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consisted largely OF his old following
and he, failing to fall into line, lost his
hold on the party.
Since then several things have oc.
CURED which lead us to believe that be
is not his old self. In the matter of the
Wilmington postmastership he went tc
great lengths to secure the place for
Winfield s. Quigley. Some say that he
had even pledged himself to deliver the
Office to Mr.. Quigley. When it became
apparent to everyone that, by reason o1
the deadlock between Colonel Henry A.
du Pont and Henry G. Morse, neither
Mr. Quigley nor Washington Hastings
would be appointed and that the favor
would doubtless fall on State Chairman
Hugh C. Browne, Mr.. Bach did not give
up the fight but ran his head up against
the stone wall with the recklessness OF q
bravo. Even after Mr.. Brown, had Sc.
cured the appointment Mr.. Bach is
credited with having gone to such
lengths as to travel over the State en-.
deavoring to work up an effective op.
position to Mr.. Brownies confirmat ion.
This was followed by the Willis episode.
Mr.. Bach became imbued with the idea
that the Regular Republicans should
nominate Rev. Jonathan s. Willis for
congressman. He must have known
that Colonel du Pont had declared him.
self against Mr.. Willis and in favor Of
John II. Hoffecker, and that the work
ing machinery of the convention was in
the hands Of the friends Of the colonel.
Once more he shut his eyes to what
Patrick Henry would have called a pain
full truth, and ploughed head-long into
the hopeless fight. He made an harangue
which was more personal than polite to
Colonel du Pont and his friends, and
then Mr.. Hoffecker was nominated.
When it came to the organization OF
the Regular Republican State Com
mittee Mr.. Bach again came to the
fore and sought to upset the plans
for the committees organization,
which contemplated Mr.. Browne for
chairman and William II. Head for
Again lie sustained defeat,
and retired from the field in anything
out a good humor From that time for
ward he bewailed, in print and out of
print, what he declared to be fact, that
here wasD no effective State and county
and that the success OF the
rested on the workers of the
various legislative districts. These criti-
,isms naturally put him out of touch
With the State and county organizations,
md the public has witnessed the phe-
of big Republican victory
With the planning and execution OF
which Mr.. Bach had absolutely nothing
o do
Mr.. Bach is passing with a vengeance,
md, in little while, unless he takes
proper steps to secure reinstatement, he
will become political thing of the past,
or his party has suddenly discovered
hat it can get along well without him.
The Thanksgiving Proclamation OF
Governor Ebe ". Tunnel has been re-
,eived from Secretary of State, j. II.
Hughes, Esq, with the following ad-
lenda in writing. III printed, must be
rs news. Will not be paid for"
From the first publication OF the Times
n 1854 until few years ago, the Gov
,rnors Thanksgiving Proclamation was
always sent by the Secretary Of State for
publication three weeks before the event.
Thus it went until some ten years ago
when the time dropped to two issues,
hen to one issue, and this year to moth
ing.
In the States on either side Of us, New
Jersey and Maryland, they not only
publish the laws IN the newspapers, but
in the last named State, the county state
nent is also published in two of the
hundred dollars each
md they have besides what are called
Trustee sales" very profitable, to which
the papers in Delaware are strangers.
The newspapers in this State have had
little or no perquisites for the constant
devotion to the interests of their COM
but the Governors Procla-
nations, and now that is denied, while,
as appears above, their services are con-
siderately recognized in adjoining States.
Ii it were from considerations Of rigid
economy it might be acq1iesced in, but
the Governors is salary nearly double
what it was when the Thanksgiving
was ordered in three is.
sues, to be paid for by the State, and the
office OF Secretary OF the State, which as
we remember, paid n. b. Smithers when
holding this relation to Gov. Cannon,
some $500, has been advanced to 81 900
or 81 200 per year. When Legislatures
remain in session some ten months OF
their term and receive pay for what
ought to be done in less than half the
time, and the salaries of the State Offices
in general have been advanced, making
a large aggregate, it looks strange for a
dash to be made at the little stipend
that has hitherto come to the news
papers.
If it is news that the papers are to be
reduced to, and published at half the
price they formerly obtained, we appre-
hend they will seek after something
more local and fresher than appears in 4
proclamation.-.SmWna Times.
Philip Il. Clark was as honestly elected
Sheriff as any Sheriff New Castle county
has ever had. The good old fashion
manner Of Democratic tissue ballots was
hen in vogue as well as the patent
machinery in the Tenth ward.
Any Democratic majority could in those
days be given as needed to {. elect the
Democratic ticket. Shame on the man
who says anything about cheating at the
elections in Delaware when the Demo-
ratio party has for years been the bene-
iciary of such thefts. Daily Republican.
Representative-elect John Pilling is
low very pronounced in his opposition