Smyrna times., 1888-08-29
The Saulsbury-WOlcOtt Fight.
SIX HUNDREDS OUT OF THE NINE IN
KSNT GO AGAINST THE FAMILY.

The OvershadOwing thing the past
week in our State has been the fight
etween Eli Salisbury and Jas. /.
NOlcott for the senatOrship.
The Dover correspondent of the
1Cening Journal wrote for the Mon
lays issue of that as follows:
Senator Eli Saulsbury's county of
Sent has spoken against him and after
hirty years of power the family"
ind their hold to some extent shaken.
The WOlcottltes have succeeded in six
'ut Of nine hundreds, winning in Ken.
on by I'll majority West Dover, IO8;
MIspllllon, III; North Murderkill, IS
Little Creek, Il, and South Murderkill. |
30. The Saulsburys won East Dover
by 202, Duck Creek, 60, and Milford
hundred by 81. This gives the County
Convention to James l.. Wolcott bv a
vote of IS to %.
Under the rules Of the party it has |
been the custom for years to allow ~ |
The county convention each hundred !
TO retire and nominate their candidate |
for the Legislature and announce him |
to the convention. Under this rule |
the Saulsburys would receive the |
members from East Dover and Milford |
Duck Creek already has a member and |
of Thursday will give Mis-.
pllllon the extra member, made neces-
Sary by the fact that there are ten
members to be divided among nine |
hundreds.
1t IS hardly probable, however, that |
the convention on next Thursday will |
observe this rule, but will decide to
vote as unit and give Kent county's
ten members to James L. Wolcott.
CAUSES OF THE DEFEAT.
The Wolcottites are jubilant, and al
most everybody else is astounded at
the result. The opinion was pretty
general that the Saulsburys would win.
They were giving figures, while the
opposition were only confidently claim
ing success. But there are several
things that can be enumerated that are
responsible for yesterdays Waterloo to
the family. Among them may be
mentioned the disappointed Office
seekers, the old Baya:d Bourbons. the
free use Of " boodle," the feeling that
Senator salisbury has had enough and
the aid received by Wolcott from the
Republicans. The history of the op-
position to the family dates from the
light between the three brothers, but
the fight that caused Saturdays defeat
can be said to have first commenced
six years ago.
THE MONEY SPENT.
Fully $4,000 was spent on Satur-
day. OF this amount about Sc. 900 was
spent by the WOlcott crowd, and the
surprise was great when it was found
that he had so much money. The
matter was explained to your CORE
spondent by a WOlcott man Monday
morning. He said " We were deter
y i"of to win this fight at any cost.
A number of US wanted revenge and
that comes cheap at any price. Hence
contributions came literally. Henry
9. WolcOtt gave $1,000. The old
County Building ring spent considera-
bic FennemOre used over $500 in Lit
tie Greek, and Robert J. Reynolds as
much more down in South Murderkill
The peaches have helped to furnish
the funds. Peach growers, friends of
MIR. Wolcott, brought him almost daily
cheques Of $100 and 5000"
THE OTHER FIGHTS IN KENT.
Next to the senatorial fight. the in
terest on Saturday last was centered in
the contest for sheriff. This contest
lost the Saulsburys Little Creek hun
dred. Under the party custom that
hundred is entitled to the sheriff. J.
Thomas Lowe and John w. Femme,
more, merchants at Little Creek and
Leipsic respectively, were the candi-
! dates Of the hundred, the former a
salisbury man and the latter a VOL
! cntt man. David S. Wilds of Kentou
also desired the nomination. Femme
more was told bluntly that unless he
carried the legislative delegation in
addition to the sheriff7s, he need not
expect the nomination. FennemOre j.
rich and he spent money freely. Low,
IS a Marylander and this too helped
FennemOre, who won the fight bv l,
votes. In Kent county, it means
great deal to be a native Delawarean'
and although man may be in th,
State for twenty years. the fact remain
that he Is not native" and it can b.
used against him any time. Femme
more has carried his hundred. but h
has not reached the sberiff7s goal ant
may not do so. The position of coro
ner was entirely lost 81 ght of and ther
are at present no candidates. A ma
jority of the Levy Court is elected a
this time, the hundreds electing bein,
East Dover, Duck Creek, Little Greek
and the two Murderkills. The uni
rule will hardly be applied here, al
though there will be a disposition t
down John Farrell, the president, VIII
comes from Duck Creek.
MORNING NEWS ACCOUNT.
: The Morning Nelcs of yesterday ha
the following:
Senator Salisbury has all along bee
very hopeful, in fact, sure of an over
wheiming victory. and his friends hav
had the hardest time to make him II
al!ze that he had not a path of roses t
tread and that a good round sum wa
necessary to win a victory. The sens
tor finally came to terms, furnishing
sum, it is said, equal to his salary fC
one year. The WolcOtt men had full
as much if not more money spread Ov,
the county, and evidently made iud
cious and effective use of it. Old Su
sex is all split up over its own cand
dates for Uncle Ellis mantle, whic
come from all three corners, Georg,
town furnishing one in the wide-awak
AL Robinson; Milford, one in the pc
son of w. F. Causey, the exponent
the old StOckley administration, an
Seaford, the weighty E. L. Martil
This division in the Sussex county de
egation is going to very seriously en-
danger what hope of success the Saul
burys may still retain. The county
looming up as it usually does wheney
er there is possible office in view, an
claiming "Sussex's turn" and the
may do it so vociferously as to sen
Mr.. Martin back to Washington to s
in the north side of the Capitol. instea
of among his old associates in I'll
House.
The salisbury men are claiming :
of the 80 Sussex delegates.
FROM EVERY EVENING.
with the election of the ticket
be nominated on Thursday, Mr.. We
colt will have eight votes to start wit
OF the hOlding-over senators, Messr
Crossan and Ferguson, of New Castl
Lewis and Collins of Kent and Dorma
of Sussex, are put down as absolute
certain to vote for him. This civ
him a total of Is, and leaves him on
three votes short of n majority 0f II