Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-18
HI Merrls Taylor.

the final primary outcome had de- |
elared for "thn regular nominee,
that Brnckinridse stood IN
that light and ifidoraad him cordially |
The Journal and the Delaware Isa
publican supported the Republican
cause. while the Delaware Inquirer.
a very lively papar. edited by James
Montgomery. supported Douglas and
Johnson. The result of the voting
on election day showed the Breslsipl
ridge WING of the party TO be In the
lead, with poll Of 7,s4f votes, while
the Douglas Electors received only
| ,e7s
The opposition vote was very close
~ divided between the Constitutional
Union and the Republican nnrffes
with a,s64 for Hell aud Everett AMI
3,sl5 FOR Lincoln and Hatniin. Ths|
total Democratic vote waa a.aTg and
the total opposition VOTE 7,sfa sbnv-
Ing q Democratic margin uf only sst
Ihis was decided loss 10 the Demo
efafs, as was the defeat Of wbIfntpss
iof congress by George y Fisher.
rms divided state Of the opposition
vote showed how impossible II mad been
Tor The once dominant whir party az
the state. after the practical dIs-4oln-
Ton Of the national party nj The a,ar.
ton Of 1862. to entirely eaalasna ,.,t,,,
any of the new PARTIES t,,at s,,,s -.
INTO existence. Many of it's vatars
refused Co go with the American ,,a,t.,
ana some OF these entered the Demo.
oiatie ioid. Nor would they az that
TIME take themselves into tho Rsn,,hl,
can partys by reason of the yery nra.
hohnred opposition Of so MANY r. ite
Abolition contentious. Bttf afta, tseo
All the other political eta,,a,ts -
delaware united IN Opposition i, -
democratic party, which. however ~
hhiphed Tor years against this eo,,t
tion. .o''ii-
some Elements ~ Humor.
The campaign nf fesn 4aa,.,4. =.
Intense excitement and bitterness h.a
its occasional elements nf bt,,,,., s,.s
aesifs oi which were apparent in
ai'is CITY IN what VIII now he regarded
~ very amusing manner. alfhottgb
y was not so considered Mt tba line
~ tour of the national pntltieat ~
carnations had headatIartepa j,
washington. each IF which tyas ftt..s
aiis provided with uannaien 49,.
thents and franEea mailing ,.r., -.
supnlied hy members ~ t.,......5
fhese headquarters were onan :, .,,
W. ehose 70 avail themselves ~ NJ.
oithnitt to distribute aefae.,...
''7faat documents 70 their f,ian.,.
IRWIN A Parker nf thta ....
wen known paper hanger ,..,,,.
many Years before his aaatb l,s.s., III II
SIMPLIFY street below riftb III
4, .a,,',is zen during most Of the tSef
| ' n working at his trade. 4,
a.t.'a. 'e ifeauenfed political head
s,sa.ls'. s'., - = anu saw many things to totl
,i'srsst and anuse him. Arffne ,,,,s.
80 sasafion that came into his fart;i.
'.iiu' melted by the liberal auanfifIe.
q. kihns vf political documents 90,
.~"oia ~ DC mailed free Of Gust ba b,,si,'1
nilhfsh, titne.and again. wIfh s.,ta.'t
',.s the most radical T)en4nera IT. -.
slavery arguments he cfatId fs.d -
sshalng them to weli-knosn rIsfse.s,
wilmington whom he lno... - !.
afoent Republicans. Rabis -
iof the abolition Of slavery shra,sst, -.
success of the Republican candid, -,
ne carefully selected and rnaii9.5
democrats of extreme slavery 49,
ehvities And this he kept M u,
heverai weeks w 70
| ne effect Of his little Joke in VII.
hIhston was all he could bava y,...in
~ as ne learned subsequently i,
duiet inquiry. Democrats and -
p"pieshs alike We're stirred to anve,
aha ehdeafured In vain tn aacor..t.
me source OF their unsleslrahls .,,,..
ples OF political pabulnm. AR part..,
Was careful TO select wranners -
-. ranks OF Senators and Repre.a,,'
., from other States. So 10,
80 tio1h Delaware could not s,
1aousnt under the ban of dispiea s,,ra
ohe oi the sufferers by his hiIn,o,.,,,,.
pio'ttuihs was Robert Il. NIeponnot,
"o hep' confectionery and ~,
! store on Market street belou, I-;sts
one oi the earliest in Delaw ware =, ~
so'ne attached to the Rep,,btics ,
PARTY, ana also an extreme Aboltf,o,,
ls.' TO hirn Parker mailed tho ,,,,s.
fania and violent pro-slayerv &c.,
| hehts ne could ind. and AcDonrat
peeame almost frantic with 49,, !
htahy threatening that If tha n.ss
master did not stop sending bi,,, -,
vie documents" he womb ba,a ~.
indicted. But there was no blaoaste,
over the incident. ''''e
A Fishy Prophecy.
Mr.. Parker also related some YER
interesting happenings. including
somewhat remarkable address deIiv
cred by a fiery Southern slave sun
porter at Breckinridge meeting
which he says brought forth reara +