Evening journal., 1894-08-27
An Heroic aacrince.


The action Of the Democratic State
convention at Dover to morrow will de.
ternlne whether OF not the next Con-
greasmnn from Delaware win bs q Demo-
crnt OF a Republican. II the ring candi.
date, Mr.. samuel Bancroft. Jr, be nomi-
mated. It IS a foregone conclusion that he
win le repudiatad by the party upon
whom he was foisted BY self constituted
dictstora who used the party machinery
10 grind out the delegates necessary for
The accomplishment Of their outrageous
purpose.
The Democracy Of the state will no
longer suffer itself to be whipped into
lire 20 support the schemes and jobs
which these men set afoot, not for the
good 81 the party, but for their own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and to fasten themselves
tho more securely upon the body polite
They have brought the party into disre-
putc and their names have become the
synonyms Of all that is politically dis
honorable and disgusting They have
instituted Little Tammany IN which
tho officers aIe az psrceled out 60 favor.
ties long before the election, and from
whence the bull Of political exeommuni-
cation is sent forth to damn those who
do not bow the knee to them and pro.
clsim their political infallibility.
They have done al this and more and
the pariy and the paopla have submitted
rs il, but with bad grace But. to their
credit be Il said, that they never before
felt So confident Of their power as to
attempt to place low tariff Republlcau
Oh the ticket for one Of the highest and
most honorable positions ia the gift Of
tic party II IS new departure. II
msy b an experiment to demonstrate to
What depths the Democracy Of Delaware
will allow itself to be dragged before II
turns upon IFS tormentors and destroys
them Ifao II will only require few
weeks 70 arrive at the result Of such .
bold experiment, but 1t win be years be-
fore the Democratic party win recover
from the effect Of the demonstration.
II the State convention permits these
mon to 60 on ia tLeir political ioolhardi
ness they will wreck the party ans
throw the state into the hands Of th,
Republicans, who, realizing this, wlal
for nothing more ardently than thl
nomination OF Mr. Samuel Bancroft. Jr
let Senator Higgins and his associates
eless United States senator, congress
man, governor, general assembly, and
he levy courts Of Kent and Susse'
counties aud they have the Democracy o
Delaware 80 their mercy. They vii
take Immediate steps TO psrpatuat
their power and it will require years o
political effort to dispossess them Of
prize for y hich they have been striving
for more than quarter Of century.
Tbesaaelf constituted Democratic diets
tors may feel confident Of their position
They must be saneuine that the politica
machine which they are running is oapa
hleof carrying them through the approach
inr campaign They forget that boasisl
IS emasculated bg the secret ballot, an
that since they instituted it for the pu
pose OF making the colored voters moi
iHdepenaent 81 their white leaders, q
Independent pemacratc voter has b
came power IN the state. The exeTel
81 that political Independence BY Dem
crsts win be more manifest th
Fali than ever before, because Of
secrecy ana the party disaiIection broug
ahous by the cut and dried candidacy
Mr Samuel Bancroft, Jr Hundreda
Democrats who have no faith ia the D
mcoracy of Mr Samuel Bancroft, Jr. v
eecrsily set their seal Of condemnatl
upon him and upon those responsible
hts nomination,
II the prestige of the Democratic par
IS secondary to the personal ambition
Mr Samuel Bancroft lr let him be nor
nsied bg 81 means It win be an herS
sscriiias but sacrifice, nevertheless q
stupendous folly Of which will be g
titled TO a certain amount Of rsverer
and respect,