Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-04
Wilmington, THURSDAY, Oct. a, 1883


nNfa NIEhL'S t1My tAetA NOtAAbNHs
The GAZETTE has received from Mr..
CHARLES Il. Treat, Republican candidate
for representative in Congress, the fol-
lowing letter
GEORGETOWN, Sept. 29.--Editor Gazette
and journal: l observe ~ youl issue OF the
27th, and repeated In the 26th, that you call
me TO book for stating that the Mills BILL re.
psals the duty OF 50 per ton on hay and 10
cents per bilshel on potatoes. 1t was an
error IN the report, as / intended to show
that the farmers were protected under the
present tariff on most OF their products as
well as the manufacturers; and reference
to my speeches at Seaford and Laurel,
some weeks ago, will also prove that used
the same arguments then. have followed
the tortuous career Of the Mills bill with
great interest, and | carry about me COPY
Of the bill In my coat tails pocket for handy
reference, as good Episeopalian would
his prnyer.book. Please give this as con-
spicuous mention as you did the charge.
Approaching the fairness with which you
usually report me, ! am truly yours,
CHARLES q. TREAT.
We cheerfully give conspicuous mem
tiun" TO Mr.. Treats letter, but must, at
the same time, take issue with him, as to
his charge of being unsupported in his
Georgetown speech. Mr.. Treat must re-
member that speakers are as liable to
make mistakes as reporters, and not in
frequently learn, on reading the printed
reports Of their speeches, that they have
Haid things they really did not intend to
say. Tho world is also full of orstors
who learn, too late, that they have said
things they heartily wished they had not
said, but we do not charge MIR. Treat
with being included in this category.
We do not believe that Mr., Treat ia
attempting TO wilfully deny his own
words, nor do we believe, for an instant,
that our reporter misrepresented Mr.
Treat. Indeed, Mr.. Treats own lette,
tends to show that there is much greater
possibility Of o mistake on his part thar
on the par. Of cur reporter. Mr. Treai
certainly did allude to hay and potatoes
and, il he did not propose TO chow thai
they are to be deprived of their present
protection by the Mills bill, where WA
the sense of referring TO them OF all
Our reporter could have had no incentive
for showing hay aud potatoes into Mr.,
Treats mouth when he did not want
them, and Mr.. Trea. certainly could have
had no occasion for referring to these two
sthpls products, except to show that they
wpuld be affected BY the passage Of the
Mills bill.
But we are glad to know thGt Mr.
Treat carries copy Of the Mills bill
about with him, "as . good Epiacopalial
does his prayer.book, y for handy refer
ence. We hope he will refer to It fire
qusztly and stu5y ii carefully until h
sees, as the GAZETTE does, that 1t
passage will benefit every material Amer
can interest and prove the greatest pro
tee e.s.s. c. tie American wc-"~'H" ssaiTa
tbs oft-quotsd ''pRuper labor o. II ops
And if he has spare copy in his cont
tails pocket, we suggest that he give 1t I
his friend MIR. Higgins. Mr. Higgin
might then learn that the tariff on stet
rails is $l7 per ton, and not S25, as b
stated in his recent speech ut Btandywiu
Springs, as well as many other thing
that would serve him in good stead 40
prevent such awkward misstatements i
future speeches.