The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-24

1t has been proposed that thu Legsll.
ture appropriate 100000 for the erection
of II Normal School in our city. If il
passes, the money will be well expended.
Other States have Normal Schools and it
seems we should be on an equality with
our neighbors. The Investment of money
for educational purposes generally returns
good dividends and it is wise to keep pace
with the demand Of the age. If money
were more abundant we could have many
more valuable Improvements We should
not only have Normal School, but II
workhou5e, and it is difficult to say which
is needed the most. Our prison ut New
C;s lc is oycrcrUwded with prisoners and
humanity .ioIa.tte', that Il DptIor system
of correction or punishment should be
adopted. If the money wasted in our
State on useless off Q holders for the past
ten years could have DcUD saved, II fund
might have been created that wOulu have
rendered the proposed expenditures posi-
bic without being esteemed burdcusomr,
AT present, the strnGtncy of the times
is such that ii bchuUvpj our Legs Ia,ors to
be careful in the appropriation Of money
less the demands Of the tax Gn'hrrrrs be.
come 50 oppressive as 10 result in some.
thing Ike rcb ,lIiyn.
"THE labor2r is worthy Of hi, hir,. HIS
lab " is capt. H. which is all he has to de-.
pend upon TO support himself and family.
When he becomes srk or disabled, then
his Income cease. Himself and family
have to bClGl, clothed and housed, all Of
his household expenses run on the same is
ual, therefore We say "thc laborcr is
worthy ofhis hiro" and his pay after giving
his labor for the same. No sub crGugc of
kules or dry docking process should Tor
oS3 moment be tulpra ed or allowed. Rules
are all right, and no establishment can do
business successfully wi bout thom but
they should be SO made tAat they will help
the workngman as well ms the employer
"Man's inhumunitg TO man makes count.
less thous nds mourn
ANOTHER piece of Democratic economy
Is the result of the bill that was contract.
ed In tho Choairo-Dickry contest for the
tax payers Of New Castle county to pay.
The sum Of this famous contest foots IN
two thousand one hundred aud fifty eight
dollars and forty "cnt-( :2ljS ~ With the
money paid ont to county constahlcs from
our county treasury, is il any wonder there
ia no money on hand at the present time
90 pay the bills? The Levy Court Com
missioners have no say in the matter,
but must pay the bills contracted in which
they had no voice What Il howl wouhl
have gone up from the Democratic pres.
II tie Republicans had contracted such
bills.
The greater Wllmington's new charter
which is now in print, and Of which one
thousand copies Will be struck off, will be
presented to our readers on Friday. The
four commissioners appointed to draft the
bill are Messrs. Daniel Taylor Frank W
Pyle, VIM D. Mullen and John : Rossel.
two Democrats and two Republicans.
From what we have been able to learn of
the new charter and upon which all four
OF the commissioners agreed, it will give
the people Of Wilmington home rule in
every sense Of the word. We can well ex-
claim good Lord give US anything better
than the present form of local government
under which we are struggling along hop.
ing against hope.
TIE same tactics are being used by the
lawyers Of the indicted Democratic In
81 G tors to quash the indictments against
them, A, b, Cooper, who is one of Il o
counsel for the men, moved that the in.
dictments against them be quashed on the
grounds that in the indictments only the
conclusion of the law was cited, instead
OF The fact, from which the conclusion 70,
Drawn. The main argument was that the
Indictments did not specify when the III
legged offence was committed or how the
Alteration was made. AT the first trial
Of these ballot box jugglers, the indict.
inents against them were quashed and it
Is to DO hoped the same thing will net CO.
6f!f this time.