The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-26

dorous practices should be speedily
rebuked and properly punished by
fine and Imprisonment. The man
ner of drawing jurors in the U. S.
Courts seems to have been devised
to allow partisans, even if guilty of
the offense charged, to escape pun
ishment through disagreement,
as "fellow feeling makes some men
wondrous kind" Political sympa-
thy may warp the judgment, and
cause men to stultify themselves.
but it may be better that ninety nine
guilty parties should escape punish
ment than that one innocent man
should suffer.
THE State Board of Health, COM
posed of Delaware's learned physi-
clans, have, after due consideration
and examination, come to the con-
clusion that Delaware needs State
laboratory, where our physicians
can submit medical specimens for
chemical analysis. The measure
before the Legislature is to appro-
pirate the sum of $1,000 to start and
maintain a meteorological Labra-
tory. This is something our State
needs and the money, if appropria-
ted for it, would be money we'll
spent, as it will provide place
where poor persons can have micro
scopic examinations made when the
doctors are unable to determine
with what disease they are afflicted.
The bill should have the support of
every member of the Legislature.
THE bill Representative Burns
will introduce in the House is of Vi
tai Importance toevery landlord and
tenant in Delaware. 1t provides
that a landlord who has an undesir-
able tenant, who is in arrears for
rent, may rid his premises of such
a tenant, by giving him thirty days
notice to leave. AT the expiration
Of that time, a constable may make
forcible entry and set the goods out
on the sidewalk. Some tenants, af-
ter living in the house for six months
feel insulted if the landlord asks for
the rent. Then the only recourse
the landlord has is to put the con-
stable on them and seize their goods
which in some cases works a hard
ship upon the tenant. But there are
some kind hearted landlords, who
would rather lose their rent than
distress tenant
The Board of Education has not
funds enough to erect a school build
ing that will be an ornament to
Wilmington and until the Board
can erect such building, we hope
they willreconsider their plans and
adopt others that are more in ac-
cordance with our pocketbooks. But
better put it off than build something
that will not be credit to our city
and the men who superintend its
erection. The ghSchool building
at the corner of Eighth and Jack
con streets, is a sample. 1t looks
as if it had been built fifty years
ago instead of fifteen. Numbers
9, "a, | and the Howard Schools are
Il credit TO Wilmington and show
what can be accomplished by en-
glowing asupervisor t" superintend
their erection.
Col. H. A. DUPONT gained two
'0tes yesterday in the three ballots
taken in the Legislature for L. S.
Senator The vote stood; J. Edward
Addicks Is; Col. Dupont IA; Geo.
Gray IA; L. Irving Handy 4. The
Colonel has gained two votes over
his highest vote heretofore and it
shows he is the choice OF the Regu-
lar Republicans for that Office. The
Colonel came within one vote of get
ting that high honor four years ago
but by the holding out of four mem
bers of the Legislature, failed to
get the required number to elect. al
;hobgh he received majority Of
The votes of his party.
The bill which Senator Slaughter
will introduce in the Senate is an
act exempting from execution and
attachment process and from dis
:fess for rent, pianos, organs and
other musical instruments. While
about it, why not exempt everything
IN the house. so that the landlord,
while providing the roof over the
tenant, shall not be able to protect
lis own interests. while projecting
.he in-talment and music DEALERS
The bill is good one to kill and it
hhou'd never even pass the senate,
much less the House
THE RLprrLIcAy Gayors the two
Jury commissioner bin which was
80 ipnominiously KILLED in the rJ,use
On Monday. The fight against the
bill was led by Repre- sentative bono
hoe, who. by his cloouencc persuad-
ed a majority Of that BODY to vote
against it. Thc bin IVA. been re-.
callcd and we hone the members Of
The House, irrcspcrtiye of n,lti,s
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