The daily gazette., 1882-05-29
METHODS 0FRTNG RULE
GALLAGHER CANDIDATES FOR
CITY COUNCIL.
NO SHOW FOR HIGGINS MEN.
A Significant Feature of the Campaign of
the Dover Junta-Republicans Refusing
to support the Ticket.

The old city ring is hard at work. The
same leaders who shaped its ruinous policy
in city politics and in city affairs have been
leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to
get In such a position that the whole
machinery of the party will be in their hands
in case of the now very remote likelihood of
their success next Saturday.
The GAZETTE some timeago said the cam
paign was in the hands of the old city ring
and the Dover dictators, and offered ample
proof on this point
The ring representatives and the Kent
county Intermediates flew up in passion
and said il was a lie.
But it wasn't.
The GAZETTE was right
And if any further proof were needed it
was furnished by the Republican ward
nominations on Saturday last. The thing is
so plain now that even the ring workers will
not be likely to attempt n denial. OF the
five Republican candidates named for
Council two are known TO be in favor of the
element of questionable principles which
nominated DIR. Wales and got Major Swig-
gett named for Postmaster Pyle's place.
Two more were supported at least by the
Baker element, while the other side raised
no objection, because opposition was useless,
and did not give their presence to the nomi-
nation.
RING PLANS OF NOMINATION.
The stronghold Of the Higgins men in the
Seventh ward was stormed by the ring
cohorts on Saturday and the ring added
another triumph to its already large list
The candidates in this ward were Samuel
Chambers late superintendent of the Will
mington City Railway, and Levi Garrett,
the butcher. The number of votes polled
,t.I I,r =
margin Of IL. At the election, faction lines
were drawn very closely. Mr.. Chambers
was backed by the respectable element in
the Seventh ward, and Mr.. Garrett was
championed by the ring, and nominated by
ring methods. One prominent Seventh
ward Republican who was in favor Of the
nomination of Mr.. Chambers was asked on
Saturday night how he liked the selection.
"like 1t - exclaimed he 81 don't like 1t at
all. Scores of Republicans will not vote for
Mr.. Garrett in view of what has developed
TO-DAY"
"What do you mean has developed to-
day 2"
"1he fact that Mr.. Garrett was backed by
Captain Gallagher's friends, which indicates
that some one who was Chief Engineer of
the Water Department not long ago wants to
be Chief Engineer again"
Some very.interesting things were obscured
in the Seventh ward ON Saturday 1t looked
as if a good bit of money was being used.
"The black men rode to the polls in car
riages and the white men Walked" said a
white voter aiterward. And this was a fact.
Scores of negroes were driven up in cabs by
white wardworkers, and 1t was significant
fact that those who thus got to the polls
voted for Mr.. Garrett. Baker men drummed
up their forces persistently and the result of
their earnest endeavor was the nomination
of their man, and the other side is terribly
disappointed.
The same element also succeed In the
Sixth ward, where David Stevenson was
nominated over George Mccall by ma
jority of G3. In the Second ward Amos
Eastburn and Leighton Grimes were nomi-
mated. There was a contest between Grimes
and Benjamin Furry and the former candi-
date was backed by Baker men, as was also
Mr.. Eastburn.
THE REPUBLICAN REVOLT.
1t would be useless for Republicans to
deny that there is IL great deal of dissatisfac-
tion in the party just now. 1t exists not so
much on account of the fact that one fac
ton has merely triumphed at the nomina-
tions as on account of the fact that the
Baker faction has positively acted ON the
hit-a-man-when-h 's-down principle. Having
beaten the Higgins men and placed them
selves in a position where they can dictate
things to suit themselves they have adopted
system of bitter warfare upon the other
side. Their rule appears to be to hit the
head of Higgins man wherever it pops up,
and the ins have been waging battle more
against the outs than the Democrats.
Their first victory was Swiggett's appoint
ment over Pyle by the aid of corporal's
guard of prominent Republicans here Don
Cameron and the men at Dover. Then by
means of fraudulent votes they nominated
DIR. Wales. This should have been enough
and if the Wales men had been as wise us
they were sharp they would have been con-
ciliatory and magnanimous toward the
other side and at least offered to release DIR.
Wales of the pledge he is understood to
have made to appoint Baker men on the
police force and allow the other side to have
fair show of the stars and clubs. "But
Dr. Wales made no such promise" his
friends delight in declaring. If he did not,
why is 1t that before the Baker men endorsed
him, they went to Messrs. Iichtenstein,
Vincent and Macallster and tried to get
similar pledge from them, and failing in this
brought the doctor out!
Well, added to this the Baker men have
been debating the Council nominations and
the other side are thoroughly disgusted, and
the effect will be a general cutting of the
whole ticket
Said one of the leaders last night "We
don't want any Don Cameron nor any Dover
leaders, nor any Captain Gallagher, and the
election just means that, if the Republicans
succeed this time we will have all three of
them. The other faction could not have
adopted a more suicidal policy and they
have gone ON unheeding all advice and will
have to elect the ticket themselves. / am Il
Republican from principle, but l would
sooner see us lose than win with bad men
and bad policy which is sure to follow
now"