Evening journal., 1913-01-30
Ross SALISBURY WINS.

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rAT ACHINE politics has trumphed Willard sauls
III bury, Democratic boss Of Delaware has had
himself elected United states Senator He has
reached the goal for which he has been striving for
the last fifteen years It under circumstances
that unusual give rise to widespread COM
ment Ho has the election IA the face of Demo
cratic charges that in the November contest the voting
in many Of tho legislative districts which went Demo-
cratic tainted by fraud Of a most shameful
ture. He has because those who opposed
to his election failed to fight him at the Primaries
and because the Democratic State machine, and the
Democratic machines in New Castle and Sussex
ties built 20 produce that particular result
One Of the most disgracelul features OF the election
Of Mr.. Salisbury apart from the Democratic charges
OF corruption in the November election Is tho teacher
conduct OF tho Kent county members toward their
party leaders, notably Richard r. Kcnney L. Irving
Handy and James II. Hughes. Those led to
believe that the State Senators and Representatives
would stand firmly for the election Of Kent county
to the United States Senate. But the
whip Of Boss Salisbury cracked, OF them
fell over themselves In hurried effort to DO
to the boss and his machine Five OF them made
a feeble pretense Of favorng the election Of Henry
Ridgey, ant-sausbury man. but the hollowness of
that preense shown by the fact that the leader
OF the so-celled Rdgey contingent availed himself OF
the first opportunity to to make the nomination
unanimous The only real show Of opposition was
made by Senator Williams and Representatives Hous-
ton, Cummins and Schneider friends and supporters
Of Mr. Kenney. Those four under political tute-
lage announced that they intended to hold out for the
election Of Kent county man. IL was thought at
first that they meant and they received great credit
for the independence OF their attitude against the
machine
After few days of frutess balloting rumors which
indicated that they probably would machine
pressure gained currency and accepted true
many quarters not friendly to the Democratic boss.
The four so-called Independents persisted however,
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Kent man. force Salisbury from the fight and bring
about the election of compromise candidate accept
able to themselves. There nothing in anything
they said that indicated that they had contempla-
ton the dsgraceful surrender they made to the
chine yesterday. In what has transpired they
would have emerged from their fight with much better
grace had they surrendered at the outset and gone
into binding AS il is they stand before the
State in the guse of quartee Of cheap and spine
less buffers, who will receive credit from those
whose political interests they betrayed but little
credit from the chief beneficiary Of their act OF be-
trayal The record Of their conduct certainly will
constitute golden page in the history Of their State
So far as Willard Salisbury, the senator-elect, Is
concerned, If obtaining Office and It's high honors
by self-seeking campaign lasting fifteen years can
possibly bring pleasure, that pleasure is his. AS we
have said before if there instance Of the
seeking the Office, rather than the Office seeking
the man. this assuredy is it, No who knows this
politician and the methods he has employed for years
to bring about his elevation viii expect that the
United States Senate will be enriched by his pres
ence or that the people Of Delaware of the United
States will obtain any material benefit from his cleo
ton to Office for which he is poorly equipped.
His whole record is against such presumption. He
is a mere politician who has resorted at times to
political shortcuts that would have done dscredt to
Tammany ward worker the political agent Of a
Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Francisco ring. The
treatment accorded to Woodward W Chears the early
days Of Saulsburys Senatorial longing showed TO what
desperate lengths he and his friends ready to
TO make it possible for him TO climb into the United
States Senate. The shameful betrayal Of James I.
Wolcott another demonstration OF how the Sauls-
burys would WELD the knife against within then
party for their advancement and the gratfca-
ton of longing for revenge We might cite incidents
without number in proof of assertion that Senator
elect Salisbury is a politician and not states
man.
Whether his election was the result Of money used
corrupty by in the legislative districts in the
November election is for us say. but no doubt
II corruption fund down the State, the facts
surrounding viii be brought light by orderly pro-
cedure in the proper tribunal.