Evening journal., 1894-08-24
.MR. .BANCR0FT FT'SRECORD
Speaker Donahoe Tells What
it Has Been Politically.
ABoLITT0NIsT, PRoHIBITI0EIsT


Seat as Republican in the General
Assembly, Wanted to Go TO the Senate
and was Defeated BY Leander Riddle.
Ex-Speaker of the Senate John p
Donahoe is at Rehoboih. An EVENING
JOURNAL reporter saw him at the rail-
road station a few minutes before his
train pulled cut and asked him II he
could not be more specific in his grounds
for opposing the nomination Of Mr..
Samuel Bancroft, Jr.
MIR Bancroft started out in politics
as an Abolitionist. Then he became
Prohibitionist From this stage he
'evolnted' to Rspublicanism, represent
ing Chfistiana hundred in the Legisla
ture as a Republican. He then ran for
the State Senate as q Republican and
was defeated by Hon. Leapder Riddle.
This caused him to sulk at the Republi.
can party. Now we find him claiming
to be a Democrat, and one so strong in
his principles that he feels able to
represent and advocate the principles of
! party which he has in the past unqual
ifedly denounced. think have good
reason 10 doubt the stability and honesty
of his political principles.
las / said to yon before, we have four
or Ave other candidates in the field from
whom to make choice All of them are
| life long Democrats and fully as com
petent as Mr.. Bancroft TO represent the
party. With any one Of the other can
didates on the ticket we need have
no fear that he would, If elected, sud
deuly renounce his political views anC
20 over to the enemy. | pronounce it tC
be very bad politics on the part of tn,
party managers to even suggest-muci
less attempt to force-him on the ticke
at this time They should wait unit
Mr.. Bancroft proves, to some extent a
least, that ne has been and will remain
Democrat. He has been an Abolitionist
Prohibitionist. Republican. claims to b
q Democrat and is likely to be anything
in the future It is a serious move tha
these party managers are now making
They practically say to the party, We cal
him Democrat and you will have t
take HIM.
II have always found that such actiol
on the part OF leaders has resulted i
defeat. They should be warned, a
history always repeats itself, Th
present is not a good time to tritle wit
! the people or to appear to override them
! They Will be very apt to resent sue
nonsense
Il would add another remark directe
to the gentlemen who viii bs delegate
to the Democratic Convention q
? Dover on next Tuesday. The
8 should remember that Democrat
Z delegated to them the honor to represer
them among the Democrats OF Delawarl
and expect them to nominate only trie
o aud true Democrats to positions on Of
4 ticket II they do this, it remains f
q us to endorse their action by our votes
a the coming election If they fail
t do so and allow skillful mRnipulators
mislead them now, in the future the
l msy find that the voters msy refuse
+ trust them again to represent them
Q any capacity whatever Their only sal
q | course is to vote for representative Dem
j Gratis suppose that most Of the gentl
men who will be delegates mean to co
y tinue in politics for greater honors The
e present action will be scrutinized, al
t either favOrably or unfavorably cor
sr mented upon. Their action may dett
D mine their political future"