The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-01
POLITICAL NOTES.
A Bill to be introduced in the
Legislature to Appoint Public
Defender.

From time to time at the session of our
criminal cuurts.there are prisoners who ask
for attorneys and the court assigns attor-
neys to them. Now then Mrs. Clara Fotz
OF New YORK, an attorney at-law, who
started II movement to provide a public
defender has sent bill for this purpose
to the Delaware Legislature. The object
Of Mrs Foltz's bill is.to give the poor PEG
pie chance to be defended in court. 1t
provides for the election every two years
in each county of an attorney, who is to be
known as Il public defender. He is TO be
paid salary by tho county, and whenever
any one is arraigned in court and is I'M
able 10 engage u lawyer, the public de.
feuuer is 10 take charge of the case ami de-
fcud the prisoner
And So the West Dover Hundred elc .
ton officers counted the ballots and ctrtl.
fled to the count Now then the Demo.
cratic lawyers of Kent county including
r. r. kenney who wants TO be United
Stated Senator, will make every effort to
prevent the Board of Canvass from tabu.
lating the vote of Kent county Then in
holy horror the hard shell Democrats will
throw up their hands AMI ask what is
the country coming tO?'WhCn the Repubi.
cans in the Senate stale that kenney Is
Ia te titled to his seat.
ri , nf bribery, fraud and corruption
are made by tn" very men who try by
gcc, guardei ly ii o state detectives, 0
stca the rights the people The State
SnAtc's control Was stolen aud J. Frank
AIoA was ignomi 'usly turned out Of the
0 ttnwhich h elected.
lit fight is going Oh between the Hig-
gins and Addicks factions in the Reput-
nGun party for what ever federal Dat ron :.
age in sight in our S ATE. President Nc
kjnlcy ha'l mole than one delegation
to wait l.. Oh him and try and convince
lin that lu@y are the only Simeon lure
Republicans II 10 DiarAuuu State We
bore the President wi do nothing that
VIII make the fight amongst the RepuB-
Nctn, Lec,m" m Iru tnggrcSsivc one.
From reaulug tie exchanges il appears
,,At htD-tat GEORGE ". Marshall WAS
r pu an audience by President cleo Nc.
,n!tS at. uLIrday, where he was sue
l.s"Iut lr,rrt.vlDtIug the President elurl
IT, las way vt thinking time alone wll
ten.
TIE tim is getting short for the Ma =
to sIicLt Il man t. laho the position
Satlur! Clarnl ers in the Street amt ~rv,.
Con- @.lssrn bit Reports is said to be thai
tho nan Will be Ayers ". Webster lLe
dahc!ng professor He might 20 further
aud rot do half as well. Ayers is Il maa
well know and We'll liked by the public
AMI his appointments would give general
shtlSlucLlOn VIC Say Ihls knowing MN
to br 1t Democrat.
The bill now before tho Legislature
has Lctn introduced by Woodward W.
Cheats to Uu away with the City election
III JULc next Will never pass the leEisia-
tue i has received considerable uppo.
sition II ON tine workers of the Democratic
patty A CITY election is wanted as the
Democrats think they can carry it, with
the III sehsIun; which are suit to crop out
in the Republican party.
Tn: Philadelphia Record contains quite
a glowing account of General X. T. Ken
nty bis ihniiy,and home with Photographs
III tG.day'o issue Of same. They look well
III print and the General. can put them by
Il. II gentle reminder that he was selected
by the Legislature OF his State to be T.
: Senator, but that bis credentials were
considered 30 rocky that they would not
pass muster and he failed to get his seat.
When the Senate should have refused TO
seat Colonel Henry Dupont on his creden-
tails it would never for one moment con.
der the credentials of General kenney
worth the paper they were written on.
The Legislature is not an honest one rs
expressed by the will OF the people at the
ballot box Oh November 3rd. The pres
ent Legislature in reality has no legal
standing. The crimes committed to elect
its members are enough to put to blush the
shame on the cheek of every Deawarcur,
especially when away from home We
have said time aud time again that no
Democrat will take the scat made vacant
by the expiration of Anthony Higgins
Term.