The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-21

-EX-oenator Antnony l1lgSinS
! Sees President McKinley-A
Prospect Fight Over the FEEDER
al ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and Spruance Do Not Interpret
the Law Aiike--Some Radical
Changes to be Made in Our
New Constitution-Other Po-
litical Notes Of Interest.
By the way tho tx senator has been over
OF Canton, Ohio making President Mo-.
Kinley social call 1t Is said 1t had
something to do with the distribution Of
political patronage under his administra-
ton.
Both factions claim the promise of the
distribution of federal patronage under
the incoming administration. What
weeping and wailing and crashing of
should be the means of dispensing the
A special session of the Court of Errors
and Appeals yesterday decided to call a
session of Superior Court at II o'clock, on
Friday morning, to hear the application
for mandamus In West Dover Hun
dred's election case.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record says that General H. r, Renney.
will be seated in the Senate. We have
not got much money but we would not be
afraid to bet a big bushel OF Delaware po-
tatoes the real Irish kind, that kenney
will never sit in the Senate unless he
might happen to drop in tho Chamber
when the S,nstewas not in session 1t
Is only an empty honor that has been con-
ferred on him by the Legislature
which ia not legal body.
The cheating of the several Republicans
out of their seats in the Legislature should
alone BIO enough to bear strong protest
against General Kenney occupying the
seat made vacant by the retiring of the
Hon. Anthony Higgins two years ago.
| We are sorry to say that we think that
the Republicans will get it in the neck by
the court. What have the Republicans
thus far accomplished in any of their CON
tested cases heard before the courts9 It's
dangerous precedent, and, like Banquo's
| ghost, will rise up to plague the Demo-
cratic party in delaware
The race track bill will soon make its
| appearance in the Legislature. Look out
! for it. There will be plenty of money
spent to push the bill through and to
"inauence' votes for it's cause Billy
! Thompson Is not the man to stop at half.
| way measures, but is ready and willing TO
| put up several thousand dollars in silver
or paper money to get the right to conduct
race track in our State.
We hope Governor.elect Tunnel will
stick to the following AS contained in this
paragraph taken from his inaugural mes
sage to the Legislature:
In popular government, destroy the in.
dependence of the individual and the
purity and freedom of the ballot by means
Of debauchery and corruption, and you
destroy the character and worth Of the
citizens and ultimately the State. AS is
too well known to our people, this most
deadly evil to popular government has
fastened itself upon our body polite and
must be eradicated
All good people arc of one accord in
this sentiment, and cannot therefore too
earnestly urge upon you, gentlemen OF
the General Assembly, and of the Consti.
tutional Convention, to make such pro-
visions in our laws, rs well as in our
Constitution, as will eifectually destroy
this monster evil and forever hereafter
eliminate 1t from our political life
For the first time in thirty years viii.
mington is without representation in the
House. Is it not what our fathers fought
fer in the Revolutionary war? Taxes
without representation were not Ameri-
can
Now that the Cheairs- Dlckey contest
case has been decided we hope the Legis-
lature will be able to commence to get
down to business and transact business in
u business like manner
A great many persons last evening kept
in the middle Of the road. There were evil
IDENTIFY more middle of the road men out
han N
army to Washington several years ago
There Is no law which can declare Sena-
tor Robert J. Hnnby's seat vacant Try
il If You don't bnlieve and see what pref
ty kettle of fish Some body would stir up.
The ACCESSIBILITY of having election cases
tried by the Judges Of the court instead of
by Jury as at present was rather'a spirited
one yesterday in the Constitutional Con-
ventlon between Lawyers Edward G.
Bradford and William G. Spruance. Both
gentlemen are well vCrsod in the intri-
Caces of tho law, but both don't think
alike on the matter.
Mr. Bradford favors doing away with
Jury trials in cases where mon shall be
indicted and tried for cheating on election
day, while Mr.. Spruan ce is rs bitterly
opposed to such law. He fayOrs q trial
by jury as at present.
We would not like to see mon indicted
for election ofTenses tried by the judges rs
the court is now constituted 1t Is IN I'M
possibility to get conviction now where
men have violated their oath in holding an
election. Take the trial of the thirteen
Democratic inspectors who undertook to
cOunt-out Sheriff Finn, and were only
prevented from accomplishing their de-
signs by two or three Of thor number
becoming scared and failing to do whab
they had promised by altering their tally
sheets We don't want 1t made impossi-
hln tn pnarh these DDlltILerS of the
ballot boxes.
The question has been asked why do not.
the people get better laws to govern us by
when they are supposed to be formed by
learned lawyers We give it up but have
wrcstled with this problem in the still
dark hours of the night and have not come
any nearer solving the problem than be
fore it began to give Us headaches think
ing it over,
PatNeary passed up Market street yes.
terday afternoon, wearing regular u
told you SO" smile on his phiz.
said a well known. politician to + the
writer In Wilmington to-day: The differ
cnoe between him and John I. Dickey
being that every body knews Johns plans
but every one know don Pats till he has
thun In working order and is getting in
his best ticks to elect his man or knock
out the man he is opposed to He claims
the credit for helping to keep Willard from
is the use That we will tell our readers
iaturOn.
THERE'S considerable complaint being
made by the manner in which the affairs
of the Municipal Court have been CON
Quoted during this week, No judge or
deputy Judge has been on hand to try
the cases before the court.
\: Robert f. Francis says that Willard Is
his choice and that they will be in tho
field two years hence as clipper and smil-
ing as ever for another shy at the Senator
iai seat III Congress And you can bet z
Robert knows what he is talking about rs
he is not inflicted with the habit Of talk
ing through his dicer
The Evening Journals Dover correspon-
dent says In Yesterdays issue that tho
Addcks men say that the Higgins MN
will not get a smell of the Federal patron
age. Tomorrow the same correspondent
will reverse it and say the Higgins mon
say the Addicks men will rot gcJ smell
Of the Federal patronage George Is never
happier than when he imagines he has
some one scrnpping.
1t Is again Col Enoch Moore. He will
be one of the ornaments on Coy. Ebe W.
Tunnels staff. There's no doubt but
that the good-naturcd colonel, who has