Evening journal., 1899-04-17
THE PENINSULA PRESS.


Is one thing to open tle ga.e3 to de-
lsrab,e Improvements. and arIlh2r to
take TIE gates Off Oh u Images and
throw them aside cnt+ y VIII the
way thus opened the So use c- ether
states IS likely % drlt ia and make OF
the Commonwealth a sort OF dumping
ground Dover Delawarean.
There were several mcnument bills
lk,Ied at the recent legislative session
| by reason OF outside opposition; but If
lsone cone had only introduced a meas
lure providing for the erection of a
magnsfcent column In homer Of the
constitutional. sixty day ,qg.slation
l,,n-.aticn. there would rot have been
lone dissenting vo.co in the whole
state outside the walls Of the Capt.
to,.-Dover Index
In the death of x-Conlgressman
JAMES Wi.lams tine State of Delaware
| loses one cf her hOnOred and honor
able citizens Though he w-uld never
lhave claimed fer himself THE "giit OF
t1ngues." and took but little Of the
lrme Of Congress in public address, he
has been credited with accomplishing
ais much for Delaware during his con-
prossional term as amy member we
have had I'M the lower House. Mr. VIII
Mans goes to an honored grave with
the respect Of every Eelawaroan. And
| Dt.aware has NO scarG.ty Of men OF
lami'ar character only too few OF them
lare chosen TO our General Asse mdblies.
With more such men like Mr.. Williams
and Governor HaN i'm the Legislatures
o' the past. the present dep,orable po-
lt.cal condition CT Delaware had never
been. Middletown Transcript.
The Democacy Of Sussex at their
meeting held at Georgetown last Tues
day. passed resolutions condemning the
factions OF Far,ow. Clark and KING, who
voted for J Edward Addlcll5 on the
| last day OF the session eff the last Leg
stature The resolutions a.e not dras-
I've. trt they are force1u' enough to
show that the Democratic parity does
| not condone the acts of mrn who go
back on their party pledges. and that
| lesrodally in these cases where the acts
cf men are surrounded by very suspi-
oious circumstance. The Democratic
panty does not forget. neither does Il
oonc1re ihe acts OF men who are rot
true TO their party.-SusscN Journal.
The plea made hy Emery w. Rig
gan before the county Democratgc
meeting az Georgetown on Tuesday in
behalf Of hts uncle, DIR. e. II. f. Far
.-w, who gave hts support to Addl1k
during the late session Cf the I.egis-
'a!ura asa net make much OF an inn
lr.esslcn en- Offs hearers. except to
arouse q more bitter hatred toward
THAT gentleman. 10 wir take more than
! ltfe Cratorcal powers possessed by the
lavenal2o man TO restore him TO the IA
cr cs the people Milton Times.
Wlnl ngton city is just now haylms
| drsthar taste OF politics. The Regulars
have revived the Old chestnut. char
mOny.' Tets get together" IL strikes
us that THE cld cry has lost IT'S vitality
and Its charm We have no advice to
give the Republicans OF Wilmington.
| We 5eHeye they are competent to rum
their own little machine: at the same
time, every Republican I'm the state will
watch the movement with a degree OF
interest THE Democrats. also. have
troubles OF their own. The cry OF "get
e'her' finds an echo I'm the Demo
lcntic camp and at the present n looks
/ IKE anybody's victory. Dover Senti-
mel
Delaware Is to have a new corpora
ton after the Jersey pattern to faclH-
tate the formation Of trusts, and Judge
| lGoorse Gray lis announced as one Of the
/ members, No ccmmcnt.-Iustice.
Az THE town election held i'm Elkton
on Monday last three hundred and sew
enty-cne votes were p0Ied. OF this
number less than one-th1rd were tax
/ payers. This lack Of interest i'm our
municipal elections on the part of tax
payers Is largely responsible for the
/ ldhculty experienced each year i'm get
ting good men to accept the uomina-
tion for commissiOners.-C Cecil Dsmo-
lcrat
The pol-fical condition of Delaware
needs TO be stripped of the hypocrisy
in which it is clothed and considered I'm
its true lght That affairs are rotten
10 the core L0tOne candeny and instead
lof or mnatlon and rocrim,nation. it Is
cur duty to gc, down to The root OF
the matter ana 10 +he cause Is known
TO eliminate 10. Is it not somewhat a
matter of education after all?-Suss eN
Republican
If a political party ever dug a grave
for its own burial Dc was the Demo
cratic party Cf Delaware when t made
The present Constitution and forced n
upon the peoplewithout so much asasz-
iug their permission. The mere mem.
Oily az now 80 was done. why IL was
done, and what Go IS do.rg. causes a
sh-Ner ci Fear and Of impcient rage 10
course down the spinal column of inc
a-il7si Democrat Gocggecwn Union
RopubNcan
In ihe death of cx-Ccngrcssmau
James WiMams the Dcmcc-acy of Dri-
aware lCses one who has been cre a
JOS most prominent champion. and the
state one OF her foremost citizens. Pri-l
% his failirg health he had been q
most active worker in the Dmo-ra,f.
franks and had enioyod 90 the ful ox-
tent the confidence Of the people. Hon
lest in an his relations. whether social
business or polfaA and man o
more than ordinary Intelligence. h.
was repeatedly called TO hN position.
lof trust and homer and wec perform
led his duty n them. Hs friend,
lplroughcut the state. in an Tho
different walks OF lh'a. were rumercu,
and strong, an being attracted 20 him