Smyrna times., 1897-03-10

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turn out to be good sized light whei
the full head of gas is turned on ant
the result made known. We can't Sc,
for the life of us where the animosit,
now being thrown. on the affair should
come from a Republican party. Bu
then Republican.
The editor of the Middletown Tran
script has been sick. A prominen,
citizen dropped in Thursday to cheel
the dropping spirits of the office-force
during the editors illness and among
other pleasant things announced the
inauguration of good times along with
the bright spring weather. He stuffed
the boys with the following: The Gro
cuses blooming in his yard have come
up double where they ought to have
been single, according to nature, and
are yellow where they ought to be red,
sure sign of golden days to follow,
and after such fowery picture given
in such bright colors who could be
blue?
The dead body of Mrs. Stanley H.
Tuchton, a young married woman, of
Wilmington, was found a week ago in
the Brandywine. At first it was
thought to be a case of suicide by
drowning but the cOrOner's physic-
ians say it is murder, and that death
was caused by blow before the body
reached the water. The case is. .excit-
ing a great deal of interest. Her body
was badly bruised and had evidently
been in the water several days; Mrs.
TuchtOn was 90 years cid, her maiden
name was Peacock and her huSband is
the son of W. E. Tuchton, 4 wealthy
barrel manufacturer of Wilmington
They have had from one t6 two col
umns a day about it.. :d' .-.
Justice, the Single Tax organ, thus
refers to the fine of the Inspectors in
Wilmington who confessed judgement:
-"Chief Justice Lors's sentence upon
the crooked election inspectors is a di-
rect contradiction of his brave words
of advice to the jury that convicted
those men. In his address to the
grand jury last autumn Judge Lore
defined such crimes against the ballot
as worse than murder. Now he pun
lshes these crimes by hundred-dol-
lar tne And he explains that hO does
so because heretofore the offenso to
which the men pleaded guilty had,not.
been regarded as criminal. Would he
give such an argument as a reason for
imposing a mere fine upon a MUIR
derer?
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED The new
Methodist Episcopal church at George
town was dedicated Sunday, and near
ly the whole town turned out to attend
the exercises. The new church is a
handsome brick affair, and was erected
largely through the efforts of the pas
tor, Rev. Charles A. Grise. 1t is
modification of the Gothic and Queen
Anne style of architecture, and cost
$4,000. 1t is built entirely of brick, and
has an auditorium nearly fifty feet
square and three other rooms for the
Sunday school and other purposes.
There are ten memorial windows in the
church. The dedication services com
menced at 8 o'clock, when the congre-
CATION assembled in the old church and
marched in body to the new building |
singing Coronation. The Lords |
Supper was celebrated in the new
church, after which Bishop Cyrus D.
Foss, of Philadelphia, preached a SER
mon. Bishop J. NJ. Walden preached |
in the afternoon and in the evening
there was. song service by the Bp-
worth League, after which a short ser
mon was preached by Rev. Robert |
Watt, of Laurel, and short addresses
were made by all the ex-pastors of the |
church, who were present. 80.
The WILMINGTON INsPECToRs.-Th
sentence imposed by the Court upon
the Wilmington inspectors of elections
who falsified the returns, or else al |
lowed others to change the certificates,
makes it clear that there is at least one
demogogue sitting on the Delaware
bench. The utterances of the Chief
Justice, on and off the bench, impress
Sed many of the people to the effect that |
he, if none of his associates, had no toll |
Ieration for crime against the suffrage.
In the hearing of the very case in
question, he said: eff such crimes are
permitted to go unpunished, govern
ment of the people and by the people is
at an end. Elections become a sham |
and farce, and the cunning pen or de-
vice of corrupt election officers NAV be |
substituted for the voice of the people. |
Again the Chief Justice said: ''Unfor-
there is, and has been, a
widespread conviction in the commun-
lty that political crimes and violations
Of our election laws are pardOnable, /
and may be committed with safety to |
the criminal" And yet while Holding |
that the act against the commonwe alth |
was a serious crime, and not merely |
nisdemeanor, the ridiculous fine of 800 |
is the only punishment awarded the |
This is no punishment at all |
when the fines have been paid by those
who encouraged the crime and hoped
to benefit by it. Says the Peninsular
NelOs:
Punishment for an offense is intended
for an object lesson to others and as a
deterrent. In this case the court has
given notice that any one who
calculates upon stealing the will of the
people must pay at least that amount.
Stealing the vote of a county lis, a
heinous crime, but the penalty for3db-
ing so isnot so great as for stealing an
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MARYLAND ITEnS.
James L. Steel committed suicide by /