The sun., 1900-07-11
THE HON. MR.. HANDY
DEFIES THE ATTACKS
OF DEMOCRATS
Says Fellows He Licked at
Dover Have No Right to
Criticize.
THEY KNEW HIS POSITION
Returned From Kansas City, the
Former Congressman Declares
Attacks Against Him Will
Only Make Him
Stronger.

a QeIenSe OF his pOsltlOn In voting Tor bne
of free and unlimited coinage.
He doesn't think that the Democracy of
Delaware has been outraged. He defines
his position as he sees it plainly and
says that those Democrats who are con-
demning him are the fellows whom he
licked at the Dover Convention. Mr..
Handy does Mt regard that the "fel-
lows whom he licked'' at Dover have
any excuse for denouncing him. He
says he has been free silver man since
1896; that he is still free silver man;
and that when 40 out Of 65 members Of
the New Castle county caucus voted to
send him to Kansas CITY they knew he
would fight for free silver plank in the
platform.
In fact Delegate Handy is qnite de-
tiant in his position. He is not fright
ened by the attacks OF the gold Demo-
Gratis and conservative free silverites. He
believes their denunciation of his action
will do him good. Yesterday he called
attention to the stand John F. Salisbury
made for free silver in 1896 and said that
eBarney's" declaration in favor Of the
party's platform rehabilitated that
unique figure in Kent county politics, in
the councils of the Democratic platform.
That's Handy and 'them's his senti-
ments," as expressed yesterday on his
return from the National Convention.
The former Congressmon arrived from
Kansas City on Monday afternoon but
did not stop in Wilmington. going
straight to his home at Newark.
Early yesterday morning he came
to town as he said ''into the
arms of an admiring constituency,
but as some as some Democrats are
pleased to put it ''to face an outraged
Democracy" He spent the day ia being
interviewed. He has no intention Of
allowing his old opponents at the Young
Mems Democratic Club to parade their
opinions of his conduct at Kansas City
without resentiDg the attacks. Mr..
Handy believes he established a good
record among National Democrats at the
convention and made place for himself
and his party in this State, and in speak
ing of the attitude Of his opponents in
this city said:
Thinks it Cruelty Unjust.
81 think it is cruelty unjust, after the
work | did at Kansas City, for some
Democrats here to jump on ma and at
tack me in my own home after the credit
has been given me outside the State of
performing conciliatory move which
placed the question OF imperialism as
the paramount issue"
'In reply to these attacks l have two
things to say. First, by attacking a man
who conforms with the party's platform
in every particular and who supports it
from beginning to end, these fellows are
only making me stronger. When, i'll
1896, John F. Salisbury endorsed the
free coinage of silver and it was incorpo-
rated in the platform, he was violently
attacked, but the condemnation of his
opponents only served to rehabilitate
him because he stood on the national
party's platform.
secondly: What else did the Demo-
Gratis expect me to do at Kansas City. |
have insistently and consistently favored
the free coinage of silver since 1896.
These fellows in New Castle county
fought my selection as delegate on the
very ground that l favored free silver.
l licked them. HessSe when l voted to
incorporate the freIssilver plank in the
platform l voiced he sentiments of
majority of the part in this State"
Gold Men Must Fall In.
Mr.. Handy believes the gold Demo-
caats will be compelled to fall in line
and support Bryan and Stevenson. They
must accept the silver plank because
the platform declares the paramount
issue to be something else. Yet Mr..
Handy believes that Candidate Bryan
considers free coinage of silver at ratio
of 16 to quite as much an issue now as
it was in 1896.
The former Congressman eaid yester-
day that there was never an intention on
the part of the Delaware delegation to
vote f1r Willard Salisbury for Vice.
President. One of the aternates. John
Layton, of Sussex, made eome such sug
gestion, but he didn't find anyone to
agree with him.
Mr.. Handy evidently considers Sauls.
bury all right as chairman of the State
committee, but dotFn't see any reason
why rival aspirant for the United
States Senatorship should be given any
extra recognition as a State leader.
Some Democrats, especially the poll
ticians of the Young Mems Democratic
Club, continue to condemn Handy for
his conduct at Kansas City. They will
not listen to any defense from him and
the open fight between these Democrats
and the free silver ex-congressman is
likely to continue.