Smyrna times., 1896-09-09
that Ford will make any great effort 70
help the ticket along.
DEMOCRATS WILL CUT TICKETS.

help the ticket along
DEMOCRATS WILL CUT TICKETS.
Whatever may be Mr. Ford's senti-
ments, Democrats say that it is oues.
tiOnable whether he could swina au
his followers into line for Tunnel
even should he so wish it. The Dem.
ocratic anti-Tunnel organization is
very active and the members declnre
they will carry there revenge TO the.
polls. With the general breaking up
of party lines in this State, this wear
it is believed that the Democrats will
cut their ticket without scruples. The
gold standard Democrats will proha-
bly, put up Presidential electors and
a candidate for Congress- The Single
Takers are to hold their State conven-
tion on September II. They say they
will put a full ticket in the field in
Kent county.
Considerable cOmmentha been caus-
ed this week by the announcement in
the Press that the Democrats are re
sorting to desperate methods to defeat
Addicks i'll Kent county. The entire
election machine of the county is in the
hands Of the Democrats, and they de
clare that enough voters will be dis
qualified to insure the defeat of Adj
dicks. This is the old game that has
baaO ofta,, ,rOrlyoJ on +lo u .,,,,1 H..
of Delaware, who, in their contests
with the Democrats, always have to
play against loaded dice. The Addicks
heutenants here and i'll Dover say that
they do not fear the Democrats, as all
their men have been qualified, and they
will get out there full vote. Republi-
cans in Wilmington are not surprised
at the stories from Kent county, but
they intimate that the purchasable vote
i'll Kent is so large that it is only q
question of money.
They say the condition of affairs in
Kent is but the logical outcome Of the
perniciOus taxation system in the State
and the rise of Addicks as a political
power is but the climax of the cOndi-
tiOns brought about by the Democrats.
The Democrats are but reaping what
they have sOwn. The contest in Kent
will be very bitter, and the Democrats
will resort to any tactics to defeat Adj
dicks
sToCKLEY, HANDY, THE sAULsBURYs &C
Old line Democrats are roundly de
nOuncing former Governor Stockley,
who was the chairman of the Delaware
delegation at the Indianapolis sound
money convention.
The bulk of the Bryan support in
this State, however, is coming from
the old Salisbury element, headed by
John F. Salisbury, of Dover. The
h,dcr, the Wolcott organ, while family
supporting, is saying nothing about
the platform of free silver. The Hadcr
| favored honest money The DcIQ-
Udredn, the Salisbury organ on the
hand is making big effort for the
Bryan ticket, and is calling on all the
party to rally to the support of the
Chicago nominees. The Gray-Wol-
colt Democratic organ, EUery EUenihg
is openly for the indianapolis ticket.
Should the Democrats carry Delaware,
the Saulsburys would again be in the
saddle and John F. would be the king
bee.
The path of the Hon. L. Irving
Handy, Democratic nominee for Con
gress, is one not strewn with roses.
Ever since Mr.. Handy entered Della
ware as a school teacher at Smyrna,
nearly fifteen years ago, the one am
bltion of his life has been to go to Con
gress. Now that he has been nOmina-
ted he will make great effort to realize
that ambition. Were the Democrats
not torn asunder and with an Addicks
candidate and Republican in the field
Mr.. Handy's election would have been
certain. Just now he is agitated by
Democratic sentiment in the State.
As MIR. Handy stands on the Chicago
platform he will be cut by a large num-
Der of Democrats who do not indOrse
its declaration.
Mr.. Ford seems to think that his de-
feat at Dover was due partly to his re-
ligiOus belief and party because some
OF the Kent county leaders-wfSSt5
him into the fight went back ON his
The most remarkable part of this was
that John F. Salisbury was apposed
to Mr.. Ford. The Ford element in
Wilmington had always worked with
the Saulsbnrys, and it was the recog-
milton of this that made Willard Sauls-
bury second the nomination in the con
ventiOn. But the leaders in the faction
in Kent went square against Mr.. Ford.
and the Ford people and John F. s
friends greet each other not with the
"glad hand" when they meet Mr..
Ford will remember John F.
The other Kent leaders. including
Ex-Governor Reynolds and part of the
Wolcott machine, were also supposed
to be for Ford, but they did not turn
| up with votes on election dac