The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-04-07

DovrR, April s, 1899. lin regard to an
editorial In the REPUBLICAN OF Satur.
day, headed ut Costs Something to DO
Republican" ! would like to say
that whilst we here in Kent County are
ready to Join with tho REPUBLICAN In
giving praise to those who have been
Republicans in Wilmington, and are
still Republicans. true and faithful to
the cause, and willing to say with the
REPUBLICAN, "All honor to the young
men who are voluntarily coming into
the Republican party of Wilmington,
and who, regardless OF the risk OF per-
sonal violence and pecuniury loss to
themselves, are taking the brunt OF
the battle in the great fight for quail
| fication to exercise q freeman'S right
OF franchise.
think that, taking into considera-
| tion the Incompatible difficulties, tho
political privations and hardship to
| which the Republicans in this section
have been and still are subjected to,
that those Republicans in Kent Uoun-
ty who, In the past, have been and still
are true to the Republican party as
the needle to tho polo, deserve greater
praise, and the young men in Kent
county who lately have Joined the Re-
publica party. entitled to more hon
| or than even those OF Wilmington.
OF course, in Wilmington Repuhli-
cans have to contend with the same
itnplacable and interruptions foe as
Republicans hero, party, tho leading
object of which has been power and
pelr, and which for power and pelf has
not only trampled upon the principles
of the political fathers, but abandoned
its own as occasion required. Calling
itself Democratic as Tor government
1 hay la a. 10 ipnnfad tl1a rinhf q
/ OF the people to any active share or
even voice in the work of government
and any call for purity and decency
| has been drowned by the place hunters
cry for regularity All over this State
/ it was indeed reign Of terror,
l5ut in these general humiliations
the Republicans OF Wilmington have
| had many sources Of consolation and
grounds for encouragement which
Republicans had not in this section.
The industrial and commercial de-
velopmcnt OF Wilmington prevented
| the so-called Democracy from beeom-
| ing the plutocracy or arithmetocracy
| which it was in aErurian districts. The
men for the most part as is generally
| the case In all enterprises, who pro
NOTED the development OF Whining
| ton were Republicans, and the wage
system of the industries removed the
nottingham from that villanage which
pertains to the fnudul and slav cry sys-
tenn of agricultural labor, and which
was the only system that prevailed in
| this section.
| Tho working man In Wilmington
was made to feel that he owned him
snH, and his hours of labor being shor-
ter lie had better opportunities tor In
telectual improvement, and where
there Is intelligence and morality we
expect correctness oil political sentl-
ment and moreover i'll Wilmington
Republicans were much helped to
form a correct political sentiment by
such publications rs the "Republican'
a "a "Morning News" conducted as
they lnve betu by men of character
and literal education and fearless IN
their denunciations OF the corrupt
practices of the party in authority.
Here we had mono such. We have
had newspapers, nominally Republi-
can. but beng published more for the
revenue derived from advertisements
than desire to mould public opinion,
they were afraid to utter anything that
1t would interfere with the source %
their re, enue. SO that for encourage
mont or assistance, Republicans hefs
were dependent on such men as N. Ii
Smitheus or George L. Fisher, who's
| voices were as tic voices oil persons cry
ing in the wilderness, and the wonder
is hat Hepublicaus have increased al
they have done In Kent county.
As to the manner in which we poo
pie of Dover make things conserve tC
particular end / will just mention
an occurrence ofyesterIay. Theinoreas
In the numher of pupils Attending on
public schools has made it incumben
on our School Board to make provision
for increased accommodation, and TO
that purpose one OF the architects am
contract OTIS ngs been drawing plan
and giving advice as TO the lest mo II
OF doing so, and on his Recommended
tion the Board has resolved to bull
an annex to the present building.
Instead OF advertising as publ
bourl should do Tor the lowest or hes
estimate for erecting such annex, the,
have resolved that eompetition for dt
Ing he work shall he limited to tire
/ contractors whom they namo, one {
lie three being Il mambcrof tie boar
: and tho architect and contractors b
whose plains and advice they haT
been guided. Is rot ore of the tlfe,
All our corporations are just 30 elos'