Newark post., 1913-01-01


terest for Delaware, has he contrib
uted single thought, so far as the
public knows? Upon the question
of prison reform, Of deep interest
to Delaware, he has been as indif-
ferent as il it concerned the child
rem of the Ghetto. To the solution
Of purely State problems he has
contributed less than nothing, and
this includes the senatorial prob
lem, for even that he has generally
managed to muddle to such an ex-
tent that a solution has heretofore
been impossible when there was a
chance of it's solution. He has TAX
Ell no active part in the manage
ment of any of the charities Of the
State, county or city, and tho rich
man he never appears among the
contributors to their support. In
the recent campaign for hospital
funds his name was conspicuous by
it's absence, and in none Of our hos
pitfalls has he manifested any inter
est whatever. When asked to con-
tribute to the hospital fund, Mr..
Salisbury declined to do SO on the
ground that he was interested in
other things, presumably the sena-
torship.
In the various public bodies here
organized and conducted for the
promotion of the commercial and
industrial interests of the city and
State, such as the Board Of Trade,
the Chamber Of Commerce, and the
like, he takes no part, either active
or passive. The Peoples Settle
ment work never hears from Mr..
Salisbury, and to the Civic Assoc
iation, the purpose of which is to
secure a new charter for the city,
he is a stranger. In the work Of ex-
tending and maintaining the park
system of the city he has shown no
concern at all and we repeat that
in no public movement for the bet
terment of the people does the rE
cord reveal him as playing se-tven &
minor part. ~
All of Mr.. s5aulsbury's energies
physical sdnd financial, appear t(
haye-<been centered upon the ont
overwhelming passion by which hi
is obsessed-a desire to become :
United States senator. And it ap
pears that he has not been overly
particular as to the means by whicl
this purpose has been pursued. Hi
partisans frankly declare that he
has used money literally to keeI
the Democratic party alive, while
every political act of his life points
to the conclusion that the none,
thus spent was for the sole purpos'
of advancing the senatorial aspira
tons of Willard Salisbury.
In this connection, the Dover cor
respondent of The Star, i'll a lette
printed this morning, throws som
light upon the manner in which Nh
Salisbury has kept the Democrat
party alive, and also illuminates tn
purpose for which the act of pres
ervation has been performed. Gu
correspondent says: 1T is declare,
that at the last election, in at Ieas
six of the Representative district
| of Kent county, money claimed [
: have come from the National con
mittee was used, and the man VIII
e distributed it said it was in the il
terest of Mr.. Saulsbury's caudi
y dacy for senator.
!. Thus. we see, if Mr.. Salisbury
= friends are to be credited, not on!
:. has Mr.. Salisbury s own none
been spent to keep the part
alive and send him to the Senate
: but it appears that other money hs
also been spent for the same ru1
? pose. In fact, the sum of NJ
Saulsbury's service to the part
= may be expressed in his willingness
to spend all the money availab
= from every source to promote tt
Il success of his party, providing sue
e promotion meant his own polite;
o advancement. That service Ell
/ braces the whole of his claim to tt
y senatorship, and we challenge h
e advocates to name single act ]
l. his whole career, political or othe
e wise, that may be justly construe
l. as a service to the people whom !
e aspires to represent in the upp'
1t body of the national assembly.
y Mr.. Saulsbury's repudiation
le Addicks, in 1901, as his possible &C
I, league in the Senate, as related
q these columns last Sunday, com
u the nearest to a real public servi
lie that can be credited to him, b.
S ; such a contingency was so impc
III sibly remote, and he knew it, tn
G. he might with equal justice be ere
e. tied with a refusal to serve in Il
a