The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

| City Offices = Time for Tro
ting Out Mayoralty Candidate
George Carter for Clerk of til
Divorce Committee-Other Pc
ltical Notes.
| The report,is fake, of the placing in tn
field of a full Municipal ticket by til
Union Republicans as published in tn
Evening Journal of Saturday. 1t sal
| that tho Union Republicans hay
| fixed up the following slate:
Mayor-Thomas johnson,
President City Council-Hcnry c. Con
City Treasurer Colonel d. P. Barnard
City Solicitor-Walter II, Hayes.
For Assessor and Collector of Northern
Distributed. II. Mccall.
Mr.. Walter Hayes says that there is moi
aword of truth In the report as published
ticket yet been decided upon to DO put ur
at the city election in June.
Editor Carter OF the Journal has beer
so over worked at Dover that he had !
dream and no wrote 1t down and brought
1t up to his paper on Saturday.
From present indications 1t begins tc
look us If Mr.. John w Lawson would be
one OF tho most formidable Democratic
candidates for Mayor He would have The
backing OF the entire police force from the
city Chief down to turnkey.
From what can now DO learned the
partisan Legislation for Wilmington will
not have such q warm welcome in the
House, as at first indicated when John T.
Dickey arose in his Cheairs seat and gave
noUico of two extreme partisan bills, that
intended+ to GUST Of Republicans from
Office In tho city of Wilmington which
they had been elected TO by the people.
What is the use Of holding elections,
and then after the election las not turned
out as the Democrats had hoped for, 10
run down to the Legislature, with "A bill to
overthrow the will Of the people. Better
pass law making the offices when occu.
pied by Democrats tennble for life,
Whlle our Constitutional Convention Is
in session. 1t is to be hoped that they will
give us some means Of furnishing tho INA.
ntpulators of tho ballots as we'll as the
suffers Of the ballot boxes. And another
TACT should not be lost sight of and that is
that the Inspector who refuses for the
party S advance ment to sign the election
i'nui 49, Shou't w puhlauCu
They are the men who should be MN.
ished and IL needs be sent, to Jail Those
who deliberately violate their oath should
be punished, then only will we have fair
aud honest elections and honest elections
are badly needed in Delaware Too much
protection has been always given men who
have manipulated the ballots, and they
have become so bold that they imagine
they are the men who should control the
result of the elections, and they have been
doing 1t with vengeance. Is it not time
that something was being done more than
talk TO put stop to the rascully practice
that has been in vogue in our state for
years?
Let us have fair vote and a fair count
and let the majority rule. 1t Is time that
fair elections were held in our State, and
the ballot boxes protected from pollution
by designing men who have only Their
political advancement in view.
The Senatorial question is as far from
settlement as ever and now we have the
spectacle of three Senators, trying for tho
vacant seat in the Senate. Who It will be
would be worth premium to the lucky
guesscr. Guess who?
The space writers in the daily papers !
have beon having regular bunan2n out |
of this muadle. Addicks' advent into |
delaware politics has been God send to
them. What would they hive dons with. |
out Addicks to write about?
Mr.. Edward e. Bradford got tho better
OF Mr. William g. Spruance in bis views |
on the trlal OF brlbeTs and other manipu |
lators of the ballot boxes by the iudges |
instead of by iures as at present In vogue |
by this means Mr.. Bradford aud HIS col. |
leagues hope to bring these lawhreakers
to justice. We hope he will succeed and
thereby put stop to the farce Of holding
elections in our State
The idea of putting off the city election
for one year would DO Disgrace to the |
citizens of Wilmington. There is no good |
and valid reason for such course only to |
Gust some thirty.two Republicans now
holding office under our city pgyeIrment
and putting that many Democrats IL their
places There would be netting lust or
honest in that
1t has been said that Daniel r. Stewart
would like to succeed Colonel Enoth c |
Moore as post master and that Fred EGen
Bach would also Ike TO slgu post. master
after his name. We don't suppose for ons
minute that President Mckinley viii have
any trouble in filling the ol6Ce owing 10
lack of applicants.
Tho Delaware State Hospital at Farm
hurst asks for an appropriation Of some
:9l, 900 to run the hospital fot the eusuiLp
year. 1t has become large .nstut!oE
and can't be rlln on nothing.
The members of the Legislature are dis.
posed to scan everything closely that
carries an appropriation with IT,
Levl g. Bird, Anthony Higgins and II.
= Morse have called upon President elect
at Canton, Ohio, to sound him
upon what be Is going to do about dis.
Pc nsing tte.fodcral patronage H. Delaware
Np understand that the President wa,
very non cUmmittal.
Is sad that Congressman Jonathan
wins VIII have apull with the ad.
which will place him in "A
:trong pl2it;au with his party.
PetltonS are being circulated for sigma,
lures asking Congress to appoint com.
mission to 0Ck into the condi ton of af.
iaira IN th.s State and declaring the
statement gwen oHt by the House Of Re.
which has just concluded
Of the case
1t is believed these petitions will have a
ilrcct bearing upon the contest which
Jonathan ). Willis has filed against the
3ehtlng of Congressman elect L. Irving
Handy ana the Union Republicans think
hat the Commission will be appointed.
James II. Wilson's name is being men.
Toned us a member Of Presdcnt-ciCct NJ
AlnIey' $ Cabinet His friends think that
10 would make an excellent Secretary OF
war This 1t Is said is what took Mcssrs,
Morse, Higgins and Bird to Canton, Ohio,
o cal upon Prcsident-ClGCt Mckinley.
DHlNWAra being such II little State and
lgurlng so prominently In the late election
$ thought will not have much show with
he incoming Republican, administration,
Is Ear as cabinet officers are concerned
Ihc Young Mems Republican Club will
proceed TO Washington POO strong. dressed
n regulation uniform to participate In the
,lg parade On March ith when President.
lect Mckinley will be inaugurated.
thousands Of Wiimingtonians will also
20 present to witness the inaugural cere.
Monies of the Republican President.
ne quantity of olib,es it will tax to fed
hose who will attend the inaugural ball
Il the evening is something astonishing.
iere Is said to be the quantity required
oo gallons dressed terrpIns 800 gallons Of
ohsilnme, 5000 chicken outlets, 1000
Weet bread paCtics, 8OO gallons Of chicken
aIad, @p gallons of lobster and 25) gal.
oila OF crab salad, 300 tongues !5C hams,
" pate dc foie gras, 1870 bOned turkeys
O,0D sandwiches, 1900 quarts of ice cream,
~ pounds assorted cakes and POO gallons
t coffee. 1t will require 50 UO0 oysters 10
~ that part Of he menu
There Will be 30 trained cooks and big {
orps OF walters from Atlantic City, Phil. |
uelphia and New York. As regards to I
ne table ware, 1t will require 5000 pieces
# china, 3O,OOOpcces of silver and 10, 900
apkins. The woods will soon be full of
anIidutes for every office ut tho disposal ,
i the people and the disappointed ones i
WI be sour for some time after election.
II fight is kicked up amongst the two u
actions Of The Republican party at the -, !