Evening journal., 1897-09-18
THE PENINSULA PRESS


A grand jury inspection of the state
penitentiary revealed the fact that of
the S3B prisoners confined there 1863
are whites and 4Sl negroes. The Jury
in its report said that inasmuch as the
negroes formed but one-ffth OF our
population this disproportionate num-
Der of criminals was "a menace to the
welfare of society,"" and refers to them
as desperate element in our body
politics. This is the condition that con-
fronts us after upwards of thirty years
of negro freedom, during which time
they have been the wards and the par
ticular pets of the Republican party
Cecil Democrat.
If the Union Republican voters of
Kent and Sussex counties favor the
plan submitted by their committee.
they have changed their opinions re-
garding fairness and justice in party
management. We cannot believe that
the Union committee will insist on
their remarkable proposition It's injus-
tice Is too apparent.-Morning News.
The Republican legislative candi-
dates have met the issue fairly and
squarely and over their own signatures
have defined their exact position in re-
gard to race track affairs. Can the
Democrats say as much? Mr. Writ is
the only nominee of that party who has
made public avowal of his sentiments,
and he says. $50 far as my own views
and course in the future are concerned,
| have made no statement in this con-
troyersy and do not propose to."-Elk-
ton Appeal.
The two factions of the Republican
party have conferred, but that is all.
Harmony appears to be as far in the
future as ever.-EveTy Evening.
The publication of the pamphlet laws
OF the last General Assembly caused
the disclosure of a rather peculiar piece
of legislation. 1t appears that no law
yer nor any officer CT Kent county had,
until then, any knowledge 0f the pass
age of the statute changing the terms
of our courts in this county from the
third to the fourth Mondays in April
and October. Ii is statel that this stat
ute was drawn and lobbied through by
some Sussex county attorneys, their OBJ
ject being to secure a longer session for
the courts in the lower county.-DOver
Index.
The Republicans of Delaware will do
well to watch closely the movement
against Quay, and should give III all
the encouragement in their power
They should not forget his dominating
influence over a certain corrupt leader
here. by which many Republican
voters in Delaware were inveigled into
a fruitless scheme to aid his candidacy
for the presidency, thereby causing
much dissensiOn in their own conven-
tion.-Sunday Herald.
The party is large enough to contain
all factionists, if they have the good of
| the party at heart and turn in and
work for its success on election day, Mr.
Addicks was very much alive and was
said to be in a conciliatory mood. show
ing that he realizes that the Republi-
cans can only hope to be successful in
the state by joining both wings of the
Republican party. The pulling apart
and fighting one another as has been
done during the last four years, means
only Democratic supremacy and the
throwing away Of money and energy in
getting the Republican voters registered
and their taxes paid.-Daily Republi-
can.
With +. Eden Bach on one side and
j. Edward Addicks on the other it
would seem hard for them to come to
any agreement, unless there should be
a complete back down on the part of
n one or the other. Whatever Mr.. Ad-
dicks, or anyone else, may say to the
contrary, the loaves and fishes are the
main objects sought for and without a
distribution of them to the factions, II
is improbable that a union will be eff
= fected.-Delaware Democrat.
? The Democratic party of the State oi
E Delaware does not propose to spenC
one penny for the purpose of cOrruptini
4 voters at the next election, and further
than that, it does not propose that any
other party shall deal in the electora
a franchise. We have a brand new Con
4 stitution and the best part of that Law
aims at the destruction of the traffic II
buying and selling votes.-SusseX Jour
nal
o When particularly startling stories
o bear the earmarks of originating a
= Laurel. Bridgeville or Milford-the!
bear investigation before accepting a
U facts, and the stories relative to Sam
j. uel G.. Fishers appointment is a fai
e sample of the lot.-Milford Chronicle
@ The prosperity howlers of the dali.
&c press bring forcibly to mind the small
boy whistling to keep up his courag
as he passed a graveyard. And tn
more scared he gets the louder he whis
tles.-Justice.
+ If a retailer found that every attemp
le at substitution cost him a customer h
(. would soon be tired of it, and woul
supply what the public asks for.