Daily Republican., 1890-04-12

The farmers Of Kent County are
terribly In earnes: In their determine
lion TO have solid reform work done In
Delaware during the present cam
paien. They have been holding an /.
other institute meeting down in Gam
den, which was very largely attended.
No free trade emissaries made their
appearance there to throw a fire. brand
In their midst to distract and draw
their attention 10 something about the
tariff entirely foreign to the purposes
tor which they had assembled. Ii was
not free trade they were after 80 much
az solid, honest reform In State and
county government The latter is q
subject that they know something
about. They feel the effects OF bad
local government, and they want to
get clear OF it. They cannot do thi !,
BY getting into wrangle over na-
fional tariffs and national taxation, and
besides even admitting the conceded
right TO do so, they feel that they
shou'd pick the big notes out OF the
eyes of their own State before they 90
probing after national notes.
The three committees from the
three Farmers Institutes in the three
respective counties OF the State are to
meet conformity and agree upon and
promulRate to the people at large the
reforms they demand at their hands.
The friends of reform in each OF the
political parties of the State are to be
called upon to see TO II that none but
The beat men are nominated for the
Levy Ccurt and legislative branches OF
the government, and ii they cannot
succeed In nominating good reform
candidates they are to be absolved
from any party claims TO vote for the
whole ticket no matter who or what
manner OF man may be forced uron it.
This is q step in the right direction
for farmers TO take, indeed II Is the
right step for all TO take. There is
more heart and real reform in move
ment of this kind than in dozen of
free trade resolutions declaring the
tariff to be monster that is sucking
out the life blood OF the farmer.
These farmers want constitutional
reform and they intend TO have ii. II
will not take them long to see what
stands in the way OF constitutional re.
form. They reasonably argue that
party that has been 10 power for forty
years has had ample time TO have had
The needed constitutional reforms in
operation, and they rightly conclude
that o party that has 30 little to show
Tor reform al the end Of tcrty years to
recommend it TO public favor lie rather
behind the times for them.
The farmers OF the State have come
10 the conclusion to do some thinking
lor themselves. They wake up and
are surprised to find that they have
been the dupes of the politicians so
long. They have been taking their
political right along straight, while
political leaders who have been dup
ng them and Turing them on in party
irammels, have been taking their poll
les exceedingly crooked.
But there is TO be change now.
Setter men are TO be sent to the Legs-
-iAlure or they will know the reason
why and political trickslers are to be
booted out OF the Levy Courts, This
hing OF giving sheriff Sl2. 900 a
rear profits Tor feeding tramps aud
criminals is to stop. Instead OF cheat
lng New Castle county out of 80, 900
by cheating Republicans out of their
sotes and by permitting Democrats to
sote without paying taxes are to be
collected. Taxes are TO be SO levied
and collected that moneyed invest
ments shall pay their share as well as
The farms OF the farmers. The days
pf reform have come at last, and the
farmers are leading in ii instead of the
politicians, and this is cause for re.
Ioicing e>eyery taxpayer in the State.