Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-23
DELAWARE SITE GRANGE
JOHN '. Rosa ON 1RE DUTIES OF
YOTElis.

YOTElis.
rbe Bastnsss lIccsinEs HassscaAy--
Courfesies from weasninausn sEer-
chnDis-Ths OsEicefs fer the Sext
,No YeaFs-s-asi..s 40 knd To-day.
Tie second open noatien OF the Della
ware State Grange wa4held yesterday
afternoon week, at 220 Market street, The
attendance was still larger than that of
the day before. ALI thu gentlemen who
had been present at tho meeting of the
horticultural society in the morning, at
tended the open sesaidu OF the gr Inge.
The ladies', or some IA them nt least,
arranged to have the tiigA pass proftably
and thriftily by bringiER their knitting
and crocheting with then, The music Of
the session was Furnished by the choir of
West Brandywine Grange, with accom-
paniment. on the organ and violin. Sew
eral Of the Belections elected hearty ap-
plause, The exercises of the afternoon
opened with q lengthy paper on the
Duties of the Americaa Voter" read by
John J. Rosa OF Milford. Among the
points emphasized werp the following :;
We may be permitted slse the Tign OF
extreme caution against the exedrabla
practices that are destroying cur Rspub.
lio. The American voter Is a ruler here,
aud is responsible TO the full extent of his
individual voice and influence for the
present condition. and future condition,
of this fearful curse, and when lie fully
realizes his responsibility and acts as be-
comes q freeman, we will not be COM
pelled to witness the humiliating specta-
Gle OF the free use of liquor on election
days for the purpose OF corruptiig the
ballot and degrading to the lowest plane
the voter. Let the American voter always
remember that where the public school is
what 1t should be, there more indepen-
denoe of character is displayed; higher
standard of excellence and Independence
of character among all classes FEWER
mortgages cucumber property; q purer
morality exists; and more time and atten-
tion is given to public matters and public
duties. What is the duty OF the Ameri-
can voter toward the socialstic ideas that
have been recently imported, and that
inst now seem the most busy Of all
noisy ideas in politice 2 How plausible
the idea that the world, like
the air, is to all born toit common in
heritance. What interest is moth, eat
ing night and day, and heavy burden
to him who is exercised thereby. Thanks
to the wall of national defence, built
high from end to end of our republic in
the general intelligence of its citizens,
the hordes of anarchy, together with
those of usurpation, have tarned back
from the national life. May We not trust
that till the dawn OF the millennium
there may ever be found bristing on the
ramparts of this wall, the bright untarn-
ished points Of American votes to impale
the willy and the wicked, and to guard
the patriotic and the pure. In the grange
all interests meet in friendly discussion,
aud right has here the advantage over
wrong. If the new political party which
is promised by the United Laoor organ
izations shall give oountenanse to the
strike as weapon of offence OF defence,
the patriotic voter must class i, an ipfiu-
ence of unhappiness to the people, and
oppose both it and the corresponding
weapon of lockout used by capital as
unjustifable and dangerous. Thank
God, that from that large portion of the
laboring Glass known as sgriculturists,
We have never heard any disposition to
use the strike for the riehting of any
Va hho WAohko WhAbh tlD1 buhCI'
If those weapons are legitimate, and il
they are those of humanity, then the
agriculturist is as much entitled to their
benefits as any other class. Coming down
from the consideration of his duty
toward the nation, TO lnauers state
and local. or perhaps more logi-
cally speaking, coming up from the
former to the latter, for the throne of this
ruler is in the circle of his local influence,
we are met by the means and methods
employed to give force to his mandates
or TO cifeumveEt his wishes. state
constitution 80 old and rusty in it's hinges
that any change outthunders Milton's
conceptions of horrible sounds, may delay
for century the voice of the voter from
its legitimate results. Either intelligence
and morality must assert themselves in
the near future, or we are doomed in our
supineness or apathy to become the fast
bound victim of unscruplous tricksters,
too imbecile iu intellect for great achieve
ments, and too contemplate in life for
the respect of good citizens, whose only
endowment is low cunning, and whose
only ambition and principle is self.
The Rev. ]. S. Willis followed in dis
cussion OF this paper, in which he
strongly advocated constitutional reform.
The next paper was by Mrs. Etiie NJ.
Dilworth of Port Penn, past lecturer of
the State Grange, upon the subject Shall
Women Vote ?" She gave recital of the
arguments for and against the question,
but did not attempt TO decide it,
She was followed by ]. W. Kerr Of Denton,
Md, president of the Peninsula Horticul
tural Society, who read paper on Native
Pluns." Mr.. Kerr is an experienced
grower OF fruit, and his paper abounded
with instruction for fruit-gfowers. He
gave figures to show how this plum
thrived on different grades OF peninsular
soil, and what profits had teen realized
from ii per acre. The Rev. j. s. Willis
heartily commended the paper and en-
dorsed it as full of ueeful inf Jrmation.
A. N. Brown of Camden, secretary of
the Delaware Fruit Exchange, was then
heard in recital of the workings of the
exchange, located at Wyoming. He
showed what had been. .aocdmplished for
the fruit-growers of the Peninsula since
the exchange had been established, and
pronounced the future prospects of the
exchange bright. He said the prices OBJ
tanned foT fruit at Wyoming last year
were from 20 to 80 cents per basket more
than At any other point. Anyone who
has carefully observed the fact must
admit that this WAS due entirely 20 the
existence Of the exchange. Our system OF
inspection had its effect on fruit sid
outside the exchange, as grooers knew
that If they did not patroniza The tx
change they must put up their fruit
equally well in order 10 compete with
prices obtained at the exchange. The
economical methods OF the exchange in
handling and loading fruit forced local
agents to reduce the cost of their services
one half from original charges. The daily
prices at the exchange were higher than
the quotations of the New York, Philadel.
phia and Baltimore markets. The limits
Of the exchange have been extended dur
ing the past year by the establishment of
branch Offices at Laurel, Delmar, Smyrna
and Clayton, in Delaware, and ut Chester
town, Fairlee, KenuedyVille, Sill Pond.
Beiterton and Barnards, in Mar, land.
David j. Murphy of Newark, one of the
trustees of Delaware College, called atten-
ton TO tho agricultural department of
that institution and claimed that it ought
to meet with the support of the grange.
Prot. f. d. Chester, who is at the head OF
that department, was then heard in advo.
cacy of the plan of educating farmers
sons in theoretrical as we'll as practical
agriculture. After a lengthy argument in
favor of such policy he impaired infor-
nation as to the plans of Delaware College
in this matter.
TLis winter q course of lectures
will be given at the college, beginning
JANUARY 1st, and continuing eleven weeks.
There will ha forty iecftiraa on aoricul