Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-09-05
A REPUBLICAN TICKET.

DOVER, Del. September 5.-''What in
the - do you mean when yon say IN
the EVENING JOURNAL tonight that the
ticket nominated by the Democrats at the
Convention last Thursday. will be, and is
being generally accepted by the Demo
cratic votersY asked prominent Demo
crat of the JOURNAL correspondent last
evening, ten minutes after the JOURNAL
was distributed about town. Your
correspondent denied the soft I'M
parchment, and disavowed tho au-
thorship Of the article alluded to
for the reason that all around him on the
street, in the stores and in Offices the con
trary sentiment is expressed so deep ana
loud that even blind, deaf and dumb
man could not ROMAN obivioas TO u.
The fact is, and there is no galnsaying
it, that the ticket nominated on last
Thursday will not be elected, IL the Re
publicans Of Kent county put any sort of
ticket in the field against 1t. This
ticket may not be pledged, but every
man ON it is a pronounced VOL
colt man and was put on there with
that single purpose in view. But this
will not be the primary cause Of the
ticket 5 defeat. 1T will be defeated, -
said a Democrat last night. because the
men who made it utterly ignored every
| Democratic precedent, and rode rough
/ shod over the rights of the Democratic
voters Of three of the largest hundreds in
this county. Why there were but 3. 800
votes cast in the entire county, and of
them the Saulsburys cast 800 or there
abouts. and the rights of that number of
/ Democratic voters can not be ignored
with impunity, as these men win find
out.
why already these voters are organ
| ling. continued he, and before q week
is ont. ! can give you the names Of 40
least 800 voters ia this hundred who viii
not only not support the Legislative ana
Levy Court ticket named last Thursday.
but who win vote the opposition ticket,
In order 20 teach these men q lesson and
these voters. ali wellkuown Democrats.
will be wiling that their names shall be
published These men seem 80 certain
that this disaffeotion win not last, That
you can say to them through the columns
Of the EVENING JOURNAL that | viii
wager anywhere, from $25 to 500. that
the Legislative ticket named by them
will not receive twenty-five votes out Of
the 100 odd Democratic votes in the first
precinct OF East Dover hundred, and Shat
III take New street in Dover from Look
erman street to it's northern limits, anC
wager the same sum that il viii not re
ceive the support of ten Democrats out
Of three or four times ten on that street
This is no CT lids play with us; we NEAR
business, and are willing publicly to say
so. Let the Republicans put up ticke
J something like the following and cal
name you 800 Democrats in East Dover
200 in Duck Creek 100 in Milford, and il
3 fact will wager on 5000 in the count,
supporting it,
Estate Senator-Harry A. Richardson
l. East Dover: Representatives ~ Due
= Creek, John II Hofecker; Kenton. job
Moore or John Clark; Dr.. Richardso
q or John Bishop West Dover, Peter
! Boutwell, North Murderlill, Wi
, liam Ellison; South Murderkill, Warre
Darby; Mispillion, Reuben Ross or ID
A. NJ Day; Milford, DR. George NJ. Ma
o shall Sheriff, J. Colby Smith Of Willo'
Grove.
: "Then let them take men Of the cal
bre Of John Casson of East Dover 70
, their Levy court men and we Il see wheI
2 the one sided ticket Of Thursday last wi
i get to- Understand me am a DEM
!, crat, but when these Polly McNati
!! undertake TO force on us men whom v
4 have by overwhelming majorities r
jected, then Wen show them it can't
h done that S all. =
+ There is no gainsaying the fact thu
: the gentleman above quoted knew ju
y what he was talking about. and it lool
! as if anotherssuch campaign as was ~
in Wilmington when Dougherty vi
y showed under would be run in Kei
z county this fall The ticket suggest,
1 for the Republicans is one Of the stron
+ est that could possibly be named by al
j party in Kent county. Mr. Richardso
"A the proposed candidate for State Senate
a is of the firm Of Richardson & Robin
the extensive Gamers, and althous
=. young he has business experience sui
"a as has been enjoyed by few men dout
+ his age In addition he is well educate
"a naturally bright, quick and level-heade
me- and on account Of the personal interest
n has taken i'm every enterprise in this So
r. ton for either pleasure or profit. he
(, one Of the most popular men in lie
I, county Mr. Ellison is q Gamer at III
Points All the rest OF the LegislGti
m ticket are we'll known, honorable a
NJ conservative men, and the suggested ca
5o didate for sheriff. j. Colby Smith, is
/, extensive basket manufactured at Will
Il Grove and is one of the most popu
20 men in Kent county. On straighto
M Democratic fight he would be a hard N
to beat but under the present circU
III stances ne would sweep the county.