Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-03-02
his possible and probable acts caused
by drunkenness.

fog and both died. Another woman
became alarmed for fear her two boy
should lie bitten. She communicatec
her faars TO another woman who hat
two boys, aud the two women CALLED
upon a saird woman VINO had two boy
aud thus three women aud six boy!
we're interested. This arst woman wa,
so alarmed and distressed that sh'
talked with h.r husband abJut II. o
course she did that. II is the frs
thing q woman does, anyhow. Not BE-
cause Paul told her TO do il daughter
not that. She did 1t simply beca us'
|it Is a woman's paSure TO do il, and !;
Paul had Asd a wife he never wouic
have written that; he would hav,
known she would dc IL, anyhow
Laughter.]
The women wanted ail the dogs sh0
that ran at large, but the husbands
were not quite certain that 1t would b.
according to law. The three womsr
then called upon the Mayor and hat
some talk with him apout the dfeadfu
death of the two boys, and the danger
OF all the other boys in the town being
bitten by mad dogs, and wanted tt
know II the Mayor would but order all
the stray dogs on the town abroad with
oul a muzEle, to be shot, hut the Mayor
though hs received them couFteously
and kindly was not sure that the Law
would allow II, and in fact he wasn'1
sure tha, II was constitutionsl.
What did those women do. Why they
Just all three burst ont crying for that
is the nature Of women, and they cried
on until the Mayor kind soul wanted
TO know what was the matter. Now
thought they he was resdy to gram
their request 10 have the dogs shot
But what did he do9 He told them /,
90 homs and attend to their business
and not make fools Of themselves. br
there are, said Mrs. Foster, some thing
worse than hydraphobla. There ar.
hounds protected by the common
wealth that foam and bite, not three
months in the year, bu' through th'
whole twelve. "They are after on,
boys, and there ara DO sands so dry o.
water SO deep, or recks so high bu
they follow the scsnt, and We wone.
want these dogs shot"
Mrs. Foster now branched of into al
explanation Of the difference betweeA 3
STATE license to cell liquor aud q
government tax fo' liquors sold. Pht
State possessed police powers to enforos
the Law which the General Government
hsd no pswer to enforce,
TDls police power can say to tho ,um
seller, You shalt not make, ysu shalI
not sell" This power to which have
Ca led your attention is in the State
not In the general government, and
for moment let Us consider the yela
ticns Of the general government 10 tn,
liquor traffic Ia the Slats.
Mrs. Poster made strong and sbl
ples for a constitutional amendment
prohibiting the sale OF liquors, as tha'
would bear alike upon all and be entire
ly bipartisan. Shs was very happy
in her illustration Of the three slssse
OF Legislators nsnally met with. Th
first were those who would do righ
any hc~, no matter what would come
they were always in the right plaoe
always equally poised, and ready to d
justice, but y, the number OF such i
30 very small. The second class l
Ioroe- Pbav ara man vbo do M, "a,
Nv, NV A9'
lts~ 10 take q orlhN' ihsy ar
Vrealhsd IN smAies ana ara very pieas
ans ana courteous, always ready 70 Il
anything yon want 'n9m 70 90 out Jus
as ready 10 DO VIVA! others ASK them
40. They are IKE tne penauium OF
clook first on one SIDE and the other.
They are all right il you have then
right when question ia to be voted a
but all wrong fyou hav"'nt then
right, they require great deal Of al
tedtion. Nov, tits not the fsult c
those men; they cannot help it. 1t /
the way they are put up; but it Is We
ry unfortunate II your cause il in th
u l.