Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-16
RICHARDSON PARK
STARTS SOMETHING
Republican Club Reorganizes and
Girds Itself TO Fight for
United Party.

ware You'll have to 90 some to find IL
while on the map of these blessed and
ever glorious United States YOU won't
find it at all But all the same, you can
leave it TO Richardson Park to start
something. because what the village lacks
In spreading itself over the landscape of
New Castle county it makes up in pep,
jazz, spirit. hustle, energy, or whatever
1t Is that makes the Park .he tizzy little
j soda-water bottle of a hamlet its nearby
world knows it to be.
First off, ''Bill' Tinsman lives there,
and that accounts for whole lot. Some
folks don't like BILL but there are
others who swear bv him. Those who
are ''agin'' him are chiefly persons whom
he has worsted in politics or gentry
whose misguided acquisltivencss or handi-
ness with guns. razors, 'the bones or
other things under the ban of the law
have brought them into acquaintance
with the rcdoubtable Bill IN his official
capacity
Looking at "Bill' dispassionatcly. YOU
can safely gamble that wherever the burg
he hangs his hat, and even if its inhabi
tantS should he deaf mutcs, there would
he something doing right regularly. He
cant help and ne docSnt actually mean
to stage them. They happen because he's
around. that all
REJUVEN ATED--lNE PoLTrIC Al CLUR.
Time came last night for one Of these
periodical ripplIngS of the Silly surface Of
rural New Castle to come along. 1t
arrived In the shape Of the rcluvenation
cf the old Richardson Park Republican
Club Richardson Parks males OF the
SpecieS met at "BlllS hall scene Of 50
many good news stories, got together
with amtv. ice cream and cigars. and re-
organized the club Ii will bc heard from
IN the battle front this coming campaign,
II last night ; signals count for anything
and il Will stand Tor straight RcpublI-
caniSm. the regular party nominees, anti
NonpartiSanlsm and the eternal unitlCs
In other words il IS 10 be one hundred
per cent g. g. +
Oh. YES. one other thing II has can
dldate for LEVY Court honorS IN the
person of Delaware State Wright, and It :
gong TO put hln over ii the putting Is
good Mr. Wright Is man who frankly
doesn't believe in campaigns of high pub
icity He's strong for the quiet. per
>istent plugging sort SOS "Blu' Tins
man. for that matter but all the same
Bill feels that q little judiciotS letting
folks know you are SCrappln with both
fiStS Is 4 mighty good thing However.
hat ; neither here not there. rs the old
lady said when she put the demIjohn in
the last place the old man would think
10 look for IT,
The call for tho meeting went out
several days ago and last night the he
folks Of Richardson Park assembled al
he Tinsnan Hall ready for business.
There was fence party going and
YOU know what fenc parties are 70 take
away the male citizenry of 4 place like
the Park-and sundry other things to
lure the masculine biped elsewhere, but
none the less Tinsman's Hall was filled to
OVERLOOKING when things began.
AIbert Blackwell was chosen temporary |
chairman. Frank Hoffman secretary ana |
William Wintrup and Frank Grllbb tellerS |
for the opening act Then nominations !
were in order for the chieftainship per
manent. Somebody named Samuel Cauf- |
man and somebody else Bill Tinsman
The show down Of votes gave the Job TO
Bill by an overwhelming number
Caufman was made vice-president by
unanimous vote and Charles Kelly was
chosen secretary over Owen Thomas AS
each man voted his name was taken down
as a member Of the rejuvenated club.
7SsMAN MAKES a SPEECH
Then "Bill'' made one Of his charac-
teristic speeches. This was a time. he
said when Republicans ought TO have
their eyes open and their ears to the
ground As for him he intended to be
controlled by the Richardson Park Re
publican Club said bv virtue OF majority
vote The club would boost Mr. Wright
Tor the Fourth Levy Court District seat
and II wouldn't listen TO any leader or
any one else who might say Take him
of.
Then Bill" paid his respects to the
Voters Non-Partlsan League and its
leaders The League he said WAS simply
d wedge placed IN the solidarity of the
Republican party to split il unless
uhi1ns were not satisfied He woudnt
l,e surprised TO see an opposition club
spring I'D in the Park II some ono could
t,e gotten to run II But the real Repubh-
cans Of Richardson Park need have no
fear Of the result if they stuck together
And then Bill wound up with q verv
trenchant remark indeed.
'I'rn not here to run you he SAID
I'm here to do the things YOU want done.
But ! want to say this: If any booze Is
carted around Mill Creek hundred or
elsewhere I'm going 70 get into the game
a nd do nv duty as an officer.
After Bill had finished somebody
wanted to know if the wet-and-dry
issue was still to the fore.
~"Gentlemen.' said Bill rural New
Castle is drv, and that settles It.
Julian Walker, after the ice cream had
gone around twice over, said that what
he wanted 10 impress upon those present
vas the need for registration. Next Satur-
dav will be the first Of the registration
davs and he urged everybody to get their
names down early. 1t was the duty Of the
club. he thought, 10 get out every Re
publican vote possible and also TO re
form" as many Democrats a. might be
reforrnable. Bygones ought to be by
cones. he said and there should be no
Wrangles over anything, and nothing done
that should mean the loss Of single vote
TO the Republican party on election day
And SO, you see, Richardson Park :
Republicans have girded on thelr armor
and have taken up the sword With their
bucklers they are ready for the fray. Let
whoever NAV suIk III his tent Or SOW
discord in the ranks the Richardson
Park e. o. r Is gong forth to battle a.
q unit. no more, no less
There will be another meeting two
weeks hence To discuss things under the
--ead of good Of the order
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