Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-27
THE PENINs ULAR PRESS.
Editorial Comments by Delaware
md Eastern Shore NeXnpapers.

nnd Eastern Shore Newspapers.
Milford Nstcs: Senator Bayard was re-
elected United States S.uacr las, Tues.
day. While we should much rather have
seen 4 capable Republic III chosen for the
position, as that was not to be, ii is a
matter of congratulaiion that the Demo-
Gratis hsve chosen their ahlest and most
distinguished man"
Fill til. vscapoy - exclaims the Mil
ford Ne,ts. afer declaring that it generally
conceded that the peach crop for the
present year in Delaware I'll prove a
failure. "inere are number OF crops
that could be grown with pfoGl her, that
are 10t now," It ads. AID says ia con-
| clasion, V rs iria ~ th' ole sic, and
Nav Jtrsly oil ,he nth'r furnish New
York, Phila1-. phil ami B,i Iinorr with
crops We do not gov, OF Il We do, only
in small quGoti;ies There is no reason
founded upon soil or climate Why we
should not more extensively produce
tn Sc crops aud bastow lass asiiduty in
cultiveting that crop of our foreipthers,
Indian corn, ON soil whose location and
natural condition favor II LITTLE aud other
products more. j. is possible that tits
years destruction of the paean germs may
new enterprises
IN ver mind, Mr. Higeiis!" exclaims
the Georgetown Inquirer, there ar other
worlds thai this, AMI tiiero Viii bo 9th r
LeRislsturoa too"
Yes, says the Georgetown Inquirer,
there seems no doubt thai the peach
buds have been killed. The evidence of
this daily accumulates and the faces of
growers perceptibly lengthen as the
returns come in"
Georgetown Inquirer "The friends of
lpcal option in thls State have been rather
8 unred by the uuesrihing of nh cd
decision of the Court Of Errors aud
Appeals which distinctly SAWS that the
Legislature has no right to delegate 10 the
people any legislative authority. 70
admit that it has the Court argued, would
in fleet open the doors for one county to
establish the death penalty for murder, in
another imprisonment for life for the
same ofense, and in the third, some other
penalty.
Milford Chr0aicie. "Home rule is good
in theory and better III practice. II ere is no
more argument for Wilmington hoosing
the Levy Court Commissioners Of Apo
Cedar Greek than for New York or Penn
sylvania to say who shall make the laws
OF Delaware. We boast much Of the right
of our State to rule herself. to we rot
see that this includes the right of each
section to choose its own local officers2
Do We not see how the interests of those
hundreds In which are located large towns
put at naught the interests of more remote
hupdredsg And do we not see that the
tendency is to make this state of things
worse by the wealth and influence that
grsviiates toward said towns,
Middietown Transcript. "a few weeks
ago the Corn and Flour Exchange of B4lti-
more appointed committee to solicit
subscriptions toward building the Elkton
and Middletown branch railroad We
hsgs not heard of anything that committee
haH done, since its appointment, and We
| fear that Baltimore is still sitting on her
pocket book, hgurstively speaking, wait
irg for Peninau!sr people to build "A rail
road expressly for her benefit Well, she
will have u good long wait Of il.
Talking of the divorce BOOM" the
.snSser County fa6 Z, the editor OF which
is member of the Legislature, says
There is one thing very evident and that
IL, full, clear aud impartial investigation
or grievances cannot De so well made
before legislative body as before tbs
court In the case of the former il IL su
exparte court, merely separating husband
and wife, while the latter tribunal-the
court, not only separates the couple, but
makes provision for tho offspring
Popular opinion is against this wholesale
divorces trade by the Legislature, and
puoilc sentiment p1iats 20 the court al the
proper place TO redress grievances in this
particular.
Lewts Light' Tho Delaware Demo.
Gratis ave very ungratefnl At lhe org ,ui.
zatinn OF the law makers at Dover they
empha'ically ignortd two of the most
earnest fr.ruds Of ihsiI ceuse--Mts Mar,
A. Stuart Gf Greenwood aud Captain
Lewis Tredyniak OF thii L'i, drfd Mas
Stuart, it is tIua, has nav cast a yjte foI
the ID mucratic party, hut thst is owing L
the fault Of the law not all wing those OF
her sex to vote, aud there can be no doub
that she would have cast her ballot for tn
Democracy every time had the law, whicl
she nov proposes to the Legislature, beei
passed. She has worked for the cause an
has Gone more than the majority of Tia,
aterner sex for the parry 10 which sh
claims allegiance"
Dover Sentinel There ia much tall
OVER railroad legislation Having n,
peculiar or special interest In any of tn
projects before the l. giaiature, we may b
permitted to say, We believe it is for Tia
interest of the State to pass some wise au
wel!-considered bin, 10 create competj
tion. We always oppoae monopolles