Evening journal., 1896-11-23
THE PENINSULA PRESS.
WHAT THE DELAWARE AMI
EASTERN SHORE EDITORS ARE
THINKING OF.


of Delaware Democracy as expressed
at the polls, and let him be so openly
identified with those sentiments that
there can be no possible mistake in his
selection. He must be such q man.
None other can receive the eight leg
islative votes of Sussex.-SusseX COun-
tian.
There has been a little notice going
the rounds OF the press that l.. /.
Handy offended a number of his
friends CD. There seems 20 be no
truth in the report. The remarks made
by Mr.. Handy did not reflect upon the
character of anyone. II was dispas-
sionate and a plain statement of many
facts Like many other reports there
IS no foundation to build on. and the
foes of Mr. Handy viii be compelled
10 drop it soon Newark Ledger.
Fortunately for our people the ju-
dietary of Delaware h0ye never yet
been suspected of the least taint of
fraud, and the decisions OF our courts
have always been asquiesced in as
being honest, though parties In inter-
est may some times disagree with
them.-Delaware Democrat.
The agreement of England and the
Ian boundary dispute to arbitration is
a splendid triumph for diplomacy.-
Milford News and Advertiser.
The counting out OF Mr.. Tilden in
1876 is a comparatively small matter
when compared with the throwing out
the irregular returns in Kent county.
If it IS true, as reported, that the Re
publicans Justify the proceedings of
the Board of Canvass there evidently
must be some justification for the act.
Self-protection is a fundamental law
and broad in construction.-Dela
Pilot.
Addicks at least enjoys one distinc-
tiOn, he can extract more hope out of
the ash-heap than any other pretender
in life or in history II is just possible
that q large degree nf his unfaltering
hope is systematically instilled into
him by the boys who are extracting a
great deal of swag and sunshine out of
-Seaford News.
It is estimated that fully three
fourths of the men who voted the Ad-
dicks ticket in Kent and Sussex coun-
ties were bought with their chieftains
money. And a large number of the
other fourth were paid in promises.
And now these men, through their
counsel in Kent county, have gone
into the courts and are demanding
that tribunal to compound the felony
by ordering a new count of the cleo
tion returns there.-SusseX Journal.
It is too bad. The boy, David f..
Craig, who had the misfortune to lose
an arm while working in the morocco
factory of Blumenthal & Co., and
whose attorneys succeeded in getting
a verdict of $4,000 for him, will, If the
verdict stands receive less than SO 600
of that money. His attorneys will re-
ceive over $4,000, and then the costs
of the trial will also come out before
he receives any of the money awarded
/ by the jury.-Daily Republican.
The recent term of Indian Summer"
/ appears 10 have heated the crust of the
earth in this part of the country. Yes
terday as a result of the sudden fan
| of temperature. Wilmington was sub
| iected to n slight seismic Quiver that
Jared many houses and startled many
people. At least this sudden cooling
of the earth may be taken as the cause
of Yesterdays earthquake shock 49,
Morning News.
There was not fair or an honest
/ election in Kent county on November
/ 3, and the pretended majority for the
| Addicks ticket does not represent the
/ choice on sentiment of the people of
/ the county The Addicksites and
/ others may cry out as much as they
like that the throwing out of certain
districts by the Board of Canvass was
/ depriving men of the free exercise of
their will. but it is not so. Our state
must not be disgraced. Our county
must not be polluted. No Addicks
shall rule this state. No Addicks shall
rule this county.-Doyer Index.
The Higgins people are tumbling
over one another hunting for Federal
offices. We predicted this state of al
fairs, and this was their motive in hav.
ing Delaware represented in Congress
by Democrats instead OF Republicans
but they have not got the teats, ant
it is more than probable they will have
the pleasure of filling Federal offices
Those laugh best who laugh last. p
! Milford Chronicle
10 is rather a surprising fact tha
with the sitting of the convention S,
close at hand, there has been little o
no expression of public interest in thu
great question of what changes thu
convention should make i'm the exist
ing Constitution of the state. How
ever, there may be ample time 70
such an expression after the cCnvon
, tion gets it's work fairly started, a.
the law imposes no limit upon th
length Of its session. and there will b
no occasion for undue haste i'm tn
! work that lies before it.-Eyery Even
S ing.
We doubt not that had some curiou
B and philanthropic statistician com
piled a list of all such murders. sui
cide5 robheries and other crime
caused by gaunt famine for the pas
few years, such a list would maxi
d quite a large voume.-Milford Her
B aid
5 Il looks as though the Republican
would have free scope at the comin
session Of Congress, as it seems to b
4 understood among the Democrat
leaders that their forces win inter
pose no obstacles in the path of Re
G publican legislation IN this event
c the Republicans will have ample Oh
- portunity TO prove the advantages q
an increased fnrfn UIIfon Anno~1