The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-19

rAs delaware Builaina and Dlc.e,


Tbs Delaware Building and Dlcley.
Tho manner in which the Delaware
Building at the Chicago Worlds Fair
has been conducted 10 a burning
shame to the State. II cannot help
but be very humiliating to every true
Delawarean who visits the fair to see
the public buildings Of every other
State In the Union open full Of exhi-
bits and In successful operation. while
Deiaware's building is virtually closed
and deserted. The workmen, many
Of them who worked upon 1t. have not
been paid in full for their labor and
have entered lions against it. The
building Is In the SheriGf's hands and
will be sold by that official II the pa
friotIc citizens OF Wilmington do not
come to It's relief.
The action OF the late legislature In
refusing to make an extra even q
small appropriation to finish the build
ing and keep 1t open. cannot be too
strongly condemned. But then what
cuuia VA cApcctSu itoh paSh q push
aniInous body. 1t was too ranking
full OF partisan purposes to attend to
the honor and integrity or the State.
1t was much moro important that par
tisan legislation should be carried
through to keep the corrupt and dis
honest Democratic party In power than
that the honor OF the State should be
saved. What did 1t matter to the
legislature that the Delaware building
at the Worlds Fair should become q
laughing stock to all nations OF the
world congregated there?
1t was of much more Importance
that John I. Dickey should have a
thousand dollars additional snlary
than that the poor mechanics and
workmen on the Delaware building
should be paid. 1t was OF vastly more
IMPORT that tue police departm emit
should be seized, removed from any
Interference by the people, placed un-
der Democratic control for all time to
come, and packed with Democratic
FOUNDERS and heelers, some OF them
jail-birds, heaters. saloon.keepers.
bar-tenders and drunkards. than that
Delaware, the greatest fruit growing
State in the Union according to her
size, should have an exhibit OF her
fruit industry at the Worlds Fair.
Yes, tho industries OF Delaware, her
honor, her integrity, her fame, were
all nothing In the eyes of our Legis.
lators. compared with the vast i'm
portance Of making 1t easier tor John
4. Diekey to cheat Republicans out oil
their votes and the county of New
Castle out of taxes, that the Demo-
cratic party, reeking with filth and
corruption. should be kept in power.
When will the people OF Delaware
come TO the rescue OF the fair fame
and character of their Slater
We boast Of Delaware being the frat
State in the Union to adopt the Con
stitution OF the United States-a dis
tlnction to be proud OF. The original
document signed by our forerathers
hangs framed against the bleak walls
of tile Delaware building at Chicago,
a.building under the sherlll's hammer,
for hills due unpaid workmen, sol.
emn farce, an insult to every true
Delawarean. q sad commentary upon
the imbecility of cur late Legislature
when compared with the patriotism
the courage and the exalted love OF
their State that cont olled the actions
Of our fathers in the earlier history OF
our State.
We regret that Delawareans going
to Chicago to sec the fair will be sub
jected to an unavoidable feeling OF
shame and confusion when they look
at the almost empty Delaware build
ing virtually already in tile hands OF
the sheriff. But 1t had 10 be done.
Dlekey had TO have his extra thousand
dollars salary, and the Legislature
hadn't enough to go all around.