The sun., 1888-11-18

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Il Treat . Maine Wan MhS had st.Stlsa deed
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choir than : polIticS eAmpsisn; 2 aL,sI e : Law
EsIiroad, Iro se gp to 1858 woIcot!.. JoSnF sauis.
and SSss SGS Ss S:r saH ss 0f q ss
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would have almost absolute control ofthe Del
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Whom the party arrived Cooper refustdto see
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Fse S"fss three " eonoIudsd that $4,000 ses The
Ksss ana lol ss
men ssIh agreed to raise $4,000 apiece i'd each
S st and ESS' ss E. eS esaa $
%Ssny the pa party a had separsted Treat and Hs
hsy had thas Kent %ond San
any money, and there was a general suspi-
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wfn'd shs sSs se"1ss y f.. asy, Mss,rs Hlsss
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Of your calling. I have since learned tn that 40
amount OF money Gan be sent ont into p1elawa,s 1el
Messrs. Treat and Higgins were astonished.
Pennewill was perfectly calm. and betrayed
&c TaIs ss hss sfssH IN ~
t0 the WSS9,i and We 40 not SEQ
"oe o1a1 uan ssSamed sS mnfriendly, There was rea-
4on for this, and that was thar when the Kent
County Republican Convention met in Dover
sentiment was so strong against him. however,
he only sesTIed s. GIr three rro.t r..rrn.d ~ WILL
mington despondent. and after consultation
L was determined te. appeal directly to Quay.
Both Tsa to New York. but Quay gave
and Treat was In Wilmington and in despair.
He called on Q newspaper friend, who advised
followed his advice. and after some parleylng
Higgins said that II Treat could raise $4,000 in
Sussex he would see that that amount was
raised here. There had been $1,000 raised
In Sussex already. and Treat hurried home and
Taes ana r. S
up s20 900 more from the manufacturers OF Will
mington.. Higgins raised $1,000 among Phila-
delrhia friends, and Horace Greeley Knowles,
q law student in this city raised the remain
Ing $1,000. The whole amount was ut once
placed In Sussex county.
OF all these movements the Democrats had
not the slightest intimation. They knew on
Friday before the election that something
was up. but did not know just what it was
Chairman Stevens OF the Democratic State
Central Committee visited Chairman Brice,
ment On the day Of the election the Democrats
OF Sussex were caught without q dol lar. and
they did not grasp until about O'Clock on the
dav OF the election what the Republicans were
doing. To understand the value OF money In
at every election there are quite 1000 pur-
chasable votes. These men are naturally
Democrats, but want money for voting. The
Repu blicans had 1t. and got them and carried
Sussex.
Castle and Sussex men. found that the Rerub-
lican leaders In Kent were not to Re trusted.
and worked for the eiection OF the Republican
ticket like an independent organization and.
as before stated. won: the two counties elect
Ing 1G ReGqsisans raking the ns pext Lesisa-
Such is the story of how Delaware elected a
Republican Legislature. and the part the Re-
publicaps played In 1t Is given for the first
time publicly. q BLAKELY HALL.