Evening journal., 1888-08-24
SALISBURY VS.. THE FIELD.
He Is Likely to Get Seven or Eight of
the Thirteen Hundreds in sussex-Rob-
i..un.lsa Chance

lie Is Likely TO tfet seven or flRht OF
the Thirteen Hundreds in sussex--Rob-
inson's Chance.
BY Letter TO EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, DEL, August 24-The
small fry politician is beginning TO find
out the pond in which he swims The
color Of the water has been such the past
two weeks that the little fish could not
clearly see his company in the pool, but
since Tuesday the big fish have been on
the swim and they are schooling the little
fellows very rapidly On Tuesday the
anti Salisbury men held a conference
here. and, it is said. pooled their inter
ests. They will make Saturday fight
for a Sussex man. In Seaford that man
is Martin; in Georgetown it is
Robinson; in Milford it is Causey.
They will undoubtedly control
several hundreds by this fight,
but aUncle Ellis friends will come to
Georgetown thenext Thursday with seven
or eight Of the thirteen hundreds. The
only question is whether they viii adopt
the unit rule and take the entire ticket.
In that event they may have to elect
their ticket, said one Of the WolcOtt
friends here this morning NorthwestFork,
Broadkiln, Little Creek Broad Creek Gum
boro. and Dagsboro may safely be set down
in the Salisbury column This would re-
quire another hundred, which Nanticoke,
Georgetown Baltimore, or Indian River
will furnish and possibly two or three OF
all with chances in the order named.
Elk Sheriff Marvel win contend for
Nanticoke hundred and the nomination
for state senator He secured his delega-
ton two years ago. but Nanticoke was
not given place on the General Assem-.
bly, ticket. He may be beaten in the
same manner this year, but most prob
ably IL win be with doodle at the
primaries.
The situation in Georgetown is peculiar
and interesting All sides profess to be
friendly to Alfred p. Robinson, Esq, foI
the United States Senate, and each desire
his aid and the aid of his friends on Sat.
urday, but when the committeeman are
suggested it looks like Robinson second
choice" only. One cause for this is the
contest for the Levy Court
man. Levin 4. Salisbury, the
appointee by Governor Biggs to fill r.
w. d. Albury's unexpired term, is the
candidate Of the right wing, while the
left wing are pushing Robert Work
man. because he is strong in the upper
part of the hundred Then the sheriff
atty fight cannot be separated from the
others, and each candidate having his
friends makes the general contest uncer-
tain. As it stands both sides profess
friendship for Mr. Robinson, and both
seem anxious to name j. b. Clark. editor
of the Sussex journal, and one of his
closest friends, as delegate to the State
convention, matter that neither side
cares very little about.
The tickets in the hundred are not yet
given out, but the talk is that on one
side win be ex Governor StOckley DIR. G.
H. Richards, Recorder Morris, d. T. Mar
vel, ex-Sheriff J. w. Short, j. Frank
Isaacs w. b. Banghart, William Stephens
and Reuben Donovan, while on the Other
side will be Isaac n Fooks, Sheriff Pur
nell, p. c. Penuel +. d. Hearn, Levin
r Salisbury, William II. Boyce, John l.
Thompson and William Spicer Tn,
Salisbury men claim that there is n,
question about the result. They are very
sanguine.
A Democratic politician around tn,
Court House, who gets there as Otter
as any Of them, predicts that the nomina
ton for sheriff will be surprise and
disappointment TO all the now known can
didates. He says the man will be JOIN
| NJ or Edward W. Houston, probably tn,
former That would. by the usua
practice, defeat the slate of maxim.
Charlie" Houston state senator, but yol
cannot most always tell what viii happen
Captain Dasey is said to have aspiration
again TO represent Dagsboro hundred il
the legislature, but to do SO he will
have to take his hundred out of tn
Salisbury column and that is almost
| hopeless task Colonel Everett Hickman
who lives in frankfort which is partl,
in Baltimore and partly in Dagsboro, is
candidate for the Legislature from Balti
more hundred and all of the colonies
friends oppose the captain because the,
scarcely hope for two candidates for tn
General Assembly from one little town
although representing two hundreds.
The contest becomes more interesting
every hour Politicians are riding al
over the county, and the cross-road polit
lean feels the Importance and the powe
of his influence, his vote. Ii has beer
said that every Sussex countian is
politician, and by Saturday every politi
cinn viii be in the contest. A prominen
Republican remarked yesterday morning
that he is itching to get finger in the
pie, and both sides have consulted will
some of their Republican friends. tn,
fractional fight is more bitter than the
partisan fights Of a general election. /
is a life or death struggle for supremacy
and should Saturday pass without Blow
all good citizens may congratulate them
selves and their communities.