Evening journal., 1897-03-22
THE PENINSULA PRESS.
WHAT THE DELAWARE AND
EASTERN SHORE EDITORS ARE
THINKING OF.

allowed to save a devil from the gal
/ lows. The guilty man. be he James M.
/ Gordy or some one else, must suffer
death for the murder Of Mary Lewis
and the people Of Sussex county, and
especially those around Milton, are de-
termned that the guilty murderer, fiend
and devil that he has proven himself,
shall hang by the neck until he is dead.
Milford Chronicle.
The opponents Of the gag-law Con-
stitution of every class of politics
should get together now. They should
bestir themselves to arouse the people
70 demand the unwritten right of free
men to decide by popular vote whether
the new state charter shall be law or
not. They should lock the stable door
before the steed Of liberty is stolen
Single Tax Justice.
The mere matter of the extension of
the terms OF existing officials, though
decidedly wrong in principle, is not
nearly so great an evil as the PROPOSE
tion to hold the city election on the
day Of the general election.-Every
Evening.
We do not wish to convict James NJ
GOrdy in advance of the fair legal trial
he is entitled to, but we cannot refrain
from the opinion that the evidence
against him is damnng. A fair trial
he should have, and the citizens Of
Sussex county are too loyal to law and
order TO wish il otherwise. But the de-
/. partment of justice owes it to the
state, that a speedy trial be accorded
him, and if guilty swift punishment
should follow.-SusseX Countian.
However conclusive to some minds
the guilt of the accused may appear, it
is the duty of all to suspend their judg-
ment in regard to the case until there
shall have been an impartial trial by a
jury. In this staid, old-fashioned conf
monwealth there is no fear of a mis-
carriage of justice, and there is no
doubt that If proven guilty the law
p will be faithfully carried into execu-
ton All talk of people taking the law
into their own hands is criminal folly
and should not be INDUCED in for a
moment.-Delaware Democrat.
One of the most damnable things
that has taken place in our state for
r years, is the proposed bill to do away
e with the present FIVE commissioners
p that now constitute our Levy Court, anC
, make that body consist of twelve
= members instead.-Daily Republican.
u The members of the constitutional
p Convention are not in favor of the
s Single Tax methods. and, therefore
= adopted measures preventing the ap-
o plication of the principles in this state
=. So ends the Single Tax for the time
= being.-Newark Ledger.
At the dinner given last Saturday by
the new electric railway company tC
the members of the Legislature anC
- their friends Editor Edwards, OF th'
O Evening Journal, had copies of his pa
per, fresh from the press, served fol
dessert They digested very nicely anC
= showed enterprise-New Castle News
e Speaking of having a state norma
l. school for Delaware, we would sugges
Il that the present exigency might partl.
,s be relieved by admitting women to tn
halls of Delaware College. Let on
Legislature tap the spring that is avail
s. able.-Sussex Journal.
% We would suggest, and believe tha
le IL should be engrafted in the Constitu
-e ton, that one-third Of all taxes raise
,r for road purposes should be eXpende
-, thus i'm permanent improvement, an
IL twenty years would bring about a won
~ derful change in our roads.-Susse
In Republican.
n The best legal talent in the state
to desirable when judges are to be select
ed, and men who can earn a a comp,
tence at the bar cannot afford to sit o
Vi the bench for a meagre salary. Libel
be ality Is not needed, but it is right an
ps proper that the fitness and Intelligent
of the judges should be recognized
paying them fair salaries, The sa
aries paid the judges in New YOI
ial state range from $1,000 to Sl2,500
tn year. and Delaware ought to be able
&C. pay its judges 3,0OO.-Morning News
lily The regulars have violated one
cir Lincoln's maxims in the judgesh
IN They have attempted to swap hors
while crossing a stream.-Dover Sta
Sentinel
The talk in Sussex of lynching {
murderer, Gordy, probably grows o
al Of the fact that many people fear [
s prisoner will either escape from the j
ep- or escape the proper penalty for
IAN crime by shamming insanity. The pc
- pie Of Sussex have not forgotten I'll
"' some years ago convicted murder
Oh escaped sentence by playing insani
ails and n few days later escaped from
the Jail, never to be recaptured.-MilfC
i'm News and Advertiser
nts The convention now in session
ain Dover has developed into a body of
~, formers, the like of which this ST
has not seen assembled here befC
uly They evidently believe in reform
'fi- ginning with a big "R." Nothing
the way of legislation will be ALLOW
he 20 escape, at least will not escape {
ioss cussion.-Seaford News.
strv The substitute offered by Mr.. Mar
tbo in the Constitutional Convention rel
-, ing to the poll tax is the most acce
attn able and reasonable proviso we h
whc ever seen. 1t is difficult to underst;
why the convention has such dead
against any provision looking to
s or financial side of the question and
,ela- rights of those who are Obliged TO
on to the support of the general expen
=, The section as it now stands Will,
IL Vi adopted, be nothing more than a f
see ball to be played with as each pi
cad may be in power Milford News
Mt a Advertiser.
re is II kind words, good wishes and
ap- pressions of sympathy could avail,
Or II editor Of the Transcript would alre
- be in his easy chair in the sunny