Evening journal., 1914-11-23
MONDAY NOV. % 1914.
REyOLuTiONIsTs AND THEIR OBJECTIVE.

RENOLITIONiSTS AND THEIR OBJECTIVE.
Senator salisbury of a political leader
and less Of political driver. HIS situation in this
county would be infinitely less precarious than it is
the present time That is particularly true with
respect to the southern district in the city Of VIII
mingon In that district there are hundreds Of Demo-
Gratis many Of them men Of prominence who are
fully determined that. from this time forward, they
will be the Democratic drivers and that Senator Saus
bury. and his active lieutenants shall be the Demo
cratic driven. Certain members Of the Democratic
party may deplore the fact but that makes It The
less true
The revolt against the Salisbury drvershp had been
brewing many years. Il remained for the treacherous
defeat Of State Senator Thomas NJ Monaghan, Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, in 1912, TO bring il to
head Monaghan's friencs did not misunderstood the
sgnfcanco of that defeat did they fail to resent
it. That resentment was intensified by the fact that
Notwithstanding Salisbury could not land Monaghan
in the Governors chair he took good care TO see to
that he himself landed IN seat in the United States
Senate.
II Senator Salisbury had been political leader in
stead Of political driver he would have placated the
friends of Senator Monaghan by obtaining for him
rom the Wilson administration Federal office that
would have carried with it distinction well sub
stanual emolument Instead OF doing that he offered
10 him third-class appointment in negro republic
in the tropics Quite naturally Monaghan declined
a. His friends appauded the action They realized
that the fight on, and welcomed il. They did not
wish their betrayed leader in The southern district to
be under any obligation to Senator Salisbury his
machine.
When the Wilmington postmastership fight was on
Monaghan was mentioned for the place and Peter J
Ford another betrayed and defeated Democratic
ddate for Governor ayowed applicant Mr..
Ford's application was endorsed by many of the most
prominent Democrats in New Castle county. Despite
that. both he and Monaghan passed and
James J. English, prominent member of the sauls-
bury machine. was appointed
The political friends Of Monaghan and Ford decided
that Il was time for them 10 strike back. Word
passed along the line that all salisbury standard
bearers should be beaten at the polls and that the
fight should reach It's eliminating point with the de-
feat Of Senator salisbury for denomination or re-
election.
In the last city election DR. willard Springer sauls-
bury candidate for Mayor defeated ANONYMOUSLY
by the friends OF Monaghan In the general election,
held early this month"; tho Democratic friends of Mon
sghan Ford slaughtered the Salisbury ticket
and riddled the Salisbury county ticket Now they
strengthening their lines for tho avowed purpose OF
defeating any municipal ticket the Salisbury machine
may set up in Wilmington to be voted for next June
Those are small matters however as compared with
he ultimate end those Democratic revolutonists have
n view Their one great aim is to drive Senator
Salisbury from the Democratic leadership in this
state and also from the United States Senate. Until
those things have been accomplished. the revolutions
ary knives Of the friends Senator Monaghan Mr.
Ford will not be sheathed II is TO be fight to tn,
hnish. No quarter is to be asked and is to b,
given Every candidate who bears the stamp OF Sauls
bury approval is to be regarded the legitimate pre-,
Of the reyolutionists, who. less than month ago
played such havoc with Democratic majortes in tn,
southern district and elsewhere in this county
Defeat Salisbury and his candidates. at the pri
maries if possible IT, because of the machine it can
not be done there. defeat them at the election!"
That is the spirit underlying the revolt II is spread
ing faster than the footandaouth disease No Saus
bury quarantine check it. The defeat of senate
SALISBURY has been ordained four years in
the expiration OF his term. Those who have agreed
that be must retire from the leadership and the Sen
ate who force his retirement just the.
have forced the retirement of Dr. Springer Congress
man Brockson State Treasurer Hastings and ccrtah
other salisbury candidates to the shades OF privat
life The strength Of their fight lies in the fact tina
~ they refuse be bound by the results OF machine
manipulated Democratic primaries.