Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-10-07

dend to every man, woman and child In
the state. The credit OF the state has
been made good by integrity, honesty and
economy. When State Treasurer
William Herbert came In he found the
debt of the state bearing an interest Of
six per cent. in many instances, and he
had only been in Office a short while be-
fore he had the State debt funded,
making 1t $400, 600 and the interest upon
1t only four per cent.
Railing accusations cannot be met ex-
cept by a general denial, and the demand
make upon these men who would i'm
peach the integrity of the Democratic
party and It's officials is: Put your finger
on the amount and the man and we will
meet It. They have orators, and those
orators will talk. but think this canvass
will lose before they put their finger on
man in the Democratic corps who robbed
the state of penny. They are having
some trouble In our sister county of
Sussex ! sent to Sussex county for
report OF the Republican committee.
Anyone can get IL who wants 1t.
know that some may regard 1t as
poor taste for one county to
be meddling with the affairs OF
another county, hut | love the people of
that county, and cannot sit idly by when
see them asssiled / have examined
the report and find that Ebe Tunnel,
that grand Democrat, has paid, without
compulsion or recourse to law, every cent
that had been taken by an iuebriate he
found In Office there when he took con-
troll of il. 1t was kindness made him
retain him, and the whole truth of the
matter is that he was not defrauding the
county, but the man who had employed
him read from page Of the report
We deemed 1t but just to Ebe Tunnel
to say that we do not believe that he was
connected In any way with the issuing of
the bogus orders The fact was brought
by the investigation of the committee
Here we stand upon the record as the
only answer we can make to the ratings
against the custodians OF state funds in
the Democratic party. When a man is
determined to be unjust to you, 1t is idle
for you to make any answer to him.
Again we hear a great cry that the
election laws Of this state are unfair and
they are unjust. They say there is some
thing in our laws which DISTINGUISHES a
portion of our citizens who are entitled
to vote. There are no such laws on our
statute books The election laws of our
state have been submitted to the highest
court, and they have been held up by
that court as warranted by the constitu.
tion and every authority upon the sub
ject. To day, under the machinery for
qualifying legal voter in the State of
Delaware the methods are far easier than
In Pennsylvania, New York. Massa-
chussetts or Maryland. In any one Of
these states the laws qualifying a man to
cast his vote impose more personal
trouble than do the laws of the state in
which we live. No man has any possible
excuse for not qualifying, He will find
there will be no trouble, and his vote under
Democratic officials will be received, and
it will not only be received. but 1t will
be counted.
Passing from this rapid review Of the
state issues l can say that II there Is a
defect In the Democratic administration
of public affairs 1t can be cured. Ii there
is defalcation it can be punished. We
don't screen dishonest state treasurers
Robert J. Reynolds In this Office earned a
large part of the reputation that will do
much TO make him the next governor Of
Delaware. No class Of men has been so
prone to punish defaulters as have the
Democratic officers Of Delaware
The Reed Rules Condemned
But there are other things that con-
Germ us in this great sisterhood of
states. This government Is on its trial
aud demands the diligence OF the people
1t requires q dangerous power TO con
vince the people of the United States
that the government is endangered. am
no alai mist, but would not be doing my
duty If failed to warn you that atte mpts
have been made, and If we are not care.
full will change the ruling power Of the
people. I say that the acts Of the Re
publican party as exhibited in the Houses
Of Congress contain seeds which, if not
uprooted, will bear the fruits Of reyolu-
tor The majority began by seiEiRg the
rules of procedure in the House, and
elected a member of Congress from
Maine to be a speaker of the House.
Mr.. Reed commenced a reign of power
unknown before his accession to power,
claiming to govern by general pRrliamen
tary law. None but the majority of the
House has the right to make its rules,
but we find the will of the House substi-
tuted by the will Of one member. The
rules were made by Republican hands
kUlIlI
Of the rules is before you so that any
man who runs may read, and no man can
doubt their Specification. Mr. Reed, by
the consent OF his party, has exercised
them. If they are to be carried out In
the spirit ih which Mr. Reed is CARRYING
them out, there is no reason for 1862 DOC
people to send their representative to
become the automaton TO which Mr..
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them only by the Speakers permission.
A representative of $4,000 American
freemen can be regarded as silent when
he is speaking, but speaking and voting
when he would be silent. Members are
reported as present when they are absent
and recorded as voting when they did not
vote at all.
Under the Reed rules any representa-
| tive distasteful to Mr. Reed may be
ruthlessly ignored by him. The rules
are as clay in the hands of the potter.
and he molds them at his will. When
the Democrats are retired a photograph
of the Republican members Is taken to
| describe the absence Of the Democratic
representatives A man who sees an evil
going on he cannot resist, and who re.
| fuses to ses the assassination of liberty
In her own temple, or to allow his pres.
ence to such an action is counted under
these rVles as favoring such action. In
a public speech made by him recently,
Speaker Reed said II thank God that
the House of Representatives is nc
longer deliberative body. but body
made for business He is not unimper-
isbabls. He will go as all 90 and the
time is short, but ne is laying the seed OF
a great evil. He is tearing down the
ediiice Of liberty our forefathers sought