The sun., 1898-11-08
A LOW POLITICAL TRICK.
The Second nastardly Attack
Upon Hon. George
Gray Appears.
SIGNATURES ARE PURE FAKES
Here is the Full Text of a Malicious
Publication Inspired and Is
sued for the Sole Purpose
of Making a New Cam
paign Issue.

Following close upon jerome Bells
aastardly attack upon George Gray comes
a second and, if possible. more in
genious bit of political deviltry.
This second attack takes the form OF
circular which includes letter signed
~. S. Bowtell," and ''Hiram ]. Clark
is the name of the ''clerk" who appar-
emily fathers the circular.
Here is complete copy of the circular:
Honest Democrats.
The Traitors of '06 are again at W ork!
Fellow Democrats of Sussex County:
The Delaware Gold Bug Organization OF
1896, which placed young Bayard in the
field against L. Irving Handy, and voted
for Palmer and Buckner against William
Jennings Bryan and Sewell, our candi-
dates, is again at work.
They have never lost their organiza-
ton, and are yet acting under the con-
troll of the SO called National Demo.
cratic Sound Money Party" Orders
have been issued by the National
Organization to the members everywhere
to work for the defeat of every Congress
sional candidate known to be in favor
of the free coinage OF silver. In proof OF
this the Associated Press dispatches pub
lished in all the papers only week ago
stated that General Palmer, the Sound
Money" candidate for President, had
announced that in his district he will
vote for the Republican candidate for
Congress, because the Democratic candi.
date "is Free Silver man." and the
executive committee of the National
Sound Money Democratic party, as they
call themselves, have issued private ap.
peals to their followers all over the
country to do the same, their motto is,
"Cut every Free Silver Democrat and
vote for Sound Money Republicans in
their stead"
Fellow Democrats, this is their scheme:
We will cut l.. Irving Handy, and also
every legislative candidate known to te
in favor Of free silver United States
Senator. Their orders are to retain
George Gray, who aided to defeat us in
1896, and whose son was the leader of
the gold-bug bolt in Delaware. Now,
men, shall we let these 500 gold bugs
rule us? Shall we train in like whipped
ours and vote for their George Gray can
didates, or shall we act like men? Show
these traitors and their tools that the
Democrats of Sussex are not to be hood
wlnked or led by the men who stabbed
us in 1896.
In the name OF the Chicago platform
let us cnt the tools of these men, who
betrayed us in 1896, from off the face of
the Democratic ticket.
If TIE Republican President, whom
they helped to elect, wants George Gray
returned to the United States Senate,
let him be Gent there by Republican
votes.
We Democrats OF New Castle county
who voted for Bryan in 1896, against
these traitors, will not now sink our own
principles at the request of George Gray''s
leaders, and vote for their men while
they cut our own Congressional nomi-
nee, L. Irving Handy, to elect the Re-
publican gold bug John II. Hoffecker.
We will show them two can play at that
game, and we will cut every George
Gray legislative candidate in New Castle
county. Men Of Kent will stand by us,
and we believe the true Democracy of
Sussex will also.
The following letter has been secretly
sent to every gold bug Democrat in Della
ware. Ask William Ross, candidate for
State Treasurer, or ext Governor Stockley,
both of whom went to indianapolis two
years ago and he ped to nominate
Palmer and Buckner, to deny it, ask any
gold bug you know to deny it. Here is
the letter,
Headquarters Delaware Branch National
Democratic Sound Money Party.
WILMINGTON, DEL, October 30, '9S.
My DEAR SIR: The Free Silver craze is
as rampant as ever. 1t will show its
hydra:head in the next Congress if
enough men are sent there to make it an
issue; you know they had nearly enough
strength in the last Senate to carry out
their fantical ideal. Vigilance is de-
manded. Two years ago we voted for
principle in Delaware. On November 8
we must do the same. 1t is principles,
not.men, with us now, as it was then; no
party lines must stand in the way of the
performance of our duty; this tantical
craze must be defeated at all hazards.
Remember your duty. We voted against
Bryan, Sewell and Handy in 1896; we
must vote against Handy and every Free
Silver candidate now on the Democratic
ticket in Delaware. George Gray and
John H. Hoffecker are Sound Money
men. Your duty is plain; perform it as
you did in '96. Yours,
J. S. BowTELL,
Executive Committee.
Again we say, let any gold-bug deny
that he received this letter.
Yours for the platform adopted at
Chicago,
Fellow Democrats Of New Castle
County,
HIRAM J. CLARK, Clerk.
A careful investigation fails to locate
either Bowtell or Clark. 1t has been
suggested that the 'Bowtell' is intended
to convey the impression to the casual
reader of Mr.. Rossell, who was identified
with the Democratic gold forces in this
county. Clark is absolutely fake. There
is no such person in Wilmington and
it is certainty that John s. Rossell
could not and would not be party to
any such proposition. In no possible