Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-06
RICHARDSON PARK
PULLS SOMETHING
It's a Republican Political Rally
With the Party's Primaries
There Most Effulgent.

''Say, boy, you want to get out to
Richardson Park tonight. We're goin'
To pull something" said "Bill' Tinsman
yesterday TO an Every Evening man
who has abiding faith in "Bill' to make
good on anything he promises to put
over Now what do you think it was that
was pulled?
Nothing less than a political rally with
such Republican shock troops on hand as
the Senatorial candidate, DIR. l.. Hciser
Ball, Senator Ben Groves, Julian {.
Walker. candidate for the Register of
Wills nomination Ben" Dickey, and
whole army corps of other political
aspirants.
And if you will recollect that yesterday
was big Thursday at the Delaware
state Fair and that these same politl
clans must have been dog-tired from
their labors at the annual political OK
hibit at that institution. and that Rich
ardson Park is only about three boots
from the fair ground anyhow and that
1t had To be mighty big attraction to
draw a living and male Richardson Park
soul from the lure Of the weeks main
attraction, you'll get some idea of the
monumental nerve of Bill and Rich
ardson Parks Republican Club when
they planned 10 pull something like a
political rally and get successfully away
with It, Take II from the experienced. It
any such folks ever seek TO lure YOU into
a game like that noble and open-faCc
type of poker known as stud where
YOU have to have all of your nerve with
YOU and lots of financial inducements.
stay out, because YOU We got no chance.
Bill and his friends got away with
1T. They had big meeting Considcrln
And harmony was present III large num-
bers 80 also was that ante election
grlmness Of determination 10 beat the
ancient enemy, the hosts Of Democracy
80 also were forecasts that /. every man
id his duty on election dav and stood
shoulder to shoulder with the peerless
leaders of the party there would soon be
q Democratic dCbaclc IN Congress and
the administration would have the right
kind of support Tor its war measures
Not of course but what the RCpuhli-
cans according to the speakers hadn't
done sight more than the Democrats
already IN holding up MIR Wilson's hands
and winning the war But the future has
to be looked to, and since Democrats
uf YOU believe these Same speakers
aganl cant TIC trusted to make good
and profitable peace, why then all good |
Republicans ought to support the whole !
ticket, no matter whether Tom, Dick or |
Harry Is chosen az the primaries, and |
line up To lick the Democrats who never |
were construCtlonIsts anyway and there !
fore don't ov how to run the Amcr- |
tat, government al a profit And more |
over II mustn't be forgotten that Ameri- |
can tabor tas to bc considered, because |
without the only true and sufficient /
protection that Is afforded 20 it hv |
Republican tariff that same American |
laDor would 60 10 the same sort oi de- |
mlnttan bow-bOwS 10 which European |
labor has gone.
And SO on in the usual style of the |
black aud white terrier listening al the |
pnonograph for the voice OF the master
but II WAS rafting meeting Just /
the same, because all Of the candidates
made speeches asking for support "a
fms old pre-prrnary round robin ot
the historic sort, bat with modern en-
bel.ishments in the shape of some sing
ing 10y Richardson Park ladies, ice
cream IN nice cold vTIcks to aSsuagc the
thirst due 10 the heat units in tho air
and good smokes in plenty quite aS
eihcacious in soothing the savage mascU-
line breast as in creating gas cloud for
the discontinue OF the enemy. whoever
he might be.
present besides DR. Ball were Isaac 5.
Bullock, Thomas Parker and George r.
Claney, for coroner: Daniel Rollins and
Willard : Gregg. for Representative;
Iurman Cole and James Logle, for re-
corder of deeds Benjamin Dickcy, Walter
Salmon and Delaware : Wright for
Levy Court and Benjamin Groves
Incidental to the occasion, Bill |
unveiled his own political banner, like
any old good knight be careful of the
sp,illng, please of old to this effect,
with the names suitably inscribed in the
midst Of the star spangled banner and
the eGslgns Of the Allies:
u 5. Senator, DR.. l.. Heisler Ball;
Congressman. Caleb r. layton register
OF wills, Julian c. Walker; for Levy
Court Delaware 5 Wright, and Teddy
In 1920. Yours, Bill