The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-04
THE PROPOSED
REDUCTION
A Good Bill To Kill. The
The Tax Payers Do
Not Want II.

| ho p'op'a1h ituuOJicii hhO Ntuoh
reats Ii one Of the slickest pieces of poitl-
| cal foresight ever conceived by tho Demo-
Gratis of Delaware, Tho passage Of this
| bill and its enactment into n law will be
death knoll Of Republican supremacy in
| tho city of Wilmington for years to como.
TIE Democrats forsceing Republican
victory in the coming Municipal election
hnv1 cunningly devised the plan to
cut the water rents 20 per cent. and raise
tho city taxes Is pcr cent, cont,nline that
th $50 who own vacant lots will thu, pay
tho amount in increasjd city taxis upon
til Fir real estate SLICED of of tho water
bills
1t is tho neat3st piece of political work
hatchod in Delaware for years and IL John
T.Dickey was not Thought TO btout of poll
ties it would be credited TO hsshrewIness.
II the Republicans in the House havo
any regard for the future succtsi Of the
Republican party in Wln,insto they
shnull by AL means scotch this Demo ,ratic
snake before it has II chaucc 70 enfold
them in its deadly embrace and make vii.
inington Dtmocrat.c for several yours 10
come. We never believed in cutting six
inches of economy nnd adding on foot Of
burden to tho whole people. II the city
taxes are raj cG it means just that much
additional put on tho working man who
rem hi, little home.
Its tile worElngmen who pay tho wat,r
rent us well a' tho city taxes This re-
duction in the wa or rents Of 40 per cent.
which adds on 10 per cent. to the city tax
ratio may look like IL saving on paper but
it liksthe boomerang will return to damn
the men who like Sampson would put
iowu the house to furnish their political
tpponont.. We ba,ievo that like tho
plausible gold brick gam, that it Is the
same thing being played upon tho tax
payers of this city. Under the guise of
saving in waier rents ii will more than
add additional to our burdens in an in
creased city tax ta:e. 1t Is just us we'll
sometimes to leave well enough alone, as
the Water Lcpar,.nent has shown whatit
could .4psuntieg efficient management. We
done wantto go back to the good old
days of tho happy g. lucky plaa under
which the Municipal affairs wore run by
inoompc. ent politicians.
One party was jlst as bal rs the other
in tho manner in which the several differ
ent city dep1r ments wero conducted, In
competent mon with political pulls wore
placed in cnarge of the street department,
waite and police departments. Every citi.
,,,i,., b,, ,,i 10 I Int "A ;l,,i g., th,
pas: twenty five years knows the result Of
such mauAyem.nt. Thousands npon
thousands of dollars we're spent upon our
streets, that were u disgrace to II civilized
community; thousands Of dollars were
speut IN the water department that barely
earned sufficient o nlees cugrunt xpenses;
tho po,ico department was MS corrupt as
poii LEANS could possibly mako II and tho
force YVES de1noga!izcd and inefficient, and
las ing disgrace to every resident OF this
city.
ItTbe time is not ripe for IN rc-opening
ol tho same Old loo.e methods in tho con-
duct of the different City departments. Let
tho Republican party which Is about to
assume the reins of Office in tho affairs of
the city sivo tho people better City Gov
ernment than has been under Democratic
supremacy. 1t is only This that will en-
able tho Republican pa ty to remain in
control of the city affairs. The proposed
reduction in the water rents is not what
the psopio want and tho House members
should rec that it does not pass that body |
even then tho Governor may veto it, If the
proper pressure is brought to bear upon
him.