Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20

MIR. Salisbury, chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
was seen Monday and asked by repre-
sentative Of The Gazette what be
thought of the agreement between the
Republican factions. He had just re-
turned from meeting OF the various
State chairmen of the New England
and Middle States held in New York,
and seemed in high feather, believing
that the party would make strong
fight, and successful one In several
of the States on the Atlantic seaboard.
Regarding the local situation Mr..
Salisbury said:
"While i am not undertaking to
assume the wisdom of prophet, re-
garding Delaware politics, yet have,
nevertheless, anticipated nothing else
than that the Democratic party of this
State would have to fight the combined
machines of the Regular aud Addicks
Republicans. The temptations of office
have been too great and the organi-
cation which has professed to speak for
Republicans who are opposed to Ad-
dicks, has surrendered in the hopes of
getting some of the political plums
which are now to be shaken from the
tree.
Il have no idea that this agreement
by the machine leaders Of the Regular
Republicans means anything more than
that the politicians of that faction will
apparently play with Addicks until the
election, but / believe the intelligence
and integrity of the Regular Republi-
cans will remain mistaken and they
will refuse to be delivered over, bound
band and foot, to the Addicks organi-
cation.
81 am reminded very strongly of
quotation in one of The Gazette's
editorials in the campaign of 1894, |
think, which ran about as follows:
Vice is monster of so hideous mien,
That to be hated needs but to be seen.
But seen too oft, familiar with its face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
The Republican organizations of
Delaware have reached the last stage
as desobribed in this stanza, but can
not believe the disgusting tactics of
the two Republican organizations,
holding ridiculous fake conventions,
and afterward delegating the right to
speak for thousands of voters to half
dozen men, and who are to deal off
their suffrages, will be confirmed by
the voters themselves.
THE wisdom, think, of the Demo-
cratic convention on last Tuesday is
now manifest. In the selection Of a
man for governor who achieved his
nomination without regard to party
leaders or party PULL. The whole
Democracy Of the State assembled in
convention and by their delegates,
after hard and earnest fights, agreed
as to who the nominees should be. and
these nominees represented the genuine
and actual majority of the Democratic
party.
1--WE are in the hardest fight the
Democrats of this State have had for a
generation, and fighters have beer
nominated as our candidates. They
represent honest ard fair selections,
and the majority sentiment of the
party There was no attempt by any.
body to handle Or control the Demo
cratic convention, and the results,
believe, are satisfactory to the peoplt
Of this State. cannot condemn Toe
much some of tine criticisms of MIR,
Ford. They are unAmerican, I'm.
democratic and unrepublican, and
believe, the people of this State viii
recognize that man who has achieved
success by his own energies and pigor
who four years ago when defeated
notwithstanding he had a majority O
this county at his back, turned in anG
assisted to elect the Democratic ticket
and who this year went TO the Demo
cratic convention at Dover with
larger majority than before, and wa
unanimously elected, is a fit person +,
be trusted TO administer the executiy,
affairs of this State.
know most Of the other nominee
of the Democratic party personally AMI
without exception they are we'll quail
fled to ill the position for which the,
have been nominated.
As far as Mr.. Hum, the Joint Re
publican candidate for governor, i
concerned, while OF course | know VIII,
be IS because OF my acquaintance il
the lower part of the State, yet doub
il 30 men in New Castle county hay
any personal acquaintance or kuowl
edge OF him. | recall very well whel
John II. Hotfeoker, our late Congress
man, was nominated, nobody suppose
that he would give way in eyerythip
to Addicks' dictation, vet people n
this State saw how, Notwithstanding hi
high character and standing, he be
came merely an instrument of Addicks
political desires aftor his election
The surroundings of any candidat
nominated by the Republicans in Ker
county are SO strongly in favor of til
Union Republicans that Mr., Hun
must succumb,, and the Republicans I
this county may rest assured he will /
! just as agreeable to Mr.. Addioks an
his lieutenants il elected az amor
who could be nominated in this Stat,
The fight is now d straight one an
no voter in this State can fail to unde
stand 1T. The Democratic party
endeavoring to uphold the best IL,
ditlons and the honor of our Stat
The Republican party, su far as i
various organizations are concerned,
all its factions, has succumbed to ii
Establishments of the Eocketbook,
the hope that political preferment CO
be reached in that way.
can picture the situation in Il
c1ucus, when it is about to assemb
next January in Dover to select ty
United States Senators, if there shs
be Republican majority in that bod
] can see Mr.. Addicks standing with
patronizing smile upon his face loo
ing down upon the kneeling forms
ex-senator Higgins, Col. du Pont, D
Hiram X. Burton, and few othe
unnecessary to name, while they, pr
testing their fidelity to his interes
and claiming preferment on account
their fidelity to the ticket which tb
have now agreed upon, claim co
sideration aud ask that he shall seIe
each of them as his colleague in t
United States Senate. | can see t
smile passing over his face as he ste
aside and says to them: Gentlemen,
am sorry ! cannot crafty you all,
I have had M ono On faithful 20 MO