Daily Republican., 1886-09-06
Letter from "Uncie Billy"
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MY DEAR NEPHEw:-I promised In
my last to tell you more about the
"salary grAbber and drunken exhibit
bition before q grand jury" since
that time the salary grsbber has been
no eified of his nomination ION the frst |
ballot." The committee in notify ing
him say, ''as the representative.iL
Cons ress for four years, you proved
yourself to be o faithful exponent OF
Democratic principles aud measures"
How did he prove himself to be faith
ful exponent OF Democratic princi-
pies? Was 1t by taking tae salary
grab of $4,000 Of the people's money, for
which he never gave the arst cent of
value? Had some poor man who had
a " ife and family of small children
starving taken . ten-cent loaf OF bread
to Allay their hunger, as . citizsn OF
Delaware, according to her lava, he
would have teen introduced to one
OF her Institutions for the cor.
| rection of the bad morals Of her people;
| hut u man who fills the position OF
member If Congress can gobbie mp
81 900 of other peoples money, (pro-
viotd he has long, flowing, venerable
| lock and Is fiippant ut quoting Scrip
ture, which is as far as he ever goes In
carrying out its precepts. and deposits
1t with some stock broker as margin
for his gambling operations. What
O. uld be expected of committee other
than that they should say just wha,
they did when they said he proved him
self a faithful OF ponent OF Democratic
principles. l have frequently heard
lone o, the men who was on the Com
mittee of Notification say he consid
cred 1t right to use ell tie money b.
could get su bsciioed for the purpose o
buyipg the votes of free A merical
yo.ers. Ia 1t any wonder tina
, such men should think tn
: man who would take 50. 600 salary graf
I to which he had no more right than
+. have, should say that such man was
faithful exponent of Democratic prir
ciples? "Birds of q feather will flock Il
, eether." These men howl 'for tn
, maintenance OF Democratic supremac
: In the State" When did the same 81
o of men say o good word for Governt
= Stockley' . administration? Was 1t nj
according to their version made up
. Ooney Island deals, Court House rims
= land reappointn.ents What poor men
: tories they must have; how soon the
!. forget what they inter or try to mai
2 believe they do, al this is the Dem
i. cratic supremacy In the State they wis
:, to maintain ,or they fail to tell the trut
They say at 10 DOLLY by the contiuoan'
, of the wise administration OF that par
a, iu different departments OF the Sta
9. government that the welfare and nal
i" piness of the people can bs preserved
What stuff from men who NIL sucn e.
K allied POSITIONS.
y. They certainly do truly represent Il
O. mob which met at Dover on Augu
17lh. Material out of which to ma
ICb,ngreesmen must have been sscsrce
I'll Delaware, when they would take mi
I'd who Allied the position OF Attorn
), General of the State OF Delaware, al
who by filing ttat position disgrac
n himsslf by drunken exhibition In u
~. = presence Of the Court, wEo also cal
staggering and sinking drunk ioso
Grand Jury room. This last ex bibiti
- was an eye witness TO, and yet this
~ the character of n mau who has De
o. put forward to FIJI the place In WIFI
the salary grabber proved himself
- be faithful exponent of Democra
= priuci ples." He no doubt will De 0 m
S. after the grabber's own heart. and VIII
he disp raced himself and the Democra
s. voters of Delaware by similar exhh
ey lions at Washington as he made
New Castle he viii no doubt be consi
!. cred "a faithful exponent OF Den
n cratic principles and measures" \
Nv low ciiizsns Of Delaware, will you
=,your free elective franchise allow su
Mt q an to disgrace you IN the hall
Ire Represents tives at Washington? tn
'.n are lots of colored cit.zsns In our 5t
- who would by far give the State
more respectable representation IL
! can he expected from the present Der
= cratic nominee for representative.
~ Affectionately your uncle,
BILLY DEAN