Evening journal., 1897-12-11
THE PENINSULA PRSS
WHAT THE DELAWARE AND EAST
ERN SHORE EDITORS ARE
THINKING OF.


atorial race until 1859. That's pretty
good stretch of time, and he must be
careful that he doesn't get winded be-
fore the last quarter is before him.
Dover Index.
The civil service law will in all
/ probability be savagely attacked dur
ing the present session Of Congress. It's
fees are sharpening their clipping tools
while the friends and advocates of the
| liieItenure plan have no fears thai it
Will be torn up by the roots, even If
some Of the branches must be Topped
off. The late election in this county
and stale demonstrated that Maryland
ers. as a rule, have no desire for an ex-
| tension Of the so-ca.led merit system
Elkton Appeal.
The incident Of the looting Of the
First National Bank, at Dover, does
not appear to down" Vague stories
of a conspiracy, in which Teller Boggs
is said TO have been used as a tool, are
being printed and spread by word Of
mouth throughout the state. All sorts
Of charges are being hinted at and sew
eral unnamed citizens of the state are
mentioned as knowing more about the
defalcation than they would care to
have made public. The bank officers
and others familiar with the case,
however, declare that they know moth
ing further than has been given out
1t strikes us that it is the duty of the
board of directors of the bank to make
Clean breast of the matter, if they
are Withholding anything.
News.
There was time when the House
Of Representatives was regarded as the
protection of the people against vicious
and dangerous legislation. Now the
Senate is the conservative body. To the
Senate the people must look to save
the masses from becoming the victims
OF the avarice and greed of the money
| power-Delaware Record.
The presidents message has come
and gone and already is nearly forgot
ten.-Cecil Democrat.
Major Handy, special commissioner
to the Paris Exposition, has made an
exhaustive report, in which he asks
for nearly a million dollars to assure
a suitable display on the part of the
| United States. AS all the European
countries are making elaborate prepar-
ations, we shall probably need at least
this amount to keep up our end.-Wil-
mington Sun.
The public schools of Delaware have
improved more rapidly than any other
part of our system of government, and
this great forward movement may be
traced to the graded school system,
which permits teachers to accomplish
twice as much and the children to as
l Iuta 1of ftrn fr,,r, Oh
such schools; but the graded school
lsystem has not worked out all Of this
much to be desired result; the annual
meetings of teachers in the several
counties have been a stimulous and
great help to those engaged in public
education Milford Chronicle.
After all, .he little children OF Will
mington were thoughtless in giving
the man-of-war's men such a big Bible
which cannot be used by more than ont
at a time; hence the danger of mo
nopoly.
Truly Mr.. Addicks is forsaken in the
house of his friends, and the Unior
Republican organization eXhibitssymp
toms of an early demise.-Sussex Re
publican.
! law, should now take a day off anC
amend the law so that the people vii
know what they have to pay when tn,
/, tax collectors come around for thei
I pound of flesh. But evidently the!
want the whole animal skin, bones an,
all. We hope they won't kill the gold
p en- calf in their efforts to get the lif
j blood Of our peOple.-Daily Rcpubli
can.
If thefts OF newspapers are to be ig
C nored by magistrates, then newspape
e readers and publishers will alike suffe
r a grave injustice. But, fortunately 70
/, the newspapers, as the Ledger says
!, ''all magistrates are not such stup
Il Dogberrys as is that one who has de
It cided that a theft is not a theft
e Every Evening.
Nearly fifty percentum Of the cand
dates for admission to the freshma
class at Newark College were rejecto
s because Of the deficiency in the
o knowledge Of English grammar an
< composition. This is lamentab
& condition of affairs 1t suggests s.
o rious defect somewhere in our publ
schools.-State Sentinel.
II We feared Superintendent Smith ha
made a mistake when he accepted tl
invitation CT the school Board at Nc
l. Castle to hold the County Institu
1t there in preference to Middleton
,e When we entered the New Castle Ope
\, House on Thursday evening to he,
=" Henry Watterson's famous lecture
sr Abraham Lincoln we knew a mistal
al had been made. There were 100 tlcke
q" taken at the door. If the lecture h.
nv been given in Middletown the orat
would have had not less than 400 aut
tors.-MiddletCwn Transcript.
Fix We congratulate the people
an smyrna and vicinity upon securing
a live Democratic newspaper. There
an ample field in that Democrat
community for a Democratic pap
We trust that The Call has before il
. career Of usefulness and prosperity
ry Dover Delawarean.
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