Evening journal., 1907-10-30

tMr. Thomson's credentials; we have
only his word for it ana if his word
in this case is not more reliable
than the statistics he has furnished. we
livery much doubt whether he is a ]
0Guinea" from New Zealand or halls
from the Fiji Islands. II Mr.. Thomson
actually comes to us from New zea-
land, he is really the imported article
according to his cWn statements. He
comics here unsolicited by the people, TO
offer his American cousins advice as to
how they shall run their home govern
lment Every true American citizen
should resent such Interference from
aliens. The american patriot needs no
English coaching. Every Delawarean
win think for himself. Do YOU know
what distance Mr.. Thomson had to be
/ Imported? The surface of this whole
earth had to be scraped in order 10
I find such specimen. Just look at
your map You win find that 1t is 1891
miles from New York to Panama and
i65S1 miles from Panama TO New zea-
/ land
So you see that Mr.. Thomson isl
lS,562 miles away from his home Mr.
Thomson is an IMPORTED ORATOR,
sure enough.
We wonder If Mr. Thomson. the En-
glishman, while he Is endeavoring to-
"enlighten' the poor benighted citizens
/ of Delaware. will take a little of his
time aud tell the Irishmen of this city
and state how dearly England has loved
the lrishmen for the past hundred
yeale VIII he tell the Negroes also
about the aid England rendered the
Southern States during the Civil War.
I'm the hope Of keeping the colored
race in slavery? viii he tell them.
that during that struggle. it was the
Englshmen who were doing their ut
lmost to keep the negroes i'm subjection?
We are told that Mr.. Thomson grad
uated at several places, is a Reverend,
is a Statesman. and in short that his
Government is actually waiting on him
in order to find out how TO run the
government. If Mr.. Thomson is all
these things he should be able to tell
Delawareans something about these
historical matters.
Further Mr. Thomson doesn't like the
way our women act He is AMAZED
ITO FIND THE WOMEN MINING IN
THIS PROHIBITION AFFAIR. Be
fore he returns TO his native land, he
will doubtless be AMAZED some more
AS he travels over this great country
of ours, and keeps both eyes open, he
Twill see and learn a great many things
And If he profits from observation. he
will find out that the United States Of
Amrica is not New Zealand that the
State of Delaware Is not New Zealand
IL may be. that down in New Zealand
the women are not allowed to mix
in questions of State. We don't know
about that but we understand they
lenjoy the right of suffrage. But we
viii say for the information Of Mr.
Thomson that in this country, and in
this state, women do take an interest
in such public matters; and more than
that. they express themselves; and
more than that. they WELD a wide
and a strong influence for good II
Mr. Thomson doesn't like the custom,
we can't help It. But we will say
this-that the women don't propose to
lchange their way of doing things to
suit him. In this country. the women
lare IT-in great big letters.
Mr. Thomson has been advertised as
a Presbyterian minister Save the
markl He is not a whit like the Pres
byterians we have the pleasure Of
knowing. Evidently che men for whom
he is working imagine they can give
him some prestige by publishing him
to the world as a minister Of the Cos
pei and all the while he is working
and talking i'm favor of the liquor traf-
ic which that large body Of earnest
Christians are constantly opposing We
dare assert that neither Knox nor CAL
vim would have defended the saloon
system.
Can Mr. Thomson find in the writ
ings of either of these great church
men anything to support the speeches
he has made in Wilmington?
Mr. Thomson must have thought that
the Blue Hens Chickens had lost their
mother. and needed someone to guide
them. But we haven't done any such
thing. Don't imagine, good citizens that
because he crews about Maine. that he
is the cock -of-the-walk in Delaware.
The citizens of New Castle county. OF
Kent county, and of Sussex county are
able to take care of themselves They
can decide this question, and they can
decide it without any foreign" inter-
ference.
And now, just one more suggestion
, 70 the. Hon Right Sir knight. Mr..
Thomson. Being a statesman, Mr..
Thomson. you may recall some Of the
history of our early struggles. II you
do, you will remember that the COM
bination Of Englishmen with whiskey
never did work well ia this country.
, That has been proven near the borders
of our own State. At the battle of
Trenton in i777, we faced the English
. men and their hired agents, the Hes
SLAMS. The Hessians happened TO be full
OF whislSey so we were really "up
against Englishmen and whiskey at
/ that time You know the result-we
thrashod them both. In the present
: campaign. we propose TO do the same
; thing over again--down both whiskey
! and its English ally'