The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-05
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marks: Whatever may be the unsound-
ness Of the Single Tax doctrine or the &C.
centricities Of its propagators, it is not so
mischievous, nor they SO dangerous that
the arbitrary measures which have been
taken In Delaware to suppress them can
be justified consistently with the right of
rec speech.
Tho authorities at Dover in filling their
jail with the Single Takers on the ground
that they are nuisance, have shown them.
selves to be unreasonable, narrow.minled
and tyrannical They have been guilty Of
an outrage on the freedom of speech
which cannot be condoned by fair minded
mon, who believe that error of opinion
may be tolerated, so long as reason is free
to combat it. There is something wrong
with the civilization Of Delaware, when
public sentiment permits for moment
the high:handed measures which have
lately been in vogue ut Dover.
And now comes the proposition Of q COM
mittee Of Dover citizens, that the laws Of
the State shall be searched in order to find
some statute which will furnish legal
pretext for putting these law-breakers to
work in chain gangs on the streets and
public roads!" That was the remedy
which, in days past, used to be employed
In dealing with men in the South who
dared to lift their voices against slavery.
The Single Takers may be cranks thor
doctrine Is certainly visionary; but they
have done nothing in Delaware while
preaching 1t to excuse this wholesale in
vasion Of their personal rights The men
WHO are running the affairs of the State
Of Delaware ought to be heartily ashamed
Of this petty persecution.
TIE Single Takers are raising
great noise In Dover and outside Of the
State through columns OF matter in the
daily press. If the latest resolution which
has been introduced In the Kent County
Levy Court becomes q law then the Sin
gle Takers will raise the necessary $40 aud
costs or be farmed out by contract to break
stone on the public roads The resolutions
have the effect Of stirring up the Single
Takers so that they have made application
to Chancellor Nicholson for writ Of ha.
beas corpus. The hearing has been set
down to take place ON Saturday afternoon
at l o'clock. The only indignation ex.
pressed over the arrests OF the Single Tax
ers hove been from their adherents to the
moonbeam ehasers. And the majority of
them are Democratic Single Takers. God
save the State.
THERE Is going to be u pretty fight in
the Democratic party III Delaware. The
trouble Is brewing and the swallow tail
element are getting Oh their war paint to
make the fight OF their life against the
overhaul element. We expect to see the
fight for Governor carried into the Con
yantion which meets in Dover Oh the 18th
inst. Peter J. Ford appears to have the
lead in New Castle county, bnt the woods
are full of dark horses and several arc
praying nightly for the political lightning
to strike them. +. l.. Martin of Sussex
county and ex-Goycrnar Hall of Suss2X
ore spoken Of as possible candidates for
the office of Governor
WHAT time the wJu!d.be politicians
are havingY They are kept busy chasing
this political bee from morning till night
The only trouble is that there is not Offices
enough for all these hard ward workers 10
Al at good, fat salaries The sacrifices
they make for their party's sake is some
thing awful to contemplate. Without
their aid the party would sink into ob.ly-
ION The rank and file are not in it, The
voters are only the droues but their help
y always most graciously sought after On
election day. My, how happy is the lot Of
the politician. His dreams of wealth aud
af1uence are something hard to contcm.
plate.
WE should think the firm of a. S Reed
b Brother were responsible bidders for any
contracts they should see fit to put in
their bid for. 1t is an old and well known
Wilmington firm and they have done
thousands Of dollars worth of work in our
city. They are the contractors who built
the new post office at Ninth and Shipey
ttreets and numerous other large build.
}ngs In our city. To say the firm is unre.
liable, is saying something that cannot be
proven, and has tendency to iDjure the
standing Of the firm abroad.
ANOTHER big crash in the price Of indus
trials has affected the price OF the Dla-
mond State Match Company's stock, New
York Biscuit stock and the Illinois Steel
and Iron Coinpany's stock had such dis
aetrous effect in Chicago on Tuesday,
where these securities were dealt in that
the Chicago Stock Exchange has been
closed for few days. Thousands of dol
lars worth of the Diamond Match Com
pRny's stock is held by persons in our city
whom the rapid decline will make feel
sick.
Peni nsuln Notes
Geo. W. Spicer, who has been making
short tour down the State has given Us
few notes in regard to the crops, as well
% to politics He is quito an observant
man, and his jottings are worth CHANGING
svs,, II our peach growers and farmers
70 i'd only obtain fair prices for their fruit
wheat and corn they would certainly be
blssssd and the absence Of ingratcs might
n esteemed Il miracle.
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