Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17
WILLIAM DEANS LETTER.
He says some sharp Things an
Ruax Some Tough Questions.


He says some Sharp Things and
Puts Some Tough Question:.
: Editor Gaxstts: have question
in arithmetic which l would like some
one to solvs for me. If 1t took two long
letters from me and = months time to
get 81 900 out Of the fingers Of the st.
Georges hundred collector and into the
county treasury, how many letters and
how long will It take to get the whole
$l7 900 placed along with the first
thousand 1t will not do for the collector
to offsr as an excuse that he cannot
collect II when he has such men to
collect from as my good friend ex Governor
Cochran and the dozen other equally
good men Of the Same name, also ex.
Congressman Major Biggs then there is
ex Prothonotary Charles Beaston and my
good friends Harry Clayton, Serick Shall
CROSS, the Bradys and the host of others,
all good men. 1t Ia no use to tell me that
all such men as those named will not in
the proper time pay their taxes. No,
Mr.. Collector you had better toe the
mark and pay up We want the money
to pay for the building of our palatisl
home on Hars's Corner road.
There is still another question / should
like to be informed upon. Is 1t right
that citizen should have to travel
twelve or more miles to Smyrna to trans
act business with q State official, and
then have to return home again without
trAnsacting his business with that official
for the reason that that official was too
drunk to transact the busins ss of his
ofhcey Does such action on tho part of a
State official sdd lustre to our State
administration Are there not enough
sober men willing to take upon them.
selves the duties OF any office In the
State
think there is wanted man to hes1
one OF the great parties one who
thinks If the tariff tinkerinE goes on
many people will have to go with half 3
loaf and who believes the tariff will be
the cardinal principle of the next Presi-
deptial campaign and who also thinks
the time has come to settle 1t, and be-
lieves it has been great advantage TO
the manufacturing industries, as it has
encouraged and fostered Is Dor one who
has not put all the profits OF the business
in his own pocket at the expena- of pull
ing down the working msi,'s wages
preferred. "Ah God, for such a
man, with heart, head and hand |"
There is need of doctor who would he
willing to take the head of the municipal
government of the city OF Wilmington
one who knows the oity's wants and is
willing to dispense the proper remedies,
not in homeopathic doses, but who Ia
willing to let it come in full supply, ard
who is not afraid to denounce as tyrsn-
nicsl and Infamous all legislation of 8
character which attempts to nulliiy the
voice of the Republican party, and one
who believes there is nothing good OF a
political nature except such ss emanstes
from the Republican party.
For the best interest OF that party 1t ia
necessary to have the funny man who
Nields to get on the tvsstmaster's Bach.
He is oharacteristicslly witty fellow,
Such an eye; not the Ben Butler cock eye,
but it is Ben's own sparkling eye; TO
look in 1t will set you off In fit Of
laughter and nothing short OF being told
that your mother-in law is coming to pay
you three months visit can again
bring you down TO solid thought When
the funny man tells Sou what he knows
about the Judiciary, the legislative and
executive powers OF the State OF Della.
ware and also tells you that if the STATE
is ever to make any headwsy in the line OF
improvement it must come through him
and his friends, who claim to run the Re-
publican party of Delsware-to make the
quartet complete We INST take in line the
Hasty man, the one who would like to go
to Congress, and who no doubt will il he
| ouly can havethe lease OF his life length
ened out long enough. He wants to tell
| those Congress fellows what he knows
about the tariff, filling his own pockets at
the expense of the working man, and this
he calls one ofthe beauties OF the protective
| system. He says he does not like free
trade for that means that the working
man shall get his proper share of his own
earnings and, tor that reason, he prefers
protection of that kind which protects
him in putting his hands into the pockets
of the working men AMI getting large
share OF the products of their labor
directed into his own pockets. He knows
free trad is necessity Tor the working
men to get just share Of the products
OF their own labor.
But never since he knew anything oil
politics, government and elections, has
such an issue been brought before us.
have 10 fear," he says, "ot the result
and didn't have wheu last running foi
Congress, yet at times hsd to whistle tc
make believe that had pluck, yet
always vas afraid that in the eud
should be- like General Wister's nisgsi
at the Boil Run dsbt; when asked wa;
he afraid he replied, N n.no,' Well
Clem, where was you during the
fight - Well, tn tell de trlff
boss, | wus clsr up to de frupt of de hind
part of de regiment. 1t turned out Just a.
| thought it would in that congressionaI
race -; found myself high and dry away
up in front of the hind part OF the Hon
Charles Lore. But next time expect
to do better wh,'l again tho day of battl,
comes and when the opposing forces meet
l expect to be here and stay in Delawar,
with the advance guard OF til,
foung Mems Republican Club q
Wilmington no matter whether
they are up front or behind, for know
~hst makes 'Wiimington'a greatness ia
bIpg up job and no trickery' Like my
last campaign It was a bully tin g and v,
had good thing OF it, only We couli no
carry the Dover end of the plank snC
even never thongbt We could"
WILLIAM DEAN,