Evening journal., 1898-09-30

following letter from Mr.. Mcdaniel;
william Michael Byrne, Esq, Will
mington, Delaware, Sept 29, 1898.
Dear Sir: have given very care
full investigation TO the conduct of the /
primaries and am now willing to abide
by the result as announced, and in
tend to turn in for the nominee. Re
garding the rejected ballots mentioned |
by you, l believe that the judges of
election acted in the matter without
bias and to the best of their judgment, |
and l intend to let the matter go rather
than to create any party discord now
when everything looks like the success
of the whole Republican ticket.
81 therefore instruct you to say to
the committee that / will support the
nominee. Very truly yours,
SAMUEL A. M'DANIEL."
At it's conclusion Attorney Byrne
said Il am very proud to say that
there is an absence of any unfair deal
ings Of any kind in the conduct Of the
recent primary elections, and feel
safe in predicting a rousing majority
for the election of John e. Taylor" 2"
Then a mighty yell from some two
dozen throats rent the air, and the
pens on Editor Martins desk fairly
quivered.
Mr.. Byrne failed, however, to explain
how he reconciled his last statement
with the one in his letter in which he
said: From a legal standpoint / be-
lieve you have just and fair claim for
recount" Possibly, however his
statement regarding Mr.. Taylor's cleo
tion was from a political and not a
p legal standpoint, as in his letter to Mr..
Mcdaniel he wrote both as lawyer
and as a politician.
Ex-Candidate Mcdaniel was then
called upon and said: Gentlemen,
acknowledge the fairness of the count
[ and will abide by the result. l shall
= do all in my power for the election OF
John f. Taylor, and ask all my friends
= to do the same. | will again be can
4 didate in 1900, and solicit your sup
S port" Thus the trap was sprung and
t the well-laid plan carried out. McDan'
# iel stepped in ahead Of Stidham, whI
s was only too willing that he should b.
the one to first cry fraud, and receiv
IS the honors Of being the first to ac
l. knowledge the fairness of the nomina
# tion and thereby receive the sympath.
e and support of his present opponent
II in 1900 William Michael Byrne is NJ
s. fool and he it was who engineered IN
i scheme that worked so successfully.
It Philip Q. Churchman, on behalf o
d Emmitt Stidham, then took the tlooI
s and said in part:
lr AT the meeting of this committee OF
/ Monday afternoon last, / requested tha
1t time be given to Mr. Stidham, a candi
le date for sheriff, to investigate the ru
te mors abroad concerning the errors
mistakes and fraud which were allege
W to have been committed at the recen
re Republican primaries held on last Sat
re urday, and at that time also filed
ut paper in the nature Of petition signe
a. by Mr.. Stidham.
re Il now desire to say, acting unde
the instructions of Mr.. Stidham, thf
es he and his friends have thoroughly e1
IL amined into the charges of fraud an
ey have Investigated in every primar
ct election district in the county, and the
ey find these charges are baseless and ui
at founded.
ed Il therefore desire to withdraw II
to above petition for the recount whic
ly filed in behalf of Mr.. Stidham, and
to say that Mr.. Stidham and his frienf
ee have decided to abide by the decisio
OF as shown by the certificates made an
OF returned by the primary election on
lie GERS. We are Republicans first, and cal
We didates for office afterwards, and v
m consider that the interests of the II
n publican party at this iuncture demar
a. that no question should be raised COZ
ou cerning the correctness Of the return
ut We believe that John E. Taylor HI
as been properly and fairly nominated f
OF sheriff, and we think that every R
IN. publican should support him.
llt AS Republican workers in the pa
ed the friends of Mr.. Stidham desire
on say that they will support Mr.. Tayl
re- in the same manner as they have
ite ways heretofore supported all the ca
ne didates on the Republican ticket.
&C. Il am instructed by Mr.. Stidham
IN say that he desires me to thank
we friends for their support in this cal
TOT paign, and to say that he will again
on candidate two years from now"
me Mr.. Stidham was then called up
on and thanked his supporters and call
10 upon them to stand by him two yes
eN hence.
ION The committee then retired and lai
vs. announced that it would meet again
'ou Saturday morning next in the Addie
re- headquarters, Fifth and Shipley stree
airy and officially notify the nominees.
Thus ended what was predicted wol
our be a stormy session, and harmony Z
mol parently prevailed. but beneath
ne surface there is an under current Of
his rest and dissatisfaction that is bou
ley, TO crop out sooner or later, and as
the man said after the meeting: "lt's
right for those fellows (meaning
ter defeated candidates) to say the thl
out Is fair and that they are satisfied. II
ltel have to do that in order to have
az other show, but how about us fello
that don't look at things in the sa
nat light and feel as if we have not ha'
-hs square deal?7 1t is predicted that ms
knife will be sharpened between
J" ana the second Tuesday in Novemt
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