Evening journal., 1899-09-11
THE PENINSULA PRESS.

If there be any indications in the edi-
torials of the Union Republican papers
1t is evident that the strong undertow
of public opinion is cutting the sandy
bottom upon which the party stands,
from under its feet, and the leaders are
beginning frantically to call for help.
The Sussex Republican, which keeps
posted being i'm position to know the
inner workings of Its opponents, intl-
mates that such Is the condition and
rather hints that our friends who talk
so loudly of majority rule and play the
minority racket, blowing hot and cold,
as the occasion may suit, are weaken
ing, and Will throw up the sponge and
plead the harmony act. With the wind
and tide against them, and no Fed
eral fat" to put in the frying pan
doubtless there will be many deser
tlons by the time the chilling winds o
November, 1900, sweeps over Sussex
Delaware Pilot.
Philadelphia was all aglow with en-
thusiasm last week. IL has not beeI
the young who are naturally enthusi-
astic in all they undertake, but 1t has
been the old gray-headed veterans OF
the war Of the rebellion, who have
awakened the staid Quaker City. Della
ware has sent her quota, and no body
of men will represent a brayer set OF
soldiers than they who went to the
front in the COS. The Delaware regi-
ments were then noted for their fight
ing qualities and right valiantly did
they uphold and glorify their own
state, and the little diamond sparkled
with an increased brilliancy.
Many a mound and monument are
silent witnesses OF the thinned ranks
OF Delaware's brave soldiery. The rem
nant OF that vast army that once an
swered a country's call in the hour Of
dire need and distress are deserving Of
all the praise that can be heaped upon
them, and OF the plaudits of the mil
lions Of the world, and especially Of
every free American citizen and lover
Of her freedom.-Sussex Republican.
According to their respective organs
the Union Republican lion and the
Regular lamb will be browsing in the
same pasture field before next years
campaign opens. It's no particular con-
cern OF ours, but on humane principles
alone we'd suggest that unless temper
OF both lion and lamb change consid-
erably thered better be a barbed wire
fence run across the centre of that pas
ture, lot before the animals are turned
loose.-Delawarean.
William Jennings Bryan Is a Demo-
crat He is also a fearless man, and
one who knows how, when and where
to perform a duty which he owes to his
party and his country. Sussex Jour
nal
This is gala week in Wilmington,
and certainly all Delaware may feel
justly proud of our city for the manner
In which she has demonstrated her ca
/ pacity to entertain and interest
throngs OF people from all over the
United States. IL may be truly said OF
| Wilmington that she Is great city
AS 20 population simply she cannot, OF
course, compete with many OF our
American cities, but there is an
element Of business capability and en-
ergy about her citizens which make
her an up-to-date progressive city hay
ing many attractions of her own fOl
any citizen Of the world.-Dover Index
There Is a very clever exposition o.
! the race problem in the South, in tn,
Wilmington News Of Monday, whicl
urges the civilization OF those white
who still cling to the notion tha
/. lynching is the only effective means o
/ overcoming heinous crimes. We agre
, with the News that there Is gooI
deal yet to be done for the poo
whites" below Mason and Dixon's line
d but would like to add a word of pro
r test against the futile attempts OF well
| N ff,sa ffrlN..
deavOring. as the Yankee would pu
IL, to make whistles out of pig tails.
= that is, educating tho negro out of hi
natural habitat. The average blac
= man has but a certain capacity 70
mental development, and when yo
have gone to his limit you have don
ie all you can for him individually.-Ne'
= Castle News
20 The Republican platform says: 90
d was the Republican party that passe
the law against trusts" Possibly, bu
y it is also the Republican party that
permitting the organization Of trust
fostering them and giving them ever
o! possible encouragement, and expects /
10 be retained in power by the use Of n
millions they will contribute for thi
re purpose.-Cecil Democrat.
D. The voting contest for Unite
x States senator" at the Dover Fai
to turned out to be a farce, as It deserve
10 to be. Il was an undignified procee,
ing, to say the least. Those who's
Vi names were used without their COZ
sent, will have no occasion to feel fla
I'd tered, and it is a credit to the lars
n number of visitors attracted to the IA
4. that so few of them participated in Il
= voting. Every Evening.
y The gas king is an insuperable oil
Us stacle to any sort Of a truce betwee
ut the two and until he is eliminate