Evening journal., 1914-10-31

contradictory reasons by our Demo-
cratic delegation at Washington to
show up the utter fallacy Of the Eu-
ropean War cry raised by our op-
pOnents
"The hard times which affect wage
eaners will eventually reach the agri-
cultural communities, because as the
savings dwindle, less money will be spent
and less money will be available to
pay for the products which an agricul-
tural community supply / have talked
personally, with many merchants and
storekeepers in Sussex county and they
tell me that the hard times are already
evident in their trade. But we have an
utterance from one of your local can
didates, the present State Auditor, for
whom | have great personal esteem, and
with whom my official relations have
been most pleasant, both in the Board OF
Pardons and other matters.
"A Wilmington evening paper quotes
Mr.. Prettyman as follows: The people
are becoming aroused and are beginning
to talk down there, (Sussex county,.
This thing of people being out of work
IN Wilmington has reached Sussex
county and has retarded us somewhat
He then goes on to state that the sec
tion is prosperous, and in his opinion
the prices the farmers are getting are
due to President Wilson In ending Mr..
Prettyman expressed a hope that the
wheels will soon be buzzing in Whining
tom We, therefore, have one of your
local Sussex county candidates admit
ting that hard times are prevalent in
Sussex county and have retarded You
sh.k a. Il ~. -
that, like my opponent, he is aware of
the shortness of employment in the
mills and manufacturing plants Of VIII
mington. How this is due to the Euro
pean war, when the hard times were
upon us before the war, is hard to see.
Certain of our opponents are ask
ed why / refer to the mistakes of the
Democrats and to the excuses they
offer in their speeches, without offer
ing a suggestion or remedy. / am
prepared to say that the best remedy
is the repeal of the Underwood tariff
+ law and the passage OF a tariff law
( for protection, but in this connection
I am firm believer, and have always
been, in a tariff commission. This
is my principal remedy suggested
and any one who understands simple
English can see where / stand. 1t is
necessary for a Republican House OF
Representatives to be placed In power
/ at Washington in order that the first
battle may be won In the effort to
repeal the Underwood bill, and place
on the statute books a tariff law, car
rying with il reasonable protection,
to be regulated by a tariff commits
sion.
"Observe that some OF the local
] Democratic newspapers continue
their policy of mud singing, and re-
fuse to answer the campaign issues
raised by the Republican speakers.
In their last effort to becloud their
real issues they take a deep dip into
the throwing of mud and the making
OF personalities; hardly Republican
candidate has been missed or spared
but state to you that no candidate
on your ticket, myself included, can
be. editorially saddled by their infer
ences or insinuations, as owing ouI
nominations to any one man or set oi
men. Most of the gentlemen they re
fer to ! have yet to know, much less
to have asked their support have
called upon them to bring forth the
coward who wields their editorial
pens and let him prove his case. Thi'
they have not done because they can
not, and I once more brand as fals'
and malicious what they have said