The sun., 1898-12-03

! REFORM!
The movement for genuine Reform in
J ~ Castle county seems to have re.
.iled . great mass Of ancient Political
stOry. Three score letters reached THE
y yeyterday and, as on the day before,
Dh writer had Reform scheme Of his
tn tlsas would "save the county from
y thieves" ,,,
What 10 most wanted just now is ex-
statements OF fact concerning the
srks VI the Levy Court, tile Road Com
yssi0ners and tile Street and Sewer De-
rtuDent. These three Important
Anches OF tie county government are
bOnt all that any one stt OF Reformers
An hOpe to reform at one time. These
Sree will tax the bert endeavors of all
Who take part In the movement.
E They represent what is generally sup
Doeed To BE- the nNst corrupt combina.
lion of Public plnnderers ever effected in
Ae c,,unty. They may he unjustly nc.
sed. Those who have evidence against
y or all Of them should come tO the
Int now with their facts. L. is idle to
ID in mere abuse. Facts, and figures,
vs. snd dates are wanted. With tlles..
ats Of fact in hand The SUN will
eh- led to wage successful war for
lefOrm. G,ssip p won't do. The facts
must be complete and conclusive.
II those WHO have the information will
send the CLUES to The Sun competent
men will run them out to the very end
and competent attorneys will prepare
the evidence for Court.
Wet all those eminently respectable
xitixens who have for years denounced
the members Of the Levy Court as
th,eves; the members Of the Street and
sewer Department as bOodlers and the
Road Commissioners as crooks produce
their facts and lodge the information
with THR Sum. Nobody outside Of The
SUN office will ever know from whom the
Information was obtained and THE Sun
will stand sponsor for all that may be
published.
There is growing impression that
many Of the alleged Reformers in Will
nlington dare not face the men they have
% long accused Of wrong doing; that they
dare not participate in genuine Reform
movement and that they themselves
have been holding ont the willing hand.
This court, the highest tribunal on
earth-Public Opinion-is always open.
II we shall convict the Guilty before this
high Court, the lower Court-the Court
Of Law, will do its duty.
This fight for Reform must be made
in the "Open." The accused must be
heard as we'll as the accuser. The fact
that the subsidized Press uf Wilmington
cannot participate in the movement
amounts to little. THE Sun is the only
newspaper in the city that reac hes the
masses. The Sun is the poor mans piper
aud when this great factor in the affairs
OF men--the working class is aroused oil
must fall before it. These men, men
who work By the week, and who have
earned their modest homes by days
labor realize now as they never have
before that they are paying ~ in taxes
where 81 honestly expended would suf-
ice and tho dsy OF reckoning is at hand.
1t is the poorlnan against the politicians.
.
n aIast yice.
Nrhe silence OF the local newspapers is
NE; understood by everybody in Will.
1t is silence with price on
it.
THE Sun has demonstrated its ability
to fight alone and its ability to win
alone. II the officials OF New Castle
cohnty are corrupt THE Sun will under.
take to prove it. If they are honest
they will be all the better for the inyesti
CATION.
Here are some of the letters received
by TIE Sun yesterday:
''By methods similar to those used by
Corporations in every City the Whining
ton City Passenger Railway Company
and the Wilmington Coal Gas Company
have managed to gain absolute control Of
the Street and Sewer Department and
che Coroner's Office. lfyou examine the
records OF the Curoners office you will
find that the same coterie of men serve
on nearly every jury that considers cases
in which the railway company is inter
ested. This should not be.
The Gas Company owns the Street and
Sewer department absolutely. With the
Railway Company they do as they like
and the Public can like it or do the Other
thing. =,
II fTHR Sun rids New Castle county o.
the present Levy Court and Wilmington
Of the gang now running the Street anc
Sewer Department every citizen OF the
county will rally to its support 81,
"City streets are turned over to the
Pennsylvania Railway Company without
rhyme or reason. The profits Of the z.
w. & B. road as well as the Delaware
Division are juggled go as to make W
shortages on other lines OF the Penn
sy,yania system. The company does
nothing for Wilmington or delaware but
afways knows how to reach the right
people when there is trick TO be turned
II tie Street and Sewer Department OF
the Levy Court or both Ct them wanted
to help Wilmington they would oper
streets instead Of closing them and above
all get thorougiIfare across the town tt
the Delaware. Grade crossings shou'c
be abolished and municipal improve
nents made in keeping with the size anc
Importance OF the city. The citizens o
Wilmington seem to lave no rights tina
the Street and Sewer Department il