Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-28
woLcoTT is MASTER IN KENT

Saturday many Of them felt confident Of
carrying seven hundreds. This conf
dence had great deal to do with the de-
feat. As late as one week ago men in
some Of the hundreds had not gone to
work, so satisfied were they that the
Family ticket would win. Now that the
Wolcott men have won they propose to
make the most OF it, and all threats about
disaffection can be cast TO the winds. The
former openly say now that they have
won the fight and they propose to reap
the benefit Of their work. They claim.
however, that the method they intend to
pursue Is not the unit rule In converse
tion with one of their leaders he said .
''The unit ruler why we have no need Of
that
How do You propose to dor
well, we will put the senator in
Dover The question Of the senator, as
you know, is settled by the convention.
They can locate him anywhere in this
county. Then Duck Creek hundred has
member this year and we have three
delegates in Milford hundred.
Suppose, the four delegates that the
Saulsbury's have wish to follow the Gus
tom by retiring and naming the man?"
I'm that event there is only one thing
to do and that is for the convention to
settle it.
How will that be doneY
"By our getting the Milford member.
"That is virtually the unit rule.
1--WE do not call it that, said the gen
tleman with a smile; "a rose smells Just
as sweet under another name
The JOURNALS informant is high up in
the counsels of the Wolcottites and one
may rest assured that every one of the
eight men TO be selected on Thursday will
be Woleott men; another thing that is
equally certain is that they will be
men that can never be moved by any in
fluence or hope of reward.
Will there be bolt if this is done2 is a
frequent question. Your correspondent
from view of things and after CONVERSE
tions among the leaders, is inclined to
think that while there win be no organ
lied bolt, there certainly win be a great
disagection. In all these hundreds there
are large numbers of Salisbury men, and
when it is considered that, as tonight a
gentleman who is thoroughly familiar
with the politics of the county only esti-
mated, the Democratic majority here is
800, there is room for lots Of uncertainty
be hard fight with perfect harmony. If
the unit rule is enforced Wolcott will
start out with the prestige of II votes
Your correspondent says with a
pOsitiveness that comes from the
most reliable information that he
will not receive Senator John B. Dorman' s
vote. When John H. Paynter became
Judge Paynter, John b. Doiman had been
g.. 1t..l.
and at that time he made certain direct
promises that he does not repudiate at
this time This makes it necessary for
Wolcott to obtain four votes in New Cas-
tie To obtain these yon can depend that
there will be a hard fight, and there will
be lots Of Doodle, and that Doodle will
not all come from this state. It will come
from outside as some Of last Saturdays
came from the outside When this charge
was made to two Wolcott leaders to-day
they remained silent.
Down In Sussex the men elected are
clamoring for Sussex county man. Sew
eral Of these loud talking Sussex Demo
Gratis were about Millington's Capital
Hotel last night, which, by the way,
seems to be the headquarters for both
factions, and they were doing great
deal OF talking for Sussex. In their
opinion Senator Salisbury was ont Of the
race and the fight now was Wolcott
against the field. The Sussex men who
are probabilities are Judge John II. Payn-
ter, A. p Robinson and W. f. Causey
E. l.. Martin or DIR. Hugh Martin are not
in this fight. They will not have
member in the county of Sussex in their
favor If Causey should be candidate
he would secure Crossans vote in New
Castle for few ballots at least. The
appearance of things indicate that A. p.
Robinson has the best show
There is one thing that is making the
Salisbury men fairly howl 1t is the Sc
lection of Daniel NJ Ridgely as senator
from this hundred. The claim is made
that he is conspicuously unfit for the po-
sition, and that he is a man without any
influence and not possessed of even ordi-
nary intelligence. He viii be selected,
however, as Dr. Ridgely and Edward
Ridgely both desire IT,
In Mispillion hundred it is said that
Albert Harrington and John NJ. Eisenberg
are both prospective members of the
House
The state convention for to-day is at
tracing some interest. There is one
thing certain and that is both sides are
entirely at sea over the composition of its
members There is a decided feeling in
some quarters to defeat Congressman
Pennington. The whole matter lies in the
hands of Mr. Wolcott and If there is a
majority in the convention against Mr.
Pennington and he obtains the nomina-
tion h can thank Mr.. Wolcott for it. A
crowd Of leading Wolcott men declared
last night that If Mr.. Wolcott said to
them; Gentlemen, do as You think
best, they would go in and beat him.
Mr. Wolcott, however, has steadily ad-
vised against it, New Castle county could
have the nomination If she could come
here with thirty votes for candidate
The opposition of the Wolcott men to
Mr. Pennington rests upon the charge that
he gave $500 TO the Salisbury fund, and
that all through the county postmasters
were appointed for the express purpose of
working for the Saulsburys at Mr.. Pen
ington's direction.
The subject of who the electors are to
be is hardly mentioned 1t is probable
that Duck Creek hundred win furnish the
man, either in the person of DR. r. S.
Irons or Robert HILL Robert Henry Smith
of Mispillion is also a candidate. A fight
viii probably take place in the convention
over the State Central Committee. Both
side wish to control It.
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