Smyrna times., 1886-08-18
Press Opinions.

For the first time Mr.. Bayard looks
over the field after a primary election
and finds himself standing amongst the
ruins of his own house. The more we
look ut the contest the more Dlainlv
does the defeat Of BuyGrd appear. He
and Senator Gray We're the strong
hackers Of Mr. Cochran fol Governor.
but in the county where Nj Bavard
Mr. Gray and Nj Cochran all reside
the hitter Ras received but the paltrv
number Ot eight delegate OUT Of sixty.
Every candidate Ga- run ahead Of hin.
Nj Bigga secured r. deia-a,es Mr.
herbert 10, Ii. Ca&njl=. 10. Nj
Corch &c, and one Ia4lc5gol "opuJ
licda
What will she administration party
DO now Mr. Biggs is nominated for
Governor viii it turn in and support
Mr.. Biggs Hardly, for the leaders
say they had burned the the bridges
behind them. viii they nominate d
ticket OF their own Hardly, Tor that
would place them outside of the regu-
lar Democratic organization Will
they quietly support Mr. Hofiecler,
the Temperance caudldate2 That
would be mixing oil ana water but did
not the Cochrans. their sons, their
brother-in-lAWs, their cousins and their
nephews, issue manifesto against a
whiskey drinkingcampaign ? Hfjadag-
ton hepEkical
As soon as Bayard gets the Mexican
matter settled he will go to the woods
and wilds Of West Virginia, to hunt
and fish with Senators kenua and
Cameron. He has q weakness for
horseback riding and is intensely fond
OF the weird. Camping out in the
woods and forest Of West Virginia is
an old story with him. lie is interest
ed in new railroad and coal company
so that he can combine business with
pleasure. He expects to have for Il
companion his old chum in his senator
ial days, Mr.. Pendleton, who has OBJ
| tanned leave of absence from his post
as minister to Germany, and is now on
his way home. Pendleton is said to be
broken down in health sinoe the death
of his wife by being thrown from her
carriage, in Central Park, several
months AgO.-Ihjlddelphia Eceainq
! Star.
GRAY AND LoRE.-The nomination
of Mr.. Biggs is an unquestiOned Sauls-
bury victory over the Bayard faction
which had all its hopes centered in the
| Cochran and COOch combination, but
it is not a positive assurance that Mr..
Lore will win his contest with Mr..
Gray next winter. By one of those
sudden and unintelligible freaks of pol
itics nearly all of Mr. Lore's Democratic
friends in Wilmington, who were at
the convention yesterday, found them
selves working against his gubernator-
ial candidate, while a number of Mr..
Gray's most ardent and influential ad-
mirers of Kent and Sussex were lust as
hard at work for the same candidate.
But the consolation remains 10 Mr..
Lore that these admirers of Mr.. GRAY
in the lower counties have already ex-
pressed themselves IS anXiouslv in
favor Of letting the New Castle Demo-
Gratis settle the Senatorial question
among themselves. In that event Mr..
LOre's New Castle friends, who strove
so Valiantly yesterday for the defeat
of Mr.. Biggs, will prove big factor in
securing for him united Legislative
delegation from that county next win
ter. The entire situation is beautifully
critical and Messrs. Lore and Gray
would do well to address themselves
to it at once. .-MOrhiRQ NelCS