Milford chronicle., 1938-05-13
STRICTLY POLITICAL

that, Notwithstanding the opening 9
a number of highway bids on con
tracts, they would not meet until tn
following week. All other necessar
business of the department wa
| transacted but the coalition" Dem
oerats we're quietly sidetracked, jus
as easily as their previous mucl
heralded petition was waste basket
ed" and ignored. They announce tha
they will again attend the next meet
ing. 1t will be just as easy to post
pone that meeting as ii was this
Certainly no one for a moment ex
poets that any attention will be pail
to the delegation. Democrats do no
look with particular favor on then
in view of the fact that 1t was thii
very crowd who made the coalition
deal and sold their birth right fol
a mess of pottage. With sure viii
ming ticket ready for the election
they elbowed a lot of good Demo
Gratis of the ticket and placed many
votes were counted instead of d
winning Democratic ticket they onlS
had half of the jobs that belonged
to them and then continued in the
Legislature by giving another hal
away and so on down the line. THESE
kind of Democrats expect jobs nov
for their following? They haven't b
chance in the world. Besides, aren't
the workers from the Baker Demo
cratic faction being placed every
day? And the head of the commits
sion is expected TO break" with the
old line Democrats? Not if you know
your man. Even his enemies agree
that he is loyal and true to his
friends. Collision and his cohorts
haven't a chance in the world. Their
leaders know this. but are only max
ing a face saving gesture so the!
can blame the loss of jobs to their
deluded followers, on some one else
Have any more Kent county COM
mitteemen resigned because they
have been so completely ignored
when il came to getting jobs for
their friends? Rumor has It that all
is not well in the Kent county DEM
ocratic ranks and it is all because
they lack the leadership that the
late Jim Wolcott supplied. At pres.
ent there are a dozen aspiring lead
ers, none of whom seem to have any
thing except the desire to he the
boss. Charlie Terry is a nice young
man and they say a good lawyer. bun
when it comes to handling the lead
erships, he simply is not there. AL
though he is supposed to have the
ear" of the Governor he doesn't
rate as high as the Wilmington ad-
visors of that official. Old timers ia
Kent say he doesn't know his "pO-
litical onions" and that it is a case
of family friends and not a case OF
how much political weight can be
dragged. when it comes to getting
jobs. And after all. it is the jobs that
count with the Democrats right now
for the more sensible ones know il
isn't going to last long anyway and
they had better get the jobs quickly
%
The healing of the rift in Kent
county between the Republican fac
tions was certainly a serious shock
to the Democrats. For several years
they have been depending upon that
split to keep them in power and now
that the split is mo more" they
hardly know what to do next. Their
chairman who in the past has al
ways played so strenuOusly with the
leaders and who has
been the favorite news gather for
many of the opposite party politi-
clans, is hardly one to take the DEM
Ocrats to victory and well they
know il.
And now the Democrats in New
Castle county under the leadership
Of their new champion, Garret Ly-
1ns who is said to be more inter-
.sted in getting a good job for him
self than anything else, is opposed
o the State Commissions. He wants
/, highly paid director or Governors
.abinet member instead of the eco
lomical Commission form of State |
used by the Republicans
where the members get only small
,ay for the days they meet and are
lot paid for maintaining expensive
,fices and drawing big yearly sal
Iries. The Democrats, before the |
election, told so convincingly how
much money they would save the
state if they were given the power.
Is a matter of fact about all the
aving that concerns them at pres
mt is the saving of more jobs for
hem. Did you ever see such
hungry horde? 1t would be funny
Z it didn't come out Of all our pocF
Is. Just like the WPA workers lean
ng on their shovels is funny If II
wasn't costing us all so much from
ur diminishing incomes. Today we
re making less and paying out
nore and there is no way to stop 1t
Until we put the Republican party
,ack in power again.
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Hopkins is sending a notice to all
VPA workers in their pay enve-
ones that mo one will lose his job
because of his vote in any election
# his failure to contribute to any
ampaign funds" He says Amy one
Who uses his position with the WPA
n any way to influence the vote of
thers by threat or intimidation will
ie dismissed" Oh. yeah. and a cou-
lie of horse laughs. The merest
chooI boy knows it is worked con-
inuousIy in Delaware, although per-
laps in a quieter way than in Penn