Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
MILFORD, FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1925

MILFORD, FRIDAY, OCT. y, 1873
1T is hard to believe that a man
or woman who is of sufficient intel
ligence to be admitted to the prac-
tice of law in the courts of Della
ware, would write an editorial for
publication in a weekly paper such
as appeared in the columns of the
Sussex Journal of Georgetown, Del
aware, last week. 1t is true that
few see or read the editorials of the
mOuthpiece of the Democratic party
in Sussex county, and it is indeed
fortunate for that party that such
is the case. 1t would seem that an
editorial worded as was this especial
article, might have been concOcted
from the brain of the irresponsible
loiterer about the county building,
rather than by one who is capable
of advising others as to legal facts
and practices of the courts. Ger
tainly no cOmpOsitOr or workman
for that paper would be so foolish
as to print brazen falsehood and at
tempt to mislead an intelligent pub
lie in a manner so ridiculous. That
the people of Sussex county and
Delaware may know the petty, mar
row, lying attempt to belittle the
purposes of one of the leading busi-
ness men of Delaware, and cause
those who are unfamiliar with the
facts, to entertain false ideas of one
of the greatest benefactors of edu-
cation Delaware has had in the his
tory of the state, we reprint the edi-
torial of the Sussex Journal in its
last issue verbatim; it follows:
THE duPonts own Delaware,
they levy the taxes, and now
they have appointed one Of their
family the tax collector for the
State.
that have been done by the du-
Pont regime the appointment of
P. dupont collector of the in
come and filing tax takes the
cake. And to make the travesty
the more ridiculous, they had to
appoint a member of the family
who is not even a citizen of Del
aware. P. DUPONT has his home
in Pennsylvania, though he gets
his income largely from his Del
aware enterprises. OF course,
the chief reason the Governor
had in mind in making the ap-
pointment for the $4,000 job was
the poverty Of the appOinttee as
P. D. is worth about 100 mil
lions of dollars in his own right
and heaven only knows how
much in other peoples rights.
$50 it has come at last to this:
The duPonts own the State, they
levy the taxes and now they col
lect them. What show has the
poor devil of a Delaware nan
anymore, anyway. Why not sell
out and move out, and leave the
5tate?"
For a long time it has been evil
dent that the weekly papers printed
at Georgetown have fallen to very
low standards, as newspapers; that
their one purpose in recent years
has been to print political propagan-
da for individuals in the Democratic
party, without regards to facts, or
welfare of the people. This sample
of editorial service from a party
organ plainly accounts for much of I
the lack of confidence that the peo-
pie of Sussex county have in their
party organs and their activities
during the campaigns. 7
The first rudimentary principles I
of a weekly newspaper are unknown U
to the publishers and the crumbs l.
that fall from the political table, af- Il
ford the real excuse for their exis- a
lance. It is not intended to disturb Il
the dry bones of the dead, even if ID
it is a weekly newspaper; but, for Il
The welfare of Sussex County, the II
welfare of Georgetown and the vel
fare Of the newspaper business in
general, there should be at least one o.
strong and virile weekly fl
newspaper printed in our county N
seat, with backbone sufficient to tell Il
he truth, advocate the best forms of is
government and insist upon COM n
)etent officers to fill the various tt
county departments, without fear of n
Individual leaders cracking the whip le
% get service. If the men now di- n
'ecting the news service end Of the al
Democratic party in Sussex County, "
Expect the people to follow them, or o.
AVE respect for their weekly papers, fc
hey must abandon the present me- h
iums and their practices, and start nj
n a sound foundation. tt
We refuse to believe that the ac- e.
redited editorial writer for the ia
ussex Journal is responsible for m
MS wonderful display of foolish pt