Evening journal., 1899-01-25
THE PENINSULA PRESS

The Sussex County Levy Court DILL
notice OF which has been given in the
Senate. is. measure of importance to
our people and should receive due con-
sideration. There are difficulties in the
way Of success The election Of some
seven new members In November toI
hold the Office Of commissioners for
four years. is a point that wall require
much persuasion TO be removed. The
patriotism Of resigning from office isl
rare In these days The turning down
Of men elected by a party for the pub
lie good requires courage Delaware
Pilot.
In another column will be found a
portion OF an editorial from the Even
ing Journal explaining the position OF
State Treasurer Ross i'm reference toI
the school fund Mr. Ross has been
subjected to much adverse and unjust
criticism because of the failure OF the
school districts 10 receive their por-
tions of the fund. but 1t is shown that
this has been through no fault Of his.
his books and papers being all In
proper order and every cent received
accounted for-Delaware Democrat.
The members of the Legislature
should not allow outside influences to
control their votes, but should act
from their own Judgment in a large
measure. By twos and threes and col
lectively the claims" and merits of
those voted for or prospective candi-
dates, should be discussed by the
members II matters not what a mans
ability may be. what his claims" If
the opposition is 81 will not support
him. then look elsewhere. II is the
duty Of the General Assembly to elect
senator and upon the Republican
members, they bring in n majority
the choice depends. Gentlemen, do
your duty TO your party and your
state Mlddletovn Transcript
All roads lead to Dover, and there
will be more roads in the same direc-
tlon if the enterprising Representative
Mr.. Davis gets that corporation bill
through New Castle News.
A misunderstanding between ex.
Treasurer W. NJ. Ross and the Farm
ers Bank at Dover as to the distribu-
| ton Of the school fund has been the
cause OF no little criticism In which
the former has been done gross injus-
tice hrrOneously the bank transferred
without authority from the treasurer
about $4,000 from the treasurer's ace
count 70 the credit Of the school dis
uicis of Kent county -SeafOrd News
Some Of the papers have undertook
90 give an account of the reception
which Senator Kenney received wher
he first made his appearance i'm the
Senate this session The Congressional
Record officially shows that he ap-
peared and took his seat the day be-
fore the time Of the alleged reception
! The day he did appear. which was also
the ilrst day that Senator Gray and
the other peace commissioners re-
suned their seats. ne received q well
come Of which any man might feel
proud. Milford Herald.
Twenty-slx Bibles were used in
swearing In the members Of the Penn.
sylvania House Of Representatives
and but two were returned. Possibly
some legislators heard that Dr. swal-
lows campaign motto, Thou shalt
not steal, came from that book. and
were curious to see II it contained any
other strange mottos that might some
day find their way into politics Jus
tice
The expert accountant who was en-
Royed to examine the books and ac.
counts Of the county commissioners oI
Queen Anne county, has made his re-
port, which indicates that there ha.
been no dishonesty or defalcation. .-
, Cecil Democrat.
Look out for the ratio hend. He 4,
coming. Ia he does not draw a SALARY
from the gold combination Il viii b,
because he does not know enough 4
make hls application at the proper
J headquarters. He will talk glibl
; against l6 TO but he could no; tel
you the meaning OF the term If his uf,
depended on delaware Record
Mr. President. you must keep YOU
hands of Of Delaware. The UniCi
Republicans owe YOU nothing You
ingrat.tude they can endure. hut the,
ask TO be permitted In their own wa,
b TO work out their own political saliva
{ tion. And they will-Milford Chroni
Gle
! The chaplain Of the Delaware Hous
! of Representatives the other morning
prayed that the Almighty might par
aiyze the hand that would accent
hribe In the senatorial contest Tn
7 point would have been we'll taken las
g Fall as Il Is to-day. for the supporter
y of Addicks were long ago bought an
a sold-Sussex Journal
i -Four years ago when the Republ
?. cans failed 10 eject a senator and ken
Z voting for candidates throughout N
! session the opinion was given that j.
such eases the General Assembly ha
e go meet i'm Joint session every day G
T. the session, sundays only cXccrtc,
2 Acting on this opinion. not any hol
D.. DAYS. Saturdays or resi days could d
taken On.-.DOver Index.
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