Evening journal., 1912-04-25
TWO sAuLsBURys AND A STEAM ROLLER.


II HERE was time when John F. salisbury was a
power in Democratic politics in Delaware. In
those days Willard Salisbury a political weskling
who counted for little in the family the party
ellis In years however. John F. Salisbury has
permitted Willard Salisbury get the whip hand of
him. He has drift along in the wake his
ambitious but ill-stsrred New Castle county cousin
of the has been content to watch willard
Salisbury the Duke of York Delaware politics. march
up the hill and then march down again, following isno
mnious defeat It be said the credit of John
F. Salisbury that fair-minded has been
cruel lay at his door responsibility the long
of political blunders made by Willard Salisbury
The construction placed the quiescent attitude of
John F. Salisbury has that felt assured that
sooner OF later the Democrats would grow weary of
following the leadership of never-wn and that then
John F. Salisbury would assert himself.
The indications that that time has arrived.
Willard Salisbury an avowed advocate of the nomna
tion of Woodrow Wilson President He has stumped
for him. written open letters his behalf built
political fences for him. lohn f. Salisbury Is
equally ardent in his espousal of the of Champ
Clark That does not please willard Salisbury, but
John F. Salisbury has spent many years trying to
please his Willard that he thinks the time has
come for change Willard Salisbury has tried to con-
vert him to the Wilson movement. John F. Salisbury
has equally actve trying convert his cousin
TO the Clark movement Neither has succeeded in max
ing convert of the other. Politically they the
outs
Willard Salisbury orders that steamroler
methods used in the Democratic State Convention
April 80 to flatten out all opposition to Wilson.
Among the victims in contemplation are John f. Sauls-
bury and L. Irving Handy Both are preparing for the
shock and equally emphatic in their declarations that
It is their purpose permit Willard Salisbury
to faten them out with the Wilson steam roller IN
fact friends Of the two that if Willard Sauls
bury should attempt such tactics in the State Conven
ton there viii be howl from the delegates, friendly
TO John f. Salisbury and Handy, that will be heard
from Brandywue Little Creek
John f. Salisbury says Champ Clark always has been
true and loyal Democrat. He asserts Woodrow Will
son bolted the Democratic ticket in 1896 and in 1900
that he failed TO vote at all in the last Presidential
election Nor does he stop with that in his arraign-
ment of his cousin Willards candidate. He says Will
aided in the election of Democrat except
when he was candidate himself Another accusation
that by his seshness last Wilson prevented the
election Of Democratic Legislature in New Jersey,
and refused make speech for to give aid to the
Democratic ticket in Essex county, that State because
some of the Democratic leaders there did favor his
views.
Wilson is accused by John f. Salisbury of having de-
nounced George Washington a land-grabber and
and-thief He says Willard sausburys candidate also
tried to bete Thomas Jefferson author of the Declar
alton Independence the father of the Democratic
party Then to show another great element of Wilson's
alleged unfairness and weakness, John f. Salisbury
says Wilson denounced in his history, undesirable
citizens, immigrants from Southern Europe.
with Champ Clark Delaware will be Democratic
John F. Salisbury says in an utter ecsacy of conf
dence in the political future with woodrow Wilson,
Republican. Which do you prefer?'
John +. Salisbury may not be much of a political
prophet in the estimation Of the thousands of Della
wareans confident this State viii Republican,
/ whether the Democratic nominee be Clark or Wilson.
What he says however. gives point TO the conclusion
diftcl
on this Presidential question and that John r. Saus-
! bury does not seem TO what he says about bis
cousin wflards political friend IL now remains TO be
seen whether he will upset Willard Saulsburys steam
roller or supnely permit it TO run over him when
convention day comes