Milford chronicle., 1926-08-27
MILFORD, FRIDAY, AUG. 27, 1926

IN DELAWARE this year the peo-
ple will not be called upon to elect
either a United States Senator, or
Governor. The member of Congress
will be the only national office to be
chosen; the balance of the TICKET
will be made up of state and coun-
ty officials who will be called on TO
transact local affairs most intimate
to the people. 1t would seem to be
unnecessary to call attention to any
statewide issue that would be al
fected by the result of the elections
in November; but, there has been
movement to create a situation
which would affect the standing OF
the moral laws regulating prohlol-
ton of the sale and use of alcoholic
liquors; and, that alone is sufficient
to arouse the people to prevent any
action whatever, either through the
national Congress, or the leglsla-
ture of Delaware to change or repeal
the laws. To many hundreds Of Vo-
ters the question of party afiliatlon
will have little or no weight as an
influence in casting their ballots.
The men and women who know a
candidate to be against any modlh-
cation of the liquor laws, will vote
for such candidates, regardless Oh
their being classed as a Republican
or as a Democrat. For that reason
it will be a very difficult matter to
predict the complex of the next leg
islature in Delaware as to political
ALIGNMENT. The fact that there are
important issues to be considered
which issues will affect the welfare
of the schools, of the public utlll-
ties and of the future standing OF the
State of Delaware, make it very I'M
nortant that men with some foresight
of the future, should be sent to the
legislature by both political parties.
Men with business common sense, as
well as men capable of understand
ing the legal requirements for ap-
propriations for the institutions and
departments of state and county
government, are needed to sit and
consider the problems and make
right decisions in the next session
of the legislature.
De9
IN KENT COUNTY there is a sit
uation which should never have
been permitted to happen in its fin
ancial affairs, as administered by
the Levy Court of that county. Two
years ago the Democrats controlled
the Levy Court, and for several
years had juggled the various funds
as set off for the budget expendi-
lures, so as to tide over expenses ac-
cruing each year. The limit had
then been. reached for carrying on
at the old tax rate under Democratic
control; yet, when the Republicans
came into control as the result OF
the last election, there was absolute
disregard of actual necessity on the
part of the Levy Court for fixing
tax rate which would have produced
sufficient money to meet the neces-
sary payments falling due. The re-
suit has been a treasury which is not
able to meet the expenses of Kent
County by several thousands of dol
lars; or, so it is charged by the
Democratic papers at Dover and the
correspondents for the city dail1es.
This is not a new condition for Kent
County, as to the years gone by,
when the Levy Court under Demo-
cratic administration had large float
ing debts and temporary loans IN
bank to meet from future taxes to
be collected; but it is a new condI-
ton since the abolition Of the old
county government system, and
adoption of the budget system.
Those politicians who advised the
Levy Court during the past two years
have been unwise, if not foolish, by
failure to urge the raising of the
tax rate to meet the situation, ana
at the same time make plain, clear
ly worded statement of county finan-
ces, showing the reason for creating
a higher rate.
A rate sufficient to pay all bills
should have been fixed and a busr-
ness way of meeting the problems
put into force, when the whole ques-
ton of it's justification would now
be up to the people for their appro-
val.
There seems to have been TOO
much politics and not enough busf-
ness permitted to affect action by
the Levy Court of Kent County in the
past two years. What will the peo-
pie do about this problem?
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IN A FASHION paper appears an
item as to women and their appar-
al, which says that womens skirts
are going to be even shorter than
ever this fall. If they get much
shorter we will have to quit calling