Milford chronicle., 1938-12-30
STRICTLY POLITICAL

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of the appointments. Everyone knew
and hoped that Legislature would
be elected so that it could do exact
I ly what it proposes to do. The voters
are those who plainly said to the
administration that they were moi
satisfied. It was plain enough ana
the Legislature is going TO do its
duty.
Let us consider some of the rea-
sons for refusing confirmation. Gem
eral approval is heard over the ac-
tion of the Senate towards refusing
to confirm the justices OF the peace
and the State detectives. Legislation
is contemplated which will revise
our magistraterial and official sys-
TENS. 1t would have been wrong TO
have confirmed these men and then
legislate them out Of Office. Many of
our justices Of the peace ara unac-
quainted with the law-they have
been good business men, perhaps, or
have been especially helpful in get
ting in the votes but that is not suf-
ficient. They should be men of edu-
cation and have some knowledge of
law. When legislation is passed.
perhaps different men would be ap-
pointed.
The failure of the Senate to con-
firm the appointments to the Unem-
ployment Commission is directly
traceable to Governor McMullen. /
The act provided for a nOn-partisan
commission. 1t was Governor Nc 4
Mullen who instead of appointing q
Democrat and a Republican in prop |
er ratio, to the commission, proceed |
ed to appoint Democrats and MEM I
bers of the existing third party. The /
old Republican party was openly lg-
nored. In Sussex county, especially,
one of the foremost leaders Of the
third party, was appointed, not as a
but as a member of the
third party. Such appointments have
brought down the resentneEs of Re
publicans and justly So The Senate
was plainly directed by the vote OF
the people to repudiate such appoint
ments and they did so. They will
continue to do so and unless Gov
ernOr McMullen agrees to appoint
real member of the Republican par
~ from Kent county on the State
Commission in Nav-not
he member of a third party-tne
Senate will refuse to confirm such
nominee and will refuse TO confirm
lther nominees of such kind.
o.
In owl - l
many people in the State, and the
senate is only following the thought !,
# these people, believe that the
resent method of appointment OF
'tate detectives because some polit-
cal leader wants to pay his debt by
UGH an appointment, should be
hanged. They claim these men
hould be taken from the ranks of
ur State Police and that as 4 mat
er of fact, the members of the State
'olice can now attend to the duties
ow performed by the detectives.
bout all those officials now do is to
ttend to the work of the Attorney
Office and serve as his SER
ants in serving writs and investi-
ating matters his Office wants look
into, Under Republican rule the
GOVERNOR always considered the men
le Attorney General wanted and in
lany cases, unless the Attorney
eneral endorsed the appointments,
ley were not made.
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Delaware Republicans had no fault
} find with Democratic nominations
,ey did find fault with the pseudo \
epublican nominations made in or
er to defeat the laws which pro-
dc for appointments to be made
ON the two major parties-and un-
some good Democrats
ave suffered. not because they were
but because thny were
,upled with these third party NOM
ees. Iii