Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-10-07
STRICTLY. POLITICAL

faction within a faction. They cam
even play straight with themselves
A Tunnel ticket would appear IL
one section with one set of names
and another Tunnel ticket would
appear in another district with an
other set of names. One ticket would
have one candidate for register oil
wills, another with a different can
J didate and another ticket with two
candidates. The same thing happen
ed on other tickets. Some grand mix
up. Double crossing the double
crossers was the game.
O.
And now ]. Henry Lyons, a dis
trict Democratic committeeman in
Wilmington has been eased out of
his job in the State Highway De-
partment for the appointment of an
other Democrat. Lyons openly says
that the orders came from the Gov
ernor through Commissioner Fader
to slip Lyons out of his job because
he didn't vote for Marvel for State
Chairman. And are Lyons and his
friends burned up? It's harder for a
Democrat to keep a job among Dem
Ocrats than it would be among Re-
publieans. Your turn next!
There is a fierce undercOver strug-
gle still going on for the control of
the Democratic party in Delaware
as well as among the candidates on
the ticket who were chosen at the
convention in Dover. The latest
story goes that Frank Gates who Is
on the Democrat ticket for Insur-.
ance Commissioner was told to re-
sign from the ticket so that it could
be filled by another man. He is said
to have been offered 100000 of fire
insurance. The funny thing about il
is that Gates sells life insurance not
fire insurance and his advisors who
urged him to get off didn't know
that. Those who know Gates know 1
about what he said and how pleased
he and his friends must be with such
q proposition.
That Republican meeting in
Georgetown was the first of the cam
paign and was a good one. Morford
and Williams made the principal
speeches and the crowd thoroughly
enjoyed their talks. They told some
plain facts.
The idea put over by George Wey-
mouth that every Republican shall
contribute to the finances of the
Iarty in Delaware by any amount he
nay please has met with immediate I,
esponse. 5000 in Wilmington have
SOC each and hundreds =
re sending in from $1.OO to 500 and =
is all being received with thanks. I
o.
The Republican campaign is in 1
I'LL swing and the greatest part of
is being done quietly along the
ross roads and out on the farms. q
he ordinary citizen is going to be :
)Oled with promises no longer. AS y
ne of the speakers at a recent Re- :
ublican meeting said, "All citizens .
gree on uphOlding the Constitution Z
the United States" This is true of a
Il parties and so this year at the !,
ectiOn 1t will be Delaware patriots q
1ting against the Red Isms of Rus +,
a as handled by the New Deal in 4
meriea. Real Democrats don't
gree with this NEW DEAL. Willard
wouldn't have been a New
ealer. You don't hear much about o.
Ie Bayards standing for the New
cal. Ask your Maryland neighbor f.
hat he thinks of it since the at a,
mpted purge on the Eastern Shore
Did you notice how few votes were n
,lled at the Sussex County Demo- .,
attic primary. This was a real fight v
tween two factions and yet the to-
| vote was so small that one thou
nd votes was a majority. We have A
scOvered that many Democrats are II,
sick and tired of the endless fight
g for power and for jobs among
e several factions that they just -,
)uldn't 90 out and vote.