Evening journal., 1902-01-07

his first act as a member of the court
by remarklng, Mr. President, / take
pleasure in 6ecOnding the nomination
The chair appointed Messrs. Arm
strong and Mealey tellers. Mr. Will
Its was elected on the first ballot, the
five Republican members of the court
voting for him. Mr.. Armstrong voted
for Mr. Chandler. and Mr.. Mealey
voted blank.
Il thank you for the compliment"
said Mr.. Chandler when it was an
nOunced that he had received one vote.
Mr.. Megginson then retired from
the presidents chair to make room for
Mr. Willits, whose chair on the floor
was taken by Mr.. Ewart.
MR.. WILLIS OUTLINES POLICY.
Gentlemen of THE New Castle county
Levy Court" said President Willis.
upon taking the chair IL appreciate
the honor you have conferred upon me
in electing me to the presidency of
this court ! well know the duties in
cumbent upon me, and viii
say candidly shall not shrink
from their performance. A eoun-
ty corporate body of men such
as we. representing the interests Of
]
agents. should perform our duty. 1t
lbehooves US. not as individuals, but
as a collective. deliberate body, that
we perform our trust fully and faith
fully as stewards. That being the in
tended policy, l viii ask you to adopt
new system. new regime, and a
new financial epoch will come to New
Castle county
Il pledge you that will be the line
lof action carried out If you allow me
to make a retrospect. | will say that a
lfew months ago /. with my colleague
(Mr. ELLIOTT became members Of this
lcourt under many vicissitudes. After
being seated we found a debt-not
what it should have been under a
system of good goyernment-hoatin
of SS3,O0O and a compiled debt OF
S525 600. exclusive of the wOrkhouse
loan. We face that debt today. II is
not a problem, but simply a business
proposition which we must and car
lsettle. How can we settle it? Only by
the beginning at the first rung of the
financial ladder. See that the asses
then that the collectors do their duty
"Such being the case, the presen'
form of government must eventually
become one in the interest of this peo
lple. To my mind. it is a serious ques
tion. but not an unsurmounlable one
We should make politics subservien
to the business of this body. Unjus
criticism, has been made of member
OF this court which l must contradict
There has been no iumbling, no politi
cal scraping as has been alleged, bu
! I've are here as representatives or tn
people That being the duty of ever
member of this body. I would sa
that he who serves his country bes
I serves his party best We should al
ways have the people in mind. Iha
is my idea of politics.
ITO the members of the press, / vii
a say that / always shall be courteous T
5 them. The public should know of tn
$ deliberations of this body. and the
.. shall know. Gentlemen, the Lev
Court Of 1902 is now in session.
there any business for transaction?
= WHAT CAUCUS DID.
The election of Mr.. Willis to tn
: presidency of the court was in accord
u ance with a caucus agreement. 1t wa
II said previous to the caucus that Nj
s IMegginson would not take part in i
but would depend on the Democrat
members Of the court to elect Nj
e Chandler president of the body. tn
s presence of Mr.. Megginson in the eau
q Gus indicated the falsity of the repor
3 But he did not go into the private ses
sion intending to submit to every sul
u gestion. He carried with him a pap'
L demanding of the other Republica
members of the court that every one {
y the Republicans now in county pos
'r tions be retained at the February elel
81 ton. Unless they signed the agrel
% ment he would not take part in u
NJ caucus. The fact that Mr.. Megginso
70 remained there indicated that Messr
Willis. Elliott. Ewart and Chandl'
u had signed the agreement.
After court had adjourned Mr.. Me
1S gi&on admitted The Republican
d have agreed to stand by me. o.
agreement is strictly private"
"a "Will Mr. Knowles be reelected a
lU torney for the body?" inquired the r
,r- porter.
an in all probability he will" repli'
Nv Mr.. Megginson.
" Court resumed work at lS0 o'cloc