Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-19
HOW SUSSEX WAS CARRIED.

HOW SUSSEX WAS CARRIED.
1t is well that the editor Of the Morn
ing News has apologized for the unwise
and scurrilous letter by TX in his jour.
nal this morning and it would have been
infinitely better if he had exercised that
discretion which he has exercised
again and again and left the whole
letter unpublished We should
think that the Republicans Of Delaware
would have more regard for their alleged
organ and its editor, If he had the courage
once in a while to refuse to publish what
is so eminently unfair and dishonorable in
its production and so obviously false and
misleading in its assertions. We should
think that the Republicans of Delaware
would like their organ better if It dis
played more ability to publish the news
and less avidity TO retail Democratic cam
paign gossip and the spleen and rancor Of
disappointed and embittered Republican
ofiice-seekers.
We do not pretend to know how Sussex
was carried. We believe, however. that
the editor Of the Milford News and Adver-
tiser gives the true reason when he saws
that il was due TO an honest and deliber-
ate change in public opinion The people
of Sussex without regard to political
affiliations have been earnestly enlisted
for four years at least in the
the case Of constitutional and temper
ance reform. Two years ago they were
led to hope that both objects could be at
fained under the leadership of Mr.. A. p
Robinson. They were grievously disap-
pointed at the result This time they
concluded to make no mistake They
elected the Republican ticket in
the county and put upon the men of that
ticket the grave responsibility Of bring
ing about both ofthese pregnant reforms
This is a legitimate result. The explana.
tion is a natural deduction from the cur
rent events in Sussex county during the
last four years
1t was contest Of natural causes all
along the line, both in Kent and Sussex
There never was a time in the history of
Republican politics when there was so
little disposition both here and abroad to
help the cause by cash subscriptions. There
was no campaign in the state, unless we
except that Of 1886, when there was so
little money used as this fall. What was
done by the Republicans Of Sussex them
selves is not known to us. no more than
Is kaeSn TO US as to what the Demo
Gratis Of SUSSEX did bur we believe that
the sentiment Of that county cannot be
changed by money considerations and
was not in this instance changed BY any
such consideration We recall but a sin
gle instance where money proved at all
effective in that county 1t was in the
fall Of 1856 when money was used in the
Democratic county convention at George
town. But the people Of Sussex, the
rank and file, are no more amenable to
bribery than those of any other rural
community in the United States. Mr.
Blakeley Hall was imposed upon by Demo
cratic talk The alleged facts and details
printed by him, except that no aid was
9iven by the Republican National Com.
mittee or outside sources. are grossly in
correct and untrue.
The editor of the EVENING JOURNAL.
has no evidence to show that any other
than natural and wholesome causes
brought about the revolution. He made
one speech in Sussex county during the
campaign at the earnest and repeated re.
quest Of Mr.. Charles H. Treat and the
Republican Club of Georgetown, but he
does not flatter himself that he con.
Ferted a single Democrat to the cause OF
protection and local reform. The EVENING
JOURNAL published almost exclusively
and always in advance the'very interesting
political news of the campaign in thai
county and thus it furnished all Of IL,
contemporaries in this city with mucl
exact and important information
Beyond this neither the EVENING JOURNAL
nor its editor had anything to do Will
the result. Indeed, any and all state
ments connecting either Of them Will
this matter beyond what is here stated il
wholly untrue and fictitious If the res
of the statements concerning the cam
paign in Delaware have no more basis Of
fact than that part which relates TO tn
editor Of the EVENING JOURNAL Their
can be nothing in it which would shocl
the moral sensibilities Of the most scru
pulous
The EVENING JOURNAL has takel
neither partisan nor fractional interes
in this matter. Its cardinal principle
are protection TO American industry an
constitutional reform in Delaware