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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

The Wilson bill repeating the dis
eliminating duty on sugar imported
from bounty.paying countries, the
special feature of the German -Brice
tariff, which has occasioned all this hard
feeling and these retaliatory measures
injurious to our farmers aud our trade
on the part Of foreign governments,
says the Baltimore Sun, should DC
promptly reported and as promptly
passed by the House. Then let US see
what the Senate will do about it-Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike-with the
Sugar Trust on one side and the suffer-
ing trade, revenues and industries of the
country on the other. IL is not merely
the Democratic House, but the whole
American people who have right to
complain of the breach of that general
understandings" in reliance upon which
the House was led to pass the German
Brice bill with the Havemeyer sugar
schedule in it.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
The Antl-Bripery Bin.

The bill to prevent bribery and cor
ruption at elections, introduced in the
State Senate last week by Senator Fent-
more, will be found printed in full in
another part of to-day's paper. We
hope 1t will be closely read and its pro-
visions carefully studied by all who are
interested in the great question Of honest
elections in this State.
Senator Fenimore's bill is largely pat.
termed after the New York law, which
requires sworn statements of their cam
paign expenditures from all persons
elected to Office. 1t goes further, how.
ever, in exacting from candidates for
appointiye Offices statements Of the
moneys they may have expended in the
interest Of candidates for office at the
election Immediately preceding their
application. This is very important
addition, as it is well-known fact that
zeal and hard labor for the success of
tho candidates at an election is invarla-
bly, made the basis of claims for the
| Autb VI flSbOiy db Luc ulSpOSai VI bAS
party successful at the polls.
Whether the measure introduced by
Senator Fenimore will meet the issue
now before the people is matter yet to
be decided, but it is certain that the main
features Of the bill are good, and might
do much in the way of securing electoral
reform, even if supplemented by no fur.
ther legislation. Certainly, 1t will bt
infinitely better than no legislation a
all, and coupled with other provisions
designed to secure the end aimed at
the thorough publication of our cleo
.ions--may tend to effect reform
thorough in its results and as perma
nent as the people themselves may de
sire.
Should Senator Fenlmore's hill fint
favor with a majority Of the member;
in each branch Of the Legislature, there
is one amendment that should by al
means be added to it. And that is, will
regard to making the atfidavits of ex
pense filed by candidates and applicants
for appointive offices public records
accessible to the representatives of tn
press and to any citizen who may desir
to inspect them. If they are to be pu
under the same regulations as th,
present official records OF this State
then their publicity will depend upoi
the caprice of the officer in charge o
the records, and all save lawyers may b
denied the privilege of inspecting them
Without publicity, the atiidayits Nigh
as well not be made; for if they are t
be filed away where no eyes but thos
of few privileged attorneys may gaz
upon them, the public will never know
how much money the candidates ma,
admit to have expended. This woul,
soon result in making bribery as preva
lent as ever. By all means, the bill
should be amended so as to make thes
records public to the view of ever
citizen who seeks the information the
| impart
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

There is a representative in the Min
nesota Legislature who will not accent
railroad passes. That State allows mem
bers of the General Assembly travelling
expenses at the rate of Is cents per mile,
but the custom has been TO accept this
allowance as perquisite and travel on
passes. The honorable exception this
year is Jens X. Grondahl, who returned
the pasteboard favors to the different rail.
road companies, accompanying them by a
letter in which he stated 1T is my
opinion that one who has been elected
to an office by the people, and whose
first and only duty it is to subscrve the
hest interests of the people, has not any
right to accept favors that must neccs,
sarily place him under obligations to
individuals or corporations. The pay
| receive from the State for my ser.
vices is all TO which am entitled, ami |
accordingly return herewith the pass,
unsigned and unused" Mr.. Grundahl
is no doubt correct in this position, but
he will find himself very much alone
among the small army Of state legisla.
tors throughout the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

Senator Sherman's plan of currency
relief provides for the issue of low-rate
bonds or certificates of Indebtedness
payable in five years after date, to pro-
vide a redemption fund or funds to meet
current DEFICIENCIES of the revenue. With
this the bill couples the right of banks
to issue circulating notes to the par
value Of their bonds. The bill fails,
however, says Bradstreets, to meet the
most pressing need Of the existing
situation in making no provision for the
retirement Of the legal tenders, whose
present function as a means of draining
the Treasury of its gold would not
be affected by the bill, No stop-gap of
the kind proposed by the Ohio senator
will meet present needs, The legal ten.
ders must be retired, and they can best
be got out of the way through the
medium Of long-tcrmcd bond issue.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
For which All WIN Give Thanks.

