Evening journal., 1914-10-27
TUESDAY OCT. 27. 1914
BROCKsON AND HIS SILENCE.

BR0CkSON AND HIS SILENCE.
cEcRETARY OF STATE THOMAS W. MILLER. Re-
publican candidate for Congress in this district
,ropounded to Representative Franklin Brockson his
Democratic opponent in the West End Theatre in this
.ity last Thursday night series Of questions of
rital import in this campaign Thus far Mr. Brock
ION has failed to answer them. Fear of the result
81 such action has impelled him to keep silent He
that his situation is precarious that nothing
hort Of political miracle save him from de-
eat next Tuesday. No reply he could make to Mr.
Killers questions could possibly improve that situa
ion. Fair and honest replies would make 1t abso
utely hopeless
In the West End speech Mr. Miller called attention
striking cornct of opinion between Senator Sauls
bury, Democrat and Representative Brockson, Demo-
relative to the depression that has come to the
Industrial life in Wilmington, with consequent disas
er to Wilmington wage-earners. Senator Salisbury
N a speech that aroused indignation throughout
state, said that Wilmington manufacturers had
pired to discredit the Wilson administration by cut
ing down the number Of their employees
"We now your other Democratic representative
At Washington my opponent stating that this is due
10 the in Europe Surely the comparison will show
you utter fallaey of their claims Mr.. Miller said
sGreat stress is laid the European and op
ponents clutch it frantically in effort to
vince the American people aat this war is respons-
bic for the lack of employment and for the hard times
Therefore we have them admitting by the excuses
they offer that hard times here but the people de-
hot have to be reminded OF that state OF AFFAIRS My
Democratic opponent in his Playhouse speech made
.fhe statement that the European had caused a
backness Of work among the builders in this city
because their products longer sold in the
tons at The facts that the builders in
Wilmington do not supply Europe with cars The Har-
Ian q Hongsworth Corporation, to which he referred,
has never sold car a coach in Europe The same
hay practically be said about the Jackson and Sharp
plant now known as the American Car and Foundry
Company. How then the in Europe affect the
building of cars in the various plants doing this char
hcter of work in Wilmington? You certainly not
going the assertion Of opponents and
believe it.
'The truth of the matter is that the domestic car
market is at a standstin due the stagnaton in bust
which is being held up by the attitude Of the
party in power, and this alone will explain why som
of plants to which my Democratic opponent re
.erred to building
My opponent in speaking at the Playhouse meetin
he other evening made the statement that the ship
ards in the city of Wilmington and particularly tina
)f the Harlan & Holngsworth Corporation (and men
ion their because he did idle because
he war in Europe. He said that the warning nation
we're not buying vessels for mercantile peacefu
purposes, but buying boats. Does he nC
know that none Of the warning nations in Europe an
in fact, none of the nations in Europe to th
country purchase their mercantile ships? With r.
speot to local firm, does he not know that the Ha
an and Hollingsworth Corporation has built
mercantile snip Tor a foreign country HOW tne
does the war i'm Europe affect our local shipyard
The same may be said about the Pusey & Jones Con
pany one of the local shipyards he undoubtedly r
ferred to in this city. In fact the only ships pu
chased by foreign countries in this country have bee
war boats, and Turkey, Argentine Japan, Russia al
China are .he only nations that have TO tn
country for battleships
Looking more closely at local shpyards Il
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation, let state
you today employing only SIS men from the pres
dent down 10 the lowest aborer 262 Of these a
engaged in outside work; GA on construction, and Il
rest in the organization Of the arm Their pa
roll 1000 people, and their high water mark HI
been 1900. both figures in Republican times. TIL
is Of he firms which junior Senator referre
and to which have referred earlier in the eyenn
Slack work and the statement of Mr.. Salisbury tn
the manufacturers were purposely cutting down. can
before the European war hac been seized upon by o
opponents as for the situation existing
this country today"
we challenge Representative Brockson TO attem
TO answer Mr. Mllers questions or TO attempt TO 7
iute his statements. The election is only a ,ye
away. The Republicans could have no better ca,
paign document than speech by Mr. Brockson ne,
ing upon the questions at issue between him ana :
Republican candidate
The thousands OF idle wage-earners in the citv
Wilmington know that Mr. Miller is right and II
nothing that Mr. Brockson could say would alter IA
Of a most distressing and. to Mr.. Brockson disasr
nature.
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