Evening journal., 1913-02-13
THURSDAY. FEB. I3. 1913.
rRIENDLY WORDS no ROBERT nNCKLEY.

FRIENDLY WORDS TO ROBERT HINCKLEY.
xAfE have received. and take pleasure In printing
w to-day. letters from Whitley Jones, Of George
town, counsel TO, and Robert Hinckey, Of RehObOth
secretary Of Palmer Co. the corporation that is ask
Ing the Delaware Legislature 10 vote to II, for the
miseraho pittnnce OF $1,000, five miles of RehobOth
Reach occanfront and 800 more acres Of oceanront
land that belOng to the people of the State Of Della
ware Both letters in the nature Of an attempted
defense Of proposition that has shocked the con-
aclence and outraged the feelings Of the people Of our
commonwealth. Tho suggestion that Palmer & Co.
or any ether company cIOaking speculative syndi-
cate. shall be permitted 10 walk In and obtain the
absolute and perpetual control OF Ve miles Of front
age ON the Atlantic with All the riparian rights
that would accompany such ownership and, in add
tOn obtain absolute title 10 500 Of the peoples
land Immediately back Of that valuable Oceanfront
for the paItry Of $1,000, anything like IT, II
outrageous that II carries with IL its cOndcmna-
tlon.
That property belongs 10 the people Of the State Of
Delaware. If It Il to be frhcred away for - an
acre, at the rate Of from ten and fyetwelfths TO
sixteen and twO-thirds cents building lot let II be
put up at auction in building lot parcels Give TO the
thousands Of Delawareans who would be delighted to
have bungalows and tents or RehOboth Beach In sum-
mer, but who prevented now, largely becamse Of
the high price Of building lots within the town Of Re-
hoboth, q chance TO bid for those parcels and get
them and enjoy their recreative and healthgNiug ad
Yantages
BY what right do the who are in Palmer & Go.
seek this valuable property belonging to all the people
IN the ststel Is II by right of discovery9 No; the
people have known right along that their land is there
and that II Is becoming more valuable Rehoboth
grows in importance seaside resort And besides,
J. Edward Addicks and crowd Of his cronies tried
10 grab and get away with this identical piece of the
peoples property many years ago and compelled
TO abandon their malOdorOus enterprise by out
burst Of public Indignation that swept them OH their
feet. The request Of Palmer Go. that this valuable
tract Of 0ceanfront property be delivered to II is
repugnant % the people now II was in the days
when AddIcks and his cronies sought 10 obtain pos
session Of it. The who after the land and
who admit that they want it for speculative develop
ment should make mistake ON that score. They
must not atter themselves that the people win regard
public benefacOrs notwithstanding patriots
who seek 10 obtain five miles Of public ocean
front and 500 Of public land for $1,000 PhiIan-
thr0py and patriotism have not yet become cheap
that in the State Of Delaware, have they fall
len low here that they have to be measured by
cent sxteen-cent seaside building lots. II useless
for either side to equivOcate.. The who he
hind this scheme endeayOrng TO obtain this big
stretch Of the peoples land for next TO nothing in the
hope that they will make tens Of thousands of dollars
by the operation. They know IT. and the people know
IT. so what is the Of beating about the bushl In
projected deals OF this sort It always is best to
facts boldly and TO call things by their right Names
We have read the letters Of Messrs. Whitley and Jones
and Mr.. Hncley carefully we fail to find in them
hnyihlng that VIII allay public Indignation warrant
the Legislature in giving its sanction TO such an ex-
poaton of the property Of the people of all the State
There is nothing in either letter to show why five miles
Of 0ceanfront and 500 of land that belong 10 the
people who are the constituents Of all the members of
the Legislature should be voted away to five or six
constituents Of senator Blackstone for an amount 80
small that his handful Of seseeking and speculative
constituents should be ashamed 10 offer IL.
Mr.. Hinckley may be artist of international repu
tntOn; he may have invested $4,000 In the town OF
Reh0b0th because Of his faith in the future Of that sea-
side resort; he may be Of means and leisure; n,
may have desire to assist Rehoboth to reach posi-
tlon seaside resort that will place II in line will
the seaside resorts in New Jersey His lawyers ha,,
said he is ali OF these things and that he has thi
interest m the future OF RehObot Let us accept then
true, and after having So LET appeal Mr.
friends who heretofore him most highI,
that he get out Of this Palmer Co. scheme; that n
wash his hands OF II, anu that ii he wishes TO d.
something for Reh0both and the people of Delaware
IL be not built upon the foundation of i've mile
Of the peoples waterfront and 500 acres of the peo
pIe's land being divided among himself and a few otle
members OF a speculative syndicate at the rate of 5
acre, ten to sixteen cents a building lot VI
wish to say TO Mr.. Hinckley that he has stood 50 hig
in the world OF art and that he has high in tn
esteem OF the people in Washington and Delaware
thai he cannot aford TO continue to be associated wit
Palmer Co. or the enterprise that II has in hand.
mr. Hinekley has been fair enough to THE EVEN