Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-11
PARTISAN POLITICS
ABOVE EFFICIENCY,
BALDWIN DROPPED
Senate Declines. to Confirm AT
torney- Generals State oe-
tective Selection.
CAPABLE MAN TURNED UuWN

60. .,.....ial ,.ar, had been taken by
,,t..r,,.,..t ti,n.ral sylvester II. Town
,a IA Ia select. for chief state ae-
,.,t,. -, man whom he considered th'
,, h,st material ohtainahlc. ana 'oN
..~n.r wuiam u. Denney had. win 'he
,,,.,,., s,ttsfaction in Mr.. TOWNSEND
,boir, made the appointment ana sem
IN. name of the appointec 10 the oe'-
a.. for confirmation, the kePuo'''"i'
,,,sn,bcrs of that body yesterday
t,.s,1 ~ confirm the appointment. ne
r,ason for refusing to confirm, acColu-
80 ;, ,,.,,nrts that filtered through the
S.f,tr doors. was that the appoih''e
,,s.. .helirVcd 10 be a Democrat
This man. who has been made inc
,t,tiu of the triumph Of partisan pom
tes over efficiency. Is George r.. isaiu
,,r ~ Wilmington He has had 20
hears experience as detective i'u' =
- IN, time In the United states Secret
:. vi, and. according to Attorney
-. neral Townsend. was way above all
.tb.rs considered for the place. an the
,,,tt,r ~ efficiency" lie has proved
his efficiency. according L. the attorney
..pcr,l. since assuming the state office.
f.v weeks age His work has been
4r. Mr.. Townsend said today. when
tst,d whether Baldwin had measured
pp siur, NJ went on the job. Hls w"rh
+ cinn, in a husincssiikC and th"roukh
manner. his reports are accurate anu
correct. and ne does not seek notorlety'
H. i working splcndidly and has been
4 biE hclp to my office.
The Real story.
mn. real story. as far as the Senate's
:. tior i concerned according 10 report,
that failure Of the attorney general
a,a govcruor 10 select "Bill" Tiusman
~ th, iob--picking ont Baldwin in
-tr.d-rcsulted in the failure Of the
s.. .nnf, tu confirm the nomination.
r,t +tnan Who is . Republican worker.
th, JOIN. politically. in season and
-.asan. IS understood To have
rrarlly hacked hy United states
atu & H.i-Icr iSall for state dc
u It viii d, recalled that after
..4ta. Utll-tbouch not q resident of
IS ImIngf.at mad, public announce
uf that h, was AGAINST q non parti-
.ntrt,t ur Wilmington. The Rcpuh-
n mepD,r- 81 thr Legislature took
ao, utltd thoueh some had led
.. uorid I, b,h,v, l,fore thar time.
tHn hos W,n 81 aeori with the non
la u h1rtti uattmtnf
Nh, baldwin Wa chosen.
..,. t.. r.1neend mudt y
IH.ttt na.n questioned ON that
uHI Us. uHu ia uot crt,r into thr
aitO s. far at q, MAS concerned. n
h SD, them II Baldwin dom know
t1 utAn S noutt- Mi Townsend said.
AS + SIS ft.t ~ fu,t ! bad understood
,hat as d rul, h. had hecu voting the
l,cpubll,aL ticket but ! did hear also
that he once voted for Democrat.
That made no difference with M.
The office was vacant tol . month
after The resignation of Frank ". Mo
Coyl ! nadt UP my mind TO obtain
"a, services Of tht very hest man |
.ulld find. with real detective ability.
] asked that available men file their
a,ficaiions. which they did After an
examination Of all Of the applicants and
.tr ords ] considered those of Nlr. Bald
ii IL tho hest. ~, oamo highly recon-
rr nded ami ms re ord. in n, matter Of
work and efficiency. was 81 far ahead
~ an others that il die not take me
long 10 decid, ~ his favor
NJ effort wa made TO-DAY 10 learn
frum Mr. RaldWln jus; what his politics
are. the imprt ssiou being that he is
independent. bur D.. could not be located
u was aiso sought 20 ascertain how
long b. had been 4 resident of Della
ware as IL was understood that this
technical point had beer raised by
some uf the ohjecting senators.
The action ~ the senate terminates
tho services of Mr. Baldwin though ne
could b. renamed after the Senate ad-
lourns and that appointment would be
Effective until the end Of the next Senate
fessiou.
What Acknowledgement Townsend
will d. IN the matter he was not pre-
pared 70 say to-day He said he had
not had opportunity 10 consider the
subject. when Governor Denney was
spoken 20 IN regard TO the matter today
he So med 20 be surprised. though he
was not inclined 20 dis,-Uss the matter
evidently not having been consulted by
the Senators a. e. their proposed action
The senate yesterday confirmed the
appointment Of Ottie Donoway of Sus-
SEA also nominated for state detective