Daily Republican., 1879-02-17

,ounties.
We only differ from the News IN
regard to the name by which such
failures TO pay shall be called, and
Webster decidedly on our side,
We still maintain that it is a defalca-
ton. and one that had it occurred in a
National State Bank, would send the
perpetrators of the fraud to the peni-
Tertiary.
All. here is fun. Here comes the
"Delaw arean, the Simon Pure organ
of the Democracy, whose chief editor is
a United States Senator, and its under
strapper a clerk In the House Of Repre-
septstives at Dover. The iron has en-
tered the understrapper's soul, and
that his tremendous literary effort may
not bs lost to the public, We publish 1t
in the REPUBLICAN, the peoples paper,
where at least half the population Of
the State may see it.
The Delaware Republican" has
found q mares nest and claims that
the counties Of Kent and Sussex are de.
fauItrrs to ths State. The facts in the
case are these, las far as Kent county is
concerned that there is an unsettled
account between the county Treasurer
and tate Treasurer. which, for some
reason known to the Treasures, has
not been settled. Kent county 10 ready
able and willing to pay all her indebt-
.dpess to the state, and We presume
the same is true of Sussex. The editor
Of tn. "Republican,' however, has not
brains enough to know what q dsfalca-
ton is, and people do not expect much
from him under any circumstances.
Would it not be we'll for the present
Legislature to stop the braying Of such
cattle, as the editor Of that paper, by
appropriate legislation, or else make
the editor go to school for short time,
in order to learn little more before he
attempts to instruct other people
through the columns ofa penny paper
We don't charge anything for advertis'
ing this little dirty sheet.
We still live, and would you believe
it, W. are still disappointed. Week
pectsd something rare, rich and RAJ,
from the "Dslawarean, "bu: the height
of our expectation has not been ,rsalix-c
We knew the ability of the undrrlint
to misrrprpsent the truth, and We als'
knew his natural familiarity with thu
whole vocabulary Of Billingsgate, bu
VIZ must confess our disappointment a
the tameness of his article and his ia
fetched witticisms. The ruthfulner
Of the REPUBLICANS exposure Of Kent
dsfalcation, for that 1t Ia, has dampe'
the ardor Of his fiery inv~ctive, ha
blunted his barbed arrows and has driv
On him 10 use such language d
fools always use when driven to 3 ror
nsr. With all his rawlings, even thu
writer Of thu article cannot concoct
lie to show that Kent Is not q defaulter
No, there is only IAN unsettled acooun
between the county Treasurer and Stat
Treasurer, which fer some reason know
10 the Treasurers has not been settled,
that 10 all. 1t may occur to An impair
tical reader that when an untruthfu
paper like the "Delawarean' make
even that mach Of an admission
crook dness, thst there Is more in
than what appears upon the surface.-
The report Of the Auditor shows tina
there is a deficiency of $4,000 on tn
psrt Of the county and the report {
the county Treasurer shows that ther
is only t3O6. 80 cents in the treasury
II is admitted by all the papers thu
have referred to the matter, that tn
m.nsv was collected and paid over
the County Treasurer, but it has nj
been paid over to the State, thong
tw, years have elapsed since it shoul
have been paid. We called this a d
fault to pay, and the amount not paid
defalcation. We examined Webst'
, on the question and found We Wei
right in thus naming it, and we eve
pu b,ishsd the definition that the "De
awar.an's" Senatorial boot-blac
might read it and understand it. W
w.rs not aware until after develop
ments, that Kent had collected thi
money and paid it into the hands
the County Treasurer, but afterwarc
spent it for county purposes and ther'
, by not only cheated the State out
5 the principal but the interest also.
view of this fact, perhaps after all
+ is not simply a defalcation, som
thing that sometimes overtakes II
: best of men, but it is question whet
er we weuld not be right in calling
, an embezzlement. 1t may be that '
. are 80 lacking in brains that we cam
=, com prehend what constitutes a defau
: even with the aid Of Webster, but
I We are wrong we would like to be g
A lightened and taught the "Delaw
: rean' q" definition of defalcation. W
not the Dover reflector throw a lit
'. light upon this subject. We are than
II full for the advertisement, it is mu
o better than we expected from tn
, source, though the REpUBLIcAs nee
none. With its issue of 5000 daily
II npl tot ms ifs.