Middletown transcript., 1872-06-08
George Alfred Townsend on Della
ware Politics.

George Alfred Townsend seems to love
to dabblc IN Delaware politics sincc he
cast six votes for the State in the Cinciu-
natl Convention. lie has been to Will
mington looking up Greeley men A.
Washington correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune he writes the following:
$50 far MS my information went. ali
the persons who had sympa,hiscd with the
Cincinnati movement are satisfied with
Horace Greslcy's nomination. Men like
Samuel Bancroft (a cousin Of John Bright
Of England, } Col. A. II. Grimshaw. W.
O. Gibbons. @. W. Stone. j. II. 1lof-
fccker. g. Y. Tybout. and others, are dis
appointed with the personnel Of the Re-
publican party. aud the party has been
split up by local fcuds.
This State was long ruled, in the
name Of the Republican party. by George
=. Fisher, Of Dover. now Grants Dis.
.rict Attorney Of Washington. Fisher is
a plausible semi-sinccrc type Of politician,
aud he long ruled the State by organizing
the Republicans in Convention. according
to the manner in which the State Govern.
ment is organized. namely: making cnch
county equal, so that the principal Re-
publican county, New Castle. can b.
,rampled out by tho sparscly settled and
rcactionary lower counties. where the
Saulsburys live. The Wilmington people
revolutionixcd this method Of making
Conventions. and so captured the State
organization. After q while the Whining
ton men got to quarrelng among them
selves, between the prctcnsions OF the
Gran; editor thcrc--one jenkins, coun-
try chap with goggles, from Norristown.
Pa. who carpet bagged into the State n
few years ago--and another man ominous-
ly named Pickles, who ruled the City
Councils Of Wilmington; and. by the
way, to control the City Councils is Of
more consequence than to control the
Delaware Wilmington being
rich, nourishing municipality, and the
State Of Delaware having no patronage
worth considering, except the two Scna.
torsbips.
. The ablcst politicians Of the State ou
the Republican side are probably. Ma, b.
Smi,hcrs. Of Dover, and j. r Head of
Wilmington. smihcrs is reported TO have
no great opinion of Grants Adminis,ra.
tion. He was member of Congress for
some time. and, as lawyer, has as much
force. style. aud incsion MS ran be found
in prominent places in other States lie
made some mistake Of political Judgment
about negro-suflrage a good while ago.
and has wasted good deal of time in de-
Tending that position. The most foolish
chase in the world is iha, for consistency /;
a wise man never bothcrs about it, and
goes ahead with something else
- I. Head is one Of the wcal,hicst
men Of Wilmington, which city is JUS,
now approaching a population Of 40 900.
aud has shown as much energy. for its
size, as any city in the country lIeald
Head was really the brains Of Pickles.
the Wilmington politician. IIcis a Pres
ident Of n railroad, and is Of Quaker fam.
lily, quiet, courteous. me,hodical. and a
deep thinker, whose jadgmen, i. respected
by people Of both parties. In the future
history Of the State. there is little doub,
but tha, men OF the character Of Smiihcrs
and Head will superscdc the old fogie.
in politics. and live on screnely. despite
the abuse Of young men who wear cog.
giles and publish newspapers to enhance
their self-importance. Amongst other.
who have been named as dissatisfied will,
the political situation are Lewis Thomp.
son and John Pilljpp.