Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-08
NO ONE MAN HAS
A "C|NCH" ON THE
OFFICE OF. SENATOR
No Talk About Hate Squad
Can Cut Out Worthy
Democrats.
ISSUE NOT TO BE CONFUSED
From the Dover State Sentinel

From the Dover state Sentinel.
We have been reading for some time,
with great curiosity, the editorials III
the Delaware State News which have
been endeavoring to laud Senator Sauls-
bury to the skies, and we have watched
with interest their attempts to place
him on a pedestal far above the ordinary
human. but never did we believe they
would reach the stage when tEey would
presume to lken him unto one of the
De,ties. have him cruclfied on a cross.
which they chose to dub the ''Cross OF
Hate" Little did we believe they would
reach the point where they would pre-
sumo to infer. let alone to assert, that any
one who dared oppose him belonged
exclusively to hate squad and was
impelled in their opposition only by their
desire for vengeance. 1t Is really TOO
laughable to be commented upon.
One more familiar with Delaware
political history than the news editor
appears TO be would certainly guess that
when an arch Halter" WAS spoken of
the Senior Senator from Delaware himself
was meant, for the one man who has
been known to keep hate list" has
been Willard Salisbury himself, and his
every act and appointment and hiss
refusals of Endorsement have shown
clearly that he referred to this hate list
many times and oft The old statement
about the pot calling the kettle black is
brought to the mind of the average Del
awsrean when editorials like the one
referred to are read Then again thus
cross Of hate editorial brings to our
attention how the country Is infested with
self-appolntcd crlterOns on patriotism.
How they presume to think the American
people so gullble as to believe that any
good Democrat or any good Republican
Is not inst as loyal an American citizen
as anv Salisbury who ever lived. Any
Democrat or any Republican who may
he nominated this fall will have q personal
record which can be looked into, and if it
Is found that that record is not all
American the good patriotic Delaware elec
torate will see that he has no political
preferment.
The Rockford iIlll Democrat said:
Davies (Democratl election means
JOY in Washington gloom in Berlin
Davies Democrat defeat means
gloom in Washington-ioy in Berlin"
The Delaware State News iDemocrat)
saws. in substance:
"Other States would look upon the
defeat Of Salisbury as s blow TO the
administration land the administration
Is the government and the old kaiser,
my. how he would chuckle."
The President Of the United States, in
letter to Senator Chiffon Of West
Virginia. in reply to letter from the
Senator asking for his support, said:
go Your letter made me think
very hard upon the question whether
there was any avenue open TO me through
which could express my personal interest
in your candidacy, but | am blocked by
circumstances which / am sure you viii
not have to have expounded to you.
Again and again this question has pre-
sented itself to me, and always ! have
been checked by the consciousness that
intervention of anv sort on my part,
even so much as the appearance of an
effort to pick and prefer a candidate,
would produce the most embarrassing
impression and be met by iustifiable
resentment on the part of constituency
concerned. which would do more harm
to nv friend than my preference would
do good 1t is in this blind alley that find
myself and | am sure you Will appreciate
the situation with your usual intuition. y
The President Of the United States
has evidently seen the reaction caused In
the Wisconsin. Indiana and New Hamp-
shire elections. Wake up, State News!
articles like the Rockford, H., article
defeated Davies, and if you continue to
follow as closely on their heels as you
did IN your editorial of week ago you
NAV even defeat Salisbury for renomina-
ton, as YOU cannot any longer depend on
the Presidents interference since he has
said that such interference would 'be
met BY q justifiable resentment.
Don't presume for one minute, State
News, that there aren't many Democrats
and Republicans In Delaware just as
patriotic, Just as loyal and free from hate
as any Salisbury dare claim to be, and
if YOU really believe In a Republican
form of government, and If you really
believe 1t Is worth all this trouble to make
the world safe for Democracy" don't I
forget that this is "a government of the
people, by the people, for the people, "
and III any such government any man,
or set OF men, has a night 10 political
ambition and this ambition will not be
cried down by any Chant on Hate"
which you or any other partisan press
NAV sing Don't forget. State News
that YOU aren't the Judge jury and
prosecuting attorney In the court of
LOYALTY and true Americanisrn which tries
ali cases Of State VS.. Patriotism, and
don't forget that the great American
people, after all, is the jury which sits in
the case and this jury viii not allow the
issue TO be confused by your cries Of
Hate Hatei HateI