The Wilmingtonian., 1885-03-14
SENATE H2NTEsT.
THE HOPES AM FEARS OF THE
CANDE.s ATES.
How the Slates aFc Made for the
Presidents Fight
of,i<.

of ,i%.
Secretary of State ls tAnps contingent
interests in the Delaws enarorial success
sion still seems to u. The ditch or pitfal
which engulfs all nomi tions, all sugges.
tions or any slate made y the administra.
tion party; octopus-lil its long feelers
stretch out in every dird IN, touching this
man and that, and test al around, in in
dustrious anxiety for p This ditch OIL
pitiall of Bayard reqpls kqta Is species
of eaeUaur de .trise, that 5 horseman, bele
never SO gallant a knighs or never so well
seated can get over. 1t is an insurmounta-
BILE barrier to any effort pf independence or
freedom Of choice among the legislators at
Dover. Intimidation is tiisclaimed by the
Bayard faction, but their incessant industry
is notorious. The friends of the new Secre-
tary stand up with assumed wrath and fling
the defiance to the air ''Who says Mr..
GRAY is a stool-pigeon for the Hon. THos
F. BAYARD ?"-the quick reioinder is cast to
their teeth "Who denies that he is not ~
And the storm of theatrical wrath of the
BaYard faction subsidies
1t is freely said that the Hon. GEORGE
GRAY would have made much better fight
on his own reeognizanees. His opponents
are significantly silent upon that point II
is whispered that Mr.. BAYARD's friends are
a very little solicitous and uneasy in regard
to Mr. GRAY's future fealty to the ex-Sena-
they are already, sub rosa, looking elsewhere
for more dociIe material for their wiles.
1t is asserted that they have already
'tstruck oil" in the person of Judge Woor-
ten Their ghoulish ejaculation beirg that
this honorable gentlenlan, (though undenia-
bly, independently who his served his party
for such a long term, show SO advanced in
years, that IN the natural course Of events,
his early demise, Just at the propitious mo-
ment, is the lucky acei3ent they are look
ing for and will calcuafe upon,
The brilliancy of the ideas of these "hun-
ters of dead mems shdes'' is worthy of a
Wash MaaRaTissB Il Is Brdaganga aHa i IS G4 III ts Gss
T1LDEN, our ex-senator Nemesis is also ex-
pectcd, if the gods are propitious, to "s.ide
oifth hooks" by 1885, The sage Of Grey
stone, MIR. BAYARD's pt werful and relent-
less opponent, they calculate cannot accor-
ding to natural laws, survive those years.
His disappearance would place the Hon.
THos. F. BAYARp in command of the situa-
ton. The picture shows on the one hand
opposition to his , esidePtial aspirations for
1883 in New York oblitjrated by Tilden's
| death, and on the other hand the tracks in
his rear cleared for re-ocoupation of the
Senatorial chair by Judge Wootten's de.
mise.
The eagle eye of our hereditary baron O.
Delaware sweeps the horizon without an OBJ
struction. There is joy and rest in th'
chevalier's camp. Real,e it looks well anC
is pretty story, but, as Burns says:
"The wisest schemes Of mice and men
Gang aft aglee."
And with all this glorious vista of til
umphal promise before their chosen chic
there ale some notable doubling Didy
muses." in the Bayard camp. Many loo
askance at the rosy picture and CRITICAL
question.
1t is not alone claimed, but conceded, 81
: riously, on ali sides that MR.. BAYARD,
resigning his Senatorial position has cut COZ
t nections with Delaware. He has lost h
. Mascot.
: MIR. BAYARD's nominee for the vaea
+ Senatorial position IS doubtful of his ov
i strength and is already experiencing the ia
r lacy Of building on shifting sands.
r Mr.. Bayard's edict in assuming to mar
,e his Senatorial successor has aroused an
Of dignation among his fellow citizens viii
s. has become epidemic, and if Mr.. Baya
a. was to-day candidate IN propria perSo'
Is for an election office, he would be crusl
k between the upper and neither milestone
k popular discomfort.
x. In the workshop, in the counting ro
IT, and in the office the question is continuou
is asked, what especial meritorious service
ais ex-senator Bayard rendered his constitute
cir in lieu of the recognition which has .
given him? The distinct Issue is, has
pr- Senator Bayard measured to his opport
has ties
be- Here he has been for sixteen years in o
if and has not in all that time aecomplis
thy what one man, with proper S
and pride and industry, hss in less than
if years experience in the Lower Housel
per- A local paper says: II is not questiC
the that should Mr. Grays chances bee
the questioned the state administration will
s to port Judge Wootten.' Tho cry is anyt
tail to beat the peoples will, and everything
nc ndunnna the Ravard intarest The ext