The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-29
CRITICS SHOULD WAIT.

CRITICS SHOULD WAIT. ;
Thu, legislature of Pennsylvania has
adjourned after long and stormy SEES
sion 1t was severely criticised while
il was in session. by those who desired
to. attempt to control it, aud failed. Al
ready it's cities are heaping cenSure
upon il in accusations Of dishonesty and
incompetence. We suggest that it is too
soon to begin TO Judge Of the work Of the
PENNSYLVANIA legislature. The people
who talk adversely To it now are too evil
IDENTIFY among the disappointed and de-
fratcd opposition partisans to be credited
with either unbiased or good Judgment
and are doubtless making haste 10 get |
their case presented ana il possible get |
The ease preiudgcd in their favor before |
the evidence is all in.
We recall that the Legislative campaign
III which the members of the body which
has lust adjourned We're elected. was
one Of the most Widely advertised and
hotly contested elections which has NJ
Cured in that State for years 1t in
VOWED the Senatorial succession Mt
previous session factional division "
the Republican members prevented the
election Of a Senator. and also divided
the party representatives III the legisla-
lure 50 as to make the session practically
aboniye. In the next session. that whlch
has Just adjourned. there was nm &C
emulation Of business the disposition
of which necessarily prolonged a SEES
.--tl-s.-. ..til,,lal- hindrnnceS
people. The members had been chosen
despite the opposition Of the fractional in.
surgents. They were not elected TO dc
what the insurgents wanted done, hui
70 do what they opposed. Happily thu
representatives of the popular will wer,
able to carry out what the people pro
posed ana endorsed 1t is to lie pre-
slmed that the people are satisfied. n
any rate il is only the defeated. disap
pointed insurgents that are kicking over
what has been done.
The people Of PENNSYLVANIA waute,
Colonel NJ. $. Quny returned to tn,
United States Senate. The Legislature,
did that The Insurgents prevented hi,
election once, aud appealed to the PEG
Pc i"r approval. In response the propl,
elected Quay legislature. What els,
the legislature enacted Is now law-laN
approved by the people ANA that cannot
be gotten rid of except by IN appeal /,
the people in new election. 10 hol,
ms law III contempt is not good citizen
snip. To accuse the representatives ol
the people Of shameless misuse or powp,
simply because what they did is MOI
approved by the defeated fractional minor
ity. is contempt Of court in the highes,
SENSE. 1t is not merely contempt fol
the members Of the legislature but fo,
the people of the great State of Pcnnsyl
vnnia. The people Of that State are ar
enlightened and honorable people. II /,
a State of grand history-a State fllet
with school houses and churches. IT VA.
one of the foremost states in its devotion
and patriotic sacrifice for the prrseryl
tion Of the Union ana their wise patri
otic councils prevailed. ana The State
y III,
the Union together. The soldiers of NJ
State surpassed. in ability and heroic dc.
vntion, those Of Pennsylvania non,
have II better record than the man
whom the insurgents condemn. What
is i that has changed, If they have
changed, the people uf PENNSYLVANIA
The school houses have not been burned
down. The churches have not been de.
stroyed. Free speech has not been pre-
vented The people Who have been ,,lu-
Gated III The school houses, who worship
IN the churches. have been allowed Ia
vote, and choose their lawmakers, ana
they have chosen them from among them
selves. How is il possible that they
should have failed SO miserahy ms these
insurgent ructionalists assert? Have tha
people drtcrioated? Has their capacity
for self government been destroyed
Has patriotism cr;lScd III PENNSYLVANIA !:
70 suppose such things is absurd. But
that is the supposition upon which insllr-
gent criticism is based. Those critics No
clse The Republican members of the Lee,
Islature of all manner Of political sins
of perjury and theft, and shameless mis-
use of power, and then, with this iudg-
mcnt passed upon the legislature. the
critics say: mo legislative body is bet
ter than the people who have elected il. =
That is to say, in view of insurgrnt
and boltcr criticism Of the PENNSYLVANIA
legislature, that the people Of that State
are a set of shameless political outlaws
are a race Of perjurers and thieves. But
that is not true No sane. intelligent
man will make such charge. Now by a