Evening journal., 1899-10-09
THE PENINSULA PRESS.

The movement 10 have a Delaware
Dav" atthe Export Exposition in phil
adelphia should meet with favor In all
parts of the state. If the matter isl
properly looked after we are sure the
day would be a great success ana a
source Of pleasure and profit 10 an
Twenty thousand Delawareans at one
time in Philadelphia would be tnlngI
10 be proud Of, and would give to thatI
city an object lesson Of who and what
Delaware men and women are. Let
Delaware Day be fxed.-Seaford
News.
Republicans who have erred and
strayed away from the straight and
narrow path that leads to Addicks,
have heard the claims OF this gentle
man for political preferment urged so
insistently, that they are disposed 70
turn and ask a few questions. From
thousand lips we have heard the
statement. brutal in It's frankness, that
Mr.. Addicks bought the position Of
senator aud that he should have IT,
Il might be pertinent to inquire who
sold 10 to him? Did the leaders do it2
or did the rank and file of the party?
/ Or who did it any way? Then the
/ question follows. who was competent
20 make the sale? Perhaps some petty
/ leaders may have sold themselves, but
such sale could be easily set aside
on the grounds of a lack Of consider
alton Is Mr.. Addicks accustomed TO
buy of parties who attempt to sell
what they never Owned2. IL so, pre-
sumably the law of 'caveat emptor
applies. We have but recently learned
I'm this state that cur public offices
b are considered a matter for barter. But
who sold the position Of United States
senator to Mr.. Addicks? Il looks lik'
bunco game.-News and Advertiser
Five thousand dollars worth Of Ere
' works we're burned in New York IL
s honor of Dewey. lt is only reason
r able to suppose. therefore, that IL
years TO come many a New Yorker vii
point with pride to his handless wris
or his useless eye-socket and tell hoy
T. he helped to make the great admiIa
IS thrice glad.-Milford Democrat
e While The United States is trying t
overrun the Philippines. England ha
declared war against the Beers G
y South America. We cannot stand o
and say the English are "hoggish,
when we are acting the part Of pig
IN Englands "crime of the century
.o httle, il any worse than our change {
front in side-tracking the Declaratio
10 Of Independence. Shame on I'll
b. whole.-Sussex Journal.
rs The agitation over the manner
T. choosing United States senator's h.
n. swept over the line from Virginia in
our state, and we notice some OF OF
u contemporaries have tackled the SUI
IT, jeet and coupled it on to the primal
er election. There is a divergence OF OPT
q, ion expressed on the subject, some co
tending that the question should
e entirely eliminated from the delegal
r- and even the legislative representati
e. selection. while others contend that re
"a resentatives TO a General Assemb
which is to select a United States Sc
IT. ator, should be pledged. or. at lea
lip tacity instructed, as to the wishes
tv their constituents along this line
80 contemporary last week objects to t
latter method because 1T creates III
~ sensions at the primaries" The {
to fice OF United States senator Is an il
"a portant one. 10 has been the all II
i, portant one in Delaware for sever
-" years among our Republican brethrc