Evening journal., 1899-07-24
THE PENINSULA PRESS.

Alger was creation of Mcl<inleys,
and he Is not only responsible for his
appointment, but he Is also responsis
BILE for the condition OF war that now
prevails and which made Alger's po-
sition a most difficult one to fill. That
Mckinley has taken advantage of the
public censure of Alger to clear him
self is quite apparent, and not only
forsook his secretary, but actually en-
cOuraged the clamor against him. This
the people are not blind to, and now
that they have disposed Of Alger, they
will turn their attention to the princi-
pal offender and oblige him to follow
suit-Cecil Democrat.
They seem to like Office pretty we'll
in Wilmington, strange to say, and
the character of the Office doesn't APP
pear to make much difference either
Dover Index.
If the taxpayers of this county do
not look after the expenditures of the
moneys collected from them, who
i will? That they have not investigated
| these matters closely is evident from
the statement of the auditors submit
ed to the resident judge this week rel
ative to the finances of last year, the
same condition having existed for a
number of years-Middletown Tran
script
The newly-elected Democratic City
Council of Wilmington are in a simi-
lar position to the man who drew an
p elephant at lottery--they don't know
! what to do with IT, They are caucus.
ing and caucusing. The crowd of Of
fee seekers is multitudinous and eacf
e seeker is as hungry as a bear. Hence
r the councilmen have no peace any
I where On Tuesday night when the
i, members met to caucus for candi
dates they were so besieged, they hal
to put out the lights to convince tn
hungry crowd they had adjourned
When the mad. swearing candidate
saw the lights were out, they gradu
e ally dispersed. The imprisoned coun
l. cilmen. seeing the way clear, sneake
out the back door and Stole home
D. Dover Sentinel.
" The Farmers Bank Of this stat
m 6eems to be in very prosperous cor
yl ldition The capital stock is $500 00i
le and they have n surplus of S4lO00
iy The bank throughout It's branches
MS the state, has been very fortunate
sd having excellent officers. and its los
m es have been trihing. The bank hs
10 been able 70 stand the competitio
ia with the national banks. and prosp'
besides.-Sussex Journal.
ex The fire at Princess Anne. Nd. la
Itsi week and the one that recently wipe
i, Laurel off the map, Is a sign that
fire is on its way to Milton Citizen
l. wake up. or a terrible connagratil
les Will catch us with our pants down.
i+s Milton Times.
,, The Maryland Democratic Editori
Association started a ball rolling. th
aol ought not to stop until IL goes throul
e. every state, when Il insisted that 4
"a rural party councils decide upon pls
+. forms and candidates, which the par
press is expected to support regar
lus less Of thanks or any other sort
recognition. The country editor
the ways does more for his party than ]
-, party does for him.-Seaford News
Having no fire apparatus and DC
ter supply Of water, a thrill OF horror M
hat through each individual at the cry
tho fire. He knows the town will be
II. voured whenever the flames break
ms IN the centre Of the town Hithe
ier- fortune seems always 10 have favoi
men us and the destruction has heen cI
nor ined TO q comparatively small spa
This, however, cannot always be
case. The time viii come. no
knows how soon, when our citiz
will be unable to cope with the far
ana in their present condition. and Y
wish that the necessary safegua
eA- had been provided for the protect
pro- Of themselves and their property
inst We call, therefore, upon all citiz
,saa TO attend the meeting called for q
o to power by their influence and eontrI n
Lo- scheme by your presence in the
aebt water works for the town. The ne
y, sitv has been plainly set before
Tue and it is our duty to put our sh0