Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-18

the job last Tuesday at the Demo-
cratic Convention in Dover, and
bagged three of the seven nomina-
tions, and all Of them of the most
importance, including the Governor
and Attorney General. The fol-
lowing summing up Of the work
accomplished by our democratic
friends, by the Evening Journal, is
a very excellent statement of the
situation it says
One Of the logical results of the
movement that was started some
years ago for the nomination of
Judge George Gray for president,
was seen in the Democratic State
Convention at Dover yesterday,
when the old anti-Saulisbury fac
ton of the party in this State took
possession of the Democratic train
and acted as engineer and conduc-
tor. It smashed into its opponents
in the state and left number of the
political killed and injured, and it
didn' care much how many Of the
killed or injured it left. The Dem
ocratic factions in this State never
have a Red Cross ambulance in
service. As it now seems, the men |
who were behind the Gray boom
for president haye elevated them
selves practically into control of the
party. AT least the onlOoker must |
think so.
The nomination of DR.. Paynter
has nothing particular to commend
it to the people of the State. Ger
tainly it is no magnet to draw the
so-called independent or dissatisfied
vote of the State. 1t is doubtful,
in our judgement, whether DR..
Paynter will poll even his full party
strength. Sussex county came up
to the convention loud with Payn-
ter talk. The Democrats Of that
county are always strong on every
day but election day.
1t appears that DR.. Paynter was
rather an unwilling candidate, but
when he showed some strength the
anti-Saulisbury men seized upon
him and joining forces with the
railroad and the license men, he
won a great victory at the cOnven-
ton and highly deserved the honor.
The combination for him was
hard to beat. The circulation by
the Rev. S. NJ. Morgan, Of news
papers showing that DR.. Paynter
was conspicuous signer Of applica-
ions for liquor license i'll George
own had little effect upon the
delegates.
We see at this time, therefore,
no reason why any per +
ion should vote for Dr. Paynter in {
to Mr.. Pennewill. There
ire many reasons why Mr.. Penne
will should be preferred.
Perhaps the most noted feature b
# the convention was the rough
hod methods used in defeating
Alexander NJ. Daily for the nomin
-tion for encouragement, Mr.. =,
)aly has demonstrated on several 5,
occasions that he can control a
majority of the delegates to the ii
state Convention from Kent coun- v
V. In the convention that elected \
Denver delegates the Gray men to
jagged and baked, but finally de-
ided to heed Kent county's eX- .
,ression Of opinion, and so William in
was permitted to go as Of
national delegate. They jumped
be traces yesterday. violently ig- q
ored the will of Kent county, and a
AIMED Andrew c. Gray, of this "
ity, for AttOrney-General.
Mr.. Gray had to be drafted for Ell
be ticket. The nomination of Mr.. r,
ray was made simply as a rebuke a
D Kent county and to Mr.. DAILY. &C
But marked feature OF the con-
entlon was Its use as means OF d,
Official punishment for those Dem
Gratis who took an active part on H
he prohibition side of the local to
ption fight in the lower counties. NJ
he license men and the railroad vi
len joined hands in obliterating VI
Ir. Joseph E. Holland. They So
nked arms in boosting DR.. Payn- "
r. Even the feeling of the cor ar
oration influences for Colonel
ecords were thrust aside when the 50 SO
vets" got the scalp of the Colonel, W W
no aspired to be Lieutenant-Gov-
nor.
An Office or two were given more
y accident than by design to those
no were not basking in the favors -
the new alliance that controls n'
lie party. Altogether the ticket ca