The daily Republican., 1902-12-30
Wilmington, Del. December 20. 1902.
Good Roads.

IN The good roads movement is max
s3ng a tremendous eruction in the
\ newspapers, in the meantime, how
ever, the ruts in the Delaware roads
n IRE deepening daily. The lawyers
and the bankers have taken up the
matter and some of them can hard
III wait for The Legislature to meet
N 10 full are they of their own IDEAS.
II Yesterday the papers announced
i8fhat Mr.. Martin L. Smith, MEM
her of the bar, was preparing bill
his brother ARENAS, another
lawyer and by the grace of the
fS fragment of party smashers also
\ Senator in the General Assembly,
X would introduce. There are indi-
cations that other persons, gifted
with what Grover Cleveland called
pernicious activity" but which
formerly was known as "tenden' to
other folkses business, are figuring
Y on bills for the improvement of the
pnblio roads,
M We know of banker in this city
who is going over the country to
talk on good roads, whenever and
y wherever he can find an audience,
and presumably he has a scheme in
his head BY the way, if we are
not mistaken, he is treasurer of a
well known granite or quarry COM
pany, whose business it is to break
stone and sell it to any one that
cares to buy. His company IS i'll the
lnacadam business. Then there is
4 another lawyer whose residence is
in Mill Creek Hundred, who is also
willing to talk on good roads when
ever the folks are willing to gather
together and listen to him. 1t is
fair question 10 ask: What is the
Y condition of the public road in front
Of the country residence of the
aforesaid lawyer;
&E 1t is also fair to ask the condition
of the public roads in New Castle
Y Hundred, where the Messrs. Smith
reside} We favor good public roads.
We believe in public improvements,
y we approve liberal taxation for the
public good, but we believe that the
Lord helps those that help them
selves. We believe, profoundly, in
\ local self-government. We believe
in sweeping before our own door.
'"The proof of the pudding is the
eating thereof
A slick tongued gentleman from
New Jersey, who never mended Il
piece of road in his life, comes over
here and talks Of the thousands Of
dollars expended by New Jersey Ill
improving d few miles of level road
bed. Immediately a lot of states
men out of jobs, thinking to capture
the granger vote, jump in and offer
a ng-sutfering public their schemes
for the betterment Of the States
roads at the States expense, Of
course.
NJ Now, our notion is. that each man
should attend to his own trade. We
F would rather take the opinion of
one hard-headed farmer who drives
over the roads year III and year cut,
as to what should be done to I'M
prove the roads, than all the clam
Or of all the nOtUrlety seekers of
the whole bar of the county, with
all rho bankers thrown in. Our od
vice to thn ,.aueraI assembly is, Go
Slow. When Mr. smith hobs up
with his brothers. hiIl, ask HIM
pointe,liy; What have YOU got to
shnw hv wov nf Good roads where
Won rona rr,m, How many miles
nf marnJam r,al have Won been
jnstrmupnt,I ~ rlttjnp into New
I,a.tIa unrdrn.I How many loads
of granite have Won han,mareI
low IN tI,a ROAD N from ~ ,,nn,
,s,.sn, uuw un,.h fax have Won
vntnI 81 hnr,. lo,, ounJ roads, The
ramp une,tin,,s should be pnr In the
LAWYER from Aim Creek Hundrrd.
II * MOT necessary to ask fin. Wi.
n,mvton banker any question.
W.. hpliay., N unHu roads and ,re
ura inclined ia mink that the G.u.
oral Assembly rpuld de- somethiuo
stewards improvluu them, There !,
money in the State treasury that
nerhaps could NOT be appljed to bet.
7 her ,,ses than the involvement OF
mr. roads. but if this question is tc
no dault With Iet # heinue Inv n,,,
Iic,l mon hv men who have done
home thinking on the matter and
WHO have had some experience in
Hmakinp roads Moreover, it is a
Rem,bliau majority that control.
Ale next Iepislature and the ppople
#haye n righf 70 pypect that all go.
islatjon Shall emanate from tia,
majority. The Democrats controlled