Evening journal., 1898-12-12
McNpAx. DEC. IL. Isas
ANOrHER WoRp no cRolAKER.


can be reached By any person who pc
rnses what he writes. His assertion
shak he is getting to be a big boy.
nowl" is quite true II the age limit IS
LEFT unconsidered. He talks like a big
boy; writes IKE big boy. and acrs
like big boy. He has written his own
epitaph and the world viii admit that
even in the height Of his political dis
temper he retains a fairly good idea OF
his own personality.
Yes, we called him a croaker. again:
but we did not call him "a reformed
professional politician. chronic Office
holder and political marplot" who has
experienced a change Of heart" THAT
statement is but another evidence or
his self-consciousness. We stated that
If he wished to pose before the com
munity as a reformed professional poh-
tician. chronlc office-holder and politi-
cal marplot 1t whs no affair OF ours
but that when he sought to place AID
the Dempcratic leaders OF Del
aware in that position it was
our AFFAIR, and we proposed 20
meet the issue. The Evening Journa
never shouted with glee at the defeat
Of any Democrat. When certain Demo-
cratic leaders 80 far forgot themselves
as to place in nomination Republican
for the office Of congressman we pro-
tested and he was defeated. Later de-
veiopments in the political character OF
this man have justified our course in
The eyes OF all true Democrats. This
man Was very much the same sort OF
Democrat that the editor Of the Do
yer Delawarean is now proving himself
to be-
We are SORRY that the name OF Sem
storKenney has been injected into this
controversy. and we wish to say here
and now that in the eyes Of the editor
OF the Dover Delawarean the crime OF
which Senator Kenney and Colonel
Ezekiei T. Cooper are guilty is not thar
pf aiding and abetting william N.
Boggs in the misapplicaton OF the
funds Of the Fgist National Bank OF
Dover but OF breaking away from the
family Of which he is degenerate
yepresentatiye, in the dark days OF the
Democratic factional struggle
which occurred in Kent coun-
" ten or twelve years ago
Had they continued their allegiance to
the De,awRrean and its friends they
might have stolen the entire bank. cap
iaal stock, surplus and realty, ana
looked with confidence to that paper
10 attempt their justification.
II is true that the Dover Delawarean
made no charges about bribery at the
iast election. It made charges OF no
kind. Recognizing that defeat Of the
party WAS the only thing which could
give it an excuse for advancing a
proposition for reconstruction on lines
which prevailed more than a decade
ago, II made no charges Of any Kind. II
was one Of the uuiescent factors whicn
wihully contributed TO Democratic de.
teat, aud new it glories In the accom-
plishment.
Only by the hearty cooperation Of
the press and public can the attorney
general accomplish great ends in IN,
matter Of suppressing bribery. We dt
not pretend to act as the apologist fol
any CT his shortcomings, for the rea
Eon that in their discussion The eiito-
OF The Dover Delawarean displays tn,
old factional animus in the following
reterenee to Atkorney-General Whit
and Judge Boyce,
We have heard a whisper since tn
attorney generals appointment tina
MS chief duty was net to be The trarr
action OF The states law business. hu
70 race up and lead an opposition I
the leader pf the Sussex Democracy
VINO mad not then assembled the benc
ana who was becoming too powerft
because ot his wholesome leadership.
Here we have it once more. Tn
rrime Of which Avtorney-Geners
--NN 10 6uAtNe rs nOL Ills ldluAt
bring bribe-givers and brlbe-takers I
justice, but his presumption in leadin
an opposition TO Judge Boyee, who wa
prior to his elevation 10 the bench. I'll
Dolhwareans choice fer the leadersh1
Of the Democracy Of Sussex. Whe
the Delawarean is against anything
anybody the political student does NJ
have to go a mile to find selfish m
tive. II is always near the surface.
But the editor OF tae Dover Deiawa
eRn again dodges the issue. II do
MOI touch il top. side OF bottom. y
asked him to name the "self-cons'
tuted leaders Of the Democracy OF DE-
aware; the professional politician
the chronic office-holders and the p
litical trieksters.v We challenged HI
TO publish for critical analysis a list
those Democrats leaders who b
been pushed to the background"
self-conztituted men" he has fail
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