Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-13
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Destruction OF the spirit of the law
through forms of law. when directed
against a people resolute and vigorous
in defense of its rights, saps the barriers
of private morality and self-restraintI
against resistance TO outrage that defies
even the forms Of the law. The legal
assault on the purity OF the ballot and
the rule of the majority in kentucky
differs in no way from that piacticcd
with immunity in other Southern
states, except that It is directed against
white men who will not submit TO i-.-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Our good friends in Kentucky are
again talking about killing people over
the question of installation Of the mi
nor republican state officers. If they
are so anxious 10 kill somebody, why
don't they go to Luzon and try their
guns on the Filipino brlgands7 nat
would be better even than the killing
.of Goebel.-Brooklyn Times.
Secretary Gage is not a good pol
cian He not only has nothing to con-
ceal. but he conceals nothing.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Senator Lodge has taken the wind
out OF the sails Of the men who pro-
less a consuming anxiety to obtain
all the information possible concerning
the Philippine question, by so broad
ening the scope Of the proposed inquiry
as to embrace all the facts in the case,
which is precisely what the anti-expan-
sionists don't want-Haverhill Ga
zette.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States having incidentally remarked
that the twentieth century does not be-
gin until next January, Mr.. Kohsaat
may be expected to come out strongly
in opposition 10 chronology by injunc-
( tion.-New York Commercial.
Under the latest decision OF the Su-
lpreme Court tea condemned as under
grade can be destroyed by the inspec-
tors. Let the good work 60 on, and
put all counterfeit food through the
same purging process. tt is the only
safe rule for money and food.-NeV
York Herald.
Whoever looks straight at the cues
/ ton can see no pretext for dealing
lleniently with the man who has a plu-
lrolity OF wives albeit he may be a Nor
mon and acts according 10 his religious
belief. In any state other than Utah
the polygamous Mormon would be call
ed n bigamist, and. like his gentle
prototype. he would surely wind up in
/ a penitentiary Why should an act
that Is a penal oiiense in all the rest OF
the Union be condoned in Utah?-Den-
yer Republican.
We Should. therefore. have faith in
our country. and feel assured that 81
Twill make no false step. With us. hap
PLY, faith IN our country means faiLh
3 In our people because the two are 81
intertwined that the final judgmen,
rests with the people. The future In
/ this case is full Of hope, and we should
/ Approach it with buoyancy, each man
in his place doing the duty OF his day
land resting satisfied IN the good inten
ton and alertness OF those who come
after him to take care Of the founda-
ton which he has assisted in laying
Atlanta Constitution.
Imperialism is but an epithet tc
throw In the face OF the expansiOnists
There Is no such thing as imperial.
ism" and It cannot be used as a stuff
led club to beat expansion over the
head. Imperialism does not equal ex.
pansiOn plus a scrap. This country
believes in expansion. The South be
lieves In pansion.-Memphis Appeal
Mr.. Kohlsaats morning paper i.
Hopping around luxuriously in The wide
wastes OF the twentieth century. bu
so far his afternoon paper is conten
: 20 continue with the rest OF the prC
cession that does not believe eieYe.
eggs make a dozen.-Baltimore News