Evening journal., 1897-01-04
THE PENINSULA PRESS.
WHAT THE DELAWARE AND
EASTERN SHORE EDITORS ARE
THINKING OF.


EASTERN SHORE EDITORS ARE
THINKING OF.
The convention assembled to formu-
late new Constitution can make
changes which will greatly advance the
interests OF the attorneys, but we doubt
if those who seek the protection of the
law can have a better judicial system
than that which exists.-Delaware
Pilot.
1t augurs well for Delaware that an
able man of the people like John G.
Gray stands chance of election against |
the aristocracy of bosses that has ruled |
the state too long.-Justice.
We can't see why anybody should |
want to witness a hanging. We wit
messed two colored men hanged sew
eral years ago at New Castle ana can
say we have no curiosity to see any
body else stretch hemp. 1t is not a
pleasant sight and does not help to ele
vate mankind. But newspaper men
have to witness a great many things
which are not to their own liking
Daily Republican.
The Democrats will have control of
both houses of the General Assembly
in spite of the assertion of Mr.. Addicks
and his followers.-Sussex Journal.
The pioneer steamer of the new line
from Philadelphia to ports of the Old
World. could not reach her starting
port in the city of Brotherly Love, |
without running ashore. She was
drawing only twenty-three feet of
water, too. And yet our staid and
stolid brothers wonder why commerce
on the Delaware has decreased while
other ports, less favorably situated,
thrive. Until the Delaware river is
given channel deep enough for ocean
craft TO navigate without obstruction,
there is little prospect that shipping
business will boom to any great extent
either in Philadelphia or Wilmington
Sunday Star.
Public attention at last seems to have
! been directed to the extreme height to
which many of the modern city build
/ ings are erected, and in New York
movement is on foot to limit the height
by law. 1t is a wise move, for the tower
! ing structures that have become the
] favorite style of the city architecture
are surely unsafe. They reach way be-
yond the protection OF the fire depart
ment and condense population to a
dangerous degree There is plenty OF
room on earth in this country without
residing in the clouds.-Cecil Demo-
crat.
Just at this time the merchants OF
Wilmington are making efforts to col
lect the amounts of many outstanding
bills. 1t would be an excellent idea for
both merchants and purchasers to
unite at the beginning of the year for
the common purpose of abolishing, so
far as it is possible, the credit system,
except so far as it is wise at times to
offer that privilege. Morning News.
Hoboes by the score frequently make
good time on their pilgrimages between
Baltimore and Washington, and moth
ing is said of it; but let couple of $50
ciety" fellows start out on journey OF
that sort and the papers of the Monu-
mental city give them a quarter of a
} column send off. Twas ever thus
! Cecil County Appeal.
A shrewder and a deeper man, pos
, sessed with the same means OF corrup-
ton. might have long ago carried his
point temporarily at least, but IL has
ever been the protection of good citi-
, zenship that shameless ambition will
4 in general. overleap itself and fall upoI
D the other side. Such has been the case
n Will AAMNlNhcs- IUNNA AnAhAs
o. While we believe that division o
!. the state into four counties would nave
a tendency to abate in great measure
these antagonisms, we think FIVE coun
q ties would increase that measure o
r abatement If not altogether eradicate
them. 1t would certainly. make politi
- cal and partisan combinations vastl!
G more difficult of creation.-Mirfor'
Herald
Delaware is undergoing deep humili
Q alton just now. the penalty OF not hav
n ing years ago enacted legislation 20 sc
d cure the purity Of the ballot. The mex
e Legislature should remorselessly appl
IS the remedy.-Every Evening.
,e The Every Evening says Joh
- Wheeler dropped dead in Laure
. Strange we haven't heard OF il. No on
u here seems to know anything OF Il
The Every Evening when trying 10 b
y serious has a faculty OF mixing things
IS or is IL that post-C Christmas conditio
is that sometimes vails?-Susse
Ia CouatiGn.
Delaware Democrats fear that n NJ
Bryan doesn't keep ont of our senator
ial fight, he won't have time TO atten
Ne TO his own affairs.-NeW Castle New
is A decision from the Court Of Erro
TO and Appeals. adverse 10 the Republ
l." cans, will not be a vindicatiOn OF Il
ON Democratic course in the Kent count
- election case. IL will only be a respi
% such as a court or an executive can o
y casionally give, to a convicted crimini
be State Sentinel.
na Mr.. Addicks speaks of his men"
'u- he might Of his sheep. his breeches
OF any ether personal belonging and n
no one OF the thousands so inclrded sa
'n nay. He says they are his. for
81" bought them. and the assertion Is a
dy quiosced IN as being a matter OF cOuri
m Mr. Addicks even proposes TO set up