Evening journal., 1899-08-31
THE PENINSULA PRESS.

dom OF the proposed sNep dDoNo AANt
Gated. but simply desire to call the at
tention of the good people of the Two
lower counties to the sentiment now
prevalent in New Castle county, that
am extensive and expensive workhouse
building and plant shall be secured,
regardless of the amount of money IN
hand to perform the work with; ana
then to come and ask that the onerous
burden of debt incurred in addition 10
what Is already provided for its erec-
ton. shall be taken Off OF New Castlel
county and assumed by the state
Milford Chronicle
Colonel DUPONT, the official distrlbu-
tor OF Federal patronage, is having a |
time in New Castle county over the
Newark post Office. Il appears to bel
the old case of the colonel versus the
public. with the chances decidedly inl
favor Of the plaintiff-Dover Index.
The Republican press Of the state
has advertised with a splendid liberal
ity the great Democratic mass meeting
at Bowers on Thursday. II was a tre-
mendous Kent rally in an off year. In
numbers, in it's representative aspect,
in a social view, its success was sur
prising to the county committee
Clayton Call
What we want especially in our mu
nicipal affairs are men without regard
to political affiliations who will dare
to do right" come what may. Study
ing to please this faction; aiming to be-
solid with "the other fellow" making
/ Il point TO push along a measure be-
cause IL may mean little money con-
sideration for ones self Immediately,
al the peril OF an important principle
will mean the ultimate downfall Of an
ambitious public man. Instead of a
| Gladstone or a Lincoln he will have
become a Tweed or a Quay; Pingree
or a Croker.-New Castle News.
Roberts. the assassin of reputation, a
/ gentlemanl Was he a gentleman when
he falsely and with malice afore-
i thought accused the writer of selling
himself for an office Is he a gentle
man when he has the proof at his
hands to satisfy the public Of either the
truth or falsity OF his charges and re-
fuses to investigate? Let Roberts an
swer il he dare. He dare not-Middle-
town Transcript
The Democrats through the state are
already organizing and preparing for
the battle of 1880 At Bowers and at
Woodland Beach in the last two weeks
I the Kent Democracy has met in full
!, force, and il members and the harmony
at those meetings can be taken as In
dicating the feeling, then there can be
little concern as to the result OF the
battle in that county. Great activity
is also manifested in New Castle
D seaford News.
E We can scarcely expect Republican
papers, like Every Evening, to b'
pleased with our politics. It has al
ways acknowledged the divine right O
t. wealth to rule; we believe in a rule o
n the people When it openly joined th'
r party OF plutocracy during the las
,. campaign, and aided in the election o
Mr.. Mckinley, It accepted, OF course
the name as we'll as the principles, 0
j. that party.-Milford Democrat.
y Judge Gray can well afford to ignor
e the attacks made upon him on accoun
Is OF the part he took in making tn
treaty Of Paris. He was there not as
Democrat, nor as a Republican, but a
ia an American citizen, clothed with on
D. of the highest duties a citizen can per
M form That duty he performed to tn
satisfaction OF his cOuntrymen an
won the admiration of the foreign rer
IL resentatives with whom he was assC
as ciated He needs no defense. especial
is in Delaware, where he Is known am
I'M his worth Delawaf
Democrat.
The Democrats and Regular consol
vatiyes viii preserve the honor and IL
ht tegrity OF the Commonwealth I'm the ii
eb ture as In the past The frenzy of loI
dc manhood begotten Of the Distribute
~, of money win subsidc and hope d
- ferred viii make the heart sick aft
awhile. The ark Of the covenant
Doodle is with the Union hosts, n
IRE votes are with the Abrahamic hosts.
10 Delaware Pilot
tn The wave of prosperity about viii,
mo our metropolitan dailies are singin
and the country weekly organs echoil
the chorus, has not yet even cast
spray on agricultural Delaware. v
hio hnd to-day Delaware grown tomato
ast selling for cents a basket in markl
necessarily netting the grower consi
erably less. and the Gamer with
IL outlook before him that will not wa
the rant the payment of even last season
9E0l MotNo ~ MS WORKING people.
prosperity that is to help the farm
ais' and the laborer of lower Delaware h
Ia assuredly not reached here yet.-Doy
ing Delswarean.
of Since there is such a bright prosp,
Ia, for harmony and unison in the Den
cratic party, the Republican press
Neu having all sorts Of conniption fits a
frothing at the mouth like a victim
the hydrophobia. The next presid,
ex- of the United States will be a Den
; ~ crat.-Sussex Countian.
,do The people of the town do not qu
-. ton the earnest purpose on the part
inc the city fathers 10 expend their MOI
no wisely, but while grateful for impro
silly ments, many will question the adv
ability of entering into this experim
of brick paving at the present time
~. Milford News and Advertiser
Summers heat has not prevented
anu discussion Of politics, nor affected
open ardor Of the politician. He is still
war It, and has a plan of campaign so nj
995 ly arranged and mapped out that
- party is sure to win, and he feels
Vi fat office. which Is the ultimate h
OfI of all hfe talo,o oI,.on A. l.. ~ -