Smyrna times., 1888-03-21
The Great Question Which Dwarfs
all fractional Squabbles

The acrimonious debate between the
Salisbury and Wolcott factions is varied
by third view-a Convention Demo-
crat-in the EUery EUeRing Of SATURDAY..
1t is addressed under the above head
ing, and is as follows:
Editor ECery ECeaing: The Demo
Gratis Of this county are becoming tired
and disgusted with this mud-slinging
that Is now being INDUCED in by the
United States senatorial aspirants and
their adherents. One of these aspir
ants represents the champion Office
holding family of the State. They Oc.
cupy at present the office of United
States senator, chancellor, secretary of
State and a $4,000 clerkship at Wash
ingtOn, besides other lucrative posi-
tiOns, not one of which has been oh
tanned by the direct vote of the people.
lie has held the Office Of senator for
three terms of six years each, receiving
$4,000 in salary, and leaves a record
no more brilliant or extraordinary than
any fair business man or intelligent
farmer would have shown in the same
position. The other represents the
COney Island county building ring. the
EJllJe
has ever known and who caused the
defeat of calling convention last No
vember by the methods practiced bv
them in Wilmington and New Castle
county and whose leaders now stand
accused of misappropriating our school
funds, of a shortage in the amount re-
ceiYed for State licenses and of having
collected from the State at the last
session a bill which had been con.
tracted and paid for by private parties.
l think it is the duty of the Demo
cratic voters to settle this abuse of each
other by selecting an honest, indepen-
dent, energetic reform candidate for
United States senator instead of either
THIS FOSSIL or Weather-Vane, for both
nave openly cOmbatted and Obstructed
all reform measures until frightened
by the Il, ,450 votes cast last November
This weathercOck has tried to plume
himself and is pretending to be with
tne popular convention current which
he caused to be defeated at the last
session. With all this noise and blus-
ter there has not been in either of the
papers owned and controlled bv these
two aspirants single paragraph in
support of these needed reforms that
are being asked for by the people of
our State or county.
NOW let every voter seriously con-
slider this important question for him
selt-Are you more interested in which
Democrat goes to Washington or in
these needed reforms in our State-be-
cause none other than a Democrat can
be elected for United States Senator, as
we already have six holding-Over mem
bers of the next General Assembly and
1t only requires ten more of the twen-
ty-fOur to be elected this fall, which we
are sure to do now. AS the political
character of our next United States
Senator is settled beyond question,
should not the reform Democrats de-
mand that none but honest reform
candidates, and only those who con-
slider our States interest paramount to
who shall be next senator be elected to
our next Legislature, which will bene-
fit ourselves and State directly, rather
than attach ourselves to either of the
warning factions which are wholly in
the interests of few political adven-
turers who care more for their own
personal advancement and gains, than
for either party or the States interests?
I am a Democrat who always votes
and never scratched a ticket but l
think it time that the masses looked |
after their own interests by examining
the present working of our party so as
to act intelligently at our next prima-
ries, for there is where these Jobs are |
fixed upon. Make no mistake in
selecting your men this fall, because
the remOdeling of our constitution is of !
more Importance and benefit to you
than all other State or National ques-
tiOns. A FRIEND OF REFORM,
Kent County, March 18th.