The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-23


that any fieut ulent papers were ever
issued purpo ting TO como from the
United States District Court or any Of /,
the State Courts OF Delaware. and we
only refer to this to show that moth |
ing is infallihle.
-Smp-e CO.
That Mn. CoLToN may have been in q
measure politically biased should Gre I
ate no surprise. He suspected what |
was going on in Democratic districts, |
though he did not know until after
the election that in a district in the !
Tenth ward there were forty-eight !
moro ballots in the ballot box than
there were names upon the poll lists,
and that the Democratic inspector |
used a screwdriver to stir up the |
double ballots to make them fall |
apart.
He may have had a suspicion though I
he did not know of the fine Demo |
cratic work going on in the down !
town districts, and he naturally felt |
that he was under no obligation for
throwing all doubts in favor of his
opponents.
What is needed and what the State
must have before exact justice can be
melted out in trials for violation of
election laws Is n return to honest
political principles. There is no use
talking about honest elections until
the act Of 1873 authorizing ami !agaliz-
ing dishonest elections is rAaled.
With the repeal of that law and its sub
stitution with honest election laws
will come honest elections, and then
withnon-partisan iuries there will be
a chance for the conviction of political
| Offenders. But under the present laws,
full of partisan trickery and deceit,
Mr.. States Attorney Biggs is right in
saying that, III this man Cotton is
not convicted, no other man ever will
boz and we will add what Mr. Biggs
should have added, never should be-"
-
The STATE legislature is getting into
the right track in its action to more
closely revise and superintend the
printing leaks that have so long exist
ed. Tho question was brought up by
Insurance Commissioner Pratt having
been paid 5l,l5o for preparing and
superi9t the printing of his own
report that cost only $500 to print. A
great many other fat jobs OF superln-
tending printing have been paid dur
ing the past few years, and the bills
are annually growing larger. There is
no reason why the. experimenting
of II report should cost more
than fifty dollars at the outside
Copy that is we'll prepared and put
into the hands Of ap rinter that under
stands his business needs very little
superintendent. AS general rule
the printer knows more about how a
job should be printed than the man
who furnishes the copy. The Legisla-
ture can very easily squelch out this
gang of hooters OF the State Treasury
: by passing an act allowing State Off
cial not more than $500 for superin-
tending the printing OF his ownre report,
q and that all jobs for printing shall he
! given out by contract 10 the lowest re-
I sponsible bidder.
!, THAT there is growth of religion!
:. opinion in favor OF Christian young
people enjoying themselves in a lively
+. manner, is indicated by the report o.
the y. N. c. A. fun. Whether in popu
lar assemblies or public print tho en-
# tertainnent most popularity appreci
;, aied is the humorous. "A little non
N SENSE, now and then, is relished by
), the best OF men, Hence we serve NJ
n column OF our Wilmington younl
mems Wit and mirth.
h PRESIDENT Ii AREIsoS has given anothe
y proof that he Is safe, level-headet
l. man in his appointment of eX-Goy
ii ernor Charles Foster, OF Ohio, to be til
p successor OF the late William Window
IT as Secretary OF the Treasury Nj
o Foster may not have had as much OK
n perlence i'll financial matters as som
n, others who might have been selected
n but he is sound on the sound none
&c question, and when he takes stan
n for anything, he is not to he drive
from it even though his popularit
should suffer by the stand.
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