Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-19
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1918.
Good Work is What the People Want,

Good Work is What the People Want.
We heartily join with the Sussex Re
publican of Georgetown in its regre
that there has been political disagreement
IN the Levy Court OF Sussex county. Witt
so much needed in The way of good adj
mniStrativc work there IS no room fol
partisan politics, which is bound to be {
disturbing and interfering influence.
Thr new Levy Court Of Sussex county
,omposcd of three members -Alessrs
Valiant and Holloway. Democrats. and
NJ Mustard Republican began opera
tluns IA an encouraging manner There
Na~ + spirit ot cooperation among them,
and "a ,l,~lrc 10 give the people good adj
mmlstratinn o, county affairs
Recently. however. there has been a
'hangc palpahlc change II Is mani
partisan agcncics. upon Mcssrs. Valiant
and Holloway. with an evident purpose to
lwlIf'ir their good work and 10 draw Mr..
Mustard. the minority member. away from
cordial cooperation with them Vt least
thus ., how The situation seems to u, at
ihIS distance.
This. we take il. i the situation that the
SUSSEX Republican regrets. The three
members OF the Levy Court, 1t says, ARE
JOINTLY representatives OF the county, and
the county Is entitled TO the best that is in
them. individually and collectively. II
they are united and pull together. the
county will reap the benefit if they are
divided and pull apart, and maintain an
attitude OF opposition, belligerency and
criticism, the county's work is bound to
be affected thereby. We hope this little
furry viii soon be forgotten; friendly
relations which heretofore have attended
the meetings OF this body bc re-establshed,
and the consideration due from one TO the
other, from the majority to the minority,
he extended wholeheartedly and unre-
servedly.'
This Is a sensible and practical hope.
But does our Sussex contemporary know
what the influences were that caused the
apparent disturbance OF relations among
the members of the Levy Court? To our
mind II was the deliberately conceived
scheme OF partisan attack upon Messrs.
Valiant and Holloway. launched anony-
mouslv, but receiving prominent space In
partisan Republican papers OF Sussex
county While anonymous the form
of unsigned communications to these
npers-thev have been bitter In tone and
decidedly unfair Also, intensely partisan
Md they have created trouble.
This should not be- As the Sussex
Republican says, there is much to be
done in Sussex county, and united
effort, the support of the whole citizen
Ship Of the county. Is needed to put Sussex
IN the forefront. where it belongs. There
ls no political principle which should divide
he forces OF the county in county affairs.
We have large natural advantages that
need development, and the county viii
grow prosperous and happy and bloom
like a garden. Good roads and proper
needed. These are big things, big for all
of us now. and for the ones who will come
after US Let us have vision. Why fritter
away the future in petty partisan squab-
bling? What difference does it make, after
all, how the supervisor votes if he is on the
Job and is as good as there is to be found
IN the district"
sound advice this, and the Sussex
Republican concludes with the Use
admonition. Give us a business admins
tration. The frst thing, it seems to us, is
TO call of those bitter and malicious parti-
san interests that have been so strenuously
cndcavoring to belittle the majority mem
bers of the Levy Court. They should be
driven out of sight by public contempt
and repudiation There is no reason why
~ three Of the members Of the Sussex
county Levy Court should not heartily
work together for the public good.