Evening journal., 1893-12-23
A CONDITIONAL CANDIDATE.
DoNAHoE DOES NOT CONSIDER SAM
UEL BANCROFT, JR., A DEMOCRAT.

Tho Ex-speaker Criticizes the Tarin Bo-
form Manufactures and Says He Can
Never Get the Democratic Nomination
for Congressman.
rs it true that you contemplate being
q candidate for the Democratic nominR-
tion for Congress" asked an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter Of eX-Speaker Of the
Senate John p Donahoe TO day.
Yes, have It In contemplation.
have been frequently and earnestly
solicited by the leading working Demo
Gratis Of the city and county 20 let them
use my name in that connection. They
wish to place me principally, as a we'll.
known Democrat Of the city who would,
in the event OF the silk stocking and
swallow-tail element-the DR.. Draper
crowd - forcing Mr. Samuel Bancroft,
Republican, upon the party as it's
nominee, be most likely TO block the
scheme They make the claim to me
that they are satisfied with my past
record, In which ! worked for the in
tsrests of the masses and not the
classes"
Suppose Mr. Bancroft should win the
nomination-what them" asked the re.
porter.
"He can't do e. II is not in the wood.
/ The party cannot afford to be led around
and muzzled by few self-styled leaders
who are only. at best conditional Demo-
Gratis and who have, for the past few
years, assumed to dictate the party 3
course in this city and county"
you do not consider Mr.. Bancroft a
Democrat
why, no, don't The last time
that remember Of Mr.. Bancroft's Dem.
ocracy being In question he refused to
sit on the stage at the Opera House as
vice president of a Democratic mass
meeting, giving as his reason for refus-
ing, that, il he were TO do so, it would
Identify him as Democrat and he
wasn't one and didn't want to be 30 con
sidered
"Why do the leaders want to put him
ia nomination II he Is not a Democratl'
81 suppose the first point they look al
is availability in the matter OF wealth
but more particularly to their view tc
his social standing. These In the eyes
Of Mr.. Bancroft's hackers, always come
before Democracy OF party work. In
view Of all these facts / have told mJ
/ friends that am willing to continue {,
protect them, and that they are al
liberty TO make what use Of me they
deem best
"Do you think It possible TO elect Mr.
Bancroft II he should get the nomina
tion2'
"No there Is one element which Il
sufficient TO defeat him, even though al
other conditions be favorable.
"What is thati"
"You remember the position he and
his paper assumed against the soldierl
on this pension question. He sent
man to Washington, spied over th'
pension records and published every maj
and woman throughout the state whit
was so unfortunate as to draw a pension
thereby attempting to cast odium upoI
him. AS far as / am concerned 1t had NJ
effect While am an ex soldier, full
entitled TO a pension, never asked fOi
one aud never will ask fol
one Yet / know the intense feeling
created against him by those unfortun-
ates and their many friends He shoul,
not have assumed that they are all dis
honest, and thereby dragging thei
necessities before the public in an un'
charitable way. If he ha6 knowledge
that any Delaware men or women wer
drawing pensions illegally he should hav
Investigated the matter aud publishes
the result without duplicating every
pensioner on the list.