The daily gazette., 1883-03-23
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wIMTNoTor. TErDAY, mARcH IS.
A Poor Game OF Prstsnse.

The morning organs brain Works are IN
abaut as rusty condition as any piece Of
mental machinery could possibly be. 1t is
now laboriously engaged In the very ques-
tionable performance Of attempting to
'.coddle" Mr.. Bates because Of his vote
against the Gfubb substitute, while 1t honors
the other representatives from this county
with Its dlspleasure because they voted for
It. This is all right as far as 1t goes. But
when we come TO examine its reasons for
pretending TO prefer the Bates bill 10 the
one which passed the House yesterday then
1t is that its dilapidated mental condition
becomes apparent. Let us suppose a case
by likeuing New Castle county TO q
creditor TO whom from two OF It's
debtors-Kent and Sussex-is due certain
sum of money. On a certain date the
debtors promise to pay sonethi'lg sure.
When the date arrives the creditor expects
more than the debtors are willing to pay;
they offer to pay about GO per cent. of what
the creditor demands, but will not pay
more. The creditor cannot enforce his
claim, and by accepting the 90 per cent.
does not prejudice his title to the remaining
40 per cent. This being the situation is
there any counselor In the land who would
advise the creditor to play the sulking
schoolboy aud refuse to accept large por-
ton of what he wants simply because
he can't get all that he wants This
has been precisely the situation
at Dover, but it would take rock drill to
get it into the head of the morning organ.
The fact is, however, it don't want to believe
what is the truth about this matter. 1t
pretends now that the Bates bill was exactly
what 1t was pining for and what all New
Castle county wanted, but its real opinion
Of the bill cropped out the other day when
it appeared to it as a "Heecy (shadowy)
"cload so beautiful to the eye of its author
"that he wondered how he did it." 1t knew
that 1t was impracticable and impossible, at
present at least, and that any effort In its
behalf which would occupy the attention of
the Legisl9ture to the exclusion of a prac-
tlcable and sensible measure was directly
In the line of promoting the interests OF
the Republican party in this State and for
the same reason opposed to the interests OF
lut OclhOCldtlG
members of the Legislature, however, are
not to be caught by such chaff. Most Of
them are farmers and know scare crow
when they see one and some of the members
who don't know one, would find It profitable
to take a trip to the country and make a
careful study of the characteristics Of that
ancient but rather weak invention.
THE STATE SENATE should promptly pass
the Constitutional amendment that came
from the House of Representatives yester.
day, as there is no valid excuse for Longer
delay in this important matter 1t would
be criminal to allow the present session Il
end without taking some definite steps IL
the direction OF the reforms promised dur
ing the last campaign, and the Grub
amendment, which passed the House witt
only one opposing vote, is the best and mos
practical measure that can be devised fo
the present OF course, it does not provid
for all that the majority OF New Castl
county's citizens desire, but it is muc
better than nothing at all, aud is decsiv
step towards the final settlement G
the representation question in the mos
satisfactory manner. To reject wha
is now offered simply because it does no
promise enough is foolish in the extreme, a
such policy would still leave the Questio
unsettled and destroy all the advantag
that will surely be gained by the adoptio
of the pending amendment, which, of itsel
sacrifices 70 principle aud violates 4
pledge made by the Democratic party to til
people of this State