Evening journal., 1907-12-28
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
By Washington Hastings
FoRTIETH ARTICLE.

FShllE ~ ARTICLE.
In an able editorial in THE EVENING JOURNAL. Of
the 2Oh instant the editor calls attention TO the fact that
almost every ono of the reforms in state and county
government demanded by the Republican party, in its
conventoni in 1Ss2n fact absolutely all of the import
ant and momentous of today in due form Of
law on the statute books and are accomplished facts
Ihis coincidence had not occurred to me until 1 saw
It In print; otherwise would have included it in nv
article OF last Wednesday; and thuswhile 1 would not
like to do the editor Of this newspaper an unndness
unless IL would help myself would have com peled him
to find some other subject write about on Friday last
however foresight always counts and will try be
Jealous but content let the matter go as it is Further
more will while eating my sour grapes that THE
JOURNAL has performed excellent service in reminding
Its readers that matter how achievement
Of success in pursuit of good object may appear TO be
or how difficult the road, arduous the task perse-
verance and persistence in any good cause If the motive
be sincere and the effort sef-seeking sure to be
successful later. however untoward the cir
cumsances and dark the prospects may appear to limited
and crcumscribed human vision This is so because
God rules this world and man-though men are the
Instruments in His handsand in the stupendous and
mysterious scheme He sometimes shapes our ends by
making even the wrath Of praise Him"-f good
men viii only furnish the TOOLS and the work as in
structed in His Word.
know that supposedly intellectual people profess
orpretendnot to eeve Word but If they are honest
and sincerely seek the truth occupied
IN contemplating their superior intelligence and
atainments glance at hstory-not very remote and
SOME Of IL recentwi convince skeptcs that the
proposition is true and always has been true!
The French Revolution the casual observer looks
only like hdeous, horrible blot dropped by a mistake
or series OF mistakes upon page of the worlds
history But we read Carlile and Theirs and see the,
hand Of Omnipotence in the which brought it
about and in the ultimate beneficial results to humanity
We learn that from out of that blood and that
utter midnight of horror, arose the day-sar liberty
doors TO then that were bound" All through and
by the injustice and brutality Napoleons wars and
aal t,safT
but sun proving, concCsvely and Enthusiastically, the
truth of the text Again. look England, and con-
Marys and the Elizabeths; and perhdy Of the two
James and the two Charles and the puslanimy Of the
mire of the period Cromwell and his Round
heads raise aoft the banner OF civil and religious lib
mained ever snceand at the time wave IL across
the AuaAtie to sve us encouragement and lift ef-
selves
And again. hurrying along down the track Of time as
the years go by, take Civil War and compare
the moral and physical condition the people OF both
fore tho' dire and unmtgated caamityas we all re-
garded it-tvertook us What among us would
in very seeprotection interfere in a matter which
seemed TO be-and many thought-none OF business
the internal strife Of neghboring people friendly
selves cursed by had government vet who looking al the
Cuba tho Porto Rico and the Philippines TO-DAY would
' a 70 DOUBT 'O'' the hand Of the Almighty was in it
The world is going and not backward Things
bSttti ana not worse ana THE EVENING
JOOttNALS reminder OF political events which have
come to pass and have come to stay. laws which
nave been placed statute to remain there
since the demands OF the Republican Convention 1852
which then appeared so fge and hopeless-is in the
nature OF wholesome admonion TO active OF today
Whether IN politics or otherwseto be and indus
trous IN procuring and perpetuatng good government in
our midst always insisting that all laws shall be faith
Iuy ana lnpartahy executed and all vioators OF law
whether captain of industry" or a captain of some
plratlca political crew, tramp stealing ride on a
Ireisht tram shall be punished, and equal import-
0e ~ 70 el II NOT above all In this blessed Christmas
season. TO be not faithess but believing"
(ro be contnued)