Evening journal., 1894-09-12
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
rnrnlt Aadsd 70 injury.


In view Of what has been said OF me II may
he well for me 20 say a few words II has
been said am not n Democrat III under
stand what It Is 10 be Democrat At the pres
eut day. do not see how ! could be anything
eiae and be a man OF common sense.
" regard to the statement OF those men
whom am accused OF defeating for Office !
can only say thai have done what believed
70 ba in the interests of good government snd
IN the true interests OF the Democratic party.
l haVe no apologies to make and no excuses
to lffer. They were as much enemies OF the
good Of the party as the men for the other
slide. II making this statement VIII hurt me
~ right.-samuel Bancroft, Jr.'s Dover
Speech.
A few words VIII not suffice to con
vince the people Of Delaware that Mr.
Bancroft is q Democrat. Even Ii they
would, the words must be better chosen
than those used before the Democratic
County convention at Dover yesterday
afternoon
he says that he imblbsd bis FIRST les.
sons Ia the reserved rights Of states
from Edward G. Bradford, Sr,, and that
his convictions were strengthened BY the
platform Of 1860 and BY the letter Of
acceptance OF Abraham Lincoln.
II his Democracy is founded
On the teachings Of these two men then
Bayard, Salisbury aud Ross must have
bsen Republicans during the war period.
There Was nothing Ia his speech but
free trade and unwarranted abuse Of
Democrats who were Democrats when he
was representing the Republican party
in The General Assembly Of the State Of
Delaware. We do not believe that he
understands what It is to be a Democrat
Al the present day. Democracy neither
calls for free trade nor personal abuse,
nor does . require as its standard bearer
a man who stands self confessed as one
who believes ia both
II there has heretofore existed any
doubt as to his Democratic principles
the concluding paragraph Of his speech
Is sufficient in Itself to dispel it. He
adds.insulEto injury already inflicted upon
Democrats who were not to his personal
liking and whom he defeated, not at the
primaries, but when they came up to b,
voted for at the general election. suci
has been his uniform and unmanl,
policy let the primaries 70 BY defsuIt
and afterwards oppose thos, men VIII,
rsprsseated the. expressed viii OF th,
=. party
He says that he has no apologies &,
make and no excuses TO offer TO th,
friends Of John j. Dougherty, Henry %
Hickman, John P. Donahce, Purnal j
Lynch, Colonel William Norton an
others He declares that they were a
much the enemies Of the good OF gth
party as the men for the other side
II these men have any manhood left h
them they andtheir friends win vote thi
man down, regardless Of Consequences
They have been publicly characterlzst
as worse than the natural enemies Of ia
party. Their Democracy has been bel
up to rldicule and contempt ia d
asasmblage Of Democrats mot at home
where they could put in defense an
strike back at this SELF constitute
judge q their political principles, but /
another county where Democrats al
not conversant with the true inner
workings Of New Castle county politics.
Had such a speech been made in
New Castle county convention, ther
would have been enough friends
these men in attendance TO have hisse
Mr. Bancroft from the stage.