The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29
EDITION.
HOW TO WIN.


MIR. scrnEas Attends the Republican
Genvemica md Writes A mother Lett
Ter 10 His Friend sio,vboy.
Z DEAR SOL
wuz spectator at Hoor State
Convention, hilt at Dover last Toos.
daY. 1t wuz suocess. A more de-
itghtful and harmonious uAeetln Good
not bs de2ired. | ust to look upon
Republicans with q good teel OF des.
Pie, but have changed my mind
anm-1 am aitten to think thay air
pretty decent fellers, after all.
Ii seems to me as l sot thare last
Tuesday, that that CONVENTION was
ehootin at me, but, of course, / wuz
never thought of. When thay nomi-
mated my old friend MarvIi, / sed to !
myself: Reuben. that's a hard tug on |
yvor polltice. old man"
And it wuz. Ihaye know'd Joshway |
Maryil FER yeers and ef thare IL emmy.
thing rong about him 1t Haz escaped |
my very keerful observation. He IL I
man that emmy party mits be glad to !
-0nner with Its choice gifts, and tibet |
emmy community mite Ito proud to |
claim az her citizen. Thate liz not a |
rent ner patched place In his maize
up. He IL made outen the hole cloth, |
aud OF that peculiar material that |
grows fresher the longer 1t Is wore. |
He has accumulated wealth by onnest
Industry. and the crate good hiz
money haz don In helpin others alon q |
without usury, and sumtlines without |
hope or expectation OF it's return,
will never be told, probably ontell |
that CRATE day when all things will DO
known. Yea sir. Guvner Marvil liz all
kerrect. The man who wood pint the
hHger OF reproach at him needs
watonln.
When they nominated Willis. / sed.
"Reuben, OF they haint gunnin fer
yoor vote now. then fale to under.
stand the situation"
You know my Views about Willis,
Sol, and how l struggled and suffered
In ths last campane to keep from vot.
ing fer him. lknowd then, az well az
know now, that he Jest it's the place,
but did hope, from u purely selfish
standpiEt, that they wood not nomi.
nate him thiss time. But alass, they
did. and wood you b'Ileye it, when hiz
name wuz offered to that convention
so forgot my surroundina that l nc
tually canght myself chaplin like emmy
good Republican. felt 40 mortyfide.
occupying the position | do, that |
saroochod down in my sect outen site.
! spoee l shall have to vbte fer Willis
thiAs time, OF lesvs home. still,
shant squirm. | don't know no better
Dan than Congressman Willis.
Take II fer all In all, thht wuz boss
Convention. l wuz pleezed. am
Watching the progress Of Yoor party In
thiss campane. aDt shall continue to
do SO. AZ ! have predicted, o. the Re
pablo n party Will be keefful to throw
no obsticle in its own path thiss Fall IL
will surely win. Its success. or everlas.
lin defect, depends intire ~ on itself
You mite suppoze. OF You didn't know
me. that / have kind handker in
ferest in Its success. ha mt, but | al
lars didhate to see good thing need.
iessly spilled.
| remember one time stray dog
cum into our yard, and my dog who
bad been well razed. reghrtlin 1T az a
breeoh OF etikeLto fer him to call on.
b.yiled, pitched into him Thuy lit
lie tigers fer lew mlntts, anu tho
stray dog wuz gitten the best OF 1t, on.
tall sumbody throw'd out bone. The
hungry dog divided hil attention from
that moment. between lie fight and
the bone, and got licked like thunder
He had everything hiz own way az
he devoted hisself TO tighten, but he
bost both battle and bone when he tride
10 do both at wunst. | WIZ disgusteh.
The Republican party haz got a
hard ilte on hand. Let N attend to the
Ate tell 1t liz won, then go for the bone.
Personal ambitions and aspirations
will be flung at 1t from all direcktions
but let them lie WHARF they fall. tell
tho battle IL dun Let yoor County
Convention do the best IL ever did
Let yoor party insist upon gilt
edged ticket-allpwin none but the
very best and most capable men to be
put on It, Yoor enemy VI watchin that
pint with more eager eyhs than you
may imagine. LIT yoor party be sure
mat 1t watch 1t az well
The personnel of that ticket will de
p:rmine whether the linEocrats have d
p.cknic er II lite. Don't put n single
man on the ticket that YOU will hay,
To oner oven the shadder OF an excuse
for, Don't put single man on fer d
purpuss. other than gineral and otheI
unqualified success Ing people de
haand thlss Let thai convention
barken to THAR cry; or rhfusin to heer
let 1t remember the adaGe: Who spit
aHtnst tho wind spits i'll biz own face
talk more freely to YOU Sol, than
do to emmy ody else You air Re
publican, but you air Jest az much M
Trend to day Hz you were when W
battltd side by sid fer Iimocrat SUE
cess In the glorious old campanes q
Uther days. When yoa Changed you
peflltical sentiments | saw no dillel
snce In yoor friendly ones toward
me and relying upon that, need nc
Bsk You to consider thisb letter purel
confidential, 1oari1 az ever.
REt IN ScEACGs.