Milford chronicle., 1918-01-25
SOME FACTS OF POLITICAL
INTEREST TO DELAWAREANS

by on his campaign pledges and prom
he ises. efficiency. economy and the ap
be pointment of fit men to Office regard
e. less Of politics. He never woult
ed have been elected except for those
Id pledges. Had he dared to make a par
E. tisan campaign he would have been
e. defeated. Sussex County is Repub-
s. lican. and Messrs. Valiant and Hol-
Y loway happen to be in Office and in
j. control because they were quick-wit-
ted enough to perceive that there
we're enough voters who had cast off
the shackles Of partisanship in coun-
+ ty matters, and who would vote for
those men whom they believed would
act up to their professed principles.
Let not Mr.. Valiant nor the Sea-
ford News think otherwise.
The Seaford News, in its apology. |
rejecting the narrowness of its vi
sion, asserts that we are sore" be-
cause Republicans are not getting
the county patronage. This is the
standard political apology which. as
we have said completely proves our
case against Mr.. Valiant. It shows
his state Of mind as partisan and DO
litical, which was just what we set
out to prove. No, Dear Seaford News.
our soreness is deeper. It is not sore
ness, but disgust. Our disgust is that
the fight of years for a better county
system is being lost because vour u
Admirable Crichton, Mr.. Valiant. bv III
his petiness. his partisanship. his de- II
sire to dominate and his consuming
political ambition, is creating in the III
public mind a feeling of hatred m
against the three commissioner sys- III
EN-. This system must prove its III
worth above the old system. It I'LL
must prove that, under it, there will DII
e a minimum of politics. lIl
Once it is proven that the Commits lllH
Ioners' no matter of what political Till
nth. are being governed in their Of IlIl
cial acts by their sense of fidelity llllI
their constituents, that is, the peo- lllll
e OF the County, and not BY their llll
lthfulness to certain political lead lIHl
s. or by their hope of further no. lHII
zeal rewards. the success of the lIllB
w system will be assured. and NOT llIII
til then. HlllI
IN the other hand, when it is being Ill1
oven every day that the three com llIIlI
ssioner system is simply the bub lIIIH
a political wheel, that the controIl- lllllI
members are not big enough IN lllII
hstand the coercion of political IHIlI
uers' when it is shown that no. lllIl
cal availability governs the apnoint Illll
NJ OF men to office. when evtrova llIll
zee runs riot just because some lllI
srVlng political friends have to no IlIl
IN care of, when, in short # is DllH
ven that the new system is stmnIv lIllll
old system with a new suit of lBlI
nes' then there will be a demand With
the return to the older. more pop- HlH
and more understandable svs- IllH
"here every man got what he lNI
Seaford News, this is our COM IlIII
!, The political pap and patron IIIH
which you so frankly admit to he llIl
.nsed to the faithful hungry. is a lNIH
thing not worth considering NN
large thing is the loss of faith in IH
'eF and better system of countv HI
nment' which is leading to its NlI
lc'ion A loss of faith and con- IIll
nj destruction which will bo IIH
mt about by the weakness - Il
and the narrowness of mind - lI
iOleet Of your eulogy. You as IlIllI
nat the attacks upon the Low lllI
nave served to unite the Demo lIlll
Far'y' Do not forget, in vour HE
c'ion' that the actions of vopr Il
ave made it impossible. in tbe H
=" years at least for any other lIIIIL
rat to hoOdwink Republicans A
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