Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-05
mr. Merrls Tsyios.
THE FATAL CAMPAIGN OF ,sss.

THE FATAL CAMPAIGN OF isse.
The national campaign Of 1888 oiten
e1 with fne Democratic prospects In
the country, and an apparently as
sufed repetition OF tho walkoyer Of
1855 for the Democrats Of Delaware.
president Cleveland was rDoniinated
by aculamatiun at the st. Louis con
ypntion with the "uid Roman. Allen
liza Thurman of ohio, Tor VieesPresi-
dent. and this was IN accord with
Democratic sentiment In this state.
John = Pennington was renominated
Tier Representative IN Congress The
/ national campaign was conducted al
! innsts entirely on the issue Of tarif
Ireforin. IN accord with the notable let
tel on this subject sent out by rleys.
Iland the year before. and although
some Democrats feared It would have
q 1emoralizlnE effect, their fears IN
| this respect we're not confirmed
/ Cleveland was defeated. but not on
the tarin issue simply by the base
| treachery OF Tammany IN selling him
out for its own salvation New York
voted for Harrison bv about II 900
plurality, but reelected Governor
David Bennett Hili, Tanmanv'a leader,
lbv about an equal margin While this
showing OF itself told The story. there
were other evidences Of the deliberate
trade.
/ The expected walkover In Delaware
came 10 pass sp far az the national
and Congress tickets were concerned,
IS the Republican party had no real
uraa nigation IN New Castle county and
would have had none in Kent and Sus-
sex nf any account had it not been
lfnr the brilliant opportunity opened 20
them there hy the factionai division of
The Democratic party In Kent county.
ne iaiting IN the famous salisbury
holt" That situation opened the way
10 the election Of a Republican I4egIs-
Ilafure and to the unexpected ard un-
observed prize OF the fret Republican
United states Senator from the state
Ief Delaware
/ The storm bursts.
For two years the faction troubles
lin Kent county had been In evidence.
land in 1855 they cnlminatea. United
States Senator Eli salisbury was
lnearing the cluss u his third term
land friends II James T. wolcotf ef
Dover father Of our present Senator
Josiah o Nalrutt were energetically
Iratting him forward FOR the sticeesalun
They claimed that Senator salisbury
had promised. when previously elected
that he would not desire further hon
%. and IL is believed that personally
he was not Inclined 10 ask for fourth
ltfrm. Wolcott had been law student
lin Eli saulsbursss once. and At that
Time was LEADING member Of the
Kent county bar. and also one Of the
Aief counselloFE Of the Democratic
lparty. lie was shrewa and CO apahle
leader and had a large following. who
les nducted his campaign for the senas
tcrship in an energetic and efficient
manner. There is no doubt they had
a majority Of the Kent county Demo.
lcrats with them. az there were many
who were restive under the salisbury
rule and desired change. The VOL
lcutt movement was not one against
Senator Eli Salisbury. declared
Kent Democrat in letter to Every
| Evening ef September II. but "a
popular uprising against family rule
and family methods
At that time the Legislature elected
the United States Senator. and the
lhpne Of contention, of course. was cons
troll Of the legislative nominate at
that time made in Kent and Sussex
by counties convention. At the pri-
mary contest the woleott forces etae-
ted majority OF the delegates TO the
county convention. and nominated n
complete legislative ticket committed
80 him. for senator While this action
was lawful. IL was not in accord with
leustom. which had been 10 permit the
delega tions from the respective hum
ereds to select the candidates for Rap-
lresentatfges that had been appor-
toned to them. the convention merely
confirming their selections Adher-
ence to this custom would have given
the salisbury faction three of the
seven candidates for Representatives
in tho General Assembly. but tho
Wolcott faction. being In control of
| the convention, took all Of them.
i salisbury Followers BOLT.
The salisbury sdherents. led by the
laggressive and redoubtable John r..
limwedlatelv declared war against the
lepiire work Of the county conven-
tlon. and John f. publicly declared his
Intention of doing all in his power to
| defeat that damned unit rule ticket. :.
| hent kepnbileans took heart of grace
lat this situation. and Immediately
made the best organization possible
lof their somewhat shattered forces.
placing a fun county and legisIa tive
ticket in the field
The plan TO defeat James l.. wolcott
for United States Senator was clearly
apparent. New Castle county was
/ securely Democratic. and most of the
Legislative nominations there We're
favorable 10 the reelection of SEN
stor Eli. The latter also had the sun
port Of most of the Sussex county
nominations. So the plan OF the
bolters was to defeat the Wolcott
ticket in Kent county. confident that
the results in New Castle and Sus-
sex would leave them in control OF
the Democratic caucus that would
nominate a Senator at the next sess
sion of the Legislatures They felt
as certain OF carrying Sussex as they
were Of winning in New Castle. 70
the letter Of a careful observer of the
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