Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-11

phTtisanshlp, Tor there IL none theTe.
Every man is determined to give his all
and make the world safe for democracy.
/ The proudest moment Of his member
ship in Congress, he said, was when he
received telegram from the Red Cross
of Delaware telling him that the State
| had oversubscribcd it's allotment four
times A member from Chicago has
| just been speaking of the snallness OF
! Delaware who said one could not rlde
out fve-ccnt trolley fare without getting
into Maryland or Pennsylvania. After
reading his Red Cross telegram to the
! House Congressman Polk remarked that
Chicago had subscribed only 80 per cent
Of its allotment.
! Delaware" he continued, "never fails
in its duty to the nation and ! don't feel
that it is going TO fail in the third Liberty
Loan. Every person and every vote
should sustain the President. When the
| American people are aroused no power on
earth can stop them. Quoting what
heard Billy Sunday say In Wash ington
recently, 'rbe Kaiser may whip France
| and England. but - his hide, he
can't lick the United States.
PURPOSE OUTLINED ny MAYOR LAWSON
Mayor Lawson spoke as follows.
| '"The term victory dinner ~, under
| the present circumstances, a very appeal
ing one 10 me, and ! am sure TO all other
| Democrats. IL means that the Delaware
| Democrats from every section and quar-
| ter of the State have assembled here to-
night tn again pledge their loyalty and
fcalty to the party and from thus tune on
| set about doing those things which VIII re-
| suit IN our party's victory IN the election
next fall While, of course, this meeting
tonight. being composed solely OF Demo
Gratis. has tn that extent partisan phase,
nevertheless, its ultimate purpose is not
| partisan politics The thought that -
uppcrmost IN my mind IL that the result
of this gathering with its Interchange 0t
| views it's meetings of old friends, II s
making of new acquaintanccs, will be the
means of giving the Democratic party m
/ opportunity 20 place upon II ticket the
| names of those persons upon whom not
| only our party, but every one IN our Com
| monwealth may implicitly rely for the
| faithful performance Of duty ~ the event
| Of election And il ! am right, and fool
sure that ! am right. then this gathering
will be the beginning of movement of
| Democrats to insure aud IN 40 far M 1t lies
| within their power, To present and elect
| To office those men to whom all classes of
| citizens, regardless Of poltirs, may look
| with respect and confidence Victory then
means that we. rs Democrats. arc dong
| our duty 20 put forward our best men Tor
| Office at this time of our nation struggle
20 insure liberty and tic lerpetuation ot
| Democratic government throughout the
world The last Presidential election
| showed that the people II this country
regardless Of party llncs, chose Woodrow
| " ilson 70 continue IN the great office of
| President of the tnited States, because
| they felt and sensed the danger nf the then
pending struggle IN which We Are now MI
cngulicd. and, with that idea IN mlnd. II IS
| surely no less the duty oi every Demo
| crat herr assembled To put forth his every
| power, 80 that the best that tho Demo
cratic party can offer will he insured hy
the choice Of able, patriotic men rs our
| nominees on the tlcket Therefore, say TO
YOU that the tenn victory here tonight
has broader sense than a mere partisan IN
phrase, it means the promise OF tile per
fornancc Of patriotic duty. That you,
and each Of you, will do your all as it
comes along to you, | have no possible
doubt, and, in closing, may | express the
earnest wish that SUCCESS may crown
your efforts and that out of that Success
may come the full measure Of duty well
performed by Democrats.
MIR. BAYARD URGES DENOMINATION AND
ELECTION OF IsCUM ENTs.
City Solicitor Thomas f. Bayard told
OF the pleasure Of beng IN such an en-
thuslastic Democratic gathering. Speak
ing of the harmony meeting OF the
Republicans In Dover he said II showed
that there is trouble with the Democrats.
The Democrats don't want to have any
RPS Therefore t behooves every
Democrat to work and work hard for
success next fall II this country Is 70
succeed 1t must be united. We have IN
power a Democratic President and q
Democratic Congress Therefore it IA
absolutely necessary for us TO stand by our
President and our Congress The other
side cannot claim 10 be Republicans and
Americans II they are not gong to stand
by the President We must put the
President S tined and true advisers back in
Washington We should renominate and
re-elect Senator Salisbury and Congress
man Polk, men We know will stand by
the President in the present emergency.
This is a rallying back OF den racy the
world over The fight Is against us and
has looked black, but with spirit that
does not falter, let 1t be our cry to the
other side, as 1t was with the French,
Thou shalt not go through.
PLEDGE SUPPORT To PRESIDENT.
State Chairman Harry \. Graham
paid tribute to the Democratic League
the county committees and the Thir
Senatorial district which recently elected
a Democratic Senator after the Repub
hcans had predicted that they would
not even make a nomination
On his motion the follow ng Was
unanimously adopted
'Recognlzing as We do that the para
mount issue in this world crisis, and the
one that is uppeunost IN the thoughts
of all true Americans, Is the safety Of
our institutions and the de ence of our
liberties from the pitiles5 and unpro-
voked attack that has been made upon
them, In the ruthless war now being
waged by the military despotlsm of
Germany against the peace and freedom
of the world, We are proud In the be-
lief that the history and traditions OF the
Democratic party are IN consonanee with
q true Amerlcansm, and re an lncIte-
ment to the loftiest patriotism that can
fire the hearts of our e0untrymen, and
we here pledge our unWaver ug support
to our President, who Is So splendidly
leading an voicing the spirit Of America
in the struggle to make the world safe
for democracy.
ACTIVITIES IN WILMINGTON.
CITY Chairman James Salisbury said
the Democrats of Wilmington are getting
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