Year: 1879

porary. In referring to us it says:


Our old friend johnson, editor of the
Gazette, has got into pet over the fund
ing of the State debt, and abuses us be.
cause We were opposed to the whole
scheme.


Now if we know the editor Of the
Deldudred1,, as we presume we do, we
are more than half score of years his
junior. If we do not know the editor,
then he is no more warranted in speaking
of us as "our old friend" than he Is in
using the impolite slang phrase, "got into
a pet" And the writer, whoever he was,
must have been wanting in the sense to
dictate more truthfuland gentlemanly lam
guage, or desired to assail us in the man
ner he does. We did not abuse the edi-
tor of the Deldtodredn. We only stated |
that had it not been for the opposition Of
that paper the bill to convert the Della
ware bonds into Il per cents might have
passed and the interest on our State debt
been reduced. We quote again from the
Delanaredn. 1t says:
We don't think that our venerable
friend found out that any such bill was
before the General Assembly until some
time after the Legislature had adjourned
sine die, OF if he learned that there was
such bill before the General Assembly,
we don't recoliect that he advocated the
passage of the bill until sometime alter
the members Of the Legislature had gone
to their homes. 1t is great pity that The
Gazette did not find out something about
this measure before last week, for his
voice might have been potential in the
matter, and the bill passed. AS it was,
the bill failed to become law, and we
are perfectly satisfied because it has
given the Gazette another chance To
squeak Dover post office as he always
does when he can't find any argument in
favor OF IA measure he advocates. We
hope he is i'll a good humor by this time,
and will talk sensibly about the matter
III the future.


When it is known that the reports Of
the proceedings Of the Senate were fur
nished to the Detduaredn by reporter
sent to Dover by the GAZETTE, and that
the GAZETTE published daily the most
correct reports of that body lhat appe aret
i'll print, the reader will understand the
cheeky nature of the writer Of the edi
torial in the Deid,cdredn copied above
That paper got its information OF al
stages of the bill III the Senate througl
the employee OF the GAZETTE in th
Senate.


1t may be that the writer is ignorant o
the TACT that the GAZETTE did adyocat
the conversion Of the bonds before th
Legislature met and frequently urged tn
measure while i'll session; and the last ei
fort to pass the bill through the Senate
where it had laid for some time after
had passed the House, we have reason t
believe was made after the GAZETTE ha
forcibly urged its passage. The articl,
therefore, so far as it refers to the GA
ZETTE's efforts in this direction, is mer
tissue of illogical sentences, devoid {
either truth or sincerity.


The Deidpdrean inimates that IL
GAZETTE could find no argument i
favor of this bill that passed the House ,
convert the bonds aud only failed b
few votes to pass the Senate. In fa
there was no better argument needt
than the fact stated that the io,
per cent. bonds were selling rapid
that were no better than our State bond
and ndwepresumed the legislature would s.
at once that the change to a. per cer
bonds would have saved the State abo
$4,000 or $4,000 year in interest, al
that after this conversion the whole de
would be paid in perhaps eight or t.
years, in which case the act of the Gen
raj Assembly would have saved the pc
pie OF Delaware somewhere near o
hundred to one hundred and fifty thor
and dollars, The GAZETTE did urge u
policy upon the Legislature frequent
before it met and at every opportune {
casion during the session. Had it be
accomplished, as it might easily LA
been, it would have been the gre
est economical measure ever passed


our Legislature and been an honor to
members and matter over which til
party would have been proud for year.
come. And for saying the Dela,cdrea
opposition was perhaps cause for


failure, that paper, instead of being pre-
of its work, went into rage and accu


the GAZETTE Of "ignorance" on the 5


ject, Notwithstanding the GAZETTE I
nished the only reporter there was in


Senate during nearly the whole sessi


1t also refers to the Dover post-oi


job. The work of Republican extra


CANT government architect. A job /


resulted in the erection of one of


most unsghtly buildings in the st


at a cost of S70,0 900 of the peoples MOI


all of which the people Of Delaware


taxed to pay; IN addition this squ


and unsightly building costs our pc,


in interest and for its care (for the mo


was borrowed to build it wth,) al