Evening journal., 1894-09-15
A FRIENDS CANDID OPINION.
WHY SAMUEL BANCROFT, JR., CAN
NOT BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS.

Not Known 10 the Rank and File. snd
WIN Get No Compiimentaries There.
His Personal Aequaintanocs Have Too
Mech at stake-rhore is Detection
in Both Parties.
A well known business man and
personal friend OF Samuel Bancroft, Jr..
WAS in convsrsation with an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter last evening, when the
latter said:
"Mr. Blank, what are your views as to
the election OF MIR. Bsncroft--not from a
partisan but purely from non partisan
standpoint
4 DO not believe he can possibly be
elected :" vas the reply.
You are a personal friend Of Mr
Bancrofts. Will not you and anumber
of other similar friends cast your votes
for himg" was the next question
II will not, was the answer, NOR do
| believe that there will be many, II any
Of his Republican friends who will /
reason it this way: Mr.. Bancroft. al
though native of the state and eitv
has never done thing that would bring
him in touch with the common people
with the lower FIVE, so To speak His
ING
upper ten men who have business inter
esta, and who are fully aware that a
complimentary vote may mean the send
ing Of man TO Congress who viii work
vote and speak for tariff which Is aa
tagonistic to those very interests II he
was running for mayor, or sheriff. Or gov.
ernor these friends would vote for him.
| would myself, but | don't propose to
rn for nj nfr.Ia -. 4
vance hose principles when they wre
I antagoniatic'to my interests Thags the
! reason why | shall not vote for him.
"WhY d. l say that bis chances are
small for electior2 In the frst place a
candidate, no matter on which OF the
| tickets, muHt have the undivided sup.
port of his party. ANY serious defec
tion will prove disastrous, and believe
there ia most serious detection as
I concerns Mr. Bancroft. There is not 4
/ Republican to day who does not believe
\ that the cause IF bis present advocacy
\ Of Democracy and his tariff principles
I were aud are the result Of failure, or
refusal on the part Of the Republican
/ party to confer political honors on him.
There ere very many Democrats who
l believe the same The former will not
Il 1Atp AAA- ANAA hAAAAlAANcAy fNsDaf IAH iANbtL
will quickly cut him
bow do you place this detection as
regards this two candidates, Mr Bancroft
and Mr. Wilis2'
THE most serious detection as regards
L Mr. Bancroft will be those ia the party
who are opposed to the men who made
/ his nomination possible, aud who are
I pushing his election. There is practi-
cally no such feeling against Mr willis.
/ The Prohibition vote may hurt him 4
/ little, but this viii be more than Offset
/ by the Labor Party vote. the major part
Of which will be drawn from the Demo-
/ cratic party Iu this county, Nc.
BRncrofts home, that gentleman will
get few, II any, complimentary
votes, for tue reason, as ] stated, that his
| personal friends have too much at stake
to send him TO Washington and he Is
| practically unknown to the rank and file
| In Kent and Sussex counties Mr.. Willis
is known to everybody, while III this
county be is well-known. eThere Is
scarcely farmer who does not know hin
personally, who has not heard him speah
at harvest homes and other gatherings
and to whom his name is not perfectly
familiar. Ii is on these grounds thinl
the election Of Congressman will huge.