Evening journal., 1904-09-29
LETTER ~ROM
PEOPLE
For a New Man.


Roosevelt Workingmens Club.
September 2S. 1904
Editor The Evening Journal.
Do you, believe Conrad would be
elected governor if the nominee Of both
factions? DO you believe Chandler
would win If endorsed by both sides?
The rank and file believe neither
could be elected, and that either would
drag down the entire ticket In defeat.
Both are excellent gentlemen, but each
has become the victim OF the Delaware
situation" You demand the nomina-
I ton Of Chandler knowing he would
defeat himself and his party. Your Of
fered advice and leadership is unwise.
unless there Is no man among the great
body Of Republicans in Delaware who
could be elected if nominated and who
has the character and ability fitting
him for the governorship. DO you as
sert that there are no such men in the
state?
! The Roosevelt Workingmen's Club
demands a new man because its club
duty Is to win. In it's every utterance
it has also insisted on a man Of good
character standing and ability. At
torney- General Ward and Howard D.
Ross were mentioned merely as illus
uations to show that the party had
such men. Would you say they are not
qualified or lack good character
The club has no candidate for any
position l. only insists that good men
be nominated on a single ticket so as to
win. DO you oppose this?
For your information this club would
not endorse any candidate lacking
character or other qualifications. or
who Is so bound to any man or faction
as to subordinate the welfare of the
state thereto, or whose nomination
would endanger party harmony and
success. Would you?
You say this club. representing about
1000 Republican voters of both fac
tions. is a ''meddler," when it only de-
mands honorable harmony and success
Are You not the real meddler, obstruct.
ing harmony, demanding a candidate
you and everyone knows would defeat
the party, and accusing this club. and
I'm fact everybody but your lonesome
and illnatured self with selhshness and
lack of virtue and honor. You may
not know that 1t is general comment
that your editorials and anonymous
letters are full Of spleen and actuated
by a personal animosity OF your adj
wiser. who uses your able pen and
columns to give it voice because he
lacks the personal courage to become
its open author. 1nsinuati based on
assumptions which are not true usually
Irecol.
This club has not held public meet
ings as yet because until harmony and
one ticket is agreed upon we do not
know who to 'ratify." and fear inn
practical and redjudice-inspired
Imen from both sides would at
tempt to make them a forum of discord.
You are helping to prevent our hold
ing these meetings and threatening
complete defeat by shortening the time
for a campaign against the united
Democracy Of Delaware.
our party viii have no "cinch," even
with one ticket. We have good reasons
for this view. The people will place
the responsibility for any disaster upon
those on either side who oppose union
Whether your apparent unfairness
will close your columns to this reply
to an editorial naming this club, We
have yet to learn.
s This club acted only when the fac.
= tions were drifting further apart anc
. leaders on both sides said no agree
ment would be reached. We desire tC
help and not to supplant the regularly
- constituted committees. but we have
q urged as dangerous the fritterlng away
} lin vote-losing controversy the time
: needed for n campaign.
The naming of a third ticket by the
, rank and file is last resort-a war
lmeasure-to be done only when two
tickets and inevitable defeat is as
sured, we hope it will not be neces-
sary.
1 We frankly say, we have no SYM
pathy with the policy which because
Of the long, bitter fight. would have a
continuous political BLACK Hand" pre-
4 vail here. by which any Regular will
be knitted by all Unions. and any
Union by all Regulars, simply because
they happened to have taken sides one
d way or the other. Our appeal is for
permanent union based on friendship
lamong Republicans, generally, pervad-
. ed by the genuine spirit OF patriotism
land real harmony.
Respectfully yours,
Robert L. Webb.
Secretary.