Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-01

The Sounu-Sioney Democratic Ticket.
The State convention of the National
Democrats OF Delaware, held at Eden
Hall, in this city, on Wednesday night
nominated the following ticket:
For Presidential electors-Levi A.
Bertolette OF New Castle county, Edward
Ridgely Of Kent, Charles @. Stockley of
SUSSEX.
For Representative in Congress-
Thomas E. Bayard, Jr., of Wilmington.
The convention further adopted
platiormswhich ratified the nomination
Of Palmer and Buckner by the Indiana
polls convention and rea1irmed the
sound Democratic principles onunci-
sted by that splendid gathering of the
best Democratic sentiment of the
country. 1t also took as its candidate
for Governor Ebe W. Tunnel of Sussex
county, the nominee of the Democratic
party for this Office, and recommended
to the counties the endorsement of the
Democratic nominees for local offices.
the Legislature and the Constitutional
Convention.
The convention was large in numbers,
representative in character, enthusiastic
In itsspurpose, and unanimous through
out, save upon the single matter Of
the nomination OF candidate for Rep
resentative in Congress. There was an
expression in favor of accepting the
Democratic nominee for this Office, but
a much larger sentiment against it. And
so the convention decided, by a con-
vincing majority, to place Sound
Money Democrat in nomination.
1t would have been pleasure IT, all
the delegates to this convention had it
been possible to accept the Democratic
Congressional nominee. The platforms
of the last two Democratic State con
ventions, at one of which this candI-
date was nominated, left the way open
to such an endorsement. The conven-
tion OF June 10th emphatically declared
in favor of the existing montary stand
ard and against the free coinage of
silver at any ratio, and the convention
of August 18th ratified this declaration.
But the candidate for Congress- placed
in nomination by the second con-
vention has fatty repudiated this de-
claration, and is preaching the gospel
of free silver coinage-against which
the convention that nominated hin.
plainly set its face--to the voters Of
Delaware. For convention Of Sound
Money Democrats, sincerely and
earnestly opposed to the free coinage
of silver, to endorse such nomination
would have been nothing short of stul-
LITIGATION. The incongruity of the pro-
position was SO manifest that the con.
yention was most decided in rejecting it.
The ticket of the National Demo.
cratic party of Delaware is now
squarely in the field. 1t represents the
national issues SO clearly and forcibl,
defined by the Indianapolis conven
ton, and tho National candidate!
nominated by that body. 1t offers Il
the hundreds of Democrats who cannot
10 Justice 10 their Democratic princi
pies and their sense of honor supper
the Populist ticket nominated at Chi
cago, an opportunity TO vote then
sentiments with freedom and honesty
1t in nOwise conflicts with tho STATE
and county Democratic tickets, but OF
the contrary. will prove of materia
assistance to them. 1t PRACTICAL,
assures their election, by drawing I,
them the votes of hundreds of Demo
Gratis who might otherwise have re
Trained from voting. 1t leaves th,
Democratic party OF Delaware unitet
upon the State ticket and State issues
and ensures the defeat Of the nresen
double headed Republican organiza
tion, even should the two faction
unite upon common ticket and for
common purpose The Sound None,
Democrats, therefore, have done o goot
service to the cause of honest Demo
cracy and to the State OF Delaware.
In a speech at Brooklyn, Chaunce,
M. Depew said SIN 1873 the locomotive
passenger engineer on the New Yorl
Central received $50 per month, ant
now his average earning is $3.50 pc
month; the freight engineer then re
ceiyed $50 neF month and now HI