Evening journal., 1888-12-13
COUNTY BUILDING RING.
Busy Dividing tho spoils and Bathing
Zach others Wounds.

AN@S DAFiuihR inc Spots and Bathing
Zach Others Wounds.
To the Editor of EVENING JOURNAL.
The most engrossing topic at the
capital at this time is the organization
OF the two houses of the next General
Assembly.
The old county building ring divides
its attention about equally between three
objects. II is still cursing the mon that
they read out of the late county conven.
ton because they we're self-respecting
enough on elect .on day not to condone
the crime of the unit-rulers by endorsing
their rump ticket. They meet nightly in
seclusion to bathe each Others wounds
and bruises, and give vent to their ex-
cruciating pains by weekly walls through
their organ, the Index. They also devote
much Of their time in their distracted
councils to the futile effort of oreaniz-
ing the Senate in their own interests. but
the great trouble with them seems to be
the want Of enough offices to go round.
having recently failed in their endeavors
10 induce the Chancellor, Secretary Of
State, Senator Eli and Clerk of the
Feace Cahil to resign their
respective Offices to crafty the feelings
OF so generous, so unselfsh natures.
they now turn their attention to organ
lzlng tho State Senate. In this very
laudable and most disinterested under.
taking they have parcelled out the
speakership TO Colin Ferguson Of New
Castle county reserving for themselves
that succulent and edible plum. the
clerkship. For this much coveted and
most desirable position there arc not less
than five candidates in this county. F.
81. Dunn, manager Of the Index. and
who enjoyed the lucrative office of sheriff
to the tune Of s., 900; William II. Hob
son, just out of Of a five years term in
the Orphans Court and Court Of Chan
Gerry, and William G. Kerbin voung
man around town, who has been hunger
ing and thirsting for office from almost
the time he first learned to spell the
word-all of Dover-would feel hipbly
hattersd and amply compensated to serve
their state and country for the sum of
couple thousand dollars. and pickings
thrown IN. John d. Hawkins, a school
teacher at Camden, who is no lazy drone
IN the hive of humanity, is also an appli-
cant for this delicious morsel and If
ndelity TO party and faction is any quail
hcation for office HE should unrrudpipplv
receive this tid-bit
Samuel d. Roe of FELTON,. recently
State Senator, but more recently still an
applicant for clerk of the peace under the
administration Of Governor Biges. is
likewise an applicant for the clerkship at |
the hands of his old confreres of the |
county building ring, if they are able to |
deliver the goods. But that callow |
youth, the correspondent of the Morning |
News from Dover, who has been airing |
quite frequently of late and |
footing his own horn" for this position
tells us that Dunn, Hobson and Hawkins
are out Of the way and that Roe is an
1ld hanger on, with no showing what
ever: that the young Democracy is run
ling the machine and intend to be heard
1t the organization of the Senate and
mat the coming man is is, is, is. VIII
yam g. kar biBe Whether the other
applicants will allow themselves to he
looted out Of the race, will depend in a
great measure upon pluck and presence
If mind when they confront the
,oot.er.
The young, law students. with more
lrass and impudent assertion than dis
retion, who have stirred up all tbe
trite through the newspapers of the
country over the result of the late
slection in this state, especially
he false reports with respect to the atti.
uue q senator salisbury, and no less
alse and scandalous assertions respect
ng the election of State Senator Alden B.
richardson by the honest voters Of Kent
on2ty in spite of the wholesale importa-
ION and fraudulent voting of men from ,
larry in the hundreds of Kenton and
Vest Dover, are also endeavorinp to
hape and determine the policy of Cover
or Biggs's administration and to control
is appointments to office through and
newspaper paragraphs. a
With respect to the offices Of School +
uperintendent, Collector of Oyster Rev
lue and State Librarian, it has been the n
istom OF preceding administrations to +,
AXE the time Of service conterminous !.
18th the term of the governor. but these II
responsible youths are endeavoripc
trough newspaper squibs to bring pub,
pressure to bear the governor to cur. G
II the superintendent to a single term !,
one year These gentlemen are especI. =
Iy obnoxious to the county buildinc o
lg, and nothing would please then -,
re highly than to SEQ them decapitated ~
my mex. communication will give Won Oi
. gossip on tbs ouse organization and
y. ). Senatorshlg
over Hsi.. December II, Us al
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