Evening journal., 1912-10-18
FRIDAY, OCT. IS, 1912
MILs0N nEARrILY eREErED.


n ovERNoR WOODROW WILSON, Democratic
" candidate for President, the recipient Of a
desevody hearty greeting from the people Of Della
yesterday n part it political; IN part per-
sonaL Many greeted him from sense Of political
admiration and duty aud because he is the standard
bearer Of their party Many others greeted him as
American who has distinguished himself as man
and an educator even though they entirely out Of
accord with him in his political views.
II would=not have spoken well for Delaware hos
pitaiy had the Presidential candidate OF amy party
here and failed receive courteous greeting and
a fair hearing Wherever Governor Wilson went that
Delaware hospitality exerted itself to make his day
pass pleasantly Democrat and Republican We'd 20 OUT
do each other In courtesy The Democratic parade and
The meeting In the Opera House i'm this city last
night sufficient the cookies of the heart
OF any man, even candidate for President They
must have pleased Governor Wilson.
Hundreds OF Republicans were among those who
heard him discuss the issues of the campaign. They
listened with respectful attention and interest When
that has been said. however, all has been said We
are confidently OF the opinion that Governor Wilson's
tour of our state did change fifty votes in his
favor that his declarations The tarn issue lost
him votes among she business men and wage-oarners
In all three counties His advocacy of the same tarn
policy which brought country to the verge of ruin
under the Cleveland administration did not fan upon
friendly cars in this industrial centre where the
collection the Cleveland hard-times, due to Demo
cratic tarin-tinkoring, still is fresh in the minds of
thousands of employers and employees. Nor was his
discussion other national issues although able con-
vincing TO the Delaware mind. In short, he left Della
ware as he had found it,
Were ii not for the unfortunate split i'm the Republic
can party. due to the rival candidates. OF President
TAFT and Colonel Roosevelt Governor Wilson would
lose Delaware by a large majority That would be
true were the Republicans and the Progressves here
to heal their differences national issues to-day. If
he wins the electoral of this State it viii not be
due 60 any growth of Democratic sentiment owing to
his candidacy or his visit but solely to a breach in
the Republican party which has robbed it, for the
time being Of its potency In recording the Will Of the
people OF Delaware questions of national import.
We think men OF all parties are glad Governor VIII
son came here and discussed the issues and that he
WAS welcomed heartily. One great regret is that
Of his distinction and political respectability
compelled here under the auspices Of the
Saulsby political machine which has been guilty of
SO many ofenscs OF commission and omission that all
The Presidential candidates nominated in the past by
the Democratic party could give to Il clean bin
OF political health
Governor Wilson'S speech not regarded strong
one nor we're his utteranccs received With wild out
bursts Of applause Perhaps the lamest part of It
however was where he made a personal appeal "a
the people of Delaware SO support the salisbury Dem
ocratic machine and the Monaghan machine-made tick
et The manner In which Governor Wilson handled
those subjects showed that he had been coached af
ter coming into the State and that he not al
together up I'm the part he was to play in his enor
to give a certificate Of respectabity 20 that Demo
cratic machine and its ticket What he said please
Salisbury and Monaghan nightly. however, and the
sat beside him and drank in his words and swoe
sweled and seemingly did their utmost TO have
appear that they really believed what they or som
OF their friends had asked Governor Wilson to sa
about them
Those who inspired Governor Wilson to gloss owe
the iniQuites and shortcomings of the Democratic ma
chine also inspired him make unwarranted an
disrespectful attack upon Senators dupont and Rcl
ardson. Second thought hmpeed him to make a
apology for having done that, although he still il
sisted. without warrant excuse that Unite
States Senators they serve special interests.
The audience seemed to appreciate fully th
when Governor Wilson drf1d into the unfamiliar real
Of Delaware politics he was not expressing his ov
thoughts but rather those that had been impart'
10 him by Salisbury, Monaghan other represent
tiyes OF the Democratic machine. With il all ho
ever it was a meeting which brought entertainer
even though little political enlightenment, to tho
who filed the Opera House
The record of the Democratic Board Of Health
this city on the garbage contracts may be legi
mate part OF the state campaign. 1t may be used
straw in the political gale however, to show viii
way the Democratic wind blows when it comes
exploiting the public treasury for the benefit of
sorites Of the Democratic machine. What is tr
Of the city treasury would be equally true of I