Smyrna times., 1896-08-12

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John F. Salisbury, the free silverite
of Kent county, left Monday to meet
Candidate William J. Bryan in New
York. George A: Millington expects
to Join him and they will try to get
Mr.. Bryan to speak at the Delaware
State Fair at Dover in September.
The Democrats are having trouble
with their allies, the Single Takers.
The Seventh ward meeting in Will
mingtOn Monday night to elect a dele
gate to the State convention, it is char
ged broke up in confusion, due to the
fact that the Single Takers had an over
whelming majority in the meeting.
They claim that they had at least four
men in the meeting to one of the oppo-
sition.
SINGLE TAKERS AT CAMDEN. Single
Takers say they met with a warm re-
ception at Camden last Friday night.
Frost and HOran were the speakers.
A cOlOred band came around and
drowned them out. One of the town
commissioners ordered the men to stop
speaking, but they refused The box
was knocked from under Mr.. Frost,
while he was talking, and the speaker
was thrown. A few "better days" eggs
also came in the direction of the Single
Takers and for awhile matters looked
threatening.
A Dover correspondent of the NOju-
ing Netcs says: ''There is an impor-
tant political movement on foot among
the Democrats in the lower part of the
State, which will come in the nature
Of surprise to many Democrats in
Wilmington. 1t shows that the Sauls-
burys have again gotten hold on the
affairs of this country and are deter
mined to win if possible This latest
move is to push forward Willard Sauls-
bury, the Dover editor, for Governor,
and the indications are that he will 90
to the convention with very good
backing. Governor Watson is not
particularly anxious for the hOnered
place
HIGGINS WORKS A SCHEME WITH THE
METHODIsTs. The Addicks Republi-
cans about the State are very much in
censed at what they term an attempt to
array the influence of the Methodist
Church against their candidate for Con
gress, Rev. Jonathan S. Willis, who's a
preacher in good standing in that
church. The story is that during the
continuance of Sand Hill Camp-meet-
ing, near Georgetown, the preacher i'll
charge, Rev. c. A. Grise, invited Con
gresham Willis to preach Il sermon in
place of supply, who had written that
he could not be present.
Mr.. Willis, after much persuasion,
consented, wherupon the Higgins Re
publicans waited upon Mr.. Grise and
asked him TO release Mr.. Willis
from the engagement. The request
was refused, and then petition was
circulated for signatures, protesting
against Congressman Willis being per-
mitted to preach. Eighteen signatures
were obtained. On learning of this
move Mr.. Willis refused absolutely to
preach. In reprisel, several Addlcks
Republicans, who had subscribed to
the fund for improving the NJ. f..
Church at Georgetown. erased their
names from the subscription list,
DEMOCRATIC DIsHARMoNy.- The Sus-
sex Rcp"blican says: "The Free Sill
YER POpulist-Bryan and Sewall wing
OF the Democratic party and the Sin
gle Tax men of this State, have formed
a combine to capture the Democratic
State Convention to be held in Dover
on the eighteenth of this month. They
appear confident of success, and like
the Addicks contingent, declare their
purpose of turning down old leaders.
putting young bloods to the front.
They propose to endorse Bryan and
Sewall with all the fallacies of the
Chicago platform, and to put Free
Silver Single Tax State ticket in the
field. 1t is not to be supposed that
Senator Gray, Judge Grubb, Willard
Salisbury, Peter J. Ford, Ebe W.
Tunnel, Ex-Governor Stockley, Will
liam H. Boyce, honest money wing of
the party, will quietly submit to this
kind of action. We may therefore
look for strong convention at Dover,
and a split that will insure this State
for Mckinley and Hobart Talk about
harmony in the Democratic party in
Delaware-there is no harmony. They
are more widely split than even the
Republicans, and we cannot see how
it is possible for them to come to-
gether.