Evening journal., 1889-12-13
pIseUsrEo WITH AAeR,soN.
The Grangers at Dover Excorfate the
President-The Laurel Game Case.

tne drhnKers AT Dover Excorfate the
President-The Laurel Game Case.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Dec. 13 The State
Grange adjourned yesterday afternoon.
after what the members say was a very
interesting and instructive session. The
report made by the state master e. H.
Bancroft, was also given out Yesterday
as adopted. The paper certainly contains
many suggestive points, Mr.. Bancroft
says, and the State Grange by its action
endorses it, that the United States Sen
ate is composed mainly of millionaires
and corporation attorneys-that after
this body had been forced TO recognize
the agricultural interests Of the county,
and did establish Department Of Agri-
culture, President Harrison, ignoring en-
tirely the wishes Of the great farmer in
terests, and influenced wholly by parti-
zanship, appointed as secretary of that
department, lawyer Alluding to
Harrisons message. Mr.. Bancroft says
that while the President almost ignored
the agricultural interests "he made one
remark, that may have been a slip of the
pen, when he said All the interests Of
the country should be alike protected
the law should apply to the farm as well
as TO the workshop. When the Presi-
dent wrote this he said more perhaps
than he intended. If this doctrine was
carried out the fiscal system Of the
country wonld be revolutionized. But
If protection was not susceptible of this
fair test it was a subject for thoughtful
minds to study whether, instead Of
being a system Of public protection, it
was not ia reality a system Of public
plunder. The report also urged the
members TO carry their sentiments to the
ballot box.
The game Of foot ball set down for
yesterday afternoon on the Academy
campus did not come off The Washington
College team was here and upon the
ground in playing trim, but they desired
TO play man who is not connected with
their school and who has reputation as
a foot ballist. On Thanksgiving Day
when the Academy boys went to Chester
town end played the Washington
boys, they desired, rs they were
short of players, TO use Ridgely
Harrington of Dover. But the Washing
ten College boys obj scted and refused to
allow Ridgely to play because "he was not
connected with the Academy team" In
the light Of his treatment tle Conference
AtautAl bufo yesterday tuIndllCA1Y
objected to the Washington team playing
an outsider. The Washingtons then
refused TO play at all and left the
campus One Of their own professors,
who was selected as umpire,
gave the game to the Academy boys, 0 to
o. The general impression here is that
when the Washington College team
learn that little gentility and sense Of
fair dealing are necessary adjuncts to
football as to all other sports, their team
will rise considerably in public estimation.
The Laurel game case went against all
prophecy yesterday, as Justice Elliott
did as Lawyer Boyce asked him and dis
missed it because Justices of the peace
had not jurisdiction over $780, The legal
opinion here is that Justice Elliott was
way Off and that under the statute he
plainly could have adjudicated fines if
they amounted to $4,000. The determi-
nation now seems to be on the part
of the Game association to bring suit
before some squire who will act under
the statute and who is not "Big Injun."
The Dover sports started out for a fox
hunt yesterday, but the crowd was so
large and noisy that the fox got disgusted
as soon as he was let loose, and left. He
hasn't been heard from since, but the
sportsmen have.