Evening journal., 1913-06-17
TUESDAY. JUNE II. 1918.
noMLINe. Avn IT'S INSULT.

A FTER spending seton fun DAYS in the silence and
\ solitude Of the Chamber Of Reelection. with tho
Overwhelming vote in favor Of a municipality owned and
municpsly-controlled waterfront staring him in the
the editor of the Sunday star breaks silence by
saving
The vote tho waterfront referendum at tho city
election makes almost despair of popular govern
mont; for It that vote demonstrates any one thing
more than another II is that If you howl loud enough
and long enough get a maiorit. of the peo-
PIE 20 vote with any old proposition under the
sun We venture 10 say that not In ten who
cast Affirmative vote Tie two questions submitted
has the fantcst Idea Of what his vote really
If bowling would have avsned the waterfront propo.
sition would have been defeated Overwhelmingly.
The Sunday Star healed against it,
The Every Evening howled against It.
The Morning News howled against it,
The old Board of Trade howled against 1t.
George A. Taliey howled against it.
John S. Hamilton howled against IT,
Howell s. England howled against &C.
Oscar c. Purdy hovbd against IT,
And sundry other patriots howled against H.
Result: 1l.92O votes were cast on tho waterfront
question.
lo,sas votes were cast in favor of the waterfront
1922 votes cast against it,
u viii be seen, therefore that the Sunday star is
when IA says that If the "yote demonstrates
any thing than another It is that n you howl
n
Of the people to vote With YOU any old proposition
under the SUM- That Must be admitted because the
howl was TO against the waterfront and the vote
20 / in favor Of IT,
We regret that the Star almost has despaired Of
popular government. Notwithstanding we doubt that
popular will be affected even remotely by
such reactionary ana weil-understood despair We
also regret that the Star thinks that between 5000
and 10000 Of the 1OasS Wilmington voters who declared
IN favor Of the waterfront had not the slightest idea
OF what their votes really meant We rejoice that we
have much higher regard for intelligence Of the
Wilmington voters than have for that Of some of
their critics who would deny that they possess the
intelligence Of the small group bowling dervishes
that was buried beneath the ballots Of the intelligent
voters Of municipality.
The suggestion made by the SUNDAY Star ana o,nor
partisans Of the Wilmington Terminal companv and
its associates that tho 1922 persons who voted
against the waterfront represent the inten,-
gence Of the community and thas the To-
1913 persons who voted in favor OF the waterfront
represent the ignorance OF the community is as out
raTeous az IL is insulting and sonseess The founda-
ton underlying our political system is the popular
vote and majority rule The parsans Of the Whining
ton Terminal Company ard It's associates seem To be
20 blinded by their 10 make free delivery
OF public property TO private individuals that they
have lost sight Of fundamental political fact Of which
they cannot be ignorant The waterfront vote repre
sents the honest determination OF the electorate NJ
Wilmington TO protect public property against marsh
land spectators and expoiters. II is a manifesto
ton OF hgh-mnded public spirit that s as staggering
TO rcactionaries It is dscomfting to those who
have designs against the Federal treasury the states
domain and our citys commercial future