Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-18
kENT,S BITTERNESS.
A Brief History of the Rise and Fall of
the Saulsburys-D Determined to Defeat
Wolcott.

DOVER, Oct. lS.-Ihe stranger enter
ing Dover as he swings around State
street in the hotel cab is greeted with an
immense American flag having pendent
to it piece of white muslin with painted
ON it the words, Cleveland Thurman
and the whole ticket" He would alight
few steps above the flag at the hotel,
and had It been yesterday glance up to
the windows would show a crowd Of men
in it and reading of the sign would dis
close that the building was the head
quarters Of the Kent county Democrats
In striking contrast to the activity in
this building a few steps down the
street is the headquarters of the Kent
county Republicans Yesterday there
were but very few persons about the
room. Crossing historic Dover green we
come to still another building, in which
in former days Hon. James A. Bavard
Gather of the secretary and John
M. Clayton used to drink the same
brand Of old bourbon and pitched
dollar silver pieces into boot Tor keeps
as the school boys say. Seated in the
room are half score Of men, quietly
talking They are the original brand Of
Delaware Mugwumps, the dissatisfied
Saulsburys. Another noticeable fact
about these three rooms, in only one do
smiles play about the faces Of the occu-
pants and that is in the Republican head
quarters In the streets all one hears is
politics. From the Post Office to the
State House one will not walk twenty
teet before he meets group Of persons
earnest conversation
What is the occasion OF all this2 1t is
the life and death struggle of a family
that has been since 1850 the leaders Of
political thought in the two lower
counties. Willard, the chancellor, was
the first of the family to become promi-
nent. In 1915 he went to Georgetown and
opened law office in the building now
owned by Robert G. White There then
lived in Sussex class of men, now fast
disappearing, who held the care of the
state to be first duty and when they
saw that Wizards bent was towards
honest politics they fell in love with him.
The young man was handsome in form
and face. Not adverse to mixing with
the rough Sussex forester and charcoal
burner, he shone alike with his ruffied
shirt front either at party given by the
| aristocracy Of old Sussex or one by the
simple forester and dancing as vigorously
at both. Thus he captured all and in
four years after his advent in Sussex
sands, Delaware's farmer governor,
Billy Tharp appointed him Attorney
/ General, and as an evidence of how strong
these attachments have been, the
Tharps are still numerous in Mis-
| pillion and to-day are standing
firmly with the family in their
hour Of trouble. AT the age Of 80 so
complete had been his success that he
captured the highest gift the people of
a state can give, the United States Sena-
torship In the race he distanced dozen
competitors among whom We're honora-
bles of twice his age, and that, too, in q
state where men of many years were
looked to for political guidance. Cove
and Eli soon after became prominent.
The contest among them for Senator and
the attendant results are too well known
to bear repetition. The grasp the present
chancellor obtained on the state in 1856!
was complete and with the aid Of Gove's
superior mind, politics of Kent and SUSSEX
were united with an iron hand The
family delivered the state from the Ole
Wings and parcelled out the offices Il
their followers in the order Of their faith
fulness and merit until this power re
ceived its first shock in the triangula
1
time the family sun has been SLOWLY
leaving its zenith and nearing the hori
zon of its power And just 30 years afte
Willard won his spurs you find tn,
family aleniated from the county tickle
and seeking to destroy it. The reasons O
this action on their part has been fully
set forth in these columns and your cor
respondent glanced around to day in tn,
ImAa 49,. II A. -
rrobable result Of this strange condition
of fairs.
To commence, a glance six years bacl
may be taken as the proper comparison
with the position of the Republican part.
Of that time and to-day. The Democrati
hundreds and maiorities then were: Yves
Dover, Ga: Duck Creek, 1853; Soutl
Murderkill. 276, Kenton, 90; Mispillion
PIG. The Republicans held Little Creek
9; East Dover, Az North Murderkill, II
Milford, 200. A Democratic majority Q
$40. That year the Republicans had
comparatively weak ticket This yea
the Democrats claim $50 majority in tn
county, provided perfect harmony eS
listed. The Republican ticket however
this year is stronger than it ever wa
before and perfect harmony exists anon
the workers. This did not exists IN 1855
among the Republicans
The Saulsburys at the late primarit
polled 1861 votes and one fourth OF TIL
number II cast for the Republican tick,
will elect it, viii this be donei 1t wi
' most positively if mems words and ten
I per continue the same in Kent CONT
: until election time as they are to-da
The Saulsburys only coneede, to the tick
nominated by the Wolcoto convention
I West Dover, Kenton, South Murderk
and Mspillion, and they claim furth
2 that these four hundreds viii not give
the aggregate over 200 majority and TIL
!, East Dover will upset this Wheth
!, these claims are exaggerated relnains
e be demonstrated, but that the defecti
N Is great there can be no doubt. Duril
the fair party Of thirty prominent m
II representing every hundred in the com
Is met in Representative Jones's sto
a store and decided to vote and wo
i against the ticket. The men were
or hard workers in previous campaigns. y
: Jones, himself says that he has m
M 100 Democrats in Dover and vicini
of who have positively declared that tn
will vote the Republican ticket straig
and that he feels positive that he has I
met one fourth of the "kickers "A
If it takes money" said Mr.. JONES' 81
,et money will be forthcoming. Why | 5
800 raised for the purpose in five minu
!. the other day and these men will find
l.s we mean business. The Levy Court Y
y suffer also and the only candidate by q
means sure of an election is Joshua
Jerman of Duck Creek
MS The WolcOtt men however do