The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-20

Correspondents of the REPUBLICAN.

Correspondents OF the REPUBLICAN.
Dover, January 10, 1sss.-Ths ladies'
leap year ball In the hall OF the House
Of Representatives on Thursday even
Ing was brilliant affair. About fifty
ladies' all wore diamonds and their
dresses were as follows: Miss Emma
Pennewell. white crepe silk; Miss Amy
Ford. pink silk: Miss Holiday, white
silk; Miss May Cannon. pink null; Miss
Ccrnelia Selsmer, lavender fallle; Miss
May Seismer white null; Miss Olive
Hilyard. white faille silk; Miss Jessie
Butler, black lace; Miss Mia Walker.
pink silk; Miss Julia Todd, blue crepe:
Miss Belle Todd, white china silk;
Mrs. Simon Long. white faille; Mrs.
Thomas Clark, pink silk; Mrs. II.
r. Kenny, black velvet; Miss Heitshu,
blue silk Miss L. Cooper. black net; Miss
Lola Blackston, pearl silk; Miss Zena
Stavers, white null; Miss Adelaide
Stayers. white lace; Miss May Gull
Jester, blue silk; Miss Melissa Cham
bers, pearl NULL Miss Edith Chambers,
nile green silk; Miss yeola Rowan,
white faille silk; Mrs. Holiday, blue
lace; Mrs. Sypherd. white faille; Mrs.
VanDyke, white faille; Miss Main
Wallace. white lace.
Oglesbys band Of Chester supplied
the music, and dancing was kept up
till early morning.
The state Librarian, who is custodian
of the House of Representatives had
refused to allow tho use Of the hall to
the ladies on public grounds. But the
ladies appealed to Governor Reynolds.
and as that gentlenen never refuses
any appeal coming from Calico" the
objections OF the Librarian were set
aside, and the Governor patronlzed the
ball by being present accompanied by
his friend, Tom Clark.
Hon. N. B. Smithers, who has bean
confined to his house some days with
ia grippe" Is improving.
The "DGlawurean" OF to-day says:
"The Milford Chronicle don't like
Uncle Rufus and his way of stat
ing things" and IL is my opinion that
no person who respects truthfulness
will have, after the manner in which
he was shown up by the REPUBLICAN, Of
this week. Butfolks hero know the iden-
tity of tho individual who writes I'M
der that nom de plume, are Inclined to
pass by anything he writes uDheeded
on the same grounds as those which
certain Justice did when Uncle Ru-
fus" was brought before him charged
with libel-namely. that he is a"crank."
And yet would here remark that
"Uucle Rufus" is in my opinion no
more untruthful or ignorant than the
majority of Democratic newSpa per
writer's and speakers. They have no
principle. They vindicate no right,
they aspire to no real good they brand
no crime, but are destructive only out
OF hatred and seiiishDess." They will
say one thing to day and another to-
morrow, and as an Illustration of this
would here remark On Aug. IL last
Senator Gray said in the Senate cham
Der of United states " Is IL fair, is II
Just to the farmers in these regions
with which | am more particularly
acquainted, who have to stand all the
consequences and results OF cOmpeti-
ton wi h tho cheap lands OF the west.
10 farmers along the Atlantic sea
board OF the Middle States VINO have
seen the prices of their products 80
down year after year in competition
with these great what fields OF the
Dak otas and MontanaS, and OF CGlitor'
nia with no redres open to them. | say
to these farmers it seems unjust and
unfair But in this weeks Index"
MIR. Gray's own organ. We are told,
The wheat and corn-growers OF Della
ware do not have to compete with the
wheat and corn growers OF her sister
States. but with the lately emancipat-
ed seris OF Russia, the oppressed
of hungary and ryots OF
India" ..
Both these statements, contradictory
as they are, were uttered for tho SELF
same object, namely, to earn al easy |
by opposing tho industries |
OF the country and catch the vote OF |
the unsophisticated farmer.
Senator Gray, however, was right in
one thing he said. The farmers condi-
ton Tor the years previous to the pas.
sage of the Mckinley bill had been
growing worse. The prices OF their /
products went down, year after year,
because the tariff rates existing previ. |
GUS to the passage OF that bill admitted I
of enormous agricultunlim POI tuition. /
The Nc kinley bill has improved that |
by restraining the Imports
ton Of foreign farm products.
The spirit and intent OF Republican
policy is to promote the interests Of
all, the farmer as we'll as the mechanic,
the employe as well as the employer.
Protectionists believe that in con-
our domestic product Instead
of the foreign OF like kind and quality
we consume both tho product in ques.
ton and that which pays for IL and
thereby give employment to the la
borers Which produce the commodity
which we obtain at home, instead of
abroad as well as the laborers which
produce the commodity which pays
for it. 1.-THE principle oil the Mckinley
bill is the principle which has raised
the American farmer to IL dignity ell
joyed by no other tiller OF the soil,
and the American mechanic to place