The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-03
Democratic Every Evening.

To The EDIToR:-Tho REPUBLICAN Of
Saturday makes this very pertinent CON-
ment upon the effort Of the Democra ic
Every Evening to Shift the responsibility
for the attempted Legislative looting of
this city from the shoulders of the dye
Democratic Senators to those of Senator
Hanby
The Every Evening condemns Senator
Handy Tor the course he Is pursuing in re.
gard to the new city charter, and yet it
has not ono word to say in condemnation
IF Senator Pyle and the othor Democrats,
who are acting with him. Why should
this distinction be made?
Or better still, why should such trans
parenty dishonest tiforL be made at all?
The responsibility for legislation at Dover
is upon the Democrats. The fact that they
stole their Legislative ma jCrity dovs not al
tor that fact. II isa DomocIatiC majority
and Mr. Handy will be only ono cut OF six, If
the contemplated outrage upon this com
munityis Is perpetrated. Tine other five must
DO Democrats, for 1t may be predicted that
tho Republican Senators Airlchs, Moore
and Pierce will not vote for tho proposed
partisan charter.
The Republicans of New Castle county
voted for senator Handy and elected him.
They are therefore responsible for him;
they have not voted a second time for hi m
and it is not divulging Il secret to sny that
they will not vote second time Cor him.
Have the Democrats been aI juliclnusy
Have they not voted second time for ohm
Pyle?
They knew his first record at Dover and
in the face of it they reelected him. Iie-
cause they wanted to? BY no MEANS but
because he forced himself through tho help
OF tho Police Department and OF corrupt
primary election officers upon their ticket.
There Is no difference between these Two
Senators. In their attitude as legislators
they stand alike Tn, IL record as Sena-
tors, with n single exception, is tho same.
Senator Pyle did not commit the infamy
OF going back on his party caucus in tho
election uf Unitod States Senator, but
neither did Senator Handy call upon
Messrs. Huffecker and Hoffpckcr to learn
what there was sin it, for him in II cer-
tain divorce suit. 1t Is case whore dis
hOnOrs are easy.
The proposed charter of tho Municipal
commission, which has some good fritt-
ures and number of bad ones, notably
its prepn5trous scheme for the election of
non parts IN city council. has given the
cue to u nest of political cunspirators. who
are primarily nethe, Democrats nor Ru-
publicans They arc simply parJsans
who have be,n li7lnS for many years and
who mean to continue to live to the eud Of
their days by means of public plunder.
Ah'y dlU III l'JlltlCS W Nutui ~ Ihufb bO
snia in all fairness that Mr. Handy is not
only the sole so.caled Republican III tho
outfit. but he Is nsO Tho least ulpable
since his motive in this enterprise is nos
gain so much as IS revenge.
He was not appointed to the office OF
United States Marshal, and unlike his
Democratic counterpart, Senator Pyle he
cannot look forward 10 further political
preferment Official turpiudc is not
bar fn ntlynnnlunpt M in tha nanlnrntin
party of Delaware,
Tho pam duty Of all good citizens is to
unto upon nglepolicy, and the susges.
ton Of .hc Every Evening that the inler-
csts Wilmington can btst be served a5
this junciure by doLg no hing Is tho wis
est OF that has yet been advanced and then
present their case to the nlna Senators in
u body. When this shall have Lcan done,
tho psoplo OF Wilmington will discover
that the Pyle-Dckcy-Hanbyc combination
in the state Senate does not exceed Lwo
votes TAXPAYER.