Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-09-30

e Look them over, left and right,
s Scanithe two tickets with your sigh
Williams, Morford, Shaw and Swain
A real ticket we have named.
Lover Bird" Allen leads the other
Lynch and Blackstone, what both
err;
Wise the Auditor, in your hair,
The two tickets just don't compare.
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We believe that most of the peo-
pie in Delaware will admit that the
Republicans of the State are pre-
senting to the voters at this election
a ticket of unusual ability and
standing. On the other hand the
Democrats have been forced to pre-
sent ticket that at its best is only
mediocre. Here is the reason. At
I the last election the Democrats
didn't have any idea that they were
going to win the election and as a
result they allowed almost any one
to get on the ticket who showed any
following at all, in order to avoid a
scrap and because they said well,
he won't be elected anyway, let him
get on the ticket" You know very
well that If they had been sure of
carrying the last election, it would
have been a very different ticket |
than was named. However, their tic |
ket was successful and they won the |
election. Now in this off year cleo
ton, as it is called, a peculiar con-
dition cOnfronts them. According to
old time custom, two year office
holders are renominated so that they
can serve out the entire four years.
Congressman, State treasurers and
auditors always get a second nOmi-
nation. That custom prevails in both
parties. Therefore, when the Demo-
cratic Convention met there but lit
tie else to do but follow that GUS
tom and so Bill Allen was renomi-
mated for Congress; Jim Wise and
Dr. Blackstone were renOminated for
their State offices. What else could
they do? Do you think for one mo-
ment that Democrats would have
them unless they had
been forced to do so. Compare those
men with their opponents on the
ticket. Compare Bill AL ,
len who never did any thing for his :
party or his State except run for
Congress with George Williams who
has helped to bring our public
schools to the standing they occupy
oday when he served as President
If the State School Board when I.
many of our people didn't believe in t.
)etter schools. Compare Bill Allen =
With George Williams, the son of
minister. and a quiet, we'll
man, who never acts
smart" or high hat" with buster
ng, blatent, Love Bird" Allen who |
'ecently made such a foolish speech
ii the Wagon Wheel, a bar room and 2
light club in RehobOth Beach. Just I
ompare those two men. Wise and I
both druggists and new n
r of. great moment to their party, L
Who by accident and custom are
dominated again. U
There just isn't any comparison. j
md now that we have shown you u
Ow the Democratic nominees were u
nut on the ticket. Let's see how the
named their ticket. Nei-
her custom or necessity nominated h
hem. No, the Republicans saw IL
learly that they must have the best g
icket they could possibly get if they N
Tere to have any chance this year T.
t ALL They had to have winners, il
hey had to put on nominees known al
s men of integrity and ability. men ell
Tho could carry the State, and they CO
i'd so. pete" Shaw, known through 81
tent and Sussex counties as a real OF
usiness man, a man who had been in
trough the hard knocks and had an &C
asy and winning manner and who ne
$ head of the only State fair in the he
lree counties, the Kent-SusseX L.
ounty Fair. had occasion to meet De
Iany people. 1t was Shaw who help wi
to develop the agriculture of the in
tate with the prizes given for the tut
est grown crops in the three coun- dil
es. Shaw was selected because of pc
S ability and his many friends. mi
III swain, d uiFeCtOI vi lHe DAS III
ent and Sussex Fair. an orchardist ma
considerable experience at Bridge ha
lie. known everywhere to most pa
ople and particularly astute in his
latiOns among politicians. He was 7
eded for this ticket, a practical MIA
te-getter and a man who has loo
own probably more people in Del for
ARE than any other man in Sussex ty
unity. So he was named for his the
lue to the ticket and his value to ma
: people of the State. Jim Nor Civ
d as every one knows him. an unC
lie lawyer, popular through the son
lte as a sportsman, who loves to tina
Mt and fish. mixes easily with ev- nee
zone and yet has a standing in the pro
: so that he stands out as the fu- sho