Evening journal., 1912-09-11


working, offered no opposition to the
Nomination Of William r. McCabe. Of
Selbyville. for insurance commits
kioner.
salisbury Laid Down.
That willard Salisbury had laid
down" on Monaghan and his guberna-
torial candidacy at time when the
battle was waging fercest against
Monaghan was a feeling among some
of the supporters of Monaghan. They
say that If they had depended alone
upon Salisbury to force Monaghan's
nomination. he would not have been
nominated. It was even hinted here
that Salisbury, when he saw the Bit
terness stirred up because of Mon
aghan's candidacy. and the opposition
to il. not only in New Castle county,
but more pronouncedly down the
state. would liked 20 have adjusted
the situation in a way that would have
let Monaghan down easy. One Of the
methods suggested for this was TO
nominate Joseph E. Holland for gov
lernor and Monaghan for Congress.
but the Monaghan men would have
none Of that. Governor or nothing"
was their def.
Then. when the Monaghan men saw
THAT Willard Salisbury was not taxi
bng the active part they expected him
10, they jumped into the fray to carry
on the war in their own practical
way. They corraled the Salisbury
forces ia three counties. They de-
termined TO win for Monaghan at any
cost Then the combination was
Framed up with Sussex county where
by the Monaghan men agreed to give
Sussex anything she wanted If they
would help to nominate Monaghan.
And the beautiful part Of 1t all was
shat the anti-Monaghan men In New
Castle county feeling that they we're
honorably bound to support Monaghan
because they participated in the cau-
Gus that nominated him, fell unwit-
kngly into the well-greased groove
along which the MISUNDERSTANDING
Eussex deal was so successfully
pushed along.
Willard Salisbury did not take
much of a part publicly before or In
the convention He kept in the back
ground. ostensibly so that he would
mot be drawn into the political male
htrom. About 2 o'clock, when the sit
nation was most critical, Mr. Sauls-
bury became M He left the scene Of
political strife here and went TO the
home OF a relative In Dover. II was
said that Mr. Salisbury was SO i'll
What he went 10 bed
But the Salisbury hand could be
peen IN the working out Of the combi-
nation that put the Monaghan-Sussex
county divvy" through Monaghan Is
q Salisbury man, and II is said that
Mr. McCabe. Mr. Prettyman and Mr.
Hastings who were all of Sussex, who
were iammed through to places on the
ticket, also are Salisbury men. Il is
significant too. that Mr.. Wolcott. Mr.
Brockson and Colen Ferguson, the
latter the nominee for Lieutenant
governor. are not Salisbury men. All
who hooked on to places on the ticket
through the Monaghan-Saulsbury
Sussex deal, are Salisbury followers
and those nominated outside the com
!. hination circle are classed as anti
Wifs6urry men.
Hn.eex Boc0mes ANXIOUS.
So eager were some OF the Sussex
delegates to put through their slate
that they created much disorder In the
convention, and once there was a SEM
blance of an effort to organize a STAN
pede for Charles A. Hastings for
state treasurer One little incident
showing the methods used to try TO
.prevent any obstruction of the Mon
nehan- -Saulsbury-Sus dicker oo-
cured when william H. Walker Of
Dover, was placed inS nomination for
State Auditor He was the logical
man for the place, having been taken
down from the Democratic ticket two
wears ago when the state judiciary
decided that Colonel Theodore Town
send should hold over for two years
as state Auditor. 60 which office he
had been appointed 10 M a vacancy
When w. Poole Prettyman of Mills
boro was. placed In nomination
against Mr. Walker, the latter's name
was withdrawn as candidate Mr.
walker. when he learned OF this actor
last night was greatly surprised. He
declared he had given nobody author
aty to withdraw his name, and hi
Friends are trying 70 find out WHIT
FRAMED up the little trick that gav'
Prettyman a clear field.
Former Secretary OF State Jame
III Hughes and former Senator Rich
ard r Kenney. OF Dover tried to ar
ray the Democratic delegates into {
phalanx to stem the onslaught of tn
}6aulsbury Mona CHAN Sussex county
combine but they were moved dowl
by the well-marshalled and secretly
manipulated ofiice-grabbing faction
The only offices the anti-Saulsbur.
forces were able to seize out OF tn
sea Of manipulation and intrigue
were the Congressman and Attorney
General and Lieutenant-G Governor
When Kent county Democrats a
the close of the convention realiEe'
how they had been tricked they werI
furious. "They have made slaugh
ter Of the only Democratic county II
the State, and made It surely Re
publican" exclaimed one prominen
Kent Democrat in the center of
crowd OF Kent friends. Nov let
see them elect their ticket"
"Todays rough riding simpl
means that the Democrats have blast
ed their only chances and have live
up to their reputation of doing tn
wrong thing az the right time" ex
claimed another wrathful Kent Dem
ocrat of prominence. 1T means. to
that Charles r. Miller will get hur
dreds Of Democratic votes for Coy
ernor down the State"
What would the Monaghan an
Salisbury machine have done II the
had gotten more delegates for wi
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