Evening journal., 1888-08-24
LAST EDITION
THE FIGHT TOMORROW.
They Are Tearing Each Otker in Kent.
Republicans Take Hand
BY Letter 70 Evening journal.


BY Letter 10 Evening Journal.
DOVER, Del, August 24-To-morrow
will end one of the hottest preliminary
political campaigns that Kent county has
ever known. Factionalism was rife two
years ago, but that fight was the bluest
kind of skim milk when compared with
the one that is being waged now. In its
closest contests with a well trained Re
publican adversary, the Democracy of
Kent never fought as it is fighting now in
its own household The lowest depths of
political trickery are not too far down TO
be used, and the crookedest ward workers
of the large cities might come down here
now and get points ia Simon pure crook
edness.
Night and day have the leaders and
their heutenants been in the saddle
for the past two weeks, and if there is a
voter anywhere in the county who has
not been ''seen" he must be under
ground. The Saulsburys are determined
not to lose their prestige and the rest
are fighting as men do who see their last
chance. If the anti -Saulsburv-
ties go under this time they are gone for
ever, remarked prominent Republican
last night; and this seems to be the gen.
orally accepted idea The VOL
colt men carried the county
two years ago with Gray and Bayard to
back them or rather Gray and Bayard
carried the county and the Wolcottites
were benefited by it, and with the
encouragement that comes from one
ostensible victory the latter are working
like beavers to win another Their main
strength lies in South Murderlkill and
kenton hundreds, but everything that is
anti-Saulsbury in all the other hundreds
is fiocking to their standard. Here in
East Dover the Republicans are working
heart and soul with them financially and
personally. Leading Republicans are
soliciting votes and bringing
what influence they have to
bear upon individual Democratic
voters in their favor And this is having
the effect that would naturally be ex-
pected 1t is cmbittering the rank and
lille of their opponents, until the personal
feeling which until recently was confined
almost entirely to the leaders, has
widened and deepened until the entire
county, is permeated with it, All this
will have its effect at the county conven-
] tion. When the delegates elected
tomorrow gather at the Court House on
4 next Thursday, you may expect to see
them take matters in their own hands
A few Of the leaders on each side
may be opposed to the adoption Of
4 the unit" rule, or the motto that the
3 majority shall take all On the Sauls-
bury side if they win this would certainly
s be the policy Of the leaders who '1ook
4 ahead, and hence would be loath to
&establish the precedent But on the
= WolcOtt side it is openly asserted that
4 should they secure the control of the
convention they would apply the same
tactics they used at the convention to
ELECT delegates to the national convention
lat st. Louis, and not give The family
d-n thing"
a But as stated above, if the delegates
stake matters in their own hands the
unit rule win be applied no matter who
& wins I'VE are not fighting Democrats,
but disruptionists and Republicans, will
be the motto of the Salisbury followers,
81 and the sooner we kill them off the bet
Ter for the party, and the "killing off
process win be adopted
Al It is not likely that any attempt will
he made at the State Convention to
slaughter Mr. Pennington, although all
sorts Of rumors are ahoat as to what will
be done If Wolcott shall control that con
8 vention. Pennington has many friends
aeven among the opposing faction and as
he has precedent in his favor, it is
almost certain that no matter who con-
trolls he will win. He is also a strong
4 constitutional convention man.