Middletown transcript., 1888-09-27
Democratic DislntegratIon.

Ine Dem0cTatlc cHleIGalnS CRY
Peace, Peace, = but there is no peace
in the Democratic ranks. All along
the line there are murmurings Of dis
content which presages an open revolt
before the November election.
The ratification meeting Of Saturday
night last was one Of the most insir I'd
and detected ever held in this city.
Notwithstanding the high pitched
eloquence OF the occasion the few
hundred there assembled refused to,
enthuse, and before 10 o'clock the
meeting had vanished into the mist Of
the evening. ssf rf.e5si1f t.st
{ One faction stands ready to- knife to
the heart the opposing faction, and such
a feeling win, in time, disrupt and
disintegrate any party. sIs5 r.t
The factional fight in New Castle
county has its parallel, as is indicated
by a private letter received from Dover
during the present week. aa ,s,-4F .a
The letter is Of more than passing
interest, and although not written for
publication, we deem Of sufficient i'm
portance TO reproduce it whining
tonian. --s't.at
DOVER, DEL, sept 18th, 1883. !
DEAR SIR THE Welcott men
think the ticket nominated will be
elected, or at least they say they do,
but you cannot find any of them who
wants to bet it will. 3. r. Kenney
bet Cove Wilson, Saturday, $1,000
that John Fennimore would mot be the
next sheriff. John f.. Salisbury told
me this day he did not think one single
man on the ticket would be elected.
He says he has nothing against Dan
Rjdgely, and is very sorry be is on the
ticket, as he would like to see Dan
elected, but did not think he could be,
as the people did not like the way he
was put on. Ihave only heard two or
three Salisbury men say they would
vote the ticket nominated, and hun
dreds of them say they would not,
under any consideration, and the lon
ger the time the more bitter they seem
much more 80 now than just after
the convention, and it looks to me,
and every other good thinking man,
that the Republicans would carry the
county. The only doubt any one, ex-
cept the Wolcotts, now have is the
kind of ticket the Republicans will
make out. Colby Smith is supposed
to be the man nominated for sheriff BY
the Republicans, and should he be,
they will be offering odds he will be
ie next sheriff, as he viii not only
:. all the Republicans, but q great
many Salisbury Democrats, and the
ones he does not get will not vote for
s.ny one. I expect to vote for Dan
Ridgely, but he is the only man they
put on the ticket i will vote for. You
cannot get a Wolcott man to talk poll
tics, they seem to want things to get
quiet, and it looks as IL they thought
they had done wrong, and should they
have it to go over I think they would
do very different. But now it is too
late, and they think they are downed.
dS uO d SIodt luaHy Vun0Aos ~ SA.SAy
looks like the Republicans carry ing this
county. sfsgH M
This isa specimen of some individual
in Kent County, calling himself a
Democrat and sent to the Wilmington.
ian. We venture to say if his identity
were known, he would be found to
have been one of the loudest to counsel
the minority in 's6 to support the
majority. To-day he is plainly using
his best efforts, being in the minority,
to defeat the Democratic Ticket. We
have heard it said that with certain
family in Kent County, it is s'rule or
ruin" the foregoing looks like it.