Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-02
GROWING BELIEF
!, THAT DELAWARE IS
SURELY DEMOCRATIC
Washington Opinion Is That du
Pont and Layton Will be
Defeated.
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Warrington Oct 2.-tn checking up
Tho vpr1oua states where Senators are
4, bc elected aud Congressional dis
,ricts whore Democrats have n chance
of election, the Democratic leaders at
|, IN. NationM Capital have found that
r,lawrre furnishes n promising field
for special attcntiou->at least Senator
Coleman du Pont and Representative
Caleb II. Layton are marked US doubt
full of election. with fair prospects Tor
the election Of Democrats instead.
Frank A. Hampton. secretary treas
urcr OF the Democratic National Sena-
icrial Committee. has issued state
| mcnt In which Is contained a list OF
4 both the Democratic and Republican
nominees for Senator and Representa-
tive to be voted for at the forthcom-
! ing November elections. 1.-The Demo-
cratic party I'm every case" the state
ment said. "ofrcrs n candidate whose
private life, public career, ability and
general equipment command the re-
spect and deserve the support OF the
nav, not nominated candidates for the
! United States Senate. This Is 80 IN
Florida and Texas. They attempted u
make a nomination In Texas by con-
vention. although the law OF Texas
provides that such nomination shali
be made only by primary. and the au-
thoritics have therefore held there IL
no regularly nominated Repubiicah
candidate for the United States Sen
ate IN Texas. In Virginia the Republi-
cans have not yet made nonina-
ton"
An interesting and pertinent point
made by Mr.. Hampton In his state
ment of the general situation is TO the
effect that while the Democrats have
r.-rornizcd the women. the Repubn-
cams have not. He points to the NOM
,,a,ion for Senator by the Democrats
of two States. namely. WISCONSIN,
vhcrc Mrs. Jesse ]. Hooper Ia the
nominee. and Minnesota. where Mrr'
Ava n Oleson Is the selection or the
\ Democrats. a..
With these nominees before the
/ reople of their respective Sta'es'
claiming that these rich honors shou'
! he eoui,ahly divided between the men
md the women. the Democrats scorn-
fully refer 70 the declaration made by
Senator Medin Mccormick, of Illinois,
chairman Of NRepublican National
Senatorial Committee. that women
were not acceptable Tor seats IN 'he
United States senate; that they nisnt
TN small jobs. but not sene'er'A
seats.
II Is said on good authority that
the rrof,teers tariff bill, for which both
du Pont and Layton voted, Will IN
crease the cost OF living at least ~
Nor cent: that the duties on the neces-
sari~s OF life were Increased, whhe
Ne duties q luxuries were decreased
that bread and meat and clothing and
all other things that enter into the
daily sustenance OF the people were
assessed more than heretofore, while
automobiles. and long line OF luXuries
wcrc relieved Of much of the original
.ax I, IS but fair TO remind the peo-
nle of Delaware that their tunior
Senator and their Representative
helped to do this; that they. In sup
porting the profiteers' Tariff Dill
helped to increase the tax burden Of
the masses 20 the further enrichment
Of the wealthy manufacturers Of thu
country.
while I am a Republican, believing
in the principles and policies Of th'
Republican party" said Delawar'
Republican here for a few days. -
am opposed 10 Senator du Points cleo
ton TO the Senate. / believe II woult
be better to have a Democratic STATE
administration and Democrats il
Congress from my state. A grea
many Republicans in my state fee
the same way about the matter. an'
you may ray that we are going 20 vot'
\ to bring about a better state of affair
than now exist intend to do all
can TO the end that we may hav,
moro acceptable representation il
congress and a better administration
OF public affairs at home.
Must Pay His Own Why.
II Is understood here that no cam
paign funds viii be sent 10 Delawnr
from the national campaign eX
chequer but thai Senator Coleman dl
pont will be relied upon TO furnish
whatever money may be needed. Tn
best the Republican leaders can d
with respect to the campaign in Della
ware Is TO furnish a few speakers Z
help du Pont retain his sea. IN IN
Senate. They will speak for him, bu
Will contribute no money.
Tho Democratic leaders here are re
lying on the good sense and matur
Judgment OF the people OF Delaware (
decide for themselves as to the wisdor
Of sending men TO Congress who may h
relied on to support national leglsla
ton which VIII give them proper re
lief instead OF increasing their bun
dens. The people asked Tor bread an
Delaware's senator and congeessrna
gave them a stone. They favored, nc
the masses but the classes, In the,
votes and activities in congress. an
the people know this to be a fac.. pal
and uuvarnished
Make Living Ccstller.
I'm face OF the fact that every-bod
has been working TO bring down IN
ccst OF living. especially the cost OF III
very essentials o fife. du Pont an
Layton Joined In with the rest of IN
Republicans 10 make II harder fC
people 10 live. The profiteers' Tart
bill was forced through Congress, wit
all its iniquiues. over the vigorous pre-
test OF many thoughtful Repuouca.
throughout the land. The interes
or the people were entirely ignored