Evening journal., 1893-11-13
A CHRISTIAN RllRlAl

ANY man may make mistakes. Every
man is liable TO err,if for no other reason
than that every man is human. Some
men err less than the average man errs:
other men err more; while, others still.
sometimes commit errors which are so
foreign TO the general trend Of their
lives, their cult, their intelligence and
to their otherwise universal endeavor.
that they are startling to the community
and humilating to the men themselves
Such was the effect Of T. G. Bradford's
course as attorney for the old Levy
Court, of excreable memory.
Mr. Bradford is a man of ability He
enjoyed ample, unusual opportunities
for education; be has excellent, splendid
opportunities to gain a place for himself
TO be honored at the bar here. re
spected and admired wherever the fame
Of our long and justly celebrated bar Of
Delaware should extend.
These things are all known. We need
lot do more than refer to them. We
refer to them because the case upon
which Mr. Bradford is exercising his
peculiar proficiency at delicatessin dialec
tics is now in the courts; and is SO to
speak, the child of his own brain.
When Mr. Bradford was attorney for
that political Levy Court, which was
operated by Stewart Bach and MahaiTy
the suroties Of Collector Dougherty be
came solicitous and requested the Levy
Court to take cognizance of Dougherty's
acts, and relieve them OF responsibility
II was inconvenient at that time te dis
turh Dougherty, or expose the bogus re
oeipts aud other apparatus and arrange
ments for carrying this county for the
Republican party
Yielding TO the necessities Of that oc.
oasion, and gratifying the wishes of
stewart, Mahafy aud Bach, Mr. Brad.
ford gave an opinion TO the effect that
the Levy Court had a discretionary power
TO decide whether they should remove
Dougherty or not, but no discretion
whatever about taking steps to prevent a
loss Of $4,000 TO the county. bv an
officer whom his sureties wished TO re-
move. This opinion. like the claim
that the Levy Court could enroll $50. 600
names Of voters for this county Is
as Mr. Bayard declared, "monstrous.
IL is thousand pities that Mr.. Brad
ford ever got hts own consent to use his
ability which is.recognized, in the inter
ests mentioned above Aman ALWAYS
makes a mistake when he allows design
ing and coarse grained men TO use hi,
talents for their purposes. That Mr.
Bradford made a grievous mistake 3.
illustrated by the quotation from
Hamlet that Senator Gray uses SO
aptly against him The discussion i.
whether ophelia, who has committed
suicide, may have a Christian burial.
The first clown asks
How can that be, unless She drowned her
self in her own defeuses.
Second Clown-Why 'tis found so.
First Clowl-1t must be- Sc offendendo i
cannot Doe elise. For here lies the point 10
drown myself Willingly. % argues AN act
ana an act has three branches: 70 is. 10 act. d
DO 20 perform. ar.al She drowned herself
| Willingly
Second clown Nay, but hear you, goodman
dclyer.-
First Ciown-Giye me leave. Here lies "a,
water good here stands the man. good: 4
the man go 90 the water and drown himself
d Is. VIII he. viii he, he goes, mark you that
nui % The water cane 10 him and drowl
him' he drowns not himself arral DE that &
not gum, of lbs oHn death shortens not hi
own iife