Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-19
WRONG AGAIN.
Mr.. DALEY Shows Up Some Moro Incon-
sistencies on tho Part Of the "Daiiy Re-
publican.D


sistencies on tho Part of the "Daily Re-
publican"
Editor The Gazette. Il apparently
makes but little difference whether the
editor Of the Daily Republican is wrest,
ing with the question of tariff or with
the question of morals. The result is
Just the same to the reader and in either
case furnishes him with an equal
amount of amusement. After having
discussed the subject of tariff with
varying degrees of obfuscation since
the year Of grace 1916, during which
time American muscle has been com.
PEELED to succumb to foreign muscle,
unprotected, it finally drops, the editor
does, into the domain of morals. and on
Saturday last bewailed the utter wicked.
ness OF the professional pugilist and
their admirers. He says: "Notwith.
standing that prize fighting is against
the law and Is condemned by church
members generally" This is as far as
II IS necessary to quote, but it Is far
enough, so far as the last premise is
concerned, 10 show that the Daily Re.
publican is, as usual, wrong through
perveTseness. The church members are
also opposed to the saloon business 10
the extent of resolutions in the meetings
OF ecclesiastical bodies, but IL has long
since been discovered by saloon keepers
and Prohibitionists alike that the reso.
lutions are for foreign consumption
only, as their votes are almost invaria-
Dry recorded for the same political
parties that include the saloon keepers,
IL is in evidence that churchly opposi-
hon TO prize fighting is of the same
order as their anti-saloon resolutions,
the evidence being the following para.
graph from the New York correspond.
ence OF the Philadelphia Ledger Of the
date of October 3D.:
The Methodist ministers of Long Island
AZ meeting this morning, passed resoln.
ions expressing their unqualified con.
aemnatlon of the proposed Corbett-
MLtchell prize hight on Coney Island,
when, they declared, is "hostile 10 avery
sentiment of morality and religion and in
Migrant violation of the law Of the State.n
before the resolution was passed some one
said II understand that the sunerin.
tendent OF Methodist Sunday-school Is
one Of the abettors Of this fight. How Is
thatY' This question brought forth several
objections. and one minister remarked
That It was IAN outrage to bring this mans
' $3.50 ~ ~ ehiS Wny' however, the
name was not mentioned and the matter
was dropped. The Sunday-school superin-
tendent referred to is John Y. Mci<ane
supervisor, chief of police and boss III
Coney Island, without whose co.operation.
u is understood, nothing can be done on
the island. He is member and superin-
tendent OF the Sunday-school OF the
Methodist church at Sheepshead bay. He
has been superintendent for 20 years.
Probably if prize fighting, like LIQUOR
selling, was lawful in Delaware, the
editor of the Republican and his church
constituents would not feel shocked
when the popular bruisers came To
town. Prize fighting is one of the
natural outgrowths of the saloons, and
those who vote at the ballot box with
and for the party that makes the drink
business lawful and respectable" must
not object when all the concomitants of
the saloon make merry in their midst.
They, the Republican, editor and his
readers, vote for such things and thew
get them. Hence they should point 10
them with pride.
Prohlbitlonists have been treated ad
nauseum to just such anti-liuuor reso.
lutions by ecclesiastics. Now and then
some one rises up in meeting and points |
out that there is an "ungodly league" |
between the church and the saloon at |
the ballot box, but he is howled down
ana generally cast out amongst the inf.
dtels. This little story from Coney Island |
Is nrst.class addendum to the literary |
Chadbard's highly moral essay on
Popular Pugilism" and the pious |
thoughts the essay is likely to evoke. The |
editor should conflne himself to tariff. as |
the finer points of the ethics of political |
morals seem to be out of his leach. There |
is not intended to be any temperance in |
this communication, as the political Pro. |
hibitionists who read EVERY EVENING
will easily perceive. To them, respect- |
fully, JAMES 4. DALEY
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 10th, 1898.