Evening journal., 1906-09-22
BAYARp 70 LEAD DEMOCRATS.


THE Democratic campaign this year in Del
a aware promises to present curious mix
up. Willard Salisbury and former Senator Ken
ney have evidently thrown up the sponge so far
as the management is concerned and Mr.. Thomas
f. Bayard is chosen to head the State Central
Committee
The Hon. l.. Irving Handy who is making
strong canvass TO be the next United States Sen
ator from Delaware. it was thought by some
would have been chosen State chairman The
Hughes element, however. appears to have flung
Handy down rather hard and joined in behind
Bayard They are rather suspicious of converts
and want Bror Handy to remain a trihe longer
in the railroad fold before he is given a seat in
the Pullman car and permitted TO run the train
The tossing overheard OF the aggressive Mr..
Handy is the second time he has been dealt with
in that manner by the old Wacott men OF Dover.
Two years ago they summoned him to Dover TO
aid in the fight in Kent against former Senator
Kenney Handy worked valiantly only to find at
the convention that his new-found friends who
had pulled him TO their aid had suddenly turned
in for Uncle Caleb Pennewill, and Kenney had his
say after all
---A5ow it appears that Mr. Bayard is to be chosen
leader Of the new forces And it is suspected that
Mr. Bayard is not entirely distasteful to Mr.
Salisbury, the retiring State chairman
Mr. Bayard has host of friends who will wish
him much success in his difficult undertaking.
Running the Democratic organization in this
State is thankIess job. 1t is about as distressing
it would be TO drive spawned, ballSy mule that
every now and then kicked at you with the force
of hammer Mr.. Salisbury no doubt has given
Mr. Bayard some valuable pointers on this phase
Of it.
Mr. Bayard is not entirely new in politics He
is at present the Democratic candidate for State
senator in the northern district of this city, which
shows that he has plenty of courage and is not
afraid to stand up to be knocked down Then in
1906 he was the candidate for Congress on the
Gold Bug Democratic ticket, which did about as
much to demoraze the Democratic party in this
State as anything since the anti-Walcott faction
of Kent knitted the ticket in 1888 But all Of that
is past history The whirligig of time makes
many changes, and Mr.. Bryan, under the new
State Committee, is invited to make tour of
Delaware and deliver several speeches. 1t will
show how forgiving political enemies can be to
the Gold Bug Democrats who occupy such
prominent places on the State Committee listen
ing to the pearls of wisdom as they drop from the
lips of the Peerless Leader. The invitation to
Colonel Bryan, and we hope he will accept will
give the Fifth and Shipley streets paper serious
convuision, but then, are not its friends standing
sponsor for Bryan now? We notice that the anti
bribery question will be made an issue. We trust
this is true The Democrats having exhausted all
available sources of income will now 60 it with
out the cash. The Republicans are perfectly will
ing to do the same thing. Their convention ha:
declared against the illegal use OF money.
SO the campaign will 90 merrily along. But VIZ
hope Mr.. Bayard will not raise his hopes TOO high
We do not wish him to receive a severe and dis
appointing shock when the votes are counted
But Mr. Bayard knows that Democrats carry
long sharp knives. They always using them
Salisbury has felt their keen thrusts, but he will
not return them this year. The knives will come
from that element of the Democratic party which
believes that the corporation crowd has got con-
troll Of it again and that the talk of predatory
wealth and eulogy Of Bryan is all buncombe.
LIMITATION OF FORTUNES.