1000 Republic
can majority and the fourth about 200
Democratic.
Comptroller Kelley will thus be legls-
lated out of the Office that for the second
time he has been elected by the people to
fill. And the office of Receiver of Taxes
which paid $1,000 IL year with ten per cent
for all delinquent taxes is to be merged
into the office Of county treasurer with
yearly salary Of $500 making the term six
years. Thus an official who has been
elcct ed to an Office and made to give bond
in The sum of $50, 900 Is leglslated out of
office before he has held 1t three months.
And this is called Democracy. Never has
any State in the Union had It's laws SO
changed every two or four years Us have
tan place in Delaware.
Il % people will not stand this fooling all
the rine but will sweep the men who
pass such PARTISAN laws from thor posi-
tions Of trust into oblivion, never again to
receive hOnors from the hands of the peo-
pie. Laws should be SO enacted that they
would he for the greatest good of the nun.
bers. But tho men who should make
things better, stand off laughingly, ask,
"What are you going to do about it? Tbs
people will yet answer that problem for
themselves.