Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-23
DELAWARE IS NOT FOR SALE
So Says Democratic Chairman
Willard Salisbury.
ELECTION OF SENATORS
DEPENDS UPON DEMOCRATS
Houstonis Sure to be Elected TO
r Congress. -
He VIII Defeat Nuy Candidate Tron
Whom the Republicans May lniiesSn
Stone Walls Around pbInware anu 1jein-
ocrats VIII SoL Be swept ii,i0 the fsA.

He VIII Defeat Any candidate Upon 1
Whom the Hcpublirans May lniir-sSp /
Stone Walls Around 1IeInware hntI DEM I
ocrats VIM sot Be swept i,i0 the rsa.
Chairman Willard Salisbury of tic
Democratic State Central Committed
in discussing the Delaware politigaiy,
situation with representative OF the I
Baltimore Sun, Monday, said;
There is every inuication that tho
public conscience in tho SsAts -i5-at !
last fully awaknsed and cur people
politics in o permanent iasHi1H. liS
is indicated in suM.wtat pPc.ii,aF
way. The Democrats and i.enr A!itaGs
have practically exAan-.sd aeir
vocabulary Of denuHciation :. a.i-t.s
ing conditions. Hardly IS y' !n2 srm
can be said regarding 10 Q! tlcai &C.,
RACES to which thu peopie Of his .5ta;o
hare been sun3ec1pd, .ani az u rpsulti
the attendance at political iHcntings
of all PARTIES has been sirail, but TINS
is not due to political istbargy. phe
condition here 10 that all political
quegtiu3a are subnrdiuaie to tho great
one OF protecting the State from shame
aad disg4,eo. and grim determination
is oypry SL-re Manifested to iEake this
the last etfGrs which anyone will make
to buy the State.
"lf Addicks had any conception Of
political conditions he would recognize
the iacE that he cannot Hatisfy his
political ambitions in Delaware II Is
more than likely that the Regular Re-
plblicans, combined with the Demo
crats. viii hava Just about q two thirds
aior.ty in the next General Assembly,
with tina ability to rsss laws purifying
our rolib'cai conditions over the gov
nfnors veto il necessary. This, he
lieve, Democrats and Regular kepubli-
cans will Join in doing. With such a
political condition existing generally.
it is manifestly the height Of political
Madness for Addicls 20 expect or oven
hops TO carry the State for himself.
1t depends entirely on the Demo
Gratis whether two Democratic Senators
will be elected by Democratic votes in
in the next Legislature or whether
the same conditions will prevail in
the next Legislature rs in the last,
whore tho Regular Republicans held
the balance of POWER. We eSpcct 70
have a good working majority in both
houses Of the Legislature, and the
registration lists now show this as
moro than probability. Until sSatur-
| day the Democrats were behind in
SOHO OF their districts. Today those
districts have been fortified and are
sure to elect Democrats.
/ ~ 20 registration on Saturday was
| extremely gratifying to our party. |
/ have llaard from nearly all the State,
sud IL Is the same story throughout.
n a sta r.! ~ ,r.E
/ 90 ~ we'll as might have been done, but
/ Il ere seems to be no spot where we ex-
:: cteh to get our men out in satis-
.:.rsory way. with conclusive results,
Shst0 it has not been done. Majorities
! ~ is number of cases are small, but they
are certain, and it will be surprise
| ~ tac ii .Addicks in the next Legis-
iature controls more than 10 or asdozen
men who are bound to follow and
further his personal fortunes.
Ihe inconsiderato and outrageous
harrying of our people up to tho very
last moment by the threat of an extra
session of the Legislature, which was
to attempt again to elect two Senators,
has exasperated respectable Republi-
cans rs we'll as Democrats to such a
degree that no voter who had any idea
Of voting against Addieks can now be
changed. | 40 not care whether two
Republicans run for Congress or
whetner,as some OF the Aadicks people
still claim, both will he Withdrawn and
4 new man substituted.
NhnteVer they may do. considering
tho feeling tha. exists among oil Glasses
Of respectable people in this State,
Henry j. Houston, tho Democratic
candidate for Congress, will be elected
by q majority over any person thsy can
agree upon. My personal belief a that
Dr.. u Il. Bali will he On the ticker,
either as Ae sole Republican candidate
or Simply as the Regular Republican
cnnGisiat-, and tllat' tho Addicksita5
Will hayq to vote for him or defeat
him. ". Ryraa, tao late United States
di5tries attorney for Delaware, who
WIS .trtatistily compelled to rasign his
position - auch ON his acceptance of
tho A!tlirks nomination for Com
gress. has been, think, entirely un-
deceived in his expectations OF reoeiy-
ing Democratic votes. His expectation
was that there gould lle Il iemand for
his services on the stump from one end
Of tho state 20 the other and that
many vt his personal friends in the
Deinursatic party Who admired him
(
sappc.t Hm in his personal aspira-
lions. My Impression Is that he is en-
tirely t,Stis-sisGd NOW in this respect.
"Mr. teter j. i'ord, 1ur last oandi-
date for gor4fn@-, xGo was defeated by
mttho!s "eieh ~ good ,aople OF this
state hf.yo cog.a 20 abhcr, received
every ijeInocf9tic yote in Delaware,
which Has rot -N1frhssable and many
votes OF lAgjsa who properly classed our
arssant governor, alr Huun, rs m
4GhersnJ Of AedtcSs. For thia rsason
Mr.. iiytrs will ini it tiupassibla to
attach 20 flis.ssif tie yutes nf isseac
crals sho might otherwise fael irisI;iiy
20 aim.
'lhsfa 'iays erwarel fsa.a simo "a
time in tho newstnpcrs many state
inents iT9ya the destroyer pi tho RJpub
+; ,ican party as Il clean political ttrgani.
! 2ation shat he had built store Wall.
! around delaware and thss The t'ama.
! Gratis were to be swept into Tho 5e:s, 40
I Well, We are still doiuu tY ,ai.ess .tt b,
old stand. Stone walls hafe e4-ar orr
+ down wherever erectei, IN; ~ ar., M
up to our waists vat in salt waie, 'rh.
| fact of the litisincEs is that the aadrocl
of manliness OF Delaware has heai
found at last, in my Judgment, in,
our next election will G0moEstrate.a Al
appreciation Of conditions which vii
show that the State is not for sale. -
Cut by steel.
John Beard of 1873 East Seventh