Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-11

clamation and eventually succeeded il
patching up platform thst their con
yention adopted with whoop and q
hurrah-several whoopa and hurrshs in
fact. What they said and did is chroni-
eled in our local columns. They have
put two very reputable gentlemen in the
field; men of irreproachable reputation
and who have been successful in bust
ness; men still young who have been
iul in their communities. No one, 50
| far as we know, has q word to say against
either Of them. But it ia as plain as the
nose on ones face that they have been
chosen by their party less for their char
Rcters than for their pocket-books and
that no amount of merit or ability would
have put poor man in ths gubernatorisl
The plain inference is that the party
stakes its chance to win on the use of
money and, under these circumstances,
II is not matter for surprise that its rep
resentstives in the last General Assembly
kicked out the Australian ballot bill and
that the drRg-net platform made yester-
day may be scanned from beginning to
end without finding one word condemna.
atoTy OF purer ballot. That instru-
ment makes the remarkable charge, in its
opening plank, that the Democratic party
has controlled the national House Of
Representatives by force and fraud for
the past l6 years--nothing said about
the stolen presidency of 1875 or the Dem
ocrGio seats stolen in the present House
BY Reed qnorums-but it has not line
who bought legIs Atiye ticket in Sussex
two years ago. ''Oh, no, we never men
lion it,
The unexpected endorsement which
Maine had just given to speaker Reed-
by the way, If that election had come off
in alabama and Reed had been on the
other side, wouldn't the reading public
BE- delayed now with rot about suppressed
yotes aud bogus msiorlties-hsd taken to
some extent tie tunefeal edge Of from
the Vermont paralysis, aud the conven-
tion proceeded to put Rsed into itsspiat.
form. 1t put him in ahead of Blaine,
tool Then comes high tariff plank of
the old fashioned hons market iort.
Haying attended to this, the convention
thenproceededt put in Blaine and his reci-
procity for "our superintendent produc-
tions." II tcoka neat dlsplay Of sophistry
to get these planks in anything approach
ing harmonious juxtaposition, SO that
there is little room for surprise at the
hours that were expended by Messrs.
Smithsrs, Massey, Bird, aud their
coadjutors in devastating the incongruities
together.
Then comes the more pensions
plank. a stranger to oar institutions
would not imagine, from reading this
declaration, that the nation is now pay
ing out annualy in pensions $40, 600 QUO
or so more than It costs Germany to keep
mp the strongest standing army on the
face OF the earth. He might, however,
get the opinion that In the estimation OF
the Republican party, the heroes of the
war OF rs or 81 years ago fought less to
save the country than for the money
there was in it past, present and pros
pectiye. It is not very hattering
tribute TO pay to their patriotism, bat the
convention paid il.
When the platform comes to deal with
D..
brethren have borrowed very extensively
from the Democrats and, 20 tar as they
have done this, we mu congratulate thea
on their good tsste. Upon the subject Of
calling convention to revise the State
constitution, npon cutting down county
expenditures retYeucbment in tue feeding
% prisoners, putting the inmstss OF our
iaila to work, and upon the advisabiIity
Of securing minority representation upon
county boards, both pafti9s are ia cub
stantial accord, and what everybody
iaVors ougbt ovrtaiuly to go through
Tie declaration in favor OF sucn
legislation, / auy more be needed,
= will adequately protect or
oyster AMI tshing interests wifi
met WITH noboi5's disApproyai and Is,
in essence commendstsry u tie stten-
ton that nearly .yaly General Assembly
has resu arly raid 10 thess interests IS
matter o. course. The local option
plank Is one Of those bRits regularly
thrown out cstoh she 9ulliola prohibi-
zionist y ho y sinRularlY prone to stick
TO TINS beiis. hat the Ii .pab leans have q
surplus s!ocs X morality always on tap.
This iett VS. thrsahsd out for long
weeks BY the Republican majority in the
lower hGu5e ct the iasy General Assem-
7 Ny they took Tie Puosstt bill and sat
i up WITH i n,sl SITTER night in caucus, and
eadet by d ABANDONING local option bEd
farming ? i9r * senibls aud practica-
aa aisA iieeu4 I'LL that mst the sp.
\ ptoyal q hoth Houses aud commended
asei q ,ts Z puble is themselves,
9ith lie exception y Messrs CLARK,
3os aan ami perhaps one or two
ohrrs tae only amendment Of the
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