Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-05-29
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Mr.. EDITOR -
As another election is drawing near,
am in a quandary, and to get Strengthened
out, am asking through the columns of
Your valuable paper, for some assistance,
or instruction as to how to vote right
have been voting for thirty years my
own sentiments as I felt them to be right
and from the claims made by others, il
would seem that ! have always been
wrong. ! first voted for Hancock cleo
tors for the presidency, and that was
wrong. ! next voted for Stockley and
that was wrong Then my vote went
for Cleveland three times, and that was
wrong. l voted for Bryan every time he
ran, and that was wrong by the decision
Of ix-and-a-halfml of voters, and !
then said the next time get chance |
to vote, I Will vote right, and finally |
voted for Wilson and Marshall; and now /
they are telling me voted wrong again. |
Previous to that last l wanted to get .
right after while OH my own opinions. /
and so ! voted for local option, and l /
thought ! was right for once: but they
told me that l was wrong again On
the latter question l am now stronger in
my belief that l was right, and am still
right, but, they said to me, Jim YOU are
losing your mind This NAV be true
but another election is coming l said,
which OF the candidates, Paynter or PEN
newill must ! vote for to be right After
this, we drifted down to the time of the
last election, and my advisers then said,
ask of Mr.. BroCkson, Mr.. Salisbury or
Mr.. Hirsch, and they will put you right.
said no, that will not do for me 10 let
those honorable men know of my ignor-
ance. So l tried again
Since then this thought has come to
me, viz: The Democrtic party has al
ways claimed to stand by the whiskey
men; IS this fact, l asked in the Pawn
ter-Pennewill campaign, and found the
Democratic candidate favorable TO the
hotel BUSINESS, if not directly interested ,
In hotels and some of the honored mem
bers of the Democratic party telling the !
voters, give us our nominee for Gov /
ernor, and we will give you the open r
saloon and rum And l a Democrat +
voted for local option. +
Did the whiskey favoring Republicans =
say to those bright Democratic politi- !
clans, put on a whiskey man. and we r
will give you the Governor ?" There =
were no signs to indicate that any of \
them voted for the Democratic candidate =
for Governor. And l a Democrat voted i
for local option. =
What did Governor Pennewill pledge Il
himself to do in his message? He said f
be will use all his influence to have the "a
laws affecting liquor enforced and
who had voted for local option thought -
t right. ~
Had been a praying christian I might O
1ot have had all the trouble in which / "a
ound myself Here l was believing in o
ocal option, and my own party friend &
o the whiskey men, while the Republi- c.
an party which had given the people the al
1ght to vote upon the subject and had .,
.lways been their friend and all thev had y,
o DO was to 20 and vote for the man and "a
'arty which had promised representation "a,
or the majority. Under these condi- II
ions ! must make up my mind as to how eC
o vote, so l run along down the line to
md out something about who those anti "a
aloon people are. n,
! found that they were the people who ~
upport the churches, and the people who NJ
o out to help the little children by put (,
ng shoes upon their feet and clothes u;
pom their backs, and starting them TO Or
unday and day school, where they could p,
,arn something useful and grow up Of
Sc TO themselves, the public and the OIL
1urch. / found such men at the head h.
this movement, and l decided that 90
icy could not be such bad people, and AT
} ! voted for local option. 90
I can not point you to even one Sun re-
ay School or church that is run or kept
p by the liquor men. Men were spend ma
y their money for whiskey and beer, on
~ uel3Ilvlng thelr children and families I'M
needed support and comforts, while
.e anti-lquor people were assisting their
nldTen and taking more interest in their Oh
ture welfare than their own father was NJ,
1ing. For these reasons / voted for in,
cal option, and as you all know I voted be-
7 Governor Pennewill, and thought l
as doing right; but, for doing that, nv
.visers told me that l was crazy, but I
ted for local option just the same.
Now, Mr. Editor, can't YOU help me
i of the trouble want to vote right, sto
ID haven't any one to go to; because str
ey say am crazy, and that I have no "
nse; and, I believe they are partly mo
alWave voted fia na,,,o the