The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-25
s. E. COR. THIRD AND KING STREETS
FRIDAY. OCTOBER a.. 1907.
PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY

GOVERNOR HUM should know
better than toget into d newspaper
controversy with writer's for the
press. The Governors interview
with President Roosevelt some few
days ago at Washington, and an
article which appeared IN the col.
umEs of the Philadelphia Times
has stirred up this mountain out of
a mole hill, The Governor says
that Major Carson did not quote
him correctly iu his article on the
Governors visit to Washington.
The Governor gave the Every Even.
ing his version of what he said and
what the Presideht lntimated to
him. Now Ma jor Carson comes out
in yesterdays Ledger and SAYS he
10 another and theN you are. 1t Is
the Governors word against what
another gentleman told the Major
the Governor had told him. The
question now arises does the Gov
eruor or some other person know
what conversation took place be.
tween the Governor aud the Presi.
dent 10 regard to Delaware politics?
The political situation is more mix.
ed than ever 10 Delaware and the
Governor will know more or know
less about men aud their ways
when his term Of Office shall have
expired He does not appear to do
anything right to please the men
who say they voted for him and
helped to elect him .Governor. lie
has not made one single appoint.
ment that we know of that has not
been condemned BY some body. His
first appointment raised a howl oil
protest and when he appointed his
stan Of Colonels another mighty
howl went up. When he appointed
Francis Bradley Magistrate an.
other broke forth and when he q named
Moses We'll, his right hand friends
persona! organ in this city Jumped
all over him in its local columns.
We sometimes wonder if the Gov
ernor knows what he has run up
against 1t has been said that un-
easy lies the head that wears
croRh. When Josiah Marvil was
elected Governor Of Delaware he
was a sick man. He should never
in his delicate state OF health have
run for the office. Blu. the pollt.
clans insisted and he ran and was
elected. As soon as he was sworn
10 as Governor then beg an the horde
OF office seekers 10 besiege the old
man. The Journal, which was
then a Democr attic paper, published
an article saying that the Governor
could neither read or write his own
name. This hurt the Governor
more than anything else that had
been said about him. 1t was a lie.
He called the writer IN his office
one day when he WAS IN Dover aud
said, they say | cannot write my
name Turning to his desk here
he had been signing his name to
pile Of blanks for the Clerk of the
Peaee's office, pointing to his sslgna.
ture. said, that does not look as il
could not write nv name. The
signature was fair one consider
ing his age and infrmitles. For
he then was sick man and con.
tlnued SO until a few months alter
he was sworn in he passed away.
where office seekers and politicians
have 20 twav. The position OF
Governor OF Delaware undoubtcdiy
hastened his life. We hope that
Governor Hum will not allow these
same men to hound him TO his
grave. Dear Governor, don t at.
tempt to set right onc-haIf OF what
you see about Yourself in print
Its big job and thankless one.
What is SAID about YOU now will, be
changed when they write your obrt.
uary.