Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-06-14

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before that there Il NO impreosion ot any
great corruption In this dspaxtmsukt but
there are abuses which II u hardly possible
to tssm less roughly. Wholesale aaue-
Cling at this port, such a. has been proved
against the Custom Houses Of New York
and Boston, We may aaadly beNeve
10 b. uMkn6Wn, But eorae teoaslv think
there 10 no INST diRetesos beASesa e,sch
practices and the saddling oa . bt o& biz
tended workers ON Uncls SAp's satayy
list, tasn xhSss Snlb kbSf thfsSah ths
mouth consists In signing rsoaip& fof
certain dollars for uneAtned wages. This
il bad enough but my original remark holds
the beneht Of pArtisans On The winning
side i tho outsrcwth Of . tradition and
practice ~ old Is the Govern
ment and has bean until rscsatly
q sort Of political higher law, outstanding
whatever acts Of congress there may be On
The = subject. Men Of ordinary, easyeoing
without ever intending 70 inspect Any
thing and clefkships without ever antici-
paAng to do any such clerking, have
tAken them with comfortable consoisaos.
or at most with only few qualms, easily
quieted by the reflection that ever since
the days Of .'Od Hickory" to 60 NO
further back, men - good - themselves
had been doing the same thing.
The chief wrong was In the system, . man
Of high personal honor would not accspt
such place, but very few men, compara-
lively, have this severe sense Of rscstuds.
However, time Of blessed change has
come, and aasuredly II has it, Lesson, one
full Of promise for the wholesome life Of
the Republic. This matter of make-bsNevs
political appointments viii be the prinoi.
pal point in the investigation, but there
are other important questions relating 10
the administration Of the Custom House,
the delays vidted upon shippers &c., which
have long and until now hopelesaly de-
manded inquiry.
PERMANENT KxHIDIT1oN QuHAIls.
What ID to b. done to make the Psrma-
nent Exhibition largely pepulAfs We VI
admit that Il u 4 great show, that The Ad-
mission price IL sufaoisntly low, md tAAt
II every way deserves 10 succeed, yst II
seems impossible 10 get up any great In
terest in It. The truth il about perceived
that the exhibits in themselves, and von-
derful - they are In quantity and variety,
are not . sufficient attraction. For the
ahow is open every day and people can
take their leisure, nor do they feel that
they have to pay ~ many visits ~ they
did to the Centennial The present run
OF vidtnss would crowd the Academy Of
Music, and could not be squeezed Into
any other building In the city, but makes
only slim showing In the huge Main
building. Very likely the Exhibition 10
doing - well ~ possible, yet the result 10
depressing. To answer my own question
I should say there are Qeaving Sunday
opening out of the discussion for tho
presently but two things 10 be done
!. To organize frequent excursions
from surrounding parts, and I'd, to greatly
enlarge the entertainments given. Both
points are vital. As 70 the Axst, some
thing has been already done, and vosd Il
given of other work in the same direction;
the great receipts must come that way II
1t all. The second point Is moro difbcult
TO manage. The building IL not
suited for theAtricals; instrumental mudo
by itself u not sufficient, and
vocal music Except chorus sinRing)
is out Of place. There might be Aoor for
dancing. though that might offend some
people. Or there might be tableaux on
grand scale, or huge atereoptioon displAys
Entertainments Of the Ordinary sort are
barred by natural limitation, bat thiuas oe
the kind mentioned might be attempted. |
Tho risk Of fireworks would be too great,
besides which the building would have
to be darkensd, and that would mot
be the thing for various reasons. II
prejudice could be overborne dancing
would be ono Of the surest of schemes, for
in that the performance would BE- given
by the public itself, and experience
teaches that men like the things best
which they have an individual hand In.
To make the Main Building popular in
this way, and select Ut the aame time,
would be to make the fortune Of tho exhi-
bition. On these two points however, of
excurgon parties and enlarged amuss-
ments, depends the success OF the
enterprise.
THE NUIlxN oounr.
I am somehow here, whimGcally re-
minded Of the William j. Mullen court in
the exhibition. / do not pretend TO report
for you the attractions and beauties of the
big show in detail, but from time TO tims
hope to revert to some Of It's features. I
am sure NO appreciative citizen Of vii
mington will fail to note with admiration
Mr.. 4ullen's contribution to the general
hilarity. Mullen Is one of the best
of men, but also ono Of the
vainest. He Is the ell-known"
prison agent, and he has collected In his
court, in the vicinity Of the scarcely les
attractive Art Gallery Of the Exhibition, al
the various tributes which have been paid
him in the character of Philanthropist
during long term Of years. We have
Mullen setting the prisoner free in all