Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-03
THE P0LfrIcAL mENAeHHrE.


1UbAhH thDhbhtfAa 0n0 NOW
Mnsltrats.
fhlladolphia Evening Herald.
DslaWare has always been unique baili-
WICK unique In more ways than QUE. 1t is
peeular la size, shape, history, style Of
jurisprudence, manner Of laws and politics
especially the last. Delaware, 1t might be
! marked, ~ small, hut, oh, my DOES any
one suppose she can't get up d Rood-sized
sur, Vsry warm time ia teapot, 80 TO
speak, when she gets started?
ueniWnre. according 10 that great and
HIahl Old Democratic document, tho Com
sWIsLNnpn oil theae United States. has all tbs
,ullsnlty ald trappings OF Statehood; md
,,Hieongh she has but 1850 square miles and
, ,seG'o people politics Is spread pretty
tnmt per caput and per square mile (or
rather square inch) ut certain political
sessons l: may Be said by way OF passing
Ienark that three generations OF Bayards
iot OF bAulsburys, Clayton or two and a
ioL 81 nna5soEted statesmen thrown 10 form
no Dad account for commonwealth with
no Iaora population than Lancaster county
N ,hta state had may we'll Indeed put some
larger states to tho blush.
But even In little Delaware statesmen
9 nus como AID go. Even the Diamond
STATE y no exception to the lnexorahle laws
oi mature ~ d history. Just now she Ia In
cue throes OF bringing forth another states
men and great is the travail thereof. DE-
" y away down Bussex and Kent become
awe With interest; for on the vote of Pom
eadet" or "White Dley Creek" or "Biark-
nlrd" or "Mnrdarkfll Hnndrsdn mag de.
pehd the complexion OF the Ualted States
Ssnhte, the history of q great pstion or
IWlo Enowsg) the ftte OF the Republic
Itself! Everything counts Of course,
IL y NOT el1ue mankind that has been
LssaEfhf ina q,N.xR
manship. Even animals have NOT been
spdfei Ia Kent county II is unlawful u
XII musEr4'e before December 8 h, but the
POI hunters g.t ID their Toe wotk wber6ver
thaY can, regardless OF the M.w, rhs do
reetive az tho DaiaEare Game Protective
Association has had warrants Issued for a
nuolber, ~ ruaps d SCORE, OF the violators,
and I'M 'Wolc9lt' men declare thar only
anu'"a1ulshaEs nsa are arrested; tina
~ SauRonfy y!oiarors. ere in.eyferei vlth !;
thhf the detective Is n "Siuebury" man
an that the game association Is composed
OF H'pnhlicans AMI salisbury" men who
ara d ,Brmtned 70 annoy the "Woleottn IN IN
4 much AS possible. "rhs tnus kist Il now
IN Delaware politics evidently 10 stay, says
Wldipston special 10 local evening coa-
temporary.
The Delaware statesmen ara In the post
ZION OF the man Rho said ''balue that swim
In dJGbt tae sll2htest thread viii lead me-"
thny, Il seetns. have el5c'td to follow the
Loaf o. the modest, retiring lnu.Rrar. THIS
coalition to ila political menagria of
America IL very welcome The politics OF
Lancaster county come years narS was
stirred to lts depths asaiusr q "hul. ring"
which, as Its name indicates, vas accused
o. mailing MONEY on the pAppsr3 10 the
airnsanuse III ball Reef clniruc's. The
rooster and ''that same old coon" are
hgufes too wsll-knoWn and 100 much
honored 10 need mora Than passing msn-
ton, whilst the ''Oid w@r horsle' Of politics
are legion. The modest nu.krRt Is now
added, though his status II not yet defined
When come future political Noah shal as
semble the animals two by two, as did be
OF sacred bts'ory, 10 come Ia out OF the
wet, the tnakrars position will be Rome
what doubtful, but will still be honorable
for is be not the latest guest?
The EcsninJ Herald Welcomes the musk
rat OF Delaware u the Held to keep cor
pany with ths bulls Of Lancaster county
and the 'old war horses" The ''same old
cOons" AMI the democratic rocsiersn 81
larger fame. But 1t must hov caution the
people a. last Qua dangerous tendency
The sutfTa1a - being extended 20 all Classes
OF humanity, including Polea, Turks, Ial.
ians, Bulgarlans, Huns aud even women
now II this enlargement of Americas polit.
seal menaRerie means an ulllDIate extern
sion Of the suftcaga to the bu ls, horses
eoons, rocsters and--muskrsts, when human
sind shall be exhausted, this pap must
protest, unless, of course, the aforesaid
animals will agree in advance TO vote the
Democratic ticket.