Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-05-17
Pastor Watt on Policies

CRY was true and timely, aud for the edi6ca
n alt ton Of our readers in general aud parti
DIV ularly for The politicians ofthis section
cry the State we below give the saliant poiui
II Of the sermon, as reported in the Ege,
ied Fleming
ne The preacher promised his discours
pr. with stating that Oh next SUNDAY he vii
m. speak on the topic 'Our Delaware Di
nd vorce BILL" In referring to that poin
I'M aud before commencing his regular ad
" dress ne remarked that the Legislature o
h. Delaware that has just adjourned ha
ri. been the most disgracsful in the recorC
M of the State
or Il. as citizen Of Delaware, " he said
Il Shall have no hesitation at any moment
at in expressing my opinion Of 1t publicly"
Or The pastor then announced his text
4, from the First Book Of Samuel, xii,
r Behold here am; witness against me
n before the Lord and before his anointed,
10 whose OK have / taken or whose ass
. have I taken or whom have defrauded7
whom have I oppressed or of whose
r hand have l received any bride TO blind
e my eyes Herewith ? aud will restore it
y 10 YOU"
a Il can count the politicians" the
y preacher continued, 'of this nineteenth
I NNANAAf 0u TIC 0uC maui Win lluuluS
Z down." Turning his attention to the off
cials around the City Hall he said that
the man who is too lazy to earn his bread
e in good honest way should be sent to
} stoue pile and made to work. A man
, does not have to live long in this city Of
Wilmington before he finds out that there
Is something very rotten here. There is
in our midst a full.hedged political ring |
and more than one. And there is moth /
imp to pick between them. One is as bad /
as the other. The ring boss says you
must vote just so. But if your vote don't
suit the boss, somehow or other, it does not
seem to count in the ballot box would
like amy of the ring men to prove it was
otherwise.
A few weeks ago what is called bar
tenders hall took place here. It WIS TIE
most disgraceful thing ever heard of If
such ball had been given in New York
everyone connected with it would have
been arrested. Mighty seldom is it that
the houses of shame in this city are
raided. There are more than one hum
dred of them III Wilmington. They are
protected by the ring Boys not the
height of this altar rail are taught 10 gam I
BILE IN these resorts. %
Wholesale vote buying is prosecuted a
here. In going outside the Staten cross
ing the line over into Pennsylvania am
ashamed to let anyone know am a Del S
awareau East and west north and south, a
all over this broad land it is plararded c,
that Delaware is debauched But don't =.
suppose all this bride money came from 'e
outside the borders of the State. Just as
much money came from within. This m
pretense of the bitter bitten" is contempt a,
ible talk. Simply because one side had =,
more money than the other, that was all Y
the reason it was beaten. I have no right fu
to whimper like whipped cur because l ar
am beaten at my own game. ~.
Aud now we are without representation :,
At Washington through this wholesale de- III
AS regards the two political rel
parties one boss is as good or as bad as tn
he other If I had my choice I would an
ather go down into the gutter with the 4''
neakiug ward worker ana wire puller all
han be the boss He attends his church be-
bouts his amens and wears his pure cor
White linen, stands in the front aud pays
lis church dues But he is the greater
ascal He is the one should be shelved. Fr
The idea of this fellow saying to me an las
american citizen, a citizen of the Stale of Co
that such . man shall go on ,
he slate and be voted for aud such an
Their shall not Stop your vote buying tne
that is the way to kill the power of the anC
ng boss. oef
There is not a State in the Union that VI
annot be bought for money. This bril- iiiO
cry is the grayest Of crimes Picking las
mes pocket is not near so serious crime \
) 6lching ones ballot. The public coU- co.,
hence has got so bad that good citizens ~
i'll tell YOU OIL Market Street everyone par
oes it." But it is crime against the of
sople and against God The peniteui apo
y and disfranchisement for life should IN
, the penalty for these nabobs who de WIN
luch the public franchise One OF the delF
ost pitiful things 1 ever saw in my life N
as the other day when the editor of one cha
the leading Philadelphia papers made .io.
effort 10 block investigation of a pub sls'
scandal
We allow men to be placed on the mu
cipal ticket whom we would not allow y
sit in our parlors at home. You chris -. -
IA citizens are 10 blame here and not with
e ring boss. Rum drinking aud vote resp
wing go hand in hand The man WHO vidu
inks can be bought easier than the man forel
10 does not. It is said that in lower ,bro.
laware men with farms valued at
D. 900 will sell their votes at auy time. auu
The preacher then addressed himself kind
the story Of the fate of the temperance sufe
that was sent down TO Dover for en- with
m me- It had passed through the edy
obtained the approval Of the Superior
1rt. But the boss's lawyer in the State
use committee rooms sneered at It. ~,
an enactment drawn nm 70 save the lishe
IS of children, of youths of human Tax,
Is, him to sneer What kind Of man bic c,
that represents us down there! It's the 7
last tiiiie ne Will represent ms CITY Of tn
Tha Iii tui' !; on la 5s "a 49, The
the light Of day and never will. WEI
instead they had plenty Of time to put Ps,ais
arsh bill through, but this hell's ma s s,si
a is protected little nasty whiskey
,hiue has more effectiu the halls of the
islature than the tears and prayers of
stian fathers and mothers IN
By the help of God am going to cry dyspe
I'd, aud spare not ~ failed
can take you into places tonight in takins
city where things are going on that saEsn
appalling ring is at the ~'''
ON of it all, 10,
he Rev. Watt hits some pretty hard ache
Us and those Of us who are at all fa-
ar with the politics Of the State know
well that he has not exaggerated the }
ling state OF affairs in Delaware. Pub 49,
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mission of the pulpit. The press Of go
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ming extent. The way both parties
uct their campaigns is a disgrace and q "a
anne and the existing state OF affairs
Uses to become in another campaign
worse than in the last Public opin-
must be aroused aud when aroused