Evening journal., 1900-06-09
IN UTOPIA

Sir Thomas More represents Utopia
as place enjoying the greatest perfect
tion in politics, laws and the like. II
is an ideal, chimerical, fanciful coun-
try, inhabited by those who believe in
the perfectlbility OF human society.
"The wise and godly ordinances OF the
Utopians," he says. among whom,
with very few laws, all things be 80
we'll and wealthily ordered that virtue
is had In price and estimation, and yet,
all things being there common. every
man has abundance Of everything; so
must l needs confess and grant that
many things be in the Utopian. veal
public which, in our cities, l may
rather wish for than hope after"
The Every Evening has found it's
Democratic Utopia. It is Kent county
It represents its Utopia as a place
where men are now Democrats ''for
neither revenue nor office, but have
the interests OF the party at heart; E"
where struggles FOR nominations are
to be avoided" where ''the office seeks
the man. rather than the man seeks
the office" and whore men are to be
elected who are interested only in
good government, instead OF men who
nave no concern save for the advance
ment of their own private ends"
Lot us lift the lid and peep into this
Democratic Utopia conjured into ex-
istence by a spasm Of optimism, sue
cceding a violent attack OF pessimism.
VIII the Every Evening please give us
the names OF some Of these Kent coun-
ty Democrats who are now Democrats
FOR neither revenue nor office, but
who have the interests OF the party at
heart so unselnshlyg A list OF Kent
county Democrats OF prominence Of
that sort would make interesting read
ing.
We presume that the creator Of this
political Utopia believes that United
States Senator Richard II. Kenney Is
sitting back in his Office with his soft
brown eyes raised expectantly 10 the
Office, and waiting for IT to come his
way. Struggles for legislative nomina-
tions to pave the way for his return to
the United States Senate are to be
avoided by his express order, and
things are to be permitted to drift along
i'm true Utopian style The fact that
Secretary OF State James II. Hughes.
Alexander NJ. Daily, secretary Of the
Democratic County Executive Commit
tee, Former Representative Robert Will
son. DR.. e. w. Cooper and Former
Governor Robert ]. Reynolds are in the
field for the Democratic nomination for
representative in Congress is, we pre-
sumo a mere Utopian coincidence. and
no contradiction OF the statement that
the offices are seeking the men, and
not the men the Offices.
Maybe William Virden. the present
Democratic prothonotary, is being
chased around Dover Green by the Of
fee, and that is the reason he thinks
he had better stand for a second term.
David Reese is in hiding out in Kenton
hundred perhaps, with the Office OF
register OF wills running around the
country with its nose to the ground en-
doavoring to find his hiding place
Down in Milford hundred A. ]. Ross
and William DickersOn are breaking
their necks trying 10 elude the office
OF sheriff and to avoid a struggle fol
a nomination because It will prov,
enervating to the party. Out in tn,
Shoestring district Eugene Mayberry
Former State Senator Samuel Mere
dith, Former Clerk Of the Peace A. II
Cahall. George Harrington and Theo
dore Harrington are in a terrible pothe
because the offices Of senator and rep
resentative dog their footsteps
wherever they go. Robert Y. Wallen
of Duck Greek hundred; John Hutch
ison. William Gooden. John Scotter
Charles Pardee. Dr. Frank Virder
John johnson, Harry Williams
Thomas NJ. Gooden. Mark w. Cole, L
L. Jones. William c. Hardesty. SamuC
Armstrong and Elwood Killen also ma
figure in the Every Evenings list {
Utopians who have the legislative oi
fice down on its knees before thel
begging their recognition.
Il is an enhancing dream the Ever
Evening is having. and we wish it a
the JOY obtainable from its Democrat
Utopia