The following promises on behalf of
Governor Maryil are made by "Repub-
lean Glasses" in the Sunday Star,
He is a good judge Of human nature,
md he has always been fortunate in the
selections of his associates andssubordi-
mates. He will apply these same sterling
qualities and excellent methods to the ad-
ministration of his office. Fitness and not
political reasons" will determine his APP
pointments. He believes that the best
politics is that which places the fittest men
into office. He will elevate the standard of
official life and conduct lii Delaware. He
will not appoint man because he is
good fellow. gay, Lothario. boon COM
panion, slick ballot thief or a cunning
lobbyist. He has fine sense of the fitness
of things. For example. he will look
around for trained educators to be the
superintendents of free schools. Political
roosters and embezzlers have no business
in the school-room, from his point of
view. There will be a different atmos-
phere throughout all the offices in the
State by the end of his term.
The authority for the above is not the
best, it is true, and while the assertions
will be taken with liberal grain of
allowance, all good citizens will hope
they are correct, and believe in them
until the contrary is shown. One thing
is ceFtain-if Governor Marvil makes
good the prediction that he believes in
placing only the iittest men into office, u
Mr.. Frederick Eden Bach, private secre
tary and general factotum to Senator
Higgins, will never enjoy the emo.u
ments of the office of Clerk of the Peace
for New Castle county, nor of any othel
office within the Governors gift. Ant
for this assurance all good people will
feel profoundly grateful.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
SIS it Rum or is it Missionary %,

The rabid ranting of the New Eng
land Senators and Congressman over the
Hawaiian question, has naturally
aroused suspicion that personal interest,
as well as partisan passion, actuates
them. The Baltimore Sun says:
What is the matter with our New Eng
land friends? No wonder that the New
York Times IN its article yesterday asks,
Whats the job" Is it rum or is it mis-
sionary? Or, is it real estate? Meanwhile
the grave concerns of the American neopie,
the questions Of currency reform, of the
pressing needs of the Treasury, Of the re-
peal of the Sugar Trust discriminating
duty upon foreign sugars, which is running
our foreign trade, all must wait and be
given the go-by in order that few Repub-
licans from Maine may rage and storm
and throw themselves into sham conyul.
sions over domestic brawlin half-breed
half-savage community which does not
| interest the people of the United States
one-tenth part as much as the pending
strike and its attendant disorders in the
| city of Brooklyn.
One reason, doubtless, for the wilc
rage Of these frothing New Englanders
is their utter failure to make any i'm
preston upon the public. Not singl,
lingo howl in Senate or House meet.
with the slightest responsive echo from
the people of the country. If anything
the latter are heartily tired of tn
Hawaiian question, and utterly dis
gusted at the asinine antics of Frye
Lodge, Chandler and Boutelle, in thei
fruitless efforts to make it great ma
tional issue.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
The Plea for Addioss.

The Addicks boom in Dover, Tues.
day, was quite healthy in point of num-
bers and enthusiasm, but it does not
appear that it had any effect in influence
ing the votes of the Republican men,
bers of the Legislature upon the Sena-
torship. The Senatorial ballot was the
same as those taken before the Addicks
boom spread itself around tho capitol
building.
In all the pleas made for Mr.. Addicks
by his formal pleaders and his lusty
shouters the same sentiment was ex.
pressed. True, ox-Mayor Wiley made
the claim that he was a special repre-
sentative Of the business interests of the
country, and that business men were
needed in the councils of the nation,
but this line of oratory was scarcely
needed. The burden of the argument
during the day was that Mr.. Addicks
should be rewarded with tho Senator
ship In return for his eminent services
to the Republican party.
And what were those services? Mr..
Addicks, two years ago, contributed
several thousand dollars for the pur-
pose of paying the taxes of lot
of negroes in Kent and Sussex
counties who were too indifferent and
too ignorant to attend to this matter fol-
themselves, and thus saved their votes
to the Republican party, as they would
have been returned as errors and dis.
franchised had it not been for his timely
generosity. Mr.. Addicks, at the last
election, contributed o large sum Of
money-one Of his confidential advisers
put the total as high as $S4,000-for the
purpose of corruptlng the ccnsciences
of men in those counties, and by the
offer Of money inducing those who
would otherwise have voted the Demo
cratic ticket to vote for the Republican
ticket, which was committed to the in
terest of Mr.. Addicks. What was &C
complished by the money thus contri
buted is told by the figures of the cleo
ton.
| And for thus contributing the none,
with which to corrupt and degrade suf
frage in Delaware, Mr.. Addicks' friend
now insist that he should be chosen t.
represent this State in the United State
Senate. What a contemplate claim fo
men making pretcnsions to honesty anc
decency to put forth. What miserable
disgrace upon the State of Delaware thu
candidacy of this man for high anC
honorable office infiicts.
Scarcely less disreputable are thu
claims of Senator Higgins. He repre-
sents the same corrupt means in politic
as Mr.. Addicks stands for, though pos
sibly to less extent. He did not pu
as much money into the campaign a
did Mr.. Addicks, but he knew what thu
latter was doing, and now he seeks Il
profit by his rivals greater generosit,
in corrupt cause. 1t will be we'll TO
the State if both these tainted candi
dates shall be defeated.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
Tho Growth of Corruption at Elections.

