Evening journal., 1889-07-29
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
How ave the nIlghty FalIenl

HOW Are the mighty Falleni
New York Herald.
When Stephen w. Dorsey was under
arrest yesterday for contempt he found
himself entirely deserted by the boon
companions of other and better days.
They were anxious to seek his favor when
he had an omnipotent political pull and
was one of the chief ornaments of the
Republican party they regarded him not
only as the prince Of good fellows but rs
very shrewd business man who could
concoct a shady plot, and in the pinch
command influence enough to elude the
grip Of justice. But yesterday, when 1t
seemed as though his career had
petered out and it was evident
he could be Of no further use to them.
they left him Ia the lurch aud the hoped
for bail was not forthcoming. Dorsey S
downfall excites our sympathy, for he is
tho natural product of the spoils system
in politics. Tne whole Star Route per.
fdy was the logical result of party
policy which Graves power that IL may
swindle the government and then cover
up its tracks. But If such men make us
lose our respect for Congressional inves !
LEGATIONS and courts of justice, they il ;
crease our fear of that natural law which
brings a conscienceless career to
it's inevitable conclusion with a merci-
less and iron hand. Only a few yea s
ago this man was one of the bosses Of his
party. He stood high in the estimation
of the gentlemen who handled the Re-
publicans in the last election Attempts
We're made to exonerafe him from grave
charges and TO wash the tar from a
smirched reputation. Now he needs a
friend to sign his bail bond aud can't
find him, He has been engaged In SO
many doubtful transactions that no one
Of his old pals thinks it safe to appear
in his defence. They desert him as rats
do sinking ship. An object lesson Of
that kind is very suggestive.
More Money-mOre Republicans.
Milford Chronicle.
Twenty thousand dollars is the amount
estimated by the engineer in charge, as
adequate to do the work required at the
mouth of our river. Twenty Thousand
dollars is not enough; in fact. it is only a
dropin the bucket. Give US a hundred
thousand dollars and the work can be
done at once, but appropriate only
twenty thousand dollars, and after spend
ing it and partly doing the work,
the tides, etc, etc, will undo il
before another appropriation can
be made. In this manner
the national government will spend a
half million dollars to do what one hun.
dred thousand would do If properly man
aged, What we want, and what we are
entitled to, is one hundred thousand
dollars. at once, and then the work can
be pushed to completion, and the many
shipyards Of our town will boom as they
never have doomed since the election OF
Grover Cleveland as President Come,
Senator Higgins, you have hosts
Of friends in lower Kent and
upper Sussex, and they are all full
OF this idea of improved navi
CATION Would you make your friends
better and stronger friends2 Would you
make your enemies your supporters2 Ws
know you love your friends; we know
/ you are grateful to this hot-b bed OF Repub
licanism; and now we come to you and
ask that You make it your business t.
| give us what we want; that you make
this town even more strongly Republi
can, by inducing Congress to give us the
| SlOO 900, all at one time. You can do all
we say, for both yourself and for Repub
licanism in Delaware.