The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-05
PEKlNSUlAR NOTES,
Politics and Business Outlook,

! Mr. EDIInR:-According to your sug.
| gestion, In lying visit down the State
last waek, made some hurried notes by
the whyslde. The crop of peaches Is not
| going to come near up to the estimate
| made by the railroad officials or even the
| growers them,elve, Since June 10, when
the drop j. supposed to end, there has
been continued shnnkage and dropping
Spmo contribute it TO some disease in the
treas
The majority do not pretend to under
stand why there arc SO many poor and
premature panches The wheat crop was
unusually good, but prices are very low,
56 cents par bushcl is the hest nrice obtain
able in Kent and Sussex counties. The
corn crop ia most promising and late CO.
pions rains has insured n large yield.
Last Friday and Saturday the average
prices paid for the best panGhes by North.
ern hny.rs, at Georgctown, Milford,
Wyoming and Dover was about 10 to IS
cents II basket. this included u new basket
: that cost the grocer s. 80 per hundred.
inGureh Mt Dover about the trouble
there lately beLween tho town authorities
and the Single Takers. learned that tho
anthoril les "'fsrnd the Use of the public
square known as Dover Green" consist.
ing of about one and n half acres of land,
IDe grass plot densely shaded, for tho
single takers TO hold their meetings This
Is the spot where all political harangues
have been made for fifty years or more.
All political parties USE IL, untrnmclled
and unmoIe-te,l, with room for 14,UDO peo-
pie To assemble, but for some reason
known only to tho single tax speakers
they would not use this public square,
but preIerred TO hold their meetings ut
tho corner Of two narrow streets, Lock.
ermnn street and Governors avenue,
near many stores and large hotel, tho
. Bayard -H1usD They wrre politely re.
quesFed to 90 to the public square. but
they positively refused IT, do 80, and dolled
the town officials to move them. They
did move them, and Will keep moving
them or anJ other party that will not sub.
init to what al! political parties have dono
from the time that the memory of man
runne,h. This il all there is in it, or
shout it, boiled down to cold facts
POLITICAL
In tho two lower counties tho only
prominent RepuI!llcan met was one who
was elac;ed to q high state oil 3n that is
earnestly Opposed to Mr. Aduiak5' asDira.
tions, and it is said this gentleman could
not possibly have been elected without the
aid "t Mr. Addicks 50 literally extended
10 the party-.thiS gentleman Is State Sen.
ator Pierce Of Cedar Creek hundred
Abont Gnorgetowu Milford, Wyoming
aud Dover Mr. Adlicks has numerous
following, consisting Of the best element
Of the tnrubl'can party.
At Smyrna where Mr. Hoffccker resides,
he Is very popular, and will be voted for
bv many friends in the Democratic party,
for he is man Of sterling parts much
above the average candidates of either of |
our political parties The Democrats are |
almost to unit in high glee over tho |
Chicago candidates and platform, and it is |
to see how much they have |
read and studied on the double standard
subject. They arc far ahead of our aver.
age cltizons in Information Oh the subject.
Tho Democrats expect TO have II walk
over IT thn warning faction in the 'Rcpuh-
llcan plrty do not unite and work for one
ticket and onc common cause. Ii Is con.
cluh"d that Kent and Sussex counties will |
max. tbs nomination of th., candidate for
(invernUr On the DrinUCraLiG ticket, hut
who that man will he ii one of the doubt
fnl unknown things that IL short time
viii! reveal. Yours etc, GEOEGE w.
Sricah Wilmington, Del