Tho Growth Of Corruption at Elections.
On another page Of to-day's paper
will be found a contribution from tho
pen of Mr.. Thomas b. Coursey of Kent
county, giving some details of the origin
and development of debauchery and
corruption at elections in this State.
Mr.. Ooursey writes from personal
knowledge, as the matters of which he
speaks came under his own observation.
Mr.. Coursey shows how the corrup-
ton began in the payment Of the taxes
of men who claimed to DO too poor to
make the payment out of their own
means, and soon political parties began
to raise funds to be expended FOR this
purpose. Then came free rum and free
dinners, and IL was but short time
until the debauchery assumed the form
of the open purchase of votes for such
sums MS the yenal wretches who con.
scented to barter their suffrage demanded.
The amount kept constantly increas-
ing, until the climax was reached at the
last election, when, it is said, as high as
$l25 was paid for single vote.
We command Mr.. Coursey's letter to
the members of the Legislature, and be-
speak for 1t careful perusal. 1t should
particularly appeal to the members OF
the Senate, and impress upon them the
necessity Of vigorously forwarding the
pending contest for two seats in that
body, for the purpose of exposing,
through sworn testimony, the corrup.
ton and debauchery of suffrage thai
disgraced the last election in this State
The evidence produced in support OF
these contests ought to tell the story in
sufficient detail to give correct impress
sion of the full extent of the evil. Ant
with this information AZ hand, no mem
Der of the Legislature could afford. tt
oppose, for purely partisan reasons, an,
legislation designed to remove this curst
of political elections forever from Della
ware.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

With a contemptuous disregard of all
propriety, Mr.. Higgins and Mr.. Addicks
continue to preside in person at their
respective headquarters in Dover, pro-
noting their campaigns for the United
states Scnatorship. Until Mr.. Higgins,
six years ago, inaugurated this dis
croditahle practice, it was unknown in
Delaware. Other aspirants to the Sena-
torsAip-able and honorable men-were
content to await in patience, at their
homes Or elsewhere, the decision Of the
Legislature, but Mr.. Higgins and Mr..
Addicks must needs adopt the tactics Of
ward politicians and indulge in an un-
scemly personal wrangle for the Office.
The members of the Legislature should
rebulle such degrading tactics by defeat
ing both the men who so shamelessly
indulge in thcm.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
rnnnEp rnn no UsE orEn.


Appalling Experience OF Missouri
Family During Heavy storm.
As.ocIrted prs.s Dispatch by Spactal Wires
BpEcYIgarDGE, NO.. Jan. % During
the heavy rain and hail storm which pre-.
yailcd here Sunday night, two'story
farm house three miles eust of town was
blown about 30 feet from its foundation.
The building, having made two complete
revolutions, landed on its side intact.
The family consisting of Mont Mattux,
his wife and three children, were IN bed Vt
Tia time Of the accident and all escaped
injury except Mrs. Mattux, whose arm
was dislocated.
Every article of furniture in the house
was demolished and tho walls were entirely
stripped of plastering. Had Mr.. Mattux
also been in ured the family would have
been crcmated, for the room caught tire
but was extinguished by him.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

Mr. J. Alexander Fulton of Dover. in
communication printed in another
part of to.day's paper, argues in favor
Of the right of the Legislature to ad.
journ occasionally, if majority so
orders, and not take Senatorial ballot
each day. Mr.. Fulton argues con-
sistently from the law and the constitu-
ton, and makes out good case. There
is scarcely room to doubt that the Legis-
lature has the right to adjourn whenever
il secs fit.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

The Republican bosses of Philadel.
phia, are worried over the candidacy Of
Ex-Governor Pattison for mayor. The
plundered people of that city are evil
IDENTIFY in mood to elect him, and
while ordinarily the bosses could pre-.
vent this result by manipulating the
count, no matter how the ballots were
cast, there is wholesome fenr among
them that it will not be healthy to at.
tempt their favorito tricks this year. II
the people of Philadelphia make up
their minds to elect Pattison mayor
they will also be likely to see to it that
he is not counted out.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

Bloodshed and fatal wounding have
at last attended the strike Of the street
car men in Brooklyn. The strikers
however, have but themselves to blame
for the result. Had they refrained from
violence, it would have been determined
in a few hours whether the companies
could operate the lines without theil
assistance. Now the restoration of peace
aud order is the paramount issue, and
until the reign Of the law is enforced
the questions involved in the strike can.
not even be considered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
at'anamakfr's.
The GREEN ROOM.

