Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25
SATURDAY, MAY IS. 1918.
A Senator and His Fool Friends.

A Senator and It's tooi ffehus-
While il IS doubtful Il he knows IT.
notwithstanding some Of the most frothIng
editorial emanatInns boar the plain car
marks of inspiration from headquarters.
IT IS apparent to others. doubtless includ-
ing some Of his real friends. that Senator
Salisbury IS being helittlcd and dcc'ded'y
d,srrod,ted by The vicious and untenahe
course NJ some of his newspaper sup
rortprs m this State From advancing
the ama7ing argument that no Other
Delaware Democrat has a shadow Of
right 10 aspire to the nomination for
United States senator this year, they
have rrsortcd 10 pot only misreprosenta-
Ton. but absolute falschood, in order to
make il appear that certain influences
are working against his renomlnst,on,
and thereby are running counter 20
accepted Democratic sentiment.
Chiefly conspicuous in this work i
the Delaware State News of Dover
which displays Ill the audlty Of hired
attorney IN its rendition of supposed
service, and for a long time seems 70 have
considered i q sacred duty to make i
appear that Every Evening is endeavoring
10 turn heaven and earth 70 defeat Mr.
Salisbury for denomination This
Is a plain falsehood. melted either hS
ignorance or disreputable disregard of
consequences. probably both Every
Evening never made such declaration,
and the Delaware State News. # It's edl-
torial policy has the slightest measure Of
intelligent observation or reasonable in
ference behind IT, must have so known
That it should indulge in such a demean-
ing and discreditablc policy, entirely at
variance with the evident purpose that
makes if, IN all other respects. an ably
conducted and cntcrprisng local news
paper. may hc susceptible to various
come cturcs And among these conIec-
turs. the one tho pcrvasive, most IN
Hrentiar ono. ihat will intrude itself most
prominently need not be specifically
mentioned
\ recent offending IN respect Of what
may be called fool newspaper support,
and one that surprises ", VIC must con-
fess. appears IN the current ISSUE Of the
Allddlctown New Era. Heretofore, the
New Era has been consistent and
practical Democratic party organ. content
to take no part in primary contests
but to reserve all lis ability in behalf
OF tho Democratic party al elections
But Il has welded to the sinister influences
that seem able to secure admission into
The editorial columns Of certain Demo-
cratic papers ~ tins State hy what occult
schemes We do not know statements
and assertions thx not only arc destitute
Of the slightest vcstige Of truth, but are
so contemplate in thcir nature that the
editors must shudder If they have any
remote sense Of decency left-when they
read them.
The emanatiop in the current issue Of
the New Era is 10 the effect that the
Republican Organization is endeavoring
to stab Senator Salisbury in the back
through the editorial columns of Every
Evening The ignorance displayed IN
this statement is thoroughly established
by the feeling Of the Republican Organ
ization towards Every Evening II loves
this paper just as the devil is supposed to
love holy water, and well knows what il
may expect from it at any time whenever
it endeavors to enslave the people Of
Delaware in its corrupt con troll. But
apparently, the source from which the
New Era editorial manated-whether
al so much per line or not we cannot say
conceitedly believed this reference 10 be
a brilliant inspiration" and launched
it accordingly. None will more completely
realize its ignorance and It's entire
lack Of propriety or effect than leaders
of the Organization themselves
1t is fact, and readers Of Every Even
ing are well aware of il, that in the
fevered and erratic campaign that Senator
Saulsburys foolish and lgnorant-are
they well paid?-- newspapers have been