Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-22

whom the voters of Delaware elected to
that high office on hefourth of last No
vember, Notwithstanding the federal
pressure brought to bear to prevent
them from naming the ticket of their
:hoice. We bespeak for Governor Rey-
nolds hearty welcome from his fellow
citizens, irrespective of party ties, and
trust that when the time rolls around to
bid him good-by in his official character
--as we to-day tender kindly fare
well to Ex-Governor Biggs-he may
carry back to his home with him the
approval of all Delawareans and the
consciousness Of duty faithfully per
formed with an eye single to the best
interests of the State over which he is
called to preside.
With his induction into Office we give
also to-day, as usual on such occasions,
the full text of the new governors in
augural. With all who bear in recol-
lection the few plain but straightfor-
ward words in which Robert j, Rey-
nolds so gracefully accepted his nomi-
nation by the State convention, a
perusal of his inaugural will revive
afresh the appreciation with which they
then listened to man who had some
thing to say and knew how to say it in
language that went straight to the spot
Particularly is this noticeable in his
utterances on the twin evils so con-
spicuous in the legislation of the repu-
dated coadjutors of the dethroned
Reed-the Mckinley tariff act and the
Force bill. of the former the Governor,
talking as plain man of the people to
plain men IMMERSED in the sOphistry of
taxing themselves into atiluence, very
properly says that it was unwise and
impolitic and that it has already
wrought injury Sin painfully
marked degree here in Delaware"
Not only has it not, in the words Of Mr..
Blaine, opened the market for another
bushel of wheat or another barrel Of
pork " to the American farmer; not only
has it enhanced the cost of living to the
men who till the soil or shove the plane; ;
but, as Governor Reynolds points out, it
has brought about, in a perfectly logical
way, "extreme depression in the re-
wards of agriculture, accompanied by
impoverishment in other occupations. n
Restriction Of foreign markets for Amer
lean exports could not well have re-
suited otherwise, and of course ''no
domestic law can avail to protect tile
American farmer in foreign markets or
to add one cent per bushel to the value
of his grain in Liverpool, although there
are doubtless thousands of people who
have honestly deluded themselves into
believing the contrary. "lIappily,n
says the Governor, " a reform in this
unwise policy may be anticipated which
shall bring relief As Puck suggested
not long ago, the next House of Repre-.
sentatives, with the purse strings of the
nation under its control, will be by no
means powerless body, no matter who
runs the other end of tile national goy-
eminent.
Upon the Force bill the Governor de-
livers himself in equally plain English,
making at the same time the strong
point that this Infamous schemeof usur-
patton and coercion, BY annulling the
right of the people of the states to
"choose" their Representatives in Con
gress, directly contravenes the letter as
well as the spirit Of tine constitution Of
these United States. He calls for n
more distinct definition, by appropriate
legislation, Of the powers and duties Of
judges of elections, as well DIS such nd.
ditional legislation as may fully protect
them in the exercise Of those duties
especially in view Of the possible pass
age, in disregard and defiance of tile
late emphatic disapproval BY the Amer
lean people, Of the revolutionary and
partisan measure now pending in tile
United States Senate, assuming UMPIRE
cedented power over Congressional cleo
tons throughout the union.n This
measure, he proceeds, implies want
Of confidence in the people" and an I'M
warrantabln reliance on tile superiority
OF the machinery upon which The grand
son Of his grandfather bases his sole
hope Of being counted in for another
term should his party be insane enough
to renominate him for the Presidency.
In this connection we may diyerge a
little to note that the Governor reeog-
nizes the value Of a properly regulated
state military organization and believes
that the real object Of this branch Of
the public service will be greatly pro.