Green thoughts in green
shades, a remarkable color
study in green. 1t is our Gus
tom each January to make a
decoration in some striking
color. You remember the
Dazzling Assembly, all white;
the Red Convention; tn e
Golden Galaxy, all yellow.
The Green Room, third floor,
near Market street.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
LANSllWNE. Sl.00.

Precisely the kinds that has
made SO many friends. One
of the daintest standards Of
silk and wool elegance. You've
tested it in every way-weave,
color, strength. And the new
price but SI.oo the yard
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

The Rev. William MacFarlani a nat;f G
of Ulster province. ltciand, ant post
graduate student of Princeton Seminary
has received u call from the congregation
Of Eastlnke Presbyterian Church, this CITY.
MIR. MnclNarland will preach at Eastlske
next sunday morning and even.aa WREN
he will announce his decision. He has two
other calls under advisemrnt one to the
Perryvilie Presbyterian Church and cns 10
the Puritan Presbyterian Church OF Ph:ig-
delphia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

In response to many inquiries that
have been made Of this paper, we desire
to state that under the law of Congress
regulating the election Of Senators, the
General Assembly will have to continue
voting for United States Senator until
a choice is made or the session ad-
iourncd. AS long as the Legislature
remains in session the two houses mus:
convene together at noon each day, and
take At least one ballot. They may
take as many more as they please, but
must take one before they separate.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
The Hawaiian Fo,.d..rol.


Senator Gray on Monday administered
severe rebuke to the silly iingoists
who for more than a year have been
endeayoring to make mountain of the
Hawaiian molehill, and to magnify the
internal troubles of those little islands
of the mid. Pacific into the dignity of
an international problem of most por-
tentous proportions.
II is to tho lasting credit of the good
sense and sound intelligence Of the
American people that despite the fierce
efforts of the crazy advocates Of iingo-
ism, the great American heart has
positively refused to be "flred" to the
extent Of making an issue of Hawaii,
and demanding the annexation OF the
Sandwich Islands, regardless of all other
considerations. All the wild appeals
of the "bloody" Boutelles, tho "frantic"
Fryes, and others of their calibre, backed
by the malignant Misrepresentation
and nasty prejudice of the New York
Sun, have failed to cause ripple upon
the surface Of public opinion in this
country. The people refuse to accept
the issue sought to be raised by these
rabid haters of the administration, and
are content to let the residents of Hawaii
work out their political salvation within
themselves.
The entire Hawaiian middle has
been anything but creditable. In the
first place, under the laundering policy
of the Harrison administration, the
power of this government was per-
mltted to be used to overthrow the then
existing government of Hawaii, and
establish the present republic, in viola
ton of all International law and
courtesy. Since then, the wild-mouthad
advocates of the policy of annexation
have been tearing their throats loose in
an effort to create a public sentiment In
favor of making the Hawaiian Republic
a part of the possessions and of the
government of the United States.
As Senator Gray truly said, thu
Hawaiian question has been given a
prominence amazingly disproportionatc
to its real importance. 1t is not worth
the time and attention it is receiving in
Congress, and would not be considered
for an instant except for the political
capital that the followers of Lodge,
Frye, Boutelle and tho New York San
hope to manufacture at the expense Of
the present administration. But despite
their widest bowls, and their most
desperate efforts to stir up public senti
ment in their direction, failure attend.
them, and the people refuse to lose sleep
and tear their hair over the question III
any shape. 1t speaks we'll for the peo-
pie. 1t also serves to show what con.
summate fools some men in public
places make of themselves upon slight
proyocation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

The Delaware letter in Sundays
Philadelphia Press was another striking
instance of how to horribly mutilate
the names of well.known Delawarcans.
The victims of this distorted nomencla-
ture are uncertain whether the best mode
of relief will be to purchase typewriter
for the author of the letters, or hire a
proofreadcr for the Press.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

Alexander B. Cooper and J. Harvey
Whiteman, counsel for the deten dants
IN the mandamus case to compel TO-
canvass of the election returns for the
Second assessment district az the city O:
Wilmington fled their amendments to
the answer Tuesday in the piothono.
tary's Office. = d..
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

Editor Gazette d jomnat: BY request sent
DR.. Cooper yesterday two cases of vaccine
matter, he will vaCcinate the inmates of
the Kent county Almshouse and tramps.
The inmates OF our iails and almshouses
should be attended to without delay. When
will our Board Of Health and the vaccine
physicians Destir themselves?
Il. b. FEAZER,
Secretary State Board OF Health.
WILMISGT0R, January I'D, 1895.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24

Colonel Nields talks very entertain.
ingly about the Senatorial sstua.ion, and
discreetly discusses the sageal lion Of his
name as a compromise. Colonel NleIds
is loyal to Senator Higgins, Int should
the latter withdraw from t.a rgec, as lie
ought to do, the genial Gnoarl would
not object to being sent to the senate,