Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-24
a. DEmOCRATIC BEAR 0ARDEN

u If fDEmOCRATIC BEAR GARDEN.
What william Dean Has to Say About
It-No SALARY -Grabber for Him-Hc
VIII Vote for Hoffeoker.
tooMMuNIoArED.l
MY DEAR NEPHEw:-I think you
you wrote and Published the following
editorial: "Uncle Billy Dean intends
TO vote for Hoffe oker, Of course, for
Governor, for how could he vote fOr
the man he denounced as . salary.
grabber? But II Uncle Billy Is not
watched he will forget hiinself and
slip In q Democratic ballot for the
whole ticket yet" Now, when 1 read
this editorial was almost ready to at
once disown you as . relative, but
knowing your little weaknesses and
that they always troubled you In your
attic department, concluded to forgive
you on this occasion and to read you q
lecture on the matter OF thought which
all sensible editors should exercise be-
| fore they write editorials, and more
particularly you should learn to ad-
here strict, y to the truth. This latter
know 10 hard, very hard, thing for
Republican editors to do.
| Now, my dear nephew, you sheuld
not think, because you know yourself
that you have 90 many little weaknesses
and shortcomings, that You should want
to sell my oats by your measure. Mine
ia good, solid, ,well-cleaned, heavy grain,
while yours is 30 full of chaff and
other impurities, to which you have
been accustomed to seeing and dealing
in, that yeur finer sensibilities have
been much blunted. Yet as you are q
Jolly, good hearted kind of cuss and on
account OF your near relationship l
shall forgive you for this offence. And
now, by the way, want to say word
or Two about the nominees of the Demo
cratic party, who were made such ut
the late bear garden exhibition held at
Dover. 1t WAS only a second edition OF
q bull bait held some short time back
at New CASTLE, when the ring-masters
were McWhorter and Sharpley. The
latter exhibition at Dover could not
have been made such o success had
they not engaged that prince of ring
masters, Barny DAVIS, to assist Ring
master McWhorter, and that prince OF
clowns, Davis, who was the tool OF the
two great leaders Of the exhibition,
Spain In her palmiest days of bull baits
could not have given greater pleasure
than did the performers at Dover tc
this audience, and then 1t was q free
, Exhibition, paid for out of the money
wrongfully taken from the people In
the shape OF o salary grab, with the un
) derstanding that II the salary swag WA
mot enough to see the dance through
that the grabber's next friend, the grea
railroad mauipulators, we're TO be ready
TO make up all deficiencies, 80 that tn,
thing should not under any circum
stances be q failure of the purpose Il
lput o grabber and q mountebank at tn
3 head of the Democratic ticket for tn
9 free, independent Democratic voters t,
rally around.
Il Now, my dear nephew, when 20,
Q said: "But II Uncle Billy Is not watcht,
T he will forget himself and slip in
Democratic ballot for the whole ticket,
!, lyou certainly did not know your uncl
d tor you never would have accused hin
t of such deception. Yet 1 know tn
L weakness of poor human nature and tn
: habits which you, as Republican ed
}; tor, must accustom yourself to, that
b you ON this occasion did lean just
7 little out of the straight line OF trut
ltyou are forgiven, sa before said, on ~
q count OF our near relationship; but IL
me say right here, dear nephew, pleas
do make an effort (no doubt it will be
severe task for you TO do) and try an
o tell the truth. l am going to vote fc
e Hoffecker for Governor, and will do
htopenly and above board. II every ma
= in Delaware were present l would nj
hesitate to vote an open ticket, OF to ca
I cut the name for whom my vote wa
Is cast. II has been one OF the efforts
1 10 nnf IN lea To v,n
oi posterity anything that might brin
the blush of shame to the cheek of I'll
q most sensitive of them. They new
r were disgraesd by my voting for Horat
a Greeley, who 1 al ways believed was a
n honest man but never q Democrat.
"a The present nominees of the Dem
% cratic party are not the frs: lot of sea
OF lawags whose names | have met on Il
pt Democratic ticket, who, while In the e:
oi ercise of the elective ranchise, ha'
lc turned down because Of their unwO
lt thiness to fill the places for whiC
ne they were named, and it would be vi
al lating one of my long establisht
'lr rules "Never to vote for an unwortt
t. man though through fraud or co
he lruptioH his name happened to be four
on a Democratic ticket" This Is
te rule which in my practice l ha'
e, adhered to for over twenty year
a. While have prscticed temperance
% the use of Intoxicating beverages f
n half century, l have not given n
Is adhesion to any Temperance party, b
ce lieving that In the Democratic party o
TO could be accomplished for the good
et- the people that was required, but th
OF last effort of the bear garden exhibitit
n at Dover was the last straw whit
curved the camel's back in the wroi
direction. While voting for q Tel
perance man in Mr.. Hoffecker, q
ed not sacrificing any of my Democrat
i lprinciples, for in my humble opini,
al he Is q far better Democrat than {
" man In whose interes ts the Dover be
III garden exhibition was ran. As tt
Al. letter has already been too much elo
to gated, will close for the present wi
10. la promise to frequently let you he
ed from Your affectionate uncle. The ne
lis time l will tell you more about I
IA. salary -erabber and the drunken exl
at. Ibition before grand jury Of an G
10. Attorney General.
, al Affection ately YOUR uncle,
tol BILLY DEAN.