The sun., 1898-12-09

The two colored ministers who are
pressing for the offie of chaplain of the
Delaware House Of Representatives have
the good wishes Of the Smyrna CaA. One
of them ought to have the Office, it says.
"It is small favor for all their labor. 1t
is not right that these people should
furnish two-thirds of the table and not
sit to it. If this writer voted their
ticket he would either divide with them
or quit them. The laborer ought to have
some hire, and after all what harm does
it do white man to hear a colored man
pray. We had as lief an honest black
man should pray for US as anybody else.
The color OF mans skin hasn't much
to do with his prayers. The prayers of
white men haven't done much for past
Legislatures. 1t may be time to try col
ored prayers"
Star chamber sessions Of any public
body are always looked upon by sus-
picion and justly so. If there was moth
ing to conceal when public body was
in session there would be no need of
holding secret sessions, where even the
reporters were excluded. As far as the
reporters are concerned they don't care
fig, but they are supposed to be the ve-
hicles through which the public gain
their information of what has taken
place by any public body. We remem-
Der one instance of star chamber pro-
ceeding of the Trustees of the Delaware
Hospital for the Insane. Even the super
intendent was excluded from the room
where the board was in session. 1t ap-
peared that the board was considering
complaint from one of the patients and
that it was considered necessary by some
Of the members of the Board to exclude
the superintendent and members of the
press. The effort at the time raised
doubt in the reporters minds that every
thing was not all right.-1he Daily Re-
puJHcan
As a matter of great benefit the whip
ping post has always been held by the
people OF Delaware The whipping post
is growing in favor.
Il should certainly like to see the
whipping post used as method of pun
ishment, as in the old days." said
a Philadelphia magistrate yesterday.
There IRE number of petty offenses
where the lashing OF a mans back with
a heavy whip would do more good than
SIX 1noAths' Imprisonment. Especially
effective. ! think, this would prove
in the case of vile beaters and habitual
drunkards. 1t has worked successfully
in Delaware, where they punish small
crimes with the whipping post instead OF
the Jail, and | would like to see it coun-
tsnanced in this State again"
1t is one thing certain that when Mr.
Anthony Higgins was United States SEN
ator he made appointments that III the
end built up Il machine that was hostile
to him. Who are the men who are so
prominently identified with the Union
Republican party in this county, but the
men whom the crstwhile Senator fed
with the loaves and fishes from Uncle
Sans bounty? 1t is said that the eX-
Senator has the Senatorial bee buzzing
in his bonnet as lively as the first time
when he was accidentally elected to this
high office. Colonel Henry A. du Pont
would be more acceptable to the major
ity of the voters OF the Republican party.
He is a first class business man and few
of them are badly needed in the United
States Senate. Daily Republican.
SAYS the .Smyrfsa Times ''the trolley
roads are branching out all over the
country and it would not surprise us if
the trolley should extend down our
State until every town of any size was
included in the route. In few weeks
it will be possible to ride from Whining.
ton to Philadelphia on the trolley"
Thus remarks Wilmington paper, bul
it evidently has not taken into account
the Pennsylvania Railroad when speak
ing of a trolley line down the State.
gentleman of observation living dowr
the State expressed his opinion recently
hat in the near future there would be
big fight On this question, without re
gard to party lines, and the issue will b.
railroad and anti railroad Monopoly
An afternoon paper wants to knoN
why we do not advocate the election G
Mr.. George Gray to succeed himself i
the United States Senate. The questio
is easily answered. Mr.. Gray is Demo
crat and the Republicans will have
majority Of the votes on joint ballot i
the coming session Of the General Al
scmbly. The people of the State--or
majority of them--voted to have a RI
publican succeed Mr.. Gray. That
what the election Of Republican IN;
joritv in the General Assembly men
There is no objection to Mr. Gray pc
sonally, and while he is a Democrat !
haslhc confidence Of the national admir-
isilation, by whom he was twice honore
this year by appointments on respons
he commissions. Mr.. GRAY stood b
President Mckinley during the tryir
DAYS II '.Ist spring, and is therefore el
lilled to rommendation. But the peop
OF Delaware have voted that they want
Republican to represent them in ii
JGI'cd states Senate.
1t ISL, reiore silly for the Democrat
newspapers to pratte about the Republ
can members Of the General Assemb
voting for a Democrat. There al
enCuyh intnllipent and IOnorad r