Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-01


him a good Republican. but McMullen
claims him for bosom friend, and il he
has held out the white flag to the doctor,
then that is all right,
We fecite these little instances to show
THAI his a;tct!lpl.s have bsea divided and
probably ever since he turned his back
upon his Republican friends to secure the
marshalship through . Democratic influ-
ence i'll 1878 which favor he undertook to
return in the decker he made with them
on .the eve OF the election in 1882, and
which was a clear case OF trying to ride
both horses, but that pair of steeds had not
been accustomed TO working together and
he found them very unmanageable pair;
and by one simultaneous tiounce and kick
one horse threw him and the other stepped
on him. The Republican horse tried to
KICK him out OF the party and the Demo
crotic horse did actually kick him out of
Office, and SINCE then in all of these years
of his political retirement he has been on
the fence and Indifferent as to which side
he got down on, So the picking was good.
Yet this is the man that the steering com
mittee OF the Republican party say we
ought to vote for to save the party, and
we think thew are making great mistake
and one that they will regret; and we
honestly think that any ticket that lacked
one single re5eelning quality that this
man could I'LL cannot be saved whole with
him on it. Shame on the man who would
dare To say that this is the road to reform
Or retrenchment or for the helterment of
our political credit. Furthermore with all
of his evil lJropensities which have devel-
uped sEce his earliest days III politics
what he has had out of the party would
have satisfied any man who did not want
the whole earth and the ornament too.
His history, given in the -Hoinbg Ners
la. Il !.
supposed was written from information
which he furnished. and leaves us, who
know better. to conclude that he either
don't know himself, or was not willing to
give it correctly, which we will try to do,
and leave other people TO note the discrep-
ancy:
Road commissioner from 1862 to 1856,
four years, and supposed To be " orth $500
or not worth bothering with, $500; county
collector and constable, 1868 and 1864, we
will put at $500; United States internal
revenue collector from 1863 to 1873,
S5,776.52; $l2,OOJ, or $4,000. which he
failed to get ont of the sherif's office in
1876; United States marshal from 1878 to
1850. over seven years, $4,000; total,
81, 1862
The latter appointment he secured
through Democratic influence, by under
mining one OF his best friends, and was
for not keeping his engagements with
them. and not for partisanship only, as ne
| puts it.
The figures for assessor are correct to a
| cent. The others nave been made from
| the best Information we could gather and
are supposed TO be within the proper
| aggregate, if not more.
Every now and then, we read in the
newspapers where someone has proclaimed
from the sfIIptn tho #
the whole Republican ticket and then,
| speak OF its superiority, and as not ever
| having been pXcelled While | have
always voted Whole myself and encouraged
| others to do SO, | say to Haunt ticket
| with this mans name on it, and to insist
on everybody voting it, and make no
exceptions, is an insult upon intelligence
and honesty. He said IN the sheriif's
office, on last Tuesday, that there had
been some persons that were opposed to
him, but taht they had all come round all
right but one man, naming him, and ii
was not me either; and that he would have
as much fun after the election as anybody.
Now, may not be worth counting, in his
estimation, but think by the time he
gets this letter properly digested he will
conclude that | am not come around all
right, and If he don't find that one man
has been terribly scattered around on
election days, never brand Inc as a
prophet.
What | have said is given as some of the
reasons why this man has no claims on
the party or on the people for their suf-
frage, and is from party standpoint en-.
tirely. have said nothing about the
contemplate trick of trying to get our
esteemed friend and lelow-townsman
Mr.. Daniel +. Stewart. removed from the
postmastership % days before his time
would have expired, which is still fresh
IN the minds of many, and but for Mr..
Mr.. Stewards late illness | would leave il
for him to expose it himself. With thi,
partial detail of what might be said on the
subject, Twill leave him TIL later in the week
when will give my personal experience
with him while he bounded me arounG
this county at every opportunity, for /
period covering about II Years.
". a. HuKILI.
WILMINGToN, DEL, Oct. 18th. 1891.