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Evening journal., 1888-06-26
sAULsnUnx vs.. VOLCOrr.
EEow lhe Good Old Wan Was DE
serted By EEis Protege..

EEox the Good Old Wan Was DE.
serted By EEis Protege..
10 the Editor OF EvmaNe Journal.
A lenR article in your excellent paper
followed by one OF the same tenor ia Sat
urday's Morning News, botn from Dover
and both protesting to give an unbiased
view Of the political situation in Kent
county, raake the older readers in this
section emile; for the reason that anyone
here who hoFemembsrs che caup ign OF 'ss,
has no trouble "a fixing the ownership Of
both articles II the Morning News will
turn back TO les 6iss OF 1889 l. will Gas Il
most vtIbatim The article i rusI@hed On
Saturday and it will not be compelled to
to hunt to Hnd the ons printed in the
Journal last week. TIE articles OF 1882
we're dictated IN james h. Wolcost's Office
By james J. W olcott und the articles OF Iast
week came directly from the ssms BcuscF.
And now, ns then, young law students ale
tho Rmonuenses.
People hero ss a general thing know
tbis, and tie inauiferable conceit and
cheek Of the self named senatorial aspi
rant nmpses IS we'll as dissusts them. Tha
ssme whine psTvades the campaign arti-
cles dictated by him now as filed those OF
1882, about the enormous amounts the
Saulsburys have obtained from the United
Ststeo and state treasures. This point
disgusts the voters here, because it is
proof that ell be sees ia the office is money.
Honor with him or his followers il not
thought or Again it difgusis tho people
because It IS we'll known both la Kent and
Sussex that Hon. Eli Salisbury made this
man socially ard financially what be il.
When Eli Siulshpry went TO Washington
he gave not only his very lucrative law
practics. but the use OF bis Office aud his
books to James L. Welc9tt. and the letter
used ttem. It is Wolcctrs ingratitude Go
the hand that fad him which sours aud dis.
gusts the reputable Democratic voter
Tsls irgrstituds in 1889 descended even Is
treachsry. IN that year, while Eli Souls
hurry. tia tutor Ind friend. ives ia nWashlng-
tor, james 7. Wo'c0tt Was endsavariug e.
underuine ain here 70 homa. What cue
,ss be had IN bis BsfaIiousu work may ho
Imagined. shen it is lhoWn that he hnd
ba5 two members out of she 50 assembly
men who were willing 90 vote against Ell
sanlsbury's return 30 tle " s. Senate
When the writer Of last week ssys that
james L. Wolcoit was 10 position 10 lSeS
TO force pledges before the Assembly, he
says what the records prove to be false
Dr. Beuish Lewis Of Mispillion and ons
other mamSer az that Assembly were al
that Mr. Woicott had on bis side. and thia
viii give the key 70 the manner in which
ali bis campaigns hsve. been run.
No, Mr.. Editor, Mr. Wolcott is not only
unfortunate in bis own record. but very
unfortunate ia his close followines The
latter are now desperate because OF the fear
that the next Legislature may investigate
the workings OF several departments under
Governor Stccxley's reign.
They say that Neary. Dickey & Co
could not deliver New Castle to them ana
thsy kpow that Kent Is as surely gone from
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SawsrAsEa OPINIONS.
rl,n rsennhlIcnn rlckst.

