Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-15
LETTERS FROM rAg PEOPLE.
Going 10 Begin Bad habit.

10 me fHftnr or fFF4tNH dpiHFAA
hcing about to cast my first Democratic
vote in this state and seeing 50 many
different papers about the factions in the
said party, | resolved TO visit the differ
emit representative men in town and see
Just how matters stood for | wished to
vote the why in which the party would
be benefited When | went into hard
ware store on Loockerman street / hap
pened to ask how politics stood ! did
not at the time know how Mr. Jones
stood, but it did not take me very long to
find ont asked him TO explain the sit
uation to me He begun by saying that
the Wolcott men were not decent people
to associate with and that the Sausburys
were the clean men in the party
that the other side had not given them
show at the state convention and that he
wonld not support the ticket lie wound
up by saving that Mr. W0lcott should
never 10 to the United States Senate.
found he was waxing warm only on one
side and knowing that every question
has twu sides began to question him.
The first | asked him was if he was n
Democrat? 10 which be replied yes
/ then asked him II it was true that Ger
tain men in the Democratic party were
going to vote the Republican ticket to
which he made the same reply. Then
said Mr. Jones, ! can never support on
give any set Of men my vote-for | am a
Democrat-who are boilers or voters Of
the Republican ticket
But fearing that Mr.. Jones did not rep
resent the case as the acknowledged
loader would, I ventured into the Della
warean office and was introduced to Jerry
Cannon John Harrington, Nathan Hutch
ins and man by the name Of Broadway
In few Minutes Mr.. Jones came IN.
then told him my situation. Mr.. Sauls
bury began by saying that this crowd
was not follower Of such damned set
OF rascals as them that took our power
from ua. and that before they would
'acquiesee in the work Of such low,
dirty set OF men as the late convention,
that they would send the damned party
to hell Mr. Salisbury went on by
swearing at Mr.. Wolcott. John d. Burton
and every man IN the other faction
Occasionally this man Broadway
would speak up and want to bet that the
Republican ticket would be elected.
thought to myself can these men be lead
ers and represent the Salisbury faction
Of the party2 Mr.. Salisbury entertained
ME for about half an hour and he cursed
and abused men of decency whom knew
so that | asked him to stop saw that
this side was rather rank | asked Mr.
Salisbury why he thought his faction
had been wr0nged "because, said / "a
majority expressed their desire as to the
ticket nominated His reply was that
they were opposed to the unit rule
and did not have any say in the conven-
ton; but | said "You had your say at
the primaries and there were de
feated so how could you expect
to have any say2' had heard
something about the Polly McNatt cam
paign in 20, so | remarked that at that
time his own people refused to let GER
tain other class have their say and
branded them rs traitors Now they were
in a dilemma for they were going to
vote the Republican ticket. He began
again to damn everybody ard everything.
| got a chance TO ask him ii his people
hadn't obtained more out of the party
than any one else This seemed to stun
him but he replied that they deserved it.
because they had led the party. There, =
said /, IF that is ycurfr ument then the
men who now lead the party should have
something
] left them with this man Broadway
on the floor and thought would visit the
other faction. Accordingly I went in to
see Mr.. Burchenal He invited me to
have a seat and three gentlemen whom |
had never seen before, namely, j. r.
Nicholson, H. r. Johnson, J. Frank
Wiids. He began to discuss matters and
! told those gentlemen the information
was after | soon found out that they
were gentlemen and Mr.. Burchenal
seemed to answer most Of my questions
He said that a ticket had been made ont
by Democratic convention aud that the
other side refused to support it. asked
him why. He said that the only reason
that his side knew was that the Sauls-
burys wanted to name every man
on it. Mr.. B. began to enumerate
their offices from 1888 down and
he and other honest and true Democrats
had always supported them until Of late
| asked him what caused the differences
aud he said that other men besides the
/ Saulsburys had some ambition. Then
Mr. Burchenal, very fully. to my salts
faction, explained their ruin or rule
policy, and their threat about breaking
up the party unless Mr. Eli $. returned
70 the Senate. About this time Mr.
WulcOtt came in aud after discuss
ing matters with him, | found him
to be decent, honest and
able Democrat, who had the interests
Of his party above the petty party quar-.
rels. His discourse was clean aud pure.
quite a contrast with the other leader
aud | made the remark Gentlemen. /
am with you, for / believe You have tho
interests Of the party with you. and that
other men beside the Sausburys should
have some say in this government Of
ours. ! saw that the Saulsburys woulC
sacrifice principle and honor for greed
and gain and | made up my mind that
should vote the Democratic ticket straight
and exert an the influence | had in thai
direction. 'NORTHERNER.
Dovai. DaI Ccf * 1904