Evening journal., 1913-06-09
MONDAY. JUNE. Q. 1913.
THAT REPURLICAN YIcTORH.

THAT REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
nEcAusE Of strong public approval OF the splendid
~ administration of Mayor Harrison W. Howell and
Democratic revolt against the machine ticket set up
by Senator Willard Salisbury and his local kitchen
cabinet the Republicans and National Progressives
carried Wilmington in the municipal election on Sat
urday by pluralites Unprecedented in many years.
Republican aud National Progressive city ticket was
elected and the Republicans also carried City Coun-
Gil, with increased representation in that body. In
short the Democrats elected nothing except their As
SCISSOR and Collector in the strongly Democratic South
ern District and minority in City Council which
may be reduced II charges made with respect to tho
count in the First be substantated In that
ward Zimmerman, the Democratic Councimanic can
didate by plurality after Il ballots Of them
Republican anc National Progressive. had been thrown
out. 1t may be that steps will be taken to seat Ar
thur Johnson, the Republican candidate But even
without that vote the Republicans and National Pro-
gressyes will have clear working majority in Coun-
s Gil during the next two control of every
Davis branch of the city splendid vic
and the more gratifying in view Of the fact that
X nse Republican and the National Progressive
~ hen home not anticipated Of such magnitude.
stree, ie Willard Springer. the Salisbury candidate for
ALI assassinated politically by Democrats upon
support he had relied The knihng Of former
sslssr tate Senator Thomas NJ Monaghan Democratic can
Mdate for Governor last Fall. called Tengenance
Mr. Monaghan spoke publicly favor Of DR. Springer
but he could not hold his followers in line As tho
head Of the Democratic State ticket was assassnated
politically last FALL il decreed that the head Of
the Democratic city ticket must be assassnated po-
ltically this Summer, and it done. And while
the friends Of Mr. Monaghan were knitting Dr. Springer
friends Of DR.. Springer who oognizant OF what
going busy knitting other candidates on
the Democratic ticket with the result that everything
was lost to the Democrats and the Salisbury machine
In 1911 the vote for Dr. ]. Harvey spruance the
Democratic candidate for Mayor was 7OsS In 1919
the vote for DR.. Springer, the Democratic candidate
5,967 That shows loss OF 1871 ON Saturday in
the total Democratic vote for Mayor there should
have been increase, due larger population if 10
nothing else That shows the terrible knihns TO which
Or. Springer subjected by the friends OF Mr. Mon
aghan and other Democrats. It. and the mercless
slashpg and defeat Of the Democrats candidates
by DR.. springers friends have split the Democratic
party wide in this city lines that will
be exceedingly difficult to heal
The question naturally arises To whom did those
Democratic votes go? That they did not go to Mayor
Howell is shown by the fact his vote on Saturday
was 290 less than the he received in 1911 In the
latter his vote fas 1886 while on Saturday IL
vas 1855. Nor did they go to Houck the Socialist
candidate for Mayor In fact the Socialist vote chow
ed large falling of Saturday; when il was only
sz3 as against 770 two ago. The returns show
that the bulk Of the Democratic that Dr. Springer
lost and the bulk of the Socialist vote that Houck
lost went to Francis l. dupont the Bui Moose Pro-
eressyc candidate for Mayor who received a total
rote OF 1888.
MOOSE Progress
siye cabsl nominated Mr. dupont in the hope that he
would draw enough votes from Mayor Howell to de-
feat him II never contemplated by the Easthurn-
Nelson csbal that Mr. duPonts candidacy should re-
fult in tho defeat Of DR.. Springer and the reelection
OF Mayor Howell And yet that Just what it did as
It supplied middle ground refuge for the Democratic
assassins of Dr. springers candidacy who did not
wish TO into the Republican or the Ma
honal Progressive party knowledge Of that fact must
be far from pleasing to the Eastburn Nelson Bull
Moose cabal.
If anyone had suggested TO the Bull Moose cabal ON
Saturday morning that Mayor Howell, whom it was
endeavoring to defeat, would come out Of the fight
with plurality of 12SS, he would have been ridculed;
and yet that exactly what the Mayor did The
returns indicate that Mr.. DUPONT received hundreds
Of Democratic, Republican Socialist votes and
that. with them stripped from his total vote tho
residue, representing the Bull Moose vote did
than 500. or about one-third wha,
the Bull Moose vote in this city last November al
which time Hynson the Bull Moose candidate for Gov
ernor, received 140s votes.
In the city election Saturday the Democratic vot
Mayor showed loss OF 1,121 compared witt
the for Mayor two The Republican
loss 29C and the Socialist loss AZ That makes
total by those three parties of 1S5S While
Is true thai many disgusted Democrats did