Evening journal., 1900-05-07
PENINSULA PRESS

'the butcher, the baker, the candle
stick maker" who know him intimate
ly, believe he would bluff" the Board
Of Education on one pretext or an
other. Let the test be made-Middle-
town Transcript
Our Republican friends are welcome
to the pleasure they derive from their
self-conjured visions of Democratic dis
cord, but they can rest assured that in
this campaign of 1900, with issues at
stake that concern the life and health
Of our institutions, both state and ma
tional, the Democratic vote of Della
ware will be cast as a unit for both
platform and candidates.-Dover Della
warean.
1t is not a matter of opinion. It is
a matter Of choice. Certainly the
Every Evening must have a preference
as between Mckinley or Bryan IL isl
apparently no more an admirer Of
Bryan now than it was four years ago,
yet it hesitates to express itself "untll
the nominations are made" That eva
sion savers Of hedging in order not to
go on record before the state conven-
ton is held at Dover when delegates
to the Kansas City performance will be
hOsen.-MOrnings News.
The Dewey foolishness seems to have
run its course-Justice.
Dewey is receiving a great ovation on
his trip through the West There is
no political significance, however, in
the enthusiasm that is being displayed.
1t is simply hero worship. The idol is
slightly shattered but serves the pur-
pose fairly well.-Cecil Democrat.
The Silver Democrats or rather the
straight Bryan party men, seem to be
in bad shape in this state While large
ly in the majority their boilers seem
to have a grip upon their organization.
II must be little interesting to those
who have been loyal to the Chicago
platform to be led and controlled
against their wishes by men who op-
posed 1t. Just to the outsiders it looks
as If the Silver men were in a hole
Georgetown Union Republican.
The tidal wave of prosperity that has
swept over the country since the ad-
vent of the present Republican admin
istratiOn, as a result of the protection
policy of the party, is still sweeping
onward, and its influence is being felt
in all the channels Of trade.-Doyer
State Sentinel
Peach growers who have prospects of
a good crop are now estimating the
prices which they will receive. While
1t is rather early to estimate, it is gem
orally believed that prices will be
higher than for some years. Many of
the growers think the prevailing price
for good peaches will be 81 a basket
retail, and perhaps seventy-fve cents a
basket wholesale, while others think
f1.ar H.. IA
News.
The responsibility for any division,
which now exists or may exist in the
coming campaign, among Republicans
rests solely with the voters who direct
ly or indirectly support and uphold the
claims of Mr.. Addicks If they pre-
fer to continue to uphold one man and
thereby jeopardize the success of the
party to which they belong, the re-
spcnsibility is with them and them
alone.-Sussex Republican.
The movement to secure better roads
through legislation is a most excellent
one. The road commissioners system
| fails to give us adequate returns for
the amount of money spent each year.
| There seems to exist no definite system
of mending the roads, and If such a
system did exist, it is very doubtful il
/ il could be carried out under the pres
ent law for fixing roads. delaware
/ Ledger.
II Is not difficult to understand why
Democrats are trying to make cam
paign issues out of the Philippine
Porto Rican and Cuban questions
they want to talk about something the
people don't know anything about
/ There is a better chance to appear wise
in that line just now than there is in
i discussing Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The tragic death of Mrs. General
Wilson in Cuba has brought sorrow tc
all Delawareans, but more especially tC
New Castle and Wilmington, where
J her kindly hospitality and generosity
had made her so many friends. Thai
she VIII sleep in old Delaware is a con
ISOLATION to her home people.-Nev
Castle News.
One-quarter OF the sum which Eng
land is spending in South Africa woult
supply the hungry people of India will
work and food until the famine is over
r War and charity do not get on well to
, gether.-Sussex Countian.
With a recklessness heretofore un
. known in our politics, Addicks hai
distributed money among his lieuten
ants and the voters until his name ha
become a synonym for all this corrup
E ton in politics. The people have be
: come 50 nauseated by the methods h
has used that they hold his name il
d, execration and pray to be delivere
from all the evil influences that hav
so greatly demoralized the voters an
4 threaten to have a like effect upon tn
{ social and business interests OF tn
q state.-Delaware Democrat.
;. We have been calling the attention
q OF the people of Sussex county for fou
P years past to the shameful allowance
A of theAddiclxs Sussex LevyCourt, in tn
|, way OF road order steals but the voter
! seem hardened to thes in OF being rob
e bed. These very same road order steal
n are in a measure responsible for the in
/. crease in the county tax rate from 8
I. TO 60 cents on the 500, coupled with
o higher assessment lst.-Sussex JouI
= nal.
y Addicks-but why discuss him? Iii
boss-ship will end a long distance frOI