Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02

1T is the duty and the obligation
ot good citizenship to assert the in
dependence of every community
and to emphasize its responsibility
Everyone of us owes 1t to the other
citizens of our community to parti-
cipate in and actively engage in
every movement that will resist the
encroachment of outside political
influence to the detriment of these
communities. To-day we are wit
Messing under the guise of public
welfare, an attempt by political and
economic power in this country of
ours. They have in mind the Obli-
teratiOn of State governments and
by the manipulation of large sum
Of public money they expect to make
tie States subservient to + ederal
control Now Is the time for the
people of Delaware to turn back
those who would destroy what has
taken more than Il generation to OBJ
tain i'm order to meet their own sell
fish aims.
Delaware is the first State in the
Union by virture of its signature to
the Declaration Of Independence and
today stands out as one of the most
progressive of States. II has THE
admiration of citizens from all parts
of the Nation for its highways and
schools, its welfare and corrective
institutions, its financial standing
with freedom from realty taxation,
and for it's care of the aged, depen-
dent mothers and their children, All
of these benefits have been obtained
through the capable and economic
administration of our affairs by Re-
publican officials by and through the
agency of progressive members of
our General Assembly covering Il
period of twenty-five years.
Those, who would capitalize suf-
fcring and engender prejudice among
us, call upon the citizens of Della
ware 10 stand by and support all
their candidates for office in order
to give aid to President who
frankly says he does not know what
the American policy is to be from
day to day. Delaware has Gov
ernor who has a fixed policy. which
he hopes to carry on for the rest
Of his present term of office. This
he cannot do if the electorate of the
several Senatorial and Representa-
live Districts of the sveral counties
io not send to the General Assembly
persons pledged to support that
nolicy-the continuation of pro-
sressive masures without resort to
additional taxation.
The maintenance of system of
highways costing 100000, 100000. COW
ering more than twelve hundred
miles, the support of public school
system, with its $l0.500. 100000 new
buildings, at an annual expenditure
0: 81 900, 10000, the upkeep of Farm
hurst, Brandywine and EdgewOod
and Stockley institutions. the cor
rective institutions for boys and
5iils, the welfare of dependent citi-
zens. the continued effort to give the
best for the aid of agriculture and
he health of our citizens, the con-
rol of the finances of the State in
such manner as will be most bene-
fetal to the people whose money
| is, and the ways and means to
continue to enjoy all these benefits |
Without resource to taxes upon the |
arm and the home are problems to |
,e solved; not by supporting Pres
dent Roosevelt, but by giving as
istance to a Governor who has the |
interest of all the people as his first |
consideration.
What is ahead for the people of |
Delaware lies not in the acts of the
congress at Washington, but with
he deeds of the electorate of our
tate in giving support to a real
Governor. The battle-ground is here
nd we need have no doubt of the
utcome. We need not feor for the
esult when the people know the