That G neral Harfie1D represents tue
psinciples Of the Republican party j. NOS
susceptible OF d doubs. His speeches ano
votes 10 .ha Senate speak for thenselves
He fsa arm belie9er in the American pol
icy Of protection. He believes in op han-
est vote aad q fair cou0k As hes always
been Z friend b the eoldiefs, cni no Cls
fought more loyalty than esnalor Hnflison
Tor tbs namiaslon o. Dakota. Altogether
fhe more Yen fhins about General Hari-
son ard lhe more you know sbou. him The
better you like him. HE has been q cltl-
zsnship that ought to sppeal TO every young
American. The honor that has come %
him has been we'll earned By q life OF in
dustry. patriotism ana Integrity. New
York Press.
The nomination Is one entirely ft to be
made, though we do rot thiuk it is tho best
that was within the reach OF the Conven-
tion. II Is one OF the results that had to
follow the logical demands Of the situation
There was q manifest sense Of
relief aud satisfaction everywhere yester-
day amonR sensible, solid thinking Repub.
hcans the moment tbs nomination Of Cen
oral Harrison was announced. 1t was &C.
cepted at once ss one OF the hest re
snlts within reach. There was hearty
welcome to fs. although 10 such hurreh OF
wild yell es would have been heard IL tIr.
Biaioe had been nominated. There was
qualification and confidence that it would
wear BITTER and continus to grow upon thl
pudiic esteem Philadelphia Ledger.
~
3eet or Heretofore recognized leodcr o.
his pariy in or cut OF tie 6snase. Cen
Ha1Tison has neveltheiess been regarded &.
nRsntlfmsn Of. excellent pArts ana o. isrs
prochools privste life Bas TIE greai
question utlca 81 its uriapiied foIms over
ahadowa al else q uTcssntea in She taria
ria1ks of the respective platforms ans
upon this tne hattle must aud viil te los
OF Won. Tho convsution c0lplelad III
work ~ jadiolonslY lnainz the neme q
Levi P Nortoa OF New York Tor Vice
FEaeldar' to tAot OF Gen. Hssrison Of Iudi
ada to- President -Bsltif0ore Sun.
the tDo Rspo0lican candidates. Nsssfs
Hanle1u ard Norton. ere, Ike the Demo
crntio candidates. upright and honorable
men. Ihat fact is q great gain 10 thl
coantry. There can be no excuse ou eiths
alde tor q uere personal canvass; and Tor
tunsseiy tie position OF the two parties q
sha qsstion oi taxation are 90 radically
ozoosea that tue canvass can BE- made, ant
~all oe ms6e, we believe. mainly on tal
question --Nsa York Herald
Exeeptlng Blai1s, tee Rspuhiicau cen
8xnlson canld lave ch1san no Pfesidsntia
.ss>s.s.<--.-z@.LS AMass aa1.la4l.p4s ~easa XIV.
nr1s&sx szli.t4cs4ou to Tbs Democracy &haz
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wsIl-lsnouvn Persons.

King Humbort's palace at Rome contains
1000 rooms, but the King and his family
occupy l25 Of them.
Fred Douglass, now nearly 50 years old,
Is to 70 upon the stamp this fall ns a
speaker in behalf Of Che Republican ticket
Mrs. Emma Tntam OF Osborn, o., mar
ried a handsome young husband just four
weeks from The day she buried the old cns,
who left her fortune
Berry Miller Of Dade City, Fla, killed
an alligator Il feet I0nG, weighing 6lO
p1uads, Thursday With him was en- alll-
gltor 6 feet long, Tho vtrlebra 81 as large
IS shat Of 4.year-old steer.
Mrs. S A. Honey hotns MS highly
prizsd relic pair of scissors which her
father used in cutting suit Of clothes for
George Washington when be wns nbout to
enter upon his Rrst term as President.
Baron Albert Roshsrhni has rurchaaed
the largest mirror teioacope thnt has beau
constructed at PaYis, FOR 40cOO h'rins. and
nreasntsd it 70 tho Vienna Observatory
A gallery fer is has also been built and
endowed by tne Baron. the fetal cost o.
ltls seiaAtlc glit viii ameuut 20 upward
o es 200
Seabfin Stroke, on eccentric old 66bhar
10 jefferson, Co.. who stili keeps SC his
t'ade, although SO years old, Is a veteran o.
lhres wars He heat q drum 30 Jackson's
army at tho batsle Of New Orlesnp, fought
ia tae Ecxican war and srvsd with oredit
through lte war Of ihe rebellion. Despite
bis advanced are he mskes as good shos
ps epy gsoemakeg So thes'p
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raIxs on ,i,o garla.


Statements are often made in ffes
trade papsrs. says she Naw York Press.
% the effect that manufacturers
are anxious for the passage Of
ihe Eills bill. The latest canard Of
this Kind was located at Cohoess this
state. The Albany Express looked toto
tho matter and thus repcrgs: John Y.
$, L7nsiBg, treasurer az tho Troy
Manufacturing Company and president
of the Cohoas and Wa.ericrd Manu-
fac.urerS Association, was first seen,
BE wss Fhown the paragraph quoted
above. Having rena it, he said ia sub
tance: "The statement that cur manu-
facurers are endorsing The Kills bin IS
not true. Mr. johnson iadorscs ii. He
is Of English parentage, though born
in this country, and believes in the bill
because its English, you know BE,
no doubt, thinks he seen an advantage
in having a free trade bill passed which
viii reduce the wages Of his employees
to a level with those psid IN Europe,
so that he may throw his goods upon
foreign markets.
Gas to his Republicanism can say
that he never was e Republican. He
voted for Cleveland in 1884; he told me
this himself There is not another
mill owner 10 Cohoes who believes in
the Mills bill OF in the Presidents
message, or ia the President. On the
contrary, they are opposed TO the bill,
the message and the President Even
ia his own company Mr.. Johnston
stands alone wish his free trade ideas.
William b. Thorn. treasurer and agent
of the Harmony mills. and also trea-
eufer Of the Cahoes company. is a
radical protectioniss ana strongly
! opposes the Mills bin. Mr. Thorn owns
two-thir5s OF the stock Of she Har-
mony mills.
To show just what sort Of man
Air. Johnson is 7 win tell you some
thing be said 70 me tha other day. He
goes TO the same church shat attend.
and I expressed myself rather freely
70 him and he TO me. We were talk
ing over this matter, and suggested
that free trade would bring wages
down to the starvation point. We'll,
replied he, that's just what we want;
when the employees are brought down
to working FOR low wages, as they are
in Europe. they viii net bs able to
strike. They viii have % keep right
at work, and we shall have no more
trouble with them Now / don't be-
i.@ss IA grinding down employees TO
/ the lowest point. When wages areup
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

a SQUAD of men repaired rough
place on Shipley street above fourth
this morning by relayiug the cobble
stones. This is good in the absence Of
any thing better; but Shipley street j.
used for great deal of driving and
hauling. It has no steep grade like
Market street and ia not obstsucted by
street cars. Much of the hauling Is
due to tie business done cn the street.
Nearly all The wcstside Market street
stores have q Shipley street entrance,
and il is on this street then that the
stock for these stores is hauled and
handled In view of all this does il not
strike the Directors Of the Streets aud
Sewers that Shipley street is worthy Of
. new payements OF eli the rough COB
BILE stone pavemsnts in the city that Of
Shipley street is the worst. 1t is abso-
lutely the toughest street in tho city,
and yet, excepting Market, King or
Front streets, it is used more than any
other. We think that Shipley street
should be paved with Belgian block. If
that were done one-haf the driving on
the car tracks of Market street would
be stopped. ShipIey street ought to be
put in condition suitable TO the dig
nifty which the new government build
ing will confer upon it. Do you not
agree with us, gentlemen Of the Street
and Sewer department
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

THE Peoples Witness, a journal
published by colored persons ia this
city, tries hard 10 make fun Of F'reder
ick Douglass's speech at Chicago last
week. Verify the children Of this gem
eraiion are wise in their own conceit.
Frederick Douglass had better
knowledge Of men and even Of books
and an infinitely better judg uent
when as q fugitive slave he left his
Maryland master fifty years ego than
we have been able 20 discover ia the
editors Of tho Peoples Witness BY a
careful reading OF their unique papsr
for q yeRr or longer, One may diiIar
with bis hasters. but il is ia bad tasse
TO try to make fun Of them.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

TIE street sweepers were busily at
work this morning on Eighth street,
between Market and Orange. They
had tons Of dust and about three drops
Of water. The Institute Library,
Almonds grocery store and the
surrounding buildings in general
were just catching it. We guarantee
that the books on the library
shelves suffered more from the dying
dust than twenty barrels Of water
would cost sprinkled on the streets,
and twenty barrels would heye satu-
rated Eighth street from Market 70
Orange. Dea't spare tao ~sgsr
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

A convention remark bic for It's cool and
patient deliberasion, which has never been
surpassed in its declaration OF Republic n
principles, has norainnbet as tho Repubh.
can candidate for Presidency ex-senator
Benjamin Harrison, OF iadiana. The seat
In the United States Senate which he dlleo
worthily and with honor has been stolen By
Democratic crime. His nomination for Z
higher office gives The people of Indiana AZ
opportunity, which they will probably
Ia uprove, 20 show toeir detestation OF the
crime and Of the party which made Mr.
Cleveland Presidett by rohbing citizsns Of
their rights.-New York Tribune.
Senator SauLbury has introduced bill
appropriatiug $4,000 TO further the inves-
tlgetion OF the peach yellows. Toe fruit
growers are pleased at The interest tht
Delaware Senator Is showing IN their vel
fare, and will be hAnpior atlll IL the
Measure absll psss the Ssuata, House and
President. BY the wny, Delaware viii
elect Senator ssnlsbury's succsssor nexi
winter Milford News aud Advertiser.
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IInllle.

Sweet word that s,,ans oil space, that
knows no hound,
Yetdwellsin narrowest compass; welccme
word
Dear typs of peace-though sheltered by
the gword
'yiid Saxon speaking races Only found.
Our eiriiest recollectious ell abound
With little notes OF thse; our Yeas are
stored
With memories OF thee; each spot adore6
BY youth, In ago becOmeth holy ground
Thou cilngest IN lne handgrip OF the sire;
Thou meltest In he mothers tender Kiss
The wauderer longs 70 reach taee-guldinS
star
or ali nis thoughts; like Israel's pillared
fire,
hoods bliss,
To that loved homo hepictures from afar.
Lord Roselyn.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26
Beeeing Fraternity n New vorI..

+ The begging fraternity includes some
unique specimens Of professional charity
seekers. With these tho police never inter
iere-why, no one knows. Perhaps il is be-
cause they are harmless in their way; per-
haps because no other means of gaining a
livelihood is open 60 them; perhaps because
it might puzzle tho courts how to dispose OF
them.
What, FOR instance, could DO done with
the poor, iimbleSs fellow who crawls along
Broadway, between Market and Walnut.
usually on the west side OF t,cz street. and
whose hands are his sole Instruments OF loco
motion, The leather stumus OF the fellow
excite Immediate compassion, and he is so
utterly helpless in the view Of the pedestrian
who swings along ON the limbs that God
has given him, TINT 10 ono hcgrudgeS the.
numerous dimes ehowcrcd on the mclsless
creature. lie is 50 lowly, so unprcpared for
the struggle for existence, that he Is really
beneath hostile attention. SO he passes his
life unchallenged aud free 10 40 rs he wills.
lie is the recipient OF more money than any
Of his class, and is said 90 be in comfortable
Circumstances. He lost his legs in q Missouri
Pacific accident, for which he was amrlv
compensated by the COMPANY. Tt is mis-
take 10 suppose, though. that Locannot cover
gruund. Upon occasion he csn travel at a
very respectable rate, and crosses streets
crowded with vehicles without assistance
with an adroitncss shat commands ndmira-
tion He IS mover impcrtinently forward in
soliciting charity, his unfortunate condition
usuaily and successfully speaking fer itself.
Occasionally, however, be says; "Wou't
you help me, plcaesg'-Sew Ee-'i- Cor So.
Louis Repn5lic,
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

bu lineas is brisk. and when they are
low everything ls dull.
'The mill owners are, with the ex-
cep ion of Mr.. Johnston, thorough y
o posed TO the Mills bill. They eIe
already suffering from the effects Il
tho fear Of the passage OF that bin.
Ever since The Presidents message
came out business has been growing
worse. We are running but two sets
in our mill now, and all the other
manufacturers are oompIaining.n
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

no was one Of the
most active news
boys who carried
papers at tliis time.
4 ho Providence
Journal Office,
whore he bought
his extras, was in a
building which was
also occupied by
the American Tcle-
graph company,
and which after
ward became tho
Western Union.
Young Phillips be-
cam O fascinated
with telegrnnhY.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

ten. Thomas has at
Che age Of about IS
jumped full hedged
into the flock OF
great American
ilnanciers. It was
he who, in connec-
tion with CalvinS S.
Brico, engineered
the Nickel Plato
railroad throughin
such a way as TO
make several mil
lions for himself
and a goodroad for
the country. Iinet
Evening journal., 1888-06-26
ruEsoAy, JUNE ao. Isss.

OUR headline writer made an
erroneous guess yesterday when he
told our readers TO lookout for Phelps.
The Republicans wisely reserved
Phelps for the United States Senate
and nominated Mr.. Levi p. Morton of
New York for thu second place.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

them, while Sussex they never attempted
to count Hence their desperation.
l am q Salisbury man, Mr.. Editor;
always have been. The money psid 10
salaries and for work honestly done By the
United States and the State OF Delaware
has got to go to somebody in this state, as
it does in other states. and as long as the
offices are 50 filled by honest men I'm
satisfied. But ! will also say that | am a
Salisbury man, becsuss l never knew one
of that family to collect a bill twice by
gerdemain. or to divert state money into
private purses when the little ones OF Della
ware had a claim upon it.
OLD KENT.
Dover, Del, June 25. 1883.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

y
ago at Columbus. He bna tben only, n local
reputation as arailroad man. He had aided
IN the development Of the Hooking Valley
coal fields and constructed "a number 81 Ohio
roads. Since then he has boon one OF the
leading railroad builders of the countrv. and
has pushed forward With success railroads in
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois. Nebraska, Tennessee
Georgin, Alabama and the northwest. He
has been president OF hall d dozen roads. and
he is now connected IN Important capacities
with large railroads All over the United
States. He IS one Of tke largest stockholders
in the Chase National bank, or Now York
city, ls 2 member OF the N-w York exchange
ard ha ssecis.,-s 90 have iaat Mdus sSach which
turns everything into gold. He has cut loose
from Ohio, as it were, Owls a Big house on
fitty-seyenth street, in New York, and has
one OF the finest country seats 40 Dobbs ferry
On tho Hudson. At this place he hes sixty
hye acres Of finely laid out lawn and wood
land. has a water front Of eighteen acres and
has fun opportunity for gratifying hisyacht-
ing tastes His next door neighbnr is John
Jacob Astor. Gen. Thomas Is nlan Of ltor-
airy and acholaA-lc tastes He is q student as
weil as money maker IT. IS 9 sd tall-sv
and is thoroughly democratic Ia bis dafi,er
ne watss like q soldier lat - is. and hss S.
loot franz well padlsl with muscular fesA.
forms orc Of tho striking figures OF Wall
stitet. Every one calls him general, and no
earned Che titlc fer gallsab service in the
army. lie enlisted as q boy Of 1i, and rose
20 DO hrisadier general After tho war was
over he left the army for business, and his
success seems to BE only just begun.
THOMAS J. ToDD.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26
Isneclal corresnondence.1

Especial Correspondencel
WASHINGTON, Juno 2G.-The announce
ment that Mr.. Walter +. Phillips has as
sumed editorial charge of The Electric Age
calls tho attention TO ono Of the brightest
newspaper men Of the United States Mr.
Phillips picture was lately hung in tho press
gallery Of the house Of representatives. His
is tho youngest in the press portrait collec
tion in the Capitol and he ranks rs the associ-
ate Of Charles A. Dana, Joseph Pulitzer
Murat lialstoad and the other editors Of
our biggest daily journals. AZ ~ 10 has
become ono Of tho leading journalistic men
Of tho country, and it is due 70 him TINT
the United Press has reached its won
derful efficiency Born Ia Massachusetts, his
family is one Of the Oldest in the United
States. His great-grandfather fought at
Bunker Hill, and it was in his arms that
Gen. Warren was caught when he fell Mr.
Phillips father was q farmer, but young
Phillips did not take to the soil, and at 13 he
started ont 90 make his fortune. He won't to
Providence, r. J., and when Fort Sumter fell
Evening journal., 1888-06-26
A TsnseIy Htnt.

If yen wish your watch put in first
class order before going on n vacation
TO sesshore OF mountains call on Fri
L. Barton. jsweler, 2t East Seventh
st. Clocks 10 be repaired called for
and delivered TO any part Of the city
without extra charge.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

learned the nIt and was soon one OF the best
receivers in New England. As a telegrapher
he received President Lincolns first cali for
troops. He acted as an operator all through
the war and received the news Of Lees sur
render, Richmonds fall, the assassination of
President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booths death
and other press news which made the country
alternately glad and sorrowful
During this time Mr. Phillips devoted him.
self 10 study and TO writing for various Jour.
mails. He had an ambition TO be good
newspaper man. He had taken a prize as one
Of tho best telegraphers in the United States
at the telegraph tournament, and Professor
Morse had decorated him with badge given
70 the operator who had az that date mado Che
fastest record.
In 1873 AIr. Phillips left Providence FOR
New York and bccamea q reporter on The Now
York sun. He tried 70 write editorials, but
bis editorials We're thrown into the waste bas-
kot He got thcm ont and sent them to Mr..
Dana, but they did not appear, and Mr.. Phil
lips concluded to leave The Sun a 1yeel,
after he left The Sun printed his editorial
paragraphs, but he had in tho meantime en-
tered The Office OF tho Associated Press. and
year after he began his work here at Wash
ington he was chief assistant to John ".
Simonton, the general agent.
1t was just ten years ago that afr. Phillips
became tho chief Of the Washington bureau
OF the Associated Press, and here he remained
until 1882. AT this tinio the United Press
bad become financially embarrassed, and
n. Phillips concluded 20 so in with it. He
invested ~ spare funds, became chief nan.
ager Of tho osgcr--..is5, and in a short time
put it on its feet as rival Of the Associated
Press. When ho took charge Of 70 Ll.n ~. e
newspapers served numbered 103, and the ne.
ceipts wero a little over $500 q day. now
the United Press serves one or more news.
papers in each leading city and town, and It's
daily receipts run over a thousand dollars.
It has inaugurated, through Mr. Phillips,
new way of gathering and sending news,
and it controls moro nilos OF wire than any
other press association Of tho country. Ii
has It's corra pondert at each crossroads Il
has madait ITSELF felt as q news gathcrer.
People who are not posted oa Tie work.
ings Of the large press associations have iitilo
idea of their operation. Tho United Press
works tho longest epd laost complicated teia.
graph elruit y tho world. Il has single
wire a,reJ miles long, and it works direct
from Chicago to San Francisco. The United
Press works the national conventions for an
the papers Of the country, and from ST. Louis
and Chicago its wircs rcach 70 every village
in the land. Az these conventions there was
great strife between tho United Press ana
tho Associated PiVss as 10 which would get
tho first bulletins 81 news into The various
cities
Returning % Mr.. Phillips, rs Is now 10
Gated in New York and his association with
Tho Electric Ago viii not influence his work
ings with the United Press. He is a good All
around newspaper man, as well as a good
executive, and can write as racy o dispatch
as any nan who sends his letters over the
telegraph wires
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

$50 bbls. Of L. g. G. sold in six weeks.
Best flour on earth. Nichols, 9Th and
King.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

Special drive on Teas and Coffees
taMcClintock's 8th and Lombard.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

Hall Stands, new and cheap designs,
at johnson & Barnhill'i 207 Market st.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26
A Rad Rabit.

BE loved her once. or 90 be thought;
Bus now he stays away.
She could not possibly be taught
To keep from saying. "Ssyl'
-Detroit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1888-06-26

Look at the $50 Crinkled Plush Par
io- Suiss {. J1Anzon = - LII. ., S07
Marke1 ST