Year: 1879

If the "Gazette" were to hunt up al


the defalcations that have occurred in


Wilmington since the Republicans


came into power the whole amount


would appsl nobody, and we will say


farther that it is doubtful II any party
in power for the same length Of time
can show less defalcations. II the
Gazette" really wants to know where
the dsfaulters are let it turn its atten'
ton to twenty-one Democratic counties
in Ohio where the Democratic defalca'
tions amount to over q million Of dol.
lars. 1t might profit also by referring
to Warren and other Democratic coun-
ties of New Jersey il it wants to know
who the real thieves are. Our neigh.
Dor will find "millions in it," without
even going to New York where Tweed,
the great Democratic boss thief of all,
stole more than all the Republican de-
falcations in the whole nation for
twenty years would amount to. Let
the Gazette" be careful how it talks.
The Democrats have not teen in power
long in this city, and have not had a
chance to steal much, but even now if
We were so minded we could point ont
one Democratic official who defaulted.
This We know is an individual case,
but then It must be recollected that
very little Of the money Of the city
passed through the hands OF Democrat
10 officials, and hence had they kept it
all, the defalcations could not have been
very large. But now there is chance.
A Democratic Treasurer is about to
take his seat provided he has the con-
science to do so in the facs OF the glar.
ing frauds by which he was elected.
We do not mean by this that the Dem
ocratic Treasurer will be q defaulter
for We have no reason to think 80, but
We mean that the money department
Of the city is about to pass
into Democratic hands, and If it con-
tinues there, which it never wiloby a
fair vote of the people, We shall have
q fair test-not Of Democratic honesty,
but of the individual honesty of GER
tain Democratic officials. We would
also ask the Gazette" if it knows, or
heard, anything about defaulting Dem
ocratic tax collectors in New Castle
county. There is rich field for inves-
tigation If our neighbor wants to hunt
up defaultsrs. We cannot do it, for
the books are all closed to us, and
Democrat stands guard at the door of
every office where information can be
given. Then how about the default in
Kent and Sussex to pay the State tax
due several years ago, amounting to
soma s2S,O0O?


We are not defending defaulters, nor
do We wish to shield them from punish.
msnt-and We are aware that there
have been some little petty defalcations
by some who have been Republican of.
Gee holders and We say further, that
such persons-if the amount can be de-
for which they defaulted,
should be made to disgorge. But We
farther say that the "Gazette," when
II says that those defalcations amount
to Sl50,o0O or 100000, utters a bold
1t is said that in old Wing
Iimes in Pennsylvania farmer, as was
he custom in those days, butchered
pig and let it hang out one night to
'ool, but when he went to look for his
zig in the morning he found that some
hief had cut it in two pieces and car
led off the half. "Soms Whig did
his" quoth the farmer. "How do
'ou know 2" said the farmers wife.
Because if it had been Democrat he
vould have taken the whole hog" re-
1iad the farmar The tGazatta'' can
'roft by the moral.





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