Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-07
WILMINGToN. THURsDAY. ApRIL I.
Attorney-gonerai NiehoIson.

WILMINGTON. THURSDAY. APRIL Z.
Attorney-goneral Nicholson.
In the appointment of John r. Mich.
olson attorney general Governor Roy |
nolds has made an admirable selection. |
The GAZETTE is the more gratified |
to be able to express its very highest
commentator of the governors choice
in this instance because there have been
on two or three previous occasions APP
pointments which we could not but
disapprove. Therefore it is with the
greater satisfaction we freely say now
that, in our opinion, Governor Reynolds
could not have found in the whole Del
aware bar, irrespective Of party lines,
an available man more fit, more worthy
and more deserving Of the honor than
John r.. Nicholson of Dover. Mr..
Nicholson is good lawyer, thorough
gentleman and fine scholar. He
brings honor to the office rather than
the office bringing honor to him. It
was Kent county's turn and Kent
county has every reason to be proud of
of the SON upon whom the governors
choice has fallen.
In paying this deserved tribute to
Encouragement Nicholson, The
GAZETTE is equally ready to say that
his predecessor, Mr.. Biggs, retires from
the office with an honorable and highly
creditable record. He has made repu-
tation for ability, for careful attention
to details and for zeal and fidelity in the
service of the State which deserves the
fullest public recognition and approha-
sion. Coming to the attorney -generalship,
as he did, handicapped to considerable
extent by popular impression--an i'm
preston shared by TIE GAZETTE al
the time-that his chief qualification
therefor lay in his being the son Of his
father, he has by his own ability and
diligence justified his fathers choice
and demonstrated his own entire eapa
city to do full credit to the appointment
During his whole official career, THE
GAZETTE is informed, Attorney genera
Biggs never had an indictment quashet
and never came unprepared to thu
prosecution Of criminal. He lays dow
the dignity and responsibility which b,
has worn worthily with the hearty re
spect of the people of Delaware ant
their good will for his future prosperity
-
There is, in the strength of the popu
lar opposition developed in Philadcl
phia to the introduction of the trolle,
system-aside from all questions 0
partisanship, Doodle, betrayal of popu
lar trust, surrender of valuable fran
chises, and the like-a practical lesso
TO straight and rational electric railwa
men. This is, that it behooves them /
use their utmost diligence in pushing t
perfection the storage battery system c
electric propulsion. We have found tn
trolley system reasonably satisfactor
in operation in Wilmington.-cert
great improvement over horse and mul
power--and the poles and wires do nj
bother us more than other overhea
wires. But there is no rubbing out ii
fact that many other cities do mo
strenuously object, reasonably or vi
reasonably as we may look at it,
the trolley system and will go
far-as Philadelphia would do
the people. were on top in tn
sA-4.seppblican stronghold-as to refuse
have anything to do with it. The wir
less and poleless, storage battery is Il
ideal motor, and iAis in practical use
Washington and Chicago; though st
Objectionable, we gather from the Phil
dclphia fight, to street railway manage
on the score of expense. The UNIV
lingncss of the Traction Company
permit the Philadelphia councils to i
quire carefully into the working of I
Washington storage battery line, loo
very much like confession of fear til
the councilman would find that Ii
running entirely too successfully Il
satisfactorily. The system in use
Chicago and Washington is, we und
stand, that Of Stapler and Hoeltz, a
was imported into this country frC
Budapest. It Is not the highest conn
ment TO American electricians and en-
neers that we should have to 20 abrc
for locomotive brains, and surely nat
talent and ingenuity are capable
giving US an American storage bait,
railway that shall meet the public ne
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