Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-06
A Scheme That Did Not Work.

Senatorial aspirants in Delaware
have adopted various, and sometimes
devious, methods to advance their pros
poets, and their friends have worked
ardently in their behalf in many ways,
but the climax has been reached at
last. 1t is thus told editorally by the
Lewes Pilot:
We received this week lengthy COM
munication endorsing certain candi-
date for seat in the United States
Senate, accompanied by note to my
dear SIR the latter informing us that
the former was copy for an editorial
for your paper. =" The stuff was not
written and sent by the candidate him
self and we do not hold him RESPONSE
BILE for it and its brassiness. We sug-
gest, however, that men seeking posi-
| tions of honor and trust cannot be too
careful in keeping the ardor of their
self-appointed henchmen within the
bounds of decency and commonsense.
We have utmost respect for the candi-
date in whose behalf the editorial"
was written and it would be painful to
us to even so much as doubt that he
would not frown on such methods were
| they brought to his attention. We are
glad that personal acquaintance with
| the candidate forestays any nausea that
the EDITORIAL might otherwise pro-
| duce. He Is not the type Of man that
such might make him appear to he,
aud he should not be so shamefully
misrepresented.
This is quite an interesting story, but
it would have been much more so il
the Pilot had only informed the public
of the identity Of this senatorial
aspirant whose friends are thus endeav.
oring to ''work" the press in his be.
half.
Senatorial aspirants with newspaper
organs of their own are not an un,
known commodity, and we have al
least one of them-if not two-in thi:
State. But it cannot be maintained
that the newspaper organs of the mos
pronounced of these senatorial aspirant:
have thus far done his cause any good
The public knows them for what the,
are, and their editorial utterances are
accepted at their real value, and tina
is as opinions that are not sincere, bu
are bought and paid for.
] Perhaps it was knowledge Of tn,
| fact that bought and paid for news
, paper support carries with it no influ
J ence that induced the ardent friend o
! this particular senatorial aspirant t.
! attempt to work the press of Della
, ware in behalf of his patron. No doub
he believes that the influence of Al
honest, independent newspaper, q pape
that is committed to the interest of n
t one man or set of men, is somethin
t worth having, and he therefore de
signed to secure it by insidious ad
: vances in quarters where he felt tina
the use of money would not avail.
! Fortunately, however, the scheme ha
n failed at the outset, and il the scheme
{, laid out his lines in the Offices of othe
y State newspapers he may expect th
r same reception that was accorded hil
by the Lewes Pilot. If no has not don
t so, and il his venture towards tn
r sanctum of our Lewes contemporar
y was only an experiment, he is now n
# doubt convinced that he cannot wor
i up strong newspaper influence for hi
= favorite in this manner.
% 1t is we'll that this is SO. Senatori;
It aspirants may as we'll know that on
y side of their personal organs, owne
|, and directed by them, they cannot col
it troll the influence of the press Of Del,
'e ware. The senatorial aspirant who b
1t comes possessed Of this valuable infl-
10 ence must first deserve it.