Evening journal., 1888-10-05
WoLcoTT is DOOMED.
Here is the scheme In Detal which VIII
Nip His Tender Hope Ia the Bud-such
work Usually Succeeds.

Work Usually Succeeds.
BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL
HARRINGTON, Del, Oct. 5-News other
than that Of political character in this
section is decidedly scarce Just now. but
the plentitude of the political news and
it's stirring nature makes up for the lack
of all other kinds. The EVENING
JOURNAL has been told by it's Dover and
other correspondents Of the disaffection
existing in the ranks of the Democracy
Of Kent county because of the action of
the majority at the last county conven-
tion, and If the condition Of affairs in
Mispilion hundred is any criterion to 90
by not one Of these writer's has in the
least exaggerated matters. DisafTection
and disgust are rampant in old Mispil-
lion but it is not running loose On the
contrary It is organizing and concen-
trating in manner that IN sans to be
effective
Last evening the JOURNAL correspond
ent was in the private office Of a Leading
citizen Of this town, man, the purity and
oarnestness of whose Democracy has not
been questioned in over forty years Of
faithful service to the party. There were
four gentlemen beside the correspondent
and the proprietor present The county
ticket and the manner Of its construction
was the subject of conversation. what
do you think Of this?" said the owner Of
the place drawing sheet Of legal cap
paper from his desk and your correspond
ent saw drawn up in form the following
written thereon:
"Resolyed, That we, the undersigned
citizens of Mispillion hundred and Demo
Gratis, feeling that Democracy has been
outraged and the rights Of hundreds Of
the Democratic citizens of Kent trampled
on, by the action Of the very small
majority in the late Democratic County
Convention, do hereby repudiate the
nction Of that convention and its work
and further in order to teach those men
that they cannot trample on our rights
with impunity, we do hereby pledge our
selves to use our very best endeavors TO
defeat the ticket then and there nomi-
mated at all hazards
There it was in plain writing, the
words "at all hazards underscored and
below it in their own handwriting were
the names of forty-eight solid Democratic
citizens of Mispillion hundred. Among
them the correspondent was surprised to
find the names of several gentlemen who
usually take very little interest in politi-
cal affairs The reporter expressing his
surprise at this the host said: "Why
It's because the people are thinking, and
they are not willing that the most sacred
principles of Democracy shall be sacri
feed to satisfy the ambition of few
men.
And here is another, said one Of the
gentlemen present, who resides at FELTON,,
pulling out Of his pocket similar paper
and here are twenty-five as good Demo
cratic names as there are in Kent on il
too. The correspondent glanced down
the list. and saw that they were the
names of representative men of South
Murderkill, most Of them men of means
ana influence.
Il know dozen men right here in
Harrington who would sign one Of these
papers suggested the correspondent.
"Why don't you get their signatures?"
'All in good time will be there, re-
piled one of the gentlemen. eve know
that we could double the number Of
names in twenty four hours, hut we are
not in hurry. We want the conserva-
tive men first and the pronounced men
will come sfterward We are in this
tling to win and we will win. We are
not after Offices or men We are after
principle, and the men whose names you
see on these papers will spend both money
and time TO win, just as they have been
in the habit of doing for years This
plan Of action was decided on at con
ference of the men who hold that Demo.
cratic rules and usages must be preserved
even II men are sacrificed. 1t was
held at the state capital Il short
time ago. That conference was attended
by Democratic leaders from every hun
dred IN this county and that pledge was
adopted and signed by 6S men that day.
There was not dissenter among them.
There were few present who said they
would not vote the Republican ticket, but
n very large majority said that instead OF
merely voting the state ticket and MAX
ing their non-voting the state ticket
count one, they would make it count two,
by voting the opposition ticket.
And why shouldn't they do it? Why
should they not defeat these men who
care nothing for Democracy, but all for
themselves2 Why one Of the most blat-
ant men they had on the floor Of that
convention, the one who was most insult.
ing in his remarks to elected delegates, is
a man who not many years ago sold him.
self to the Republican party for money,
and for that money tried to defeat the
Democratic party when it needed the helr
of everybody and when vital interests
were at stake That man was not elected
q delegate to that convention. for he
couldn't be elected in his hundred to any
thing He was placed there for pur
pose to do the dirty work-which he did.
Another young demagogue who hardly
reached Delaware from a neighboring
state, before he was seeking office, was
also very insulting to men who have
spent their time and money to make the
Democratic party what it is He was not
selected a delegate to that convention
either. The shoes were taken off the
feet Of the elected delegates and put on
these men by James L. Wolcott and
Robert J. Reynolds that they might az
the contemplate work which elected and
| honest Democrats refused to do.
But we'll teach them lesson
that they'll never forget When
they see a solid Republican Legislative
| delegation elected in Kent county, they'll
1 learn what it is to trihe with Democratic
| principles. There are copies Of these
resolutions in the hands Of men in every
/ hundred in the county, and | say to Won
as man Of honor that already there are
now enough pledged TO insure the defeat
of the ticket made by shat nu Demo.
cratic convention This was said with
/ the eArnestness Of conviction and deadly
purpose
WieWAM, coNcLAvE AND CASTLE.
fri,e al,,.,4 ! 49,, !. IL, tt,;,.t,..tr .s