Evening journal., 1897-02-16
THE PENINSULA PRESS.
WHAT THEDELAWARE AND EAST
ERN SHORE EDITORS ARE
THINKING OF.

THINKING OF.
The Addicks men state they don't
want harmony. In fact that they will
go a-gunning for that same harmony
whenever it appears In the camp of the
regulars Soap is, so they asseverate,
the only article which is precious or
needful to them, and they think they
are supplied in full with that.-Dover
Index.
The Maryland House of Correction
might properly be termed the Tramps
Retreat, as a large number of its seven
hundred inmates are hoboes-many of
them men who wouldn't work IL ten
dered a position in Baltimores political
beehive Elkton Appeal.
The present method of poll taxation
is felt to be one of the great sources of
political corruption, and the desire is
to change 1t to a registration tax-to
be paid when registering to vote. This
will simplify matters very much, and
give one man an equal chance with an
other.-Milford Chronicle.
The action of the Board of Trade in
deciding to ignore the stand it had
taken concerning the matter of local
option was. perhaps, as wise a DISPOSE
tion as could have been made Of a mat
ter in which very respectable minor
ity earnestly opposed the action of the
board, But. with all that has been
said upon the subject, il remains quite
clear that the question of local option,
involving the possibility Of absolutely
forbidding the manufacture and sale of
spirituOus and malt liquors, has its
business as we'll as its moral aspect
Sunday Herald.
A..
eral Assembly will give earnest and
careful consideration to the work-hOuse
bill now pending before that body. A
prompt and unanimous passage of this
measure would, we believe, receive gen.
eral approval The purpose Of the bill
Is an extremely important one. Indeed,
there has been no more imperative need
in this state for years than the estab-
! lishment of a work-house, where able
bodied prisoners may not only be made
to support themselves and thus relieve
the honest citizens of a burdensome
tax, but also where they may escape the
tendency to further evil deeds always to
be found in a condition of idleness.-
Sunday Star
The "jingoes on either side of the
water" will continue to snarl at Mr.
Bayard and endeavor to despoil him of
his great achievment, but the truth
cannot be suppressed. The testimony of
the Republican Boston Transcript, pub
lished in the state of the vicious con-
gresham, Barrett, who wanted to have
Mr. Bayard impeached, is an indication
of this fact. Mr.. Bayard will not have
to wait for posterity to do him justice
or award him the credit that is his due
The truth will be admitted by all whose
d htrt
Mr.. Bayard returns to his native land.
Every Evening.
The Afro-Americans OF this city
should hold a mass-meeting in the near
future and get ready to ask for a male
principal for Howard School One that
will be competent to teach any study
that he is compelled to teach, so that
the superintendent will not have to
send away to get some one to do his
work for him. This is the condition of
Howard School at the present time. The
present principal is not competent to
J teach the studies that are taught in
Howard School.-Afro-Amer Citi-
zen.
But the most serious matter has its
ridiculous side. This man Roberts af-
ter pleading guilty to a criminal charge
g to the surprise of the court and his op-
pOnents in preference to facing a jury
says: There is this not pleasant for
us to think about. We are named in
our court records of having plead guilty
to a criminal charge" and he proceeds
5 to prove, in his usual way. that he is as
5 innocent as a lamb. IL Is funny, but
there are few accepted sensible men
who will assume this view and Roberts
knows it. Such is life-political life
= Middletown Transcript.
Delaware will be shocked to learn
that Mr.. Bayard has so far forgotten
q himself as to condescend to entertain
the Prince of Wales.-New Castle
. News.
We believe that in the future, as il
the past, the state will be favored will
q a competent and creditable judiciary
- We doubt the propriety of permitting ;
\ judge who has served half of one tern
to retire on full pay upon reaching tn,
age of 20. as proposed in this report
70 The writ Of error to be allowed in Grim
s inal cases is in accordance with mod
e ern opinion.--Dover Delawarean.
e Politics in Delaware may be in a ba,
n shape, but there is more independence
to the square inch right here in Della
ware than can be found in Pennsylva
IS mia. In that state one man govern
Il the party of the majority that cast a
q the last election over 72S000 votes
, Delaware only cast 0,450 Republican
votes last November but one ma
Ie neither controls that party nor own
Is the state.-Morning News.
IS We are not seeking Cuba for our
1t selves, but we may notify Spain tina
l. her policy is contrary to the usages G
civilized nations and therefore open {
objections. What the United States
~ asked to do in the matter of Cuba
II simply what the European power
ot should long since have done in the maj
t. ter of the Armenian massacres.-Mi
he ford Herald.
70 Gas Addicks, of Delaware, will be II
: membered as the only citizen of tn
- state that ever maintained a privai
&c Legislature for his own amusement
ne Mail and Express.
is Lewes after a Rip VanWinkle nap
he many years has awakened to the fal
that those who help themselves u
gods help. A Board of Trade has been o
ganized and il is proposed 10 bring I'M
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