The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-23

The knights OF Labor teach the
country a great lesson in pledging
their officers of the general assem-
bly, to total abstinence during their
terms.-Manchester, N. H., Union
(Dem.)
The sentiment of the American
public seems to be that neither the
Democrats have sufficiently violated
their pledges to deserve eviction, nor
have the Republicans sufficiently re-
deemed their dubious past to earn re-
instatement. Mr.. Blaine's rhetoric
cannot change that opinion.-Lon-
don Times.
The corroupt politics of the day
has its centre in the lager beer sa-
looms. That is where the pot-house
politicians gather, where the candi-
date sets up a keg for the crowd.
Shut up the lager beer saloons and
you have done three-fourths of what
is necessary to purify the politics Of
the country.-Independent.
The destruction of the town of
Salisbury could not have taken place
if the municipal authorities had been
wise enough to establish compe-
tent fire department. But Sails
bury, like SO many other Southern
towns, is governed in about the
same fashion as prevailed in the
colonial times of u hundred years
and more. 1t is matter of wonder
that even more towns in the South
are not laid in ashes through the de-
plorable lack of public spirit in pro-
viding what is absolutely necessary
to the safety and well-being of
Observation-Disclosures Erening
Bulletin (Rep.)
The leaders of the Knights of La
Dor in this city doubtless know or at
least ought to know better than we
do what is best and wisest for the
prosperity of their order, but we
cannot help asking what is the ne
cessity of such a parade rs they in
tend to make through the streets of
Philadelphia next Saturday night.
We do not believe that it will be
particularly conducive to social
order to have twenty thousand men
ON parade for the purpose, as we
take it, of enforcing the dignity of
labor" and of showing the capital
lists what powerful organization
they must deal with. All this pub
lie tomfoolery may be gratifying to
the vainglorious/ leaders of the
Knights of Labor, but it seems to
us that there are many more useful
ends to which they could devote
their time and their money than
these public exhibitions of fuss and
feathers.-Philadelphia Telegraph
(Ind.) Oct. 10.
We submit that Mr.. Biggs made a
very unhappy application last even
ing of the Bible story Of the escape
ofthe children of Israel through the
Red sea and the destruction of the
pursuing Egyptians. He likened
the Democratic party to the fleeing
Hebrews with Mr.. Biggs at their
head at Moses, and the Temperance
Reform party to the hosts of Pha-
raoh in their chariots; and he was
quite confident that the waters of the
sea would be rolled up ION the first
Tuesday of November" for the ben
eft of the frightened Hebrew-Demo-
Gratis, and then would roll back
again and drown all the Egyptian
Temperance Reformers. One trou-
BILE with this comparison is that Mr..
Biggs is not Moses, and another is
that there is too much fraud among
the baggage Of the Hebrew-Demo-
Gratis to warrant the opinion that
Divine power will intervene in No
vember or at any other time for their
deliverance. But the main defect of
the comparison is Mr.. Biggs' no.
ton that the Reformers can be in
jured by cold water. Obviously it
is their cold water and political re-
form principles that are threatening
the Democrats, and if the ancient
miracle is to be repeated in Delaware
on next election day we predict that
Mr.. Biggs will have to play the part
of old Pharonh himself The Morn
ing Neics (Rep.) Oct